Top Of The Box

Tubeway Army - Are Friends’ Electric? / Gary Numan - Cars, Top Of The Pops 1979
After the success of Are Friends Electric? as Tubeway Army, Gary Numan decided to ditch the band and embark on a solo career.  A career that started with the all-time synth pop classic, Cars.
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Kinks - Lola, Top Of The Pops, 1970
I’m not much of a fan of The Kinks sixties hits like You Really Got Me and even Waterloo Sunset.  But I love their 1970 classic, Lola.  The lyrics are great, but the sound of Ray Davies’ resonator guitar is beautiful.
The song is about a young man’s sexual [...]

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Reggae became synonymous with the Skinhead fashion around 1969, and although the fashion soon passed the music lived on.
This track is from 1971, it was anumber one hit for Dave & Ansil Collins called Double Barrel, and at school, an absolute must have!
Dave & Ansil Collins - Double Barrel

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I had all but forgotten this little gem from Eddie & The Hot Rods from the ‘Live’ At The Marquee EP in 1976.
I certainly didn’t remember the Top Of The Pops appearance, but here it is. I was reminded of this track by a very good friend of mine, in a recent e mail and [...]

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The Associates - Club Country, Top Of The Pops, 1982
The Associates were Billy Mackenzie & Alan Rankine. It was Billy Mackenzie’s gorgeous golden tonsils that helped The Associates stand out from much of the dross that filled the charts in 1982. This was their twelve single, but only thier second Top 40 hit, [...]

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