Volume 15 (SHM 725) - January 1971
Tracks:
Side 1
Side 2
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Sleeve notes:
Thank you, Ravers; you sent our last issue of “Top of the Pops” (SHM 710) soaring high in the national L.P. Charts. Well, you’ve written to us, telephoned us, screamed at us and cajoled us to move, move, move - but fast - with the release of our next issue, and here it is, hot off the press, sizzling with red hot, top-pop numbers straight out of the current charts. All the tunes, made famous by Super Stars of the Pop World, have been faithfully recorded by us in London specially for you. Once again we are sure you, all of you - Hippies and Yippies and Skinheads; Schoolkids and switched-on Mums and Dads will help to make this fabulous album a high-stepper in the L.P. charts; for this L.P. will electrify you, send you way, way up in space! Let’s try to make this No. 1 this time, O.K? Thanks a lot! |
Comments: The claims on the sleeve notes about the national LP charts are fallacious - Top of the Pops was not eligible for listing at the time!
Volume 15 was the first in the series to be produced by Bruce Baxter, as Alan Crawford stepped down over Christmas. Thus, the current edition ushers in the golden era of Top of the Pops, which would scale amazing heights over the forthcoming year.
There’s an odd detail on the sleeve of volume 15. Top right, the catalogue number SHM 725 has been placed but then obliterated with black pen. Although it wasn’t standard policy to put it there, it hardly did any harm and as it turned out the practice would in any case become more or less standard from volume 36 onwards.
Volume 15 was the first in the series to be produced by Bruce Baxter, as Alan Crawford stepped down over Christmas. Thus, the current edition ushers in the golden era of Top of the Pops, which would scale amazing heights over the forthcoming year.
There’s an odd detail on the sleeve of volume 15. Top right, the catalogue number SHM 725 has been placed but then obliterated with black pen. Although it wasn’t standard policy to put it there, it hardly did any harm and as it turned out the practice would in any case become more or less standard from volume 36 onwards.
Blue vinyl pressing
At least one pressing of this LP exists in blue vinyl. It is not clear why, and seems unlikely that this was a commercial edition. Pictured above is the LP, and a photo of it next to the standard pressing for comparison. There are no differences in the LP or sleeve other than its colour, and this is the only coloured vinyl edition from the series known to us.
Thanks to collector Ian Danbury for the info and images.
Thanks to collector Ian Danbury for the info and images.