1. Get It On
2. River Deep, Mountain High
3. Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
4. Don't Let It Die
5. Tonight
6. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
7. Co-Co
8. La-La Means I Love You
9. Street Fighting Man
10. Tom-Tom Turnaround
11. Black And White
12. Won't Get Fooled Again
The Hallmark ‘Top of the Pops’ series was released in 1968, with the top session musicians and singers coming together to record the hits of the day. Fourteen years, 92 albums and millions of sales later the series came to an end, although copies of the originals continue to turn up at charity shops the country over! Indeed, the original ‘Top of the Pops’ series has developed a kitsch market all of its own, and it is therefore with great pleasure that we make these historic albums available on CD for the first time. On 7th August 1971, the Record & Tape Retailer chart (where the official album was published) took the decision to combine both the budget and full price album charts, with the result Hallmark’s ‘Top of the Pops’ albums made an instant leap into the national charts. Four albums made the chart in all, with volumes 18 and 20 both hitting #1. So successful, indeed, was the ‘Top of the Pops’ series (and its rival ‘Hot Hits’) that on 8th January 1972, budget albums were excluded again. For the record, the chart peaks attained by these four albums were:
Top of the Pops Volume 17 - #16
Top of the Pops Volume 18 - #1 (for 1 week)
Top of the Pops Volume 19 - #3
Top of the Pops Volume 20 - #1 (for 3 weeks)