At the turn of the 70s, songwriters like Tony Macaulay (‘Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes’), Cook and
Greenaway (‘Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart’), Lynsey De Paul and Barry Blue (‘Storm In A Teacup’) and John
Carter (‘Beach Baby’) were bossing the singles charts and Radio 1 while more serious acts such as Led Zeppelin and
Pink Floyd concentrated on album sales.
“Chip Shop Pop” is a stellar collection of super-melodic, expertly crafted songs; it gathers two dozen of the songs that
got away, all potential hits written by these Denmark Street-schooled songwriters. You might have only heard these
records once or twice before, coming out of a passing kid’s transistor radio, or in the background in a cafe, or a
chippie, and then they disappeared into the ether never to be heard again – until now.
Tracks:
1. HELLO, HELLO, HELLO - Stormy Petrel 2. MELANIE MAKES ME SMILE - Tony Burrows 3. TIP OF MY TONGUE -
Brotherly Love 4. LOST AND FOUND - Whiskey Mac 5. ON A PLANE TO NOWHERE - Barracade 6. LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE - Candlewick Green 7. LADY PEARL - Currant Kraze 8. ON THE RUN - Scorched Earth 9. I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE - Scarecrow 10. TELLTALE - Patches 11. RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - Peter Doyle 12. A LITTLE THING LIKE LOVE - River 13.
DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - John Kincade 14. IN THE MORNING - Bitter Almond 15. EVERY LITTLE MOVE SHE MAKES - White Plains 16. SCHOOLGIRL NOTION - Janie & The Marlettes 17. HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN -
Fortunes 18. YELLOW BIRD (HAVE YOU NO HOME) - Design 19. CLOVELLY - Roger Holman & Simon May 20. I NEED
YOUR EVERLASTING LOVE - Liberty Helm 21. BYE GOODBYE - Silver Lining 22. IT'S GETTING SWEETER ALL THE TIME -
Shorty 23. CATERPILLAR - Cold Fly 24. THIS IS MY LIFE - Wei Wei Wong
