Monday 14 November 2016

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?


THIS LP RELEASED IN 1979 BY GALLO CLAIMS TO BE POP SHOP '79. IT HAS THE IDENTICAL ORDER OF SONGS AS POP SHOP VOL.6, ALSO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS!


IN 1978 GALLO RELEASED THIS ALBUM POP STARS '78 - ALL ORIGINAL ARTISTS - THE ONLY SONG THAT WAS FEATURED ON POP SHOP WAS URIAH HEEP'S FREE ME THAT FEATURED ON POP SHOP GOLD 32 NUMBER ONE HITS ( 1973 - 1983 ). THE REST OF THE SONGS WERE COVERED ON SPRINGBOK HIT PARADE VOLUMES 36, 38, 39 AND 40.


THE 15 TRACK LINE-UP INCLUDED:

1. RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M - (F.FARIAN, REYAM)
2. LADY IN BLACK - URIAH HEEP - (HENSLEY)
3. HEIDI - PETER LOTIS - (BRUHN, WEINZIERI, A WAGNER)
4. I THINK I'M GONNA FALL IN LOVE - SUPERCHARGE - (R J LANGE)
5. MIGHTY QUINN - MANFRED MANN - (B DYLAN)
6. COME BACK MY LOVE - THE DARTS - (MANSFIELD)
7. DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE - PETER McCANN - (P McCANN)
8. BEND ME, SHAPE ME - GILLA - (ENGLISH, WEISS)
9. MOVE YOUR BODY - GENE FARROW - (C WARREN, G FARROW)
10. LAYLA - VALVERDE BROTHERS - (CLAPTON, GORDON)
11. I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN - ERUPTION - (D BRYANT, A PEEBLES, B MILLER)
12. CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO - TUXEDO JUNCTION - (M GORDON, H WARREN)
13. LET GO - DOBIE GRAY - (B CADD)
14. DAVY'S ON THE ROAD AGAIN - MANFRED MANN - (J SIMON, R ROBERTSON)
15. FREE ME - URIAH HEEP - ( HENSLEY)

Album covers for display purposes only. Copyright 1978 & 1979 and trademarks belongs to the respective owners thereof.

Monday 11 January 2016

THANKS FOR INFORMATION

I would like to thank Connor Macloud for supplying the following information:

The Covers of Pop Shop 90s

Release date of Pop Shop Platinum Vol.1

Info on Pop Shop 34 Cassette

His info on his Pop Shop collection

REMEMBER THIS


Monday 21 December 2015

POP SHOP MEMORIES

If you are browsing this blog then you, like me, are a Pop Shop Junkie. The very first Pop Shop I bought was Pop Shop Vol.15 and then you got Pop Shop Spectacular Vol.2 for free.                 

My niece had Pop Shop Vol 1 - 14 in her record collection. Her records were also her holy grail and I was privileged enough to be allowed to listen to her collections whenever I visited. She gave me the first 14 Pop Shops on one of my birthdays.

That was the start of my very first quest - to collect all the missing Pop Shops. I visited pawn shops, asked friends and family and I also advertised on the radio stations. I got Pop Shop Spectacular Vol.1 from people who moved from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein just a week before she heard my request on radio!

I managed to collect them all. However the collection stopped in 1991 when the last LP, Pop Shop Gold Vol.4, was released. I stand to be corrected but I think Pop Shop was available on CD from Pop Shop Vol. 46. A few Pop Shops were released on CD years after the originals were discontinued but they were not the same. Maybe it was the compilers but I didn't feel comfortable with these compilations. 

My grandmother was my greatest contributor to my collection as she provided the funds to buy the LP's. I was still in school when the Pop Shop bug bit me. Every day after school I would visit the local OK or CNA stores on my bicycle. I the new Pop Shop arrived (usually every three months) I would race home get the money from "Ouma" and headed back to town to get my Pop Shop. This kind of trip was ± 20 km on bicycle but worth every step of the way!

Unfortunately no matter how good you take care of your vinyls they eventually get scratches or repeat, or repeat, or repeat... itself as it got stuck. This decay led to my second biggest quest - collecting all the Pop Shop songs featured on the LP's in digital format or CD quality. It took me almost 15 years to track down these tracks and now I'm able to revisit my Pop Shops in clear quality... OK so it's not the same as listening to the vinyl sound but at least my memories live on...

I still have my Pop Shop Collection and I still take them out every now and then to check the covers and recalling where and when I got which album. It's these memories that made me decide to start this blog and to revisit the Pop Shops. 


Pop Shop's greatest rival was the Springbok Hit Parade collection which usually came out the same time a Pop Shop hit the shelves. The one big difference between the two was that Springbok did not feature the original artists. They featured cover versions of the songs. they usually featured other tracks not featuring on the Pop Shop.

Another competitor showed its head in 1983 - Now That's What I Call Music! This albums also featured the newest tracks and in some instances even overshadowed the Pop Shop regarding track collection, especially from Pop Shop 39 on wards. 

Personally I think the track selection for the Pop Shop records led to their demise and decrease in sales. In the beginning almost 80% of the tracks featured on the Top 20 when you bought a Pop Shop and at the end they featured about 40% of the Top 20.

Martin Locke, a radio DJ highlighted Pop Shop Volume 1-20 on the back cover as well as Best of Pop Shop and Pop Shop Spectacular Volume 1 & 2.

Norman Markgraaff, track compiler for Pop Shop at MFP highlighted Pop Shop Greatest Hits.

Pop Shop Vol.21, the first double LP in the series, was highlighted by Radio 5 DJ, Gordon Hoffmann.

The Pop Shop Gold Volume 1 & 2 albums was highlighted by David Gresham presenter of the SA Top 20, later Top 30 and Top 40. David also signed my copy of Pop Shop Vol.26 while doing promotion at the local CNA.

Springbok Radio was the station to listen to on Friday and Saturday evenings because the charts would have given you an indication of which songs may feature on the new Pop Shop!

Pop Shop covers were mostly designed by Heyes Delgoffe Advertising.

The following were double LPs: Pop Shop Vol. 21, 22, 24, Pop Shop Party Pack Vol. 1 and 2, Pop Shop Gold LP Vol. 1 and 2 as well as Pop Shop Spectacular Vol. 1 and 2.





For a comprehensive look at the Springbok Hit Parade LP's visit the following site: 
http://springbokhits.blogspot.co.za/p/springbok-hit.html . 

A list of the NOW That's What I Call Music series (which was a world wide release) can be found at the following site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_discography