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De hoogste nieuwe
binnenkomer is Gigi lAmoroso van Dalida op nummer 29. Wat verder naar beneden
kun je zien dat er een andere Top 50 was, waar ze al op nummer 1 stond J Op 32 verwelkomen we de raket van Mud : Rocket. En R
Dean Taylor komt binnen op nummer 37 met de Ghost in my house. Een van de
nogal onbekende groepen, die we in de discohoek van van Oekel zagen is Dump,
binnen op 42 deze week met Will you (still) love me tomorrow. Cindy en Bert
delen deze week de treiterschijf. Leo heeft Dolly Parton tot kanskaart
gekozen, zou die keuze gemaakt zijn op basis van haar zangkunsten? De LP van
de week heb ik zelf ook nog ergens in de kast staan, m’n zwager had deze toen
besteld of voor z’n verjaardag gekregen. Hoe dan ook, hij draaide ‘m grijs in
z’n radioprogramma’s. Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren: Als toegift deze week de Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael
Downing lezen aan RNI in Augustus 1974 en daaronder een paar scans uit de Pop
Telescoop van 3 Augustus 1974. |
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The RNI memories
of Michael Downing for this week in August 1974 3 August 1974 was just four weeks away from
the closedown of RNI, although the date of the introduction of the Anti-Zeezender Wet had not yet been confirmed. So it was still
business as usual on the station for the time being. The International Service Toppers 20 on 2
August 1974 was presented by Don Allen and had "When will I see you
again" by the Three Degrees at number 1 and "Rocket" by Mud as
the highest new entry at number 8. Towards the end of RNI's life the Toppers
20 moved very quickly, with records moving up and down very fast. So, for
example, "Born with a smile on my face" by Stephanie de Sykes had
moved from 20 to 4 on 26 July, but went down from 4 to 13 on 2 August. Smash
Play was "After the show" by Kevin Ayers and the Top 10 LPs - never
ranked from 1 to 10, but just 10 LPs that RNI played on the International
Service during the week - included "Too much too soon" by the New
York Dolls and "Remember you're a womble"
by the Wombles, which shows how diverse the music
played on RNI was. The International service DJ team had
lost Jason Wolfe in July 1974, who was replaced by Bob Noakes,
who joined from Radio Caroline. On the Dutch Service, the Troef 20 was presented by Erik Post on 3 August 1974 and
the Super Top 50 by Ferry Maat. With the enforced closure of the Dutch
offshore stations now imminent, a rally was organised
by the free radio movements in London for a Sunday early in August 1974. The
one in the summer of 1973 had been well organised,
but the one in August 1974 was somewhat of a shambles, as we had all
assembled in Hyde Park at the appointed time, but the organisers
had not turned up, or, if they had, they had not found us. Wondering what to
do, we decided to go to Capital Radio, launched in October 1973 as London's
commercial music station. When we got there, Capital sent some of their news
reporters outside to interview us to find out why we were against the closure
of the offshore stations and Tommy Vance, one of Capital's DJs, came out and
expressed his support, having been a DJ with Radio Caroline and Radio London
himself in the 1960s. We waited until the next news broadcast and, sure
enough, there was a piece about us and a recording of an interview with one
of our group. Satisfied that we had at least accompished
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De
voorpagina van de Poptelescoop van 3 Augustus 1974
Van
Oekel’s discohoek, Mama Cass overleden
De Hues
Corporation stijgt deze week van 9 naar 4
En er
was nog een andere Top 50 te beluisteren, maar dan op zondag...
Krenten?
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