TODAY’S TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE ’80s (by Freddie Valentine) 1. Christmas Jamboree Bag – Chas ’n’ Dave 2. Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam & the Ants 3. Meat Is Murder - The Smiths 4. Tin Drum - Japan 5. Absolutely - Madness 6. Brutal - Bogshed 7. You Are What You Is - Frank Zappa 8. Angst In My Pants - Sparks 9. Flaunt It - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 10. Breaking Glass - Hazel O’ Connor ‘The Chas n Dave album is my No.1 as I come from a Cockney background and those old songs are ones I remember my Nan singing,’ says Freddie Valentine from Berkshire. ‘Chas ’n’ Dave were keeping alive something that is technically British or London folk music and recording for posterity songs that were known and possibly never recorded. Its also the ultimate party album!! ‘They actually had three Christmas Jamboree albums. They are like Chas ’n’ Daves Berlin trilogy!’ Freddie is a member of The Emperors of Nice and here’s a link to their album Nice To See You https://itun.es/gb/s2qv1 Done your Top Ten yet? Message, don’t post, your selection and if you could mention why you chose your No. 1 that would be great. If you want to promote anything – record, book, film, gig etc. – send the details at the same time. We guarantee to post every one we receive. Also, if you’d like to nominate a friend or friends to do the Top Ten challenge, please be our guests. The aim is to produce the Ultimate Flexipop! Top 40 Albums Of The 80s Chart so please put your choices in order. The following have been nominated to do their TOP TEN ALBUMS OF THE ’80s. So where are they Tim Aske, Mark Manning, Simon Dean (twice), Phil Baker, Nigel Marshall, Kevin Sims, Will McLean, Benjamin Louche, Caroline Harper, Brian Cannon, Rusty Egan, Richard Mills (Global Citizen), John Ashton (Psychedelic Furs), Sarah Sara, Gordon Mallet, Tony Fenner, Andrew Melvin, Steve Carroll, Gideon Hall, Jason Elliot, Simon Chappell, Mike Nicholls, Ian Doyle, Paul Hallam, Garry Bushell, Nathan Cooper, Chris Goddard, Sallie Quinlan, Laurence Cottrell, Collette Lane, Ian Pile, Colin Sheehan, Jack Gestures, Neil Parnell, Paul Hughes, Carl Adams, Paul Tunkin, Eugene Butcher (Vive Le Rock), Andy Gallagher, Helen Block, Davyd Skull, Jess Hawkins, Russell Barton, Steve Whistler and Roman Jugg? Christmas Jamboree Bag peaked at No. 25 over Christmas 1981. Around that time Chas contacted Flexipop! and asked if he could do a Lifelines because he loved reading them so much. Two more Jamboree Bag albums were released, in 1983 and 1985, and both made the Top 20 in the UK. The duo played a Christmas Jamboree at the IndigO2 on 23 and 24 December 2011 and 8 December 2012 and in 2013 they played the Rebellion Festival. Alas, Rolling Stone never reviewed Christmas Jamboree Bag. Track List (too many to list in full) When Im Cleanin Windows Any Old Iron Run Rabbit Run The Laughing Policeman What A Rotten Song Rolling Round The World Chinese Laundry Blues Margie Where Did You Get That Hat? Baby Face Who Were You With Last Night? Somebody Stole My Gal Robert E. Lee (See Them Shufflin Along) Hopping Down In Kent Two Ol Girls From Camden Town The Sideboard Song Rabbit Roll Over Beethoven Rabbit comes from the Cockney rhyming slang ‘rabbit and pork’ meaning ‘talk’. The single was released in November 1980 and peaked at No.8 in the UK. It was also used in a television commercial for Courage Bitter. The song was re-issued in 2013 as part of Record Store Day on rabbit-shaped vinyl.
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