Top Of The Box

Stereophonics – Best Of You (Foo Fighters cover version)
Stereophonics come from a small village called Cwmaman, near Aberdare in South Wales. Kelly Jones and Richard Jones are not related but grew up together and began writing and performing with original drummer Stuart Cable.
Their first gig in 1992 was at the Cwmaman Workmens Club and in [...]

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Coldplay – Fix You at Glastonbury 2006
Coldplay have become one of the biggest pop groups in the world.  They make simple, catchy pop songs accompanied by singer / songwriter Chris Martin’s distinctive vocals.
Since their first hit single, Chris Martin has always been happy to put his name to politically-charged protest groups such as Amnesty International [...]

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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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Let Me Roll It is from the Wings album Band On The Run originally released in 1973. It was released as a ‘B’ Side to the much inferior Jet in 1974.
Wings perform the song live here from 1975.
Wings – Let Me Roll It

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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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