UK Vol 23

Volume 23 (SHM 785) - April 1972

Tracks:

Side 1

Beg, Steal Or Borrow Originally a hit for The New Seekers (2)
Hold Your Head Up Originally a hit for Argent (5)
Sacramento Originally a hit for Middle Of The Road (23)
Without You Originally a hit for Nilsson (1)
What Is Life Originally a hit for Olivia Newton-John (16)
Sweet Talking Guy Originally a hit for The Chiffons (4)

Side 2

Alone Again (Naturally) Originally a hit for Gilbert O'Sullivan (3)
Floy Joy Originally a hit for The Supremes (9)
Meet Me On The Corner Originally a hit for Lindisfarne (5)
It's One Of Those Nights Originally a hit for The Partridge Family (11)
Back Off Boogaloo Originally a hit for Ringo Starr (2)
Too Beautiful To Last Originally a hit for Engelbert Humperdinck (14)

Sleeve notes:

People, it is said, can become cynical, blasé, bored, even resentful, with constant success.

We’re different.

Our last Top of the Pops album (SHM.780) again hit the top spot in Britain’s L.P. Chart - our fifth No. 1 in the past twelve months! And we’re as thrilled with this as we were with our first success a year ago. None of this success is possible without the help of all you Pop enthusiasts; and that’s why - because you are discriminating and want value for money - we go to enormous effort to select the best hits, the best vocalists, the best musicians for our public. We are now Britain’s front runners with “Top of the Pops” and, with your magnificent help, we aim to stay in front for a long, long time.

So we present this, our 23rd edition. We hope you like it!

Comments: On the cover we have German actress and model Katya Wyeth. She would be back for more in 1975 (Volume 45).

Demonstration copy

As with the previous LP, volume 22, this is known to have been sent out in a plain cover, as a demonstration copy. The LP is the same as the commercial edition, but with stickers on the labels showing its demo designation. Thanks to Simon Mclean for details of this edition.