white_legend

: Fastball - The Way - reached No.21 in October 1998 - Its blooming brilliant.

Has anyone purchased the deluxe (2 CD) edition of Plan B's - The Defamation Of Strickland Banks from HMV ? (MUST be from HMV though). If so, I have a question to ask please.

I feel that the girls have been incredibly lucky to reach number 10 with "The Loving Kind", especially when you consider they have not attempted the usual round of promotion (during the week of physical release). They appear to have become complacent and in a way, who could blame them (their extended run of consecutive top ten singles, out of controls unusually high album sales & a surge in popularity ). Possibly they felt that they did not need to bother with the usual push . A good song does not necessarily translate into a good chart position (without any effort). I hope that they can learn from this.

Sorry, yes, I know vinyls can count towards sales but i did not think this would because of where it was purchased from (G.A website sales arent counted right ?)

I have purchased all the available mixes of TLK including a mix via Amazon and the physical single (& the picture vinyl). Im doubtful the latter will count towards sales though.

After a little searching, im not sure if i am posting this in the correct place but im sure someone will correct me quick enough if i am wrong :) 10 years ago this week, the top 5 singles had all been number one. all of them (except cher) had only spent one week at the top. Has there been any other time when this has occured or bettered ?. tw lw wks 1 4 8 HEARTBEAT / TRAGEDY - Steps 2 2 3 GOODBYE - Spice Girls 3 1 3 CHOCOLATE SALTY BALLS - Chef 4 3 11 BELIEVE - Cher 5 6 4 TO YOU I BELONG - B*Witched Thank you. Tin x

new year - simplistic but beautiful. i used to drive my friends and partner to distraction, playing it over and over.

if anyone is interested, tesco are offering it at £9.70 (physical price). im not sure if this is just for one week or not (i imagine it would be) for the first week of now 69's release, woolworths sold it at 9.97.

ABBA - Under Attack (4 Weeks at No:26, Dec' 82 > Jan' 83)