I believe I bought this Track Records budget compilation from Woolworths’ music department in Eastleigh.
In terms of a budget compilation it certainly had a LOT going for it. Here’s the track listing….
• The Who – Magic Bus
• Jimi Hendrix Experience – All along the Watchtower
• The Sandpebbles – Love Power
• The Who – Young Man [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘BBC’
11-24-09
(1974 Albums) Various Artists – The House That Track Built
09-30-09
December 27th 1973
“Bort Brain Salad Surgery – not very good but alright”
Wha??
Doubtless buoyed by “christmas money” I went out and bought Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s new opus – released a mere month earlier – only to get it home and immediately deem it “not very good, but alright“
Do I sense dissatisfaction setting in with progressive rock gods [...]
09-10-09
News in 1973 (Part IV)
[... "News in 1973" continued from part III]
Radio is cleaning up the nation
It’s somewhat incredible to realise that until 1973, the only legal radio broadcasts in the UK came from the BBC.
Yes, there were the overseas broadcasts from Radio Luxembourg and the “pirates” on the sea (Radio Caroline particularly popular), but both major political parties [...]
08-28-09
Telly in 1973 (Part I)
Hidden amongst my posts for my 1972 diary was one dedicated to the television shows I watched as a 14-year-old.
In a cruel twist of fate – considering how much else of my past life I share in these pages – this post has proved to be amongst the most viewed of anything I have written [...]
06-10-09
July 23rd 1973
“Stuck project into folder” / “Went into ELeigh and got Life on Mars + Pyjamarama” /”Neil came up later”
This purchase of two singles – probably both snagged at Jack Hobbs Records in their clearance bins – would seem to solidify my teenage passion for all things musically “glam”
David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” single was released [...]
09-29-08
December 29th 1972
“Mum + Dad went to see Dick Emery. Recorded various groups cassette”
Whilst I amused myself composing a “mix tape”, my folks took themselves off to see a live show by 1972’s BBC Personality of the Year!
Dick Emery can best be described as a one-man seventies version of “Little Britain“. His BBC TV show ran for [...]
09-14-08
Number Ones of 1972 (Part 1)
In this ”debut diary year” of 1972 I have spoken a lot about the albums I either bought, borrowed and/or taped.
It would be fair for readers to think these albums would represent what I would have listened to the most in 1972.
Fair, but wrong.
Every Sunday, almost without fail, I would avidly listen to the “Pick of the Pops” show [...]
06-13-08
An Aside (V) – Telly in 1972
“Three Channels and Nothing On”
Unlike today, when my wife and I have 200+ channels to choose from and almost unlimited programming possibilities (thanks to the advent of TiVo), in 1972 I had 3 channels to pick my viewing from; BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV.
We had just ONE television in the house. A small black & white set, my [...]
