South Africa
Top of the Pops was issued to some unknown extent in South Africa, although researching the matter is difficult. The principal problem is that South African LPs outwardly appear almost identical to the UK editions, unless one is able to read the small print on the back of the covers. (Notably, they have the slogan, "A product of Pickwick International Inc. (G.B.) Ltd..." replaced by "Sole distributors Gramophone Record Co. Ltd." - which is to say, the South African office of CBS. They also have a credit for the South African printer, Interpak.)
We hope that more South African pressings will be located in due course. The country certainly had a keen interest in cover version albums - mfp issued about 70 in their "Springbok" series alone, stretching from 1971 into the mid-1980s!
We hope that more South African pressings will be located in due course. The country certainly had a keen interest in cover version albums - mfp issued about 70 in their "Springbok" series alone, stretching from 1971 into the mid-1980s!
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