Op 46 komt deze week Smyle binnen met The Tandem en dat is Beatlesound van eigen boden. Beatle George Harrison is deze week de hoogste nieuwe op 28 met Give me Love. Het zomerse Fiesta van Andy Starr komt nieuw binnen op 33. Redbone vervangt Dawn deze week op nummer 1 met We were all wounded. De treiterschijf is van Barry Blue, wiens echte naam Barry Green is. Het driemaster team heeft een goede keus gemaakt voor hun kanskaart, volgden week zal deze de treiterschijf zijn. Op nummer 17 in de troef 20 staan de Rubber Balls van Ten CC, zou hiermee Rubber Bullets bedoeld worden? De Troef 20 staat vol met leuke plaatjes, zoals Caribbean Moon van Kevin Ayers, Long tall Ernie, Colin Blunstone, Strealers Wheel, Bjorn en de rest en de Four Tops.

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

Uur 1 Uur 2 Uur 3

Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen uit de tijd dat deze Top 50 werd uitgezonden en daaronder een paar scans uit de MP van Juni 1973.

The RNI memories of Michael Downing for this period

RNI’s DJ team was stable in June 1973. Ian Anderson had left the International Service in May, but was not replaced. There was, however, additional competition in June 1973 from Radio Caroline, which started a Dutch Service on 259 metres and an English Service on 389 metres at the beginning of June. Several ex-RNI DJs appeared on Caroline this month – Andy Archer, Spangles Muldoon, Roger Day and Michael Lindsay, all of whom had been on RNI in 1970, presented programmes on the English Service and Joost Verhoeven, who was with RNI from mid-1971 to April 1972, was heard on the Dutch Service. By the end of June, however, both Caroline transmitters were off the air and when programmes recommenced from the Mi Amigo in July, it was as Radio Atlantis.

Back on RNI, Driemaster was hosted by Leo van der Goot live from the Mebo 2 in the week that included Saturday 9 June 1973 and, on that Saturday, Driemaster included the Troef 20.

Mike Ross hosted the International Service Top 30 from 20.00 to 22.00 on Friday 8 June 1973, with “Broken down angel” by Nazareth at no. 1. As usual, there were several records in the Top 30 which were not hits in the UK top 50 and these were:

12. Blue – Red light song

22. Rabbit – Broken arrows

24. Neil Christian – That’s nice (this had been a UK hit in 1966, but not on reissue in 1973)

28. Thin Lizzy – Randolph’s Tango

29. Lynsey de Paul – All night

30. Knickerbockers – Lies

By the end of June 1973, the atmosphere on the Dutch Service had changed considerably, following the passing of the Anti-zeezenderwet by the Tweede Kamer on 28 June and the start of the “Radio Noordzee – Hou ‘m in de lucht” campaign that the Dutch Service started on Friday 22 June.

De voorpagina van de Muziek Parade van Juni 1973

Dawn zakt deze week van 1 naar 3

The Dizzy Men’s Band zakt deze week van 18 naar 36

Een paar strips uit deze MP

In de Top 50 hoor je zo af en toe reklame voor Blinkers en Cheeky Chops