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Here is the Weekly Preview of what may, or may not happen, in next Sunday`s Charts. With thanks to Peter Jay, and John McManus, for all their help, on the compiling of these charts. All info, from HMV, WOOLWORTHS, ASDA, ZAVVI, SAINSBURYS, WHSMITH, and all the many download sites/together with pre-orders...all added into, average positions, to give an outline, of the whole weeks sales, up to next Saturday.

 

Starting with the Album Preview...

01 01 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY

02 02 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

03 NE MAMMA MIA - OST

04 03 CLUBLAND 13 - VARIOUS

05 09 EXCLUSIVE - CHRIS BROWN

06 04 R + B THE LOVE COLLECTION - VARIOUS

07 NE ULTIMATE STREET DANCE - VARIOUS

08 28 MASSIVE REGGAE - VARIOUS

09 05 CHILLED 91 - 08 - VARIOUS

10 06 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND

11 08 SKY DIVIN` - DARREN STYLES

12 27 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

13 NE PARTIE TRAUMATIC - BLACK KIDS

14 24 WE SAID NOTHING - TING TINGS

15 12 MY SONGS - VARIOUS

16 26 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

17 29 BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND

18 NE MODERN GUILT - BECK

19 NE CONNECTED 90s 12 inch - VARIOUS

20 35 PURE GARAGE PRESENTS PURE BASSLINE - VARIOUS

21 14 JUMPING ALL OVER - SCOOTER

22 32 POOR MAN`S HEAVEN - SETH LAKEMAN

23 NE ABBA GOLD 30TH ANNIVERSARY - ABBA

24 36 VAMPIRE WEEKEND - VAMPIRE WEEKEND

25 20 HED KANDI SUMMER MIX 2008 - VARIOUS

26 07 PURE URBAN ESSENTIALS - VARIOUS

27 13 22 DREAMS - PAUL WELLER

28 10 BLACK PARADE - MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

29 NE 101 SUMMER SONGS - VARIOUS

30 NE 70s DINNER PARTY - VARIOUS

 

Outside the top 30 combined albums apparently are: 31 MADONNA, 32 NICKELBACK, 33 KOOKS. JORDIN SPARKS, ALKALINE TRIO, UNKLE, and TRICKY are also in the top 40. LEON JEAN MARIE, PAUL HEATON, FREEMASONS, LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are all in the 50. Further down there are: BIFFY CLYRO, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, LIMP BIZKITT, SOUTH, WILDHEARTS, and The SUPREMES (STORY OF THE SUPREMES).

 

In last week`s preview, we had 8 in the top 10, 14 in the 20, and 22 in the top 30. Something went wrong there!! Although, we are now doing much better in the singles preview, because last week, we had 9 in the 10, 19 in the 20, 28 in the 30, and 37 in the top 40.

 

Here is this week`s singles preview...

01 01 DANCE WIV ME - DIZEE RASCAL/CALVIN HARRIS

02 13 ALL I EVER WANTED - BASSHUNTER

03 03 NO AIR - JORDIN SPARKS

04 02 CLOSER - NE YO

05 05 FOREVER - CHRIS BROWN

06 10 STAY WITH ME - IRONIK

07 NE ALL SUMMER LONG - KID ROCK

08 07 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI

09 04 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY

10 09 TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA

11 06 WE MADE IT - BUSTA RYMES/LINKIN PARK

12 08 LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES

13 11 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY

14 16 GIVE IT 2 ME - MADONNA

15 22 SHUT UP AND LET ME GO - TING TINGS

16 12 THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS

17 15 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO

18 17 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM

19 NE ALL THE TEARS I CRIED - SHARLEEN SPITERRI

20 20 WEARING MY ROLEX - WILEY

21 NE STANDING NEXT TO ME - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS

22 14 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

23 26 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE

24 19 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER

25 29 WHEN YOU TOUCH ME - FREEMASONS

26 NE SHINE ON - KOOKS

27 31 PHOTOGRAPH - NICKELBACK

28 32 LOW - FLO RIDA

29 25 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER

30 28 BEAT IT - FALL OUT BOY

31 21 SOS - JONAS BROTHERS

32 41 IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE - MAROON 5/RIHANNA

33 35 10,000 NIGHTS - ALPHABEAT

34 18 ELECTRIC FEEL - MGMT

35 30 NO SUBSTITUTE LOVE - ESTELLE

36 40 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN

37 27 ELEVATOR - FLO RIDA

38 36 MERCY - DUFFY

39 24 VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY

40 23 SINGIN` IN THE RAIN - MINT ROYALE

 

Outside the 40 today we find, N.E.R.D, JAY SEAN, and HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR in the top 50. As ADELE (HOMETOWN GLORY), USHER (MOVING MOUNTAINS), and WOMBATS (KILL THE DIRECTOR), hang in a top 60.

 

Let`s have a pick of what may hit the chart on the 14th Jul, next Monday...

 

My tips are...

TURN IT UP - THE FEELING

 

ANNIE - I KNOW YOUR GIRLFRIEND HATES ME

 

MCFLY - ONE FOR THE RADIO

 

Dare we say, MCFLY in the top 10, next Monday?!! :puke2: :teresa: ANNIE, and THE FEELING should be around the top 40. On a combined download/physical chart (if pre-orders are included) MCFLY would be Number One, FEELING number 13, and ANNIE number 19. That doesn`t mean a thing, of course!!

 

How did Radio Luxembourg do, in July 1977?

On Wednesday 6th July 1977, they came up with this...

01 01 SO YOU WIN AGAIN - HOT CHOCOLATE

02 05 MA BAKER - BONEY M

03 02 FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN - EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER

04 NE I FEEL LOVE - DONNA SUMMER

05 03 SHOW YOU THE WAY TO GO - JACKSONS

06 04 BABY DON`T CHANGE YOUR MIND - GLADYS KNIGHT

07 07 PEACHES/GO BUDDY GO - STRANGLERS

08 06 SAM - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN

09 NE PRETTY VACANT - SEX PISTOLS

10 13 DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO - T. CONNECTION

11 12 YOU`RE GONNA GET NEXT TO ME - BO KIRKLAND AND RUTH DAVIES

12 10 LOVE THEME FROM A STAR IS BORN - BARBRA STRIESAND

13 08 YOU`RE MOVING OUT TODAY - CAROLE BAYER SAGER

14 15 OH LORI - ALESSI

15 NE ANGELO - BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

16 21 FEEL THE NEED IN ME 77 - DETROIT EMERALDS

17 20 SLOW DOWN - JOHN MILES

18 09 LUCILLE - KENNY ROGERS

19 25 EASY - COMMODORES

20 NE ONE STEP AWAY - TAVARES

21 11 TELEPHONE LINE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

22 22 EXODUS - BOB MARLEY

23 23 I CAN PROVE IT - TONY ETORIA

24 19 QUEEN`S FIRST E.P. - QUEEN

25 NE I JUST WANNA BE YOUR EVERYTHING - ANDY GIBB

26 14 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN - SEX PISTOLS

27 NE WE`RE ALL ALONE - RITA COOLIDGE

28 NE I KNEW THE BRIDE - DAVE EDMUNDS

29 26 GIVE A LITTLE BIT - SUPERTRAMP

30 NE STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 - BROTHERS JOHNSON

 

They did pretty good in 77, on Radio Luxembourg, with 9 in the top 10, 19 in the 20, and 28 in the top 30. STRAWBERRY LETTER 23, was the only major boo-boo, but it did get loads of airplay. Queen`s First E.P. sold on the popularity of "GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVER BOY". Also, popular on airplay was the Supertramp single. A major powerplay Luxembourg airplay bubbler was the RAH BAND and "THE CRUNCH"...Just when you thought it was over, it started again!! Ever airplay was given to DAVE EDMUNDS (who always covered other people`s songs). ANDY GIBB also got lots, of airplay, but missed the official top 20 (Andy sadily passed away, in the late 80s). TAVARES looked promising, with the follow up to "WHODUNNIT", but did not get to the top 10, with "ONE STEP AWAY". A re-recorded version of "FEEL THE NEED IN ME", proved popular, for the DETROIT EMERALDS (who did it, as a follow up, to a re-released hits package, that was released on an E.P. entitled "COULD IT BE I`M FALLING IN LOVE". The SEX PISTOLS appeared on TOP OF THE POPS with "PRETTY VACANT", and HOT CHOCOLATE finally had a number one, but BONEY M made the top, on Radio Luxembourg, the following week.

 

 

Let`s finish with a quick challenge...Who will dethrone COLDPLAY from the top of the album chart? What do the team members, think?

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trevs, I've got a question about those old Radio Luxembourg charts... was more than one chart produced at that time? I have a link to the RTL chart dated 05/07/77, a Tuesday (not the 06/07/077 as you have dated the above chart). It's similar to, but not quite the same, as the chart you have. The guy that listed this chart used to write them down each week as they were broadcast and posted them at usenet several years ago:

 

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.music...9160e49b4935c8f

 

The RTL chart above matches the UK singles chart released that same day (but in the usual way that songs climbing were usually higher and fallers much lower).

 

The chart you listed seems more to match the chart from the following Tuesday (12/07/77), with the Sex Pistols being new, but in my version of the RTL chart Donna Summer is a climber, not a new entry...

 

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.music...1c3b6fab8e91d93

 

Tony Prince admitted the charts in the mid to late 70s were made up, albeit they were "projections" of what he thought the BBC chart would look like the following week - it really would come to something if the station then compiled a revised chart once, say, Music Week was in the shops on the Wednesday...

Edited by Robbie

I think Duffy will be back on top of the album chart within three weeks.

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