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TopPopper 19th Apr 2020		Book Various Authors - The Beatles Worldwide Singles And EP's Encyclopedia From A To Z Volume 12 Greece, Guatemala And India 1 (2017)	These look to be incredible books. Alas, with the series heading for about 40 volumes, at 25 Euros each (plus shipping) few will ever have them. 1,000 Euros is a bit too much for most of us. I wonder if the authors will ever release e-editions?
TopPopper 22nd Sep 2019		Book Owen Jones - The Establishment (2015)	Not sure why anyone would think this guy is part of the establishment. Sure, he's made a name for himself in journalism, but his dad was working class, worked for the local council, and he was sent to a state comprehensive school.
TopPopper 17th Mar 2019		Book Soccer Stars 78/79: Golden Collection - F.K.S. Publishers (1979)	A crazy/fantastic idea, depending how you look at it - all the stickers in the set were golden (see back cover for reproductions of a few). This presumably resulted from the competition, Panini, having introduced gold club badges in their previous season's collection. FKS certainly outdid them here, even if they were not as popular.
TopPopper 17th Mar 2019		Book Association Footballers 1935-1936 - W. D. & H. O. Wills (1936)	The backs of the cigarette cards were coated with a water-activated gum, so you could lick and stick them into the album. A fore-runner of the footbal sticker album.
TopPopper 9th Jan 2019		Book Michael Resnick - Redbeard (1969)	I've made that change, ppint. Don't forget the 'Make Correction' link at the bottom of the page - it's generally better for corrections like this. Thanks for flagging up.
TopPopper 22nd Dec 2018		Book Wee Red Book - Evening Times (George Outram And Co.) (1973)	So, Rangers and Celtic on the front, a Glasgow telephone number on the back, and the word "wee" in the title. I'm guesssing ... about Scottish football perhaps?
TopPopper 16th Dec 2017		Book Lionel Fanthorpe - Somewhere Out There (1963)	I wonder if Jeff Lynne had a copy. Reminds me of several ELO record covers!
TopPopper 18th Jul 2017		Book Clinton Heylin - Bootleg (1996)	I suppose it's perfectly appropriate that you can download a pdf of this book for nothing (I won't post a link, but Google knows all!)
TopPopper 16th Oct 2016		Book Hamish Champ - 100 Best-Selling Albums Of The 70s (2004)	These figures must mean the best-selling albums to date, which were released in the 70s. "The Wall" for example, couldn't have sold that many copies in 1979 alone. That being so, I'm surprised the Beatles' red and blue albums don't feature in the top 10. (Or are they excluding comps?)
TopPopper 15th Oct 2016		Book Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles: All These Years Volume 1: Tune In (2013)	[YouTube Video] Fascinating interviews. (More on YouTube for those interested.)
TopPopper 15th Oct 2016		Book Mark Lewisohn - The Beatles: All These Years Volume 1: Tune In (2013)	[YouTube Video]
TopPopper 2nd Oct 2016		Book Alan Aldridge - Bernie Taupin: The One Who Writes The Words For Elton John (1976)	I agree. "Bernie Taupin" seems to me to be part of the book's title.
TopPopper 21st Aug 2016		Book John Lennon - In His Own Write (1964)	[YouTube Video]
TopPopper 24th Jul 2016		Book Jeff Russell - The Beatles Complete Discography (2005)	Presumably a re-working of this earlier book.
TopPopper 7th Jul 2016		Book Spike Milligan - Goodbye Soldier (1986)	Have changed "Goodbye Soldier Demob" to just "Goodbye Soldier" so it links. If an image comes along, we can check that's correct.
TopPopper 21st Jun 2016		Book Various Authors - The Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles 2nd Edition (1979)	Fair point. Now I look, it's the same for many of them. Where there's no edition number forming part of the actual title, it's probably best to leave them in, but standardise them all, as you suggest.
TopPopper 21st Jun 2016		Book Various Authors - The Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles 2nd Edition (1979)	I can see it's on there, but it's not wrtten as part of the title, as reinforced by it not being on the title page or spine.
TopPopper 21st Jun 2016		Book Various Authors - The Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles 2nd Edition (1979)	An issue has been raised over the title of this book. It doesn't contain "2nd Edition" in the title, although I can see it's useful to have it given that this is a long series. In any case, as the subtitle field is in use already, should we keep "2nd Edition", or put it somewhere else?
TopPopper 30th Dec 2015		Book Ian Shirley - Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide 2016 (2014)	They always do that. It irritates me a little, but that's just the way it goes. My guess is, they want it to look in date up until the following one comes out - as we go into 2016, expect the 2018 guide to appear shortly!
TopPopper 27th Dec 2015		Book John Steinbeck - The Grapes Of Wrath (1990)	An absolutely brilliant book. Probably the best thing I've ever read.
TopPopper 2nd Dec 2015		Book Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide 2004 - Parker Publishing (2002)	Not sure why all the others are listed as being published by Diamond Publishing. This one says Parker Publishing, and I've included the publishing history page for verification of this.
TopPopper 1st Dec 2015		Book Various Contributors - Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide 1987 (1986)	£200 for a stereo black and gold Please Please Me. Bargain!
TopPopper 26th Nov 2015		Book Stall - Self And Sex Series (1907)	"Do you bring to your bride the same purity as you expect from her?" Since I don't understand the question, I guess I'd have to say no!
TopPopper 25th Nov 2015		Book Alan Clayson - Ringo Starr (2003)	I think this is the only biography of Ringo ever published?
TopPopper 25th Nov 2015		Book Various Authors - The Now That's What I Call Music Book (2014)	Then you'll be horrified to know there's an updated edition in the shops right now.
TopPopper 25th Nov 2015		Book Alex Bagirov - The Anthology Of The Beatles Records, Vol. I / II (2007)	My copy came with a folder insert containing a replica Polydor single and some pictures.
TopPopper 23rd Nov 2015		Book Peter Doggett - The Beatles (1996)	These images (the ones shown here) are all from an occasion which has become known as the "Mad Day Out", when they cruised around London looking for interesting locations to shoot. There are several internet resources - here's possibly the best.
TopPopper 22nd Nov 2015		Book Football 79 - Figurine Panini (1979)	Your site, Canny?
TopPopper 22nd Nov 2015		Book Football 78 - Figurine Panini (1978)	Sadly, yes.
TopPopper 22nd Nov 2015		Book Football 78 - Figurine Panini (1978)	Sample stickers here

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