top ten albums of 1974 / twitter / thanks

[Stuart Mchugh]

I may have misunderstood the point of the record collection thing, but  
surely if they're listing the first hundred, alphabetically, we're  
going to see HAlf Man, HAmmill, HArvest - 10 of each and there's no  
room for, say, Gerry and the HOlograms or HUndred Yard Stare (on that  
note, surely BJH should be filed under 'B'?)

Plus, while John gave away stuff in competitions etc, I always got the  
impression that he kept pretty much everything that he got - whether  
nought, or more likely, promos from record labels. So the collection  
wouldn't necessarily reflect his actual favourites, just stuff that  
was deemed interesting or important enough to get a spin or 2 on the  
radio?

S

> Yeah, the BJH thing a bit of a mystery to me too.


>
> Peely was the main champion of BJH right at the start (now where  
> have I heard a phrase like that before), playing their first single  
> in 1968. That 1974 BJH album is very good / one of their best, with  
> a great title "Everyone Is Everybody Else" - how true ! And it  
> wasn't just typical prog, John Lees' songwriting often concerned  
> social injustices ... Thanks for the Olivetti tip - I've got the  
> tome, will check ...
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "steve" <saipanda@...> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, the BJH thing a bit of a mystery to me too.
>>
>> Pretty sure there's a few albums of the year for 1975 in one of the  
>> columns reprinted in Olvetti Chronicles. Will check it out later  
>> (supposed to be catching up with work right now).
>>
>> SW