Copycat Cover Records

Adventures in collecting anonymous cover versions

Sunday, July 20, 2025

New find

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Your blogster has been busy on several different projects over recent years and no longer has the time or energy to collect budget records....
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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Shameless advertising

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If you've come here looking for stuff relating to cover version albums, there's plenty to feast your eyes on. However you'll hav...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Newly discovered Top of the Poppers cassette

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Very occasionally, we are lucky to find another item from the long Top of the Pops discography, which had managed to escape our attentions. ...
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Chevron cassettes - new research project underway

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Chevron cassettes - those of Parade of Pops fame - have interested me for years, but I've never yet found anything like a full discograp...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Merry Christmas!

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Over the last couple of years, this blog has become an occasional thing rather than something which is updated every week. Nonetheless, it...
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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Budget albums in the national press

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Last week, we heard that the old UK budget albums, including Top of the Pops, were afforded a glimpse of the limelight, courtesy of the Dail...
Friday, October 25, 2019

Burn, baby, burn ... Disco Inferno!

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One of the great things about collecting budget cover versions is the way collectors are willing to generously share their new finds, and la...
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Sunday, August 11, 2019

New discovery completes Deacon EP discography

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Deacon was one of the smaller players in the budget covers LP market, issuing just half a dozen instalments of Pick of the Pops through 1970...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Top of the Spots

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We love to find examples of Top of the Pops albums cropping up in unexpected places. This one was noticed by Ian Byrne, and featues on the c...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

South Africa: Still digging Top of the Pops in 1981

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We know of many, many overseas pressings of Top of the Pops records dating throughout the lifespan of the series - starting as early as volu...
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