Georgie's Sugar Lumps Are For Sinus!

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Amazing resource (from SKIDMORE COLLEGE!!!!) tracking NME features through the 50s and 60s.

Here's a flavour:

March 18 No. 1051
Pascall, Jeremy The Men of DADMAS- Micky and Spencer [Micky Dolenz, Spencer Davis] 2
Pascall, Jeremy Monkees Here to Stay: That’s NME Readers Verdict [Monkees] 3,4
Smith, Alan We’re as Psychedelic as a Pint O’ Beer wi’ t’ Lads! [Hollies] 4
James, Dawn Chrissie Shrimpton and Her Star Boyfriends [Mick Jagger, Steve Marriot] 5
Johnson, Derek Top Singles Reviewed [Frank and n.a.ncy Sin.a.tra, Georgie Fame, Mamas and Papas, Easybeats, Pink Floyd, Zombies, Others] 6, 10
n.a. [Tours, Releases, Films, Etc.- Tom Jones, Simon Dee TV, Jimi Hendrix, Georgie Fame, Cat Stevens, Monkees, Others] 8, 9
Evans, Allen LP’s [Walker Brothers, Beach Boys, Others] 10
Smith, Alan My Husband [Petula Clark, Claude Woolff] 11
Altham, Keith John’s Children- First of the Anti-Lust Groups [John’s Children] 12
Drummond, Norrie Whistling Jack Singer Is Coby Wells [Whistling Jack Smith] 13
Altham, Keith Vauds Phone NME from US [New Vaudeville Band] 14
Smith, Alan Georgie’s Sugar Lumps Are for Sinus! [Georgie Fame] 14
Alley Cat Tailpieces [Petula Clark, Cher, Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Engelbert Humperdinck, Roy Orbison, Others]

And if you think Arcticmania is bad now, look at the weekly coverage given to the Real Actual Monkees during early '67.

(What was DADMAS?)

BRAZILLIANT! SAMBA STARS TOP GROUP F

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Group F Final Results

Brazil narrowly beat Japan to top Group F in last night's entertaining game, though in truth the result could have gone either way. With both sides already qualified, the game had the feel of an exhibition match in places, with both teams eager to avoid hard challenges and showing off the arsenal of tricks and skills that had seen them convincingly beat their Group F opposition with a game to spare. Brazil go through to the round of 16 to face the unfancied Czech Republic, and after this display thenipper can convincingly argue that whatever the betting says, it's his team, not Japan, who are favourites to go all the way. Japanese gaffer cis will be perfectly happy with her team's performance, though, and may feel that this defeat owed as much to luck as any real superiority. Japan performed better in every game and seem to be hitting form at the right time, which should worry their second-round opponents Ghana.


Brazilian fans celebrate pop success

In the other group F match, neither Australia or Croatia will be pleased with their bore draw, which means neither team can go home with a win to their names. Both teams had committed fans but most neutrals will have been left with the impression of competent, defensively-minded outfits which simply came up against far superior opposition on the day. Australia boss catsgomiaow will be left rueing her team's lack of striking opportunities, and Croatia's anatol_merklich will chalk this one up to experience and hope for better results in 2008's Europop Championships.

In the end, this group was all about Brazil and Japan, and after last night few would bet against these teams meeting again in the final.

Group F Results In Full

BRAZIL - 152 points (qualify as winners)
JAPAN - 141 points (qualify)
AUSTRALIA - 95 points
CROATIA - 92 points

Uneasy Listening

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Mean Moomin sez

What are they playing at this lot? Well pop world cup still winning the day, with expert commentary catching some extra listeners in its sinister (ho) indie web. Well done The Presets then. Outside the top 3 there is another spread of tracks with a reach of 4 and a surprise reappearance for The Stevens, and The Knife Band continuing to bubble under like some malevolent haunted presence....
( Into the Moominvalley of death )

Club Unpopular

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Just commented in zenith's LJ:

I want to do a Club Unpopular at some point with only cover versions and remixes of No.1s

Know any good ones?

(Not that this will actually happen ever but lists are fun)

(PS I've been busy with Poplar the last day or two, I feel quite virtuous!)