Forgotten Fifty: The Festive Fifty (actually 61) of 1977 revealed

[dunelm61]

The biggest surprise for me on seeing the full chart was the non-
appearance of Be-Bop Deluxe. I remember Peel giving Live In The Air 
Age some serious needle time from mid-1977.


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Stuart McHugh <stuart@...> wrote:
>
> good to see the 'Forgotten 50' actually in print, there's a lot of  
> memories coming back to me, doubtless originally from listening on 
a  
> Zephyr tranny under the covers on a school night - the first time 
I  
> heard June Tabor, and King Short Shirt (I remember the name better  
> than the tune), rare plays for 'banned' X Ray Spex and Clash 
singles,  
> vague surprise at Frankie Miller, possibly total astonishment at 
John  
> Cooper Clarke, and mental notes taken for post-Xmas record token  
> shoping for The Saints, The Boys and Devo.
> Still don't recall the Quo though (mental block via too many 
school  
> bands doing covers) and was anyone else as surprised at the time 
at  
> the tunes at 1 and #3?
> 
> Happy days...
> 
> Stuart