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Now I do think the time has come for revelations about Magnet Records in the 70's...

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#1913

JK2006

Now I do think the time has come for revelations about Magnet Records in the 70's... 18 Years, 1 Month ago
anyone else understand this? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1914

dixie

Re:Now I do think the time has come for revelations about Magnet Records in the 70's... 18 Years, 1 Month ago
If it's about how they got Hit Records, then I think quite a lot of us know! Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1915

JK2006

Yes; and doesn't it link with a current news story? (nm) 18 Years, 1 Month ago
nm Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1916

Martin K

Intrigued to hear as I had colleagues on that label.. 18 Years, 1 Month ago
..and whilst I am here, my website has just gone down, only two weeks prior to a release! grrrrrrrr I have been told not to panic, but I am .....just a bit. All I know about Magnet, was they appeared to have a session stable of the same people. Lovely pressing, pretty lable, good pop stuff. Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1928

DJones

UK Records / PowerPlay on Radio Luxembourg 18 Years, 1 Month ago
73/74 (3 hits out of 13 releases) and 74/75 (8 hits out of 24 releases) were really very good years for Magnet. But why did UK Records have no hit out of 38 releases in 74/75? (All numbers according to Simon Frith, Rock File 3 &4. He constructed a Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1929

JK2006

We never paid for play, as far as I remember... 18 Years, 1 Month ago

Ricky's track became a huge hit in Scandinavia and may have been PUBLISHED by the Radio Luxembourg company (that was often the way it went).
As for hits... who knows, but there's an excellent CD out via Cherry Red Records called Bubblepop which is predominantly UK Records flops... and some of them sound great today.

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#1930

pleb

it is bell records we all want to know about 18 Years, 1 Month ago
Didn't they have loads of hits? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1934

DJones

Pete Waterman / Dick Leahy 18 Years, 1 Month ago
Was Magnet Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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#1935

JK2006

Re:Pete Waterman / Dick Leahy 18 Years, 1 Month ago
Yes that was indeed THE Pete Waterman Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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mikemacca

Are we including Father Abraphart and the Smurps? 18 Years, 1 Month ago
Wasn't Pete Waterman big in Magnet? Enter code here Please note: although no board code and smiley buttons are shown, they are still usable.

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