Top Of The Pops Volume 40 (Pickwick LP)

As you may know the Top Of The Pops series ran from the late 60s to the early 80s and included cover versions of the top hits of the day, luckily my Mum never throws anything away and gave me some of the original LPs, this one being from 1974. I chose this one to review first as it includes one of my all-time favourite songs, that being Carl Douglas' "kung fu fighting", so how is the cover version? Its not that bad actually, it lacks a bit of oomph compared to the original but is still good enough fun.

"Love me for a reason" is covered really well here, as is "Annie's Song", mind you i've never been a huge fan of The Osmonds or John Denver so a die-hard fan might be less satisfied with the cover than i. It does help on that score to enjoy the song more if you arn't that familiar with the original, as you can't stop comparing otherwise. Nothing is a stinker on here, overall its a damn good mid-1970s party mix. It even includes "Y viva Espana" which is about as awful/brilliant as the original (depending on how drunk you are...)