USA
The UK Pickwick label, which was behind the Top of the Pops LPs, was part of a bigger company owned by the US concern, Pickwick International. Despite Top of the Pops spanning the globe, none of the albums (so far as we know) were issued in America.
Pickwick International did attempt a series along similar lines in the US, under the title Super Hits. Although these are largely separate, they do cross over with Top of the Pops with the occasional shared track or cover photo.
Super Hits was credited to an act called Kings Road. Similarly, there were other US albums issued where the studio group was called Mirror Image. At least one of their albums is a Top of the Pops compilation.
We only detail here albums which we know have Top of the Pops connections. The rest are given just a general overview, pending more research.
Pickwick International did attempt a series along similar lines in the US, under the title Super Hits. Although these are largely separate, they do cross over with Top of the Pops with the occasional shared track or cover photo.
Super Hits was credited to an act called Kings Road. Similarly, there were other US albums issued where the studio group was called Mirror Image. At least one of their albums is a Top of the Pops compilation.
We only detail here albums which we know have Top of the Pops connections. The rest are given just a general overview, pending more research.
Super Hits LPs with Top of the Pops connections
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NB: There were 10 Super Hits LPs. Volume 5 has no Top of the Pops connections. Volumes 3, 4 and 7 have some songs which might be by the Poppers, although we have not yet been able to verify if they are the same recordings.
Further releases
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Inner sleeves
Pickwick used the inner sleeve below during the early 1970s. Some, if not all, of the Top of the Pops-related albums would have included it:
