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Topic History of: Chart-fixing
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dixie |
Though I was still just a school boy at the time, and actually only obtained some of those early Decca Hits on a very cheesy series called "World of Hits". in fact, The Small Faces appeared on Volume 3. Here's the track Listing:
SIDE 1:
"What'cha Gonna Do About It?" by The Small Faces
"Jesamine" by The Casuals
"Without You" by Donnie Elbert
"Terry" by Twinkle
"Caroline" by The Fortunes
"Train To Nowhere" by Savoy Brown
"Night Of Fear" by The Move
SIDE 2:
"I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun" by Cat Stevens
"Please Stay" by The Cryin' Shames
"Beggin'" by Timebox
"Angel Of The Morning" by Billie Davis
"Boulevard De La Madelaine" by The Moody Blues
"Nothing But A Heartache" by The Flirtations
"Yesterday Man" by Chris Andrews
I didn't get backstage at the Marquee until the late 70s/early 80's but I rember all the walls painted black and the place being significantly smaller than I imagined. |
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JK2006 |
I knew Don quite well and rather liked him (I used to nag at Sharon and Ozzy to repair their relationship which happily they did before he died) but he was quite up to going the broken appendage route. That single by the Small Faces came out around the same time and on the same label as my first hit. Indeed, some promotion gigs at the Marquee featured them, me, the Stones, the Who and several others, all crammed into the tiniest backstage dressing room you've ever seen, sweating profusely. |
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dixie |
JK2006 wrote:
I think Don was active before "buying in" - it was the old ticks in diaries and small gifts which, in Don's case, quite often involved kindly offering NOT to break your legs.
Diaries didn't exist until the BMRB days, so it was pre-old tricks in diaries. So that leaves "small gifts" or avoidance of broken appendages. |
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JK2006 |
I think Don was active before "buying in" - it was the old ticks in diaries and small gifts which, in Don's case, quite often involved kindly offering NOT to break your legs. |
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dixie |
Blue Kenney wrote:
Thus, with free singles on their shelves they would be in an excellent position to undercut the likes of Woolworths, Boots and Smiths, thereby flooding the market with very cheap singles. But mightn't that have attracted attention from certain quarters?
In those days, retail price maintenance applied to records, so no retailer could reduce the prices. If he did anything, it is likely that he employed "buying in teams" to go around the shops to buy the records up. |
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