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Top of the Pops 1988
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Pop Jr TV Songs
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OCTOPUS IN LONDON: Fun and Educational Songs for Children CD; Made by Music Teacher; Pop & Funky
Visit www.Meditera.Co.Uk to listen & download free samples of “Octopus in London”. We (Meditera) are the direct sellers of this CD and we have it available as Instant MP3 Download as well. |-|-|-|-|-| ALBUM INFO |-|-|-|-|-| 10 tracks; Album length: 30 minutes; New and sealed, with a 4-page booklet in a jewel case; Dispatch within 24 hours (except weekends); 30 days full refund Guarantee; |-|-|-|-|-| ALBUM DESCRIPTION |-|-|-|-|-| Ten unique, motivational songs written by a music teacher. These songs have been successfully performed through many schools in London, and are 100% guaranteed to connect with your kids. Whether for an exciting birthday party, or in a need for a lullaby, or just music for listening and singing along – you’ll soon find that this CD contains usable songs for many occasions. But not only that. The most important is the spirit which comes out of music, isn’t it? And we want to make sure that our children do not encounter something which might project a wrong message. Rest assured, the fact that the composer is an active music teacher in a great International School in North London assumes that the educational element is invisibly imprinted. Even in the funniest songs. And last, but not least, the success of Octopus in London lays in the simple fact that Viktor (the author), loves children. And children intuitively recognise and respond to this love. By dancing and singing the songs, of course!

Ultimate 70s Pop Customer Review: Same old suspects but some welcome rarities !
For those of us who are trying to obtain the hits they enjoyed from the 70s on CD by purchasing most of the collections in order to obtain a few previously unobtainable tracks, this 3 CD set will satisfy you ! “Mandy”; “I Only Have Eyes For You” and “Annie’s Song” are most welcome big hits from the era not usually included on thse sets.

Of course the usual suspects are there – “Blockbuster”; “Tiger Feet”; “All The Young Dudes”, “School’s Out”, but, amazingly for a 70s compliation, no “Make Me Smile” !! Also, tellingly, no Gary Glitter tracks appear on these sets anymore, so we are left with the ubiquitous “Angel Face” (face of an angel!!).

The collection will also suffice as a first time buy for anyone looking to hold a 70s party !

Nice to see “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” taking its rightful place for once. Ludicrous although it may be, it has “70s” written all the way through it for me and I’m sure for many others. Also, check out its superb bass line ! Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” is a welcome inclusion, as is The Osmonds’ “Love Me For A Reason”.

Overall, a worthy effort.

However, why is “Daydream Believer” included ? Everyone knows it is a 60s song ! Bizarre !!
Customer Review: Fifty UK pop hits of the seventies
The seventies were a decade of contrasts when it came to pop music. There is plenty of variety here with soul, disco, reggae, easy listening, country and hard rock together with plenty of lightweight pop music. Now, I have very eclectic tastes in music but even I won’t pretend to like everything here. However I’ve seen plenty of compilations of seventies pop music and I’ve yet to see one that I like all the way through. I suspect that you feel the same, though your pet hates may be different from mine.

Of the fifty tracks here, about thirty made number one in the UK charts and most of the others made the UK top ten, so on that basis alone each track justifies is selection except Daydream believer. The compiler made a mistake by including a Monkees track – they didn’t have a UK hit in the seventies at all. Daydream believer was a UK hit for them in 1967 (and for Anne Murray in 1980) but doesn’t belong here. Other than that, the biggest surprise to me (and very nice to see it) is the inclusion of Annie’s song, because it is rare for a John Denver track to appear on a various artists compilation.

Many big names are here including Abba, Elton John, Dawn, Cliff Richard, Hot Chocolate, 10cc, Mud, ELO, Dr Hook, Barry Manilow, Leo Sayer, Showaddywaddy, Tammy Wynette, Art Garfunkel, the Bay City Rollers, Chicago, Sweet, David Essex, the New Seekers, Bread, Carly Simon, the Osmonds, the Three Degrees and Elvis Presley, but their greatest hits are available individually and they aren’t all represented by the most obvious hit here. This is good – it means that if you already have other various artists compilations, there will be less duplication.

A compilation like this allows you to get big hits by artists that only had a few hits (perhaps only one), some of which are hard to find or unavailable outside compilations of this type. Among these songs, my favorites are January (Pilot), Barbados (Typically Tropical), Seasons in the sun (Terry Jacks), Rock the boat (Hues Corporation), Love grows (Edison Lighthouse), In the summertime (Mungo Jerry), Band of gold (Freda Payne) and Yellow River (Christie).

If you are looking for a representative collection of big UK hits of the seventies, this is certainly one of the strongest I’ve seen. It’s not perfect but it’s as near perfect as I expect of such a compilation.

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