Vinyl Albums - Comments by kimbozw

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
kimbozw 26th Jun 2014		Vinyl Album Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979)	Popular album in 1979. Global chart peaks for DISCOVERY: #1 - Norway, UK, Australia, Rhodesia #2 - Sweden #3 - Finland #5 - Holland, USA #7 - Germany #15 - France.
kimbozw 25th Jun 2014		Vinyl Album ELO - Time (1981)	oops sorry my comment was truncated here. Belmont Printers was the printer based in Zimbabwe. The South African printer would most commony have been Interpak. The label catalogue number originated in South Africa and was used also in Zimbabwe.
kimbozw 25th Jun 2014		Vinyl Album ELO - Time (1981)	the sleeve is certainly from Zimbabwe (based on the South African original), purchased at an outlet called MUSIC which was located in the city of Bulawayo. The labels also look Zimbabwean. South African sleeve would be glossy and would not have the 4A Belmont Printers reference bottom right as that was the
kimbozw 2nd Jun 2014		Vinyl Album Sound Effects - Rhodesia Safari On Sound	B2 was an anglicised transliteration of the indigenous name "Hwange" which is now used. A game park located not that far from Victoria Falls. Also the location of a power station. I've seen this album in the equivalent of many bargain bins before ...
kimbozw 22nd May 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - It's Happening (1967)	thanks to wordnwot for the useful info about GOLDWAVE.
kimbozw 21st May 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - It's Happening (1967)	thanks to our man in Hull for paving the way and adding tracks 11 and 12 on each side.
kimbozw 20th May 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Original Cast (1976)	Good to see Side A track 7 given its proper title on this pressing. Global chart peaks for THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW album: 1974: #27 - Australia 1976: #2 - Rhodesia #12 - Australia 1978: #49 - USA.
kimbozw 20th May 2014		Vinyl Album Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)	Pink FLYOD [sic] on Motown?! Clearly not produced during a lucid interval. :-) Global chart peaks for the album: #2 - Norway, Switzerland, Australia #3 - Sweden, UK, Germany, USA #4 - France, Holland #5 - South Africa #14 - Finland.
kimbozw 20th May 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - It's Happening (1967)	I am regrettably unable to play this disc as the lowest speed on my turntable is 33 rpm. Pity.
kimbozw 30th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - High-Energy Double-Dance Volume 01 (1984)	This peaked at #1 in Zimbabwe and #2 in South Africa on the sales charts. Other #2 peaks for the series in South Africa were for Volume 05 and Volume 07. No. 05 also reached #2 in Zimbabwe. None of the compilations reached #1 in South Africa.
kimbozw 30th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - High-Energy Double-Dance Volume 12 (1988)	This was the final in this compilation series to reach the Top 20 sales chart in South Africa, charting 01 June 1989 with a #12 peak.
kimbozw 30th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Alphaville - Forever Young (1984)	South Africa chart entry date 15 December 1984. Chart peak data: #1 - Norway, Sweden, South Africa #3 - Germany, Zimbabwe #4 - Switzerland #7 - Finland #12 - Holland #91 - Australia #180 - USA.
kimbozw 30th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - Springbok Hit Parade 67 (1985)	For some reason this was the only album in the SPRINGBOK HITS series which reached the Top 20 sales chart in South Africa, charting 20 april 1985 peaking at #20. The official albums chart only commenced in December 1981 however.
kimbozw 30th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Pop Shop Volume 26 (1985)	South Africa chart entry 04 May 1985 peaking at #3. The highest peak position for any of the POP SHOP compilations albums together with POP SHOP VOLUME 24 which charted 13 October 1984.
kimbozw 30th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (1983)	South Africa chart entry date 16 April 1983. Chart peak data: #1 - UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France #2 - South Africa #3 - Holland, Australia, Finland #6 - USA.
kimbozw 23rd Apr 2014		Vinyl Album The Beatles - 1962-1966 [The Red Album]	also check the album cover. if glossy type cover then it's likely from South Africa, if a matt type cover then from Zimbabwe. That may settle the uncertainty.
kimbozw 22nd Apr 2014		Vinyl Album The Beatles - 1962-1966 [The Red Album]	it's more the print font which resembles a South African pressing to me
kimbozw 16th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Alan Garrity - A Song For You (1982)	Track A1 seemingly a cover version of the italian song PER ELISA by Alice. Composer is Battiato
kimbozw 16th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Various - Now That's What I Call Music 01 (1984)	Based on the UK LP series but with different tracks altogether
kimbozw 16th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album Various - Now That's What I Call Music 05 (1986)	I think that this is the album which included a free 12" single in pinkish coloured transparent vinyl with Jermaine Stewart's WE DON'T HAVE TO on one side and David Bowie's UNDERGROUND on the other
kimbozw 16th Apr 2014		Vinyl Album The Beatles - 1962-1966 [The Red Album]	the label looks more like a South African pressed one to me
kimbozw 16th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album Jim Reeves - Jim Reeves' Souvenir Album (1964)	thanks tony p. it seems that this type of LP was not uncommon in south africa from the forum comments you linked.
kimbozw 14th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album Jim Reeves - Jim Reeves' Souvenir Album (1964)	does anyone know of other albums which played at 16 and two thirds RPM in order to permit 15 tracks on each side?
kimbozw 14th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album ELO - Time (1981)	This one reached the following chart peaks: #1 - UK, Sweden, Holland, Germany #2 - Norway, South Africa #3 - Australia #4 - Finland #15 - Zimbabwe #16 - USA #28 - France.
kimbozw 14th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album ABBA - Waterloo (1974)	Chart highs for this one: #1 - Sweden, Norway #4 - Finland #6 - Germany, Rhodesia #18 - Australia #28 - UK #145 - USA.
kimbozw 14th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album Juluka - The Good Hope Concerts (1986)	no chart entry for this one in South Africa.
kimbozw 14th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album Chicago - Chicago 16 (1982)	Chart peaks for this one: #9 - USA #11 - Germany #19 - South Africa #22 - Australia #44 - UK.
kimbozw 10th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - Springbok Hit Parade 32 (1977)	Joe Dolan's song failed to reach the Springbok Top 20 sales chart but was a hit on Radio 5's airplay/popularity chart not based on sales
kimbozw 10th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - Springbok Hit Parade 60 (1982)	these album covers inspired the name of a South African band 20+ years later on - "SPRINGBOK NUDE GIRLS" :-)
kimbozw 7th Mar 2014		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - Springbok Hit Parade 11 (1973)	yes, the selection of tracks included on the SPRINGBOK HITS series must have been based on some of the most popular selling records at the time. BIANCA did not reach the Top 20 singles sales chart at the time in South Africa but was perhaps bubbling under or in the vernacular referred to as "op die drumpel". BIANCA had been a hit in the german language in Germany and elsewhere by FREDDY BRECK and was also recorded i think by GERT POTGIETER another RSA artist. Whether the latter artist released his version as a single i do not know.

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