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THE BEST OF TOP OF THE POPS
1979 INFO
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The Hallmark ‘Top of the Pops’ series was released in 1968, with the top session musicians and singers coming together to record the hits of the day. Fourteen years, 92 albums and millions of sales later the series came to an end, although copies of the originals continue to turn up at charity shops the country over! On 7th August 1971, the Record & Tape Retailer chart (where the official album was published) took the decision to combine both the budget and full price album charts, with the result Hallmark’s ‘Top of the Pops’ albums made an instant leap into the national charts. Four albums made the chart in all, with volumes 18 and 20 both hitting #1. So successful, indeed, was the ‘Top of the Pops’ series (and its rival ‘Hot Hits’) that on 8th January 1972, budget albums were excluded again.
In the meantime, Hallmark had also launched an annual Best Of the gathered the biggest hits of the year. Later editions were packaged with a calendar, usually featuring the same model that appeared on the cover of the album. All thirteen of these albums have been re-released, complete with an up to date poster of one of the top models of today, Katie Richmond.
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