EYE ON EBAY-----Page three extras

Those naked women on the Scoop sleeve appear snooty to me; difficult to achieve when your shorn of all attire. Their charms lured in £141 for seller Punkysteve. A good price for a record that often scrapes the £100 undercarriage.

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 april 3

1 Golinski Brothers : Bloody
2 Sarah Goes Shopping : Yet Another Song About "Love And Peace"
3 B-Team : All I Ever Wanted
4 Relations : Brainwashed And Blowdried
5 Toys : My Mind Wanders
6 Scoop : You Can Do It
7 Comet Gain : Books Of California
8 Kamikaze Pilots : Sharon Signs To Cherry Red
9 Flying Colours : Abstract Art
10 Sister Rain : Burt Reynolds
11 Dancette : Going Green
12 C-Saim : Give And Take
13 Fontaines : I Want Everything
14 Go Sailor : Fine Day For Sailing
15 Screen 3 : City Of Souls
16 Dancing Bears : She's My Girl
17 Northern Portrait : Crazy
18 Hot Rain : It's A Lie
19 Elephant Noise : Remember The Big Time
20 Patsy Ann Noble : Tied Up With Mary

Green numbers indicate new entries.

THE SCOOP----------So good ladies took their clothes off for them.

The Daily Mail, the paper which helps the ignorant become the misinformed ignorant, would shudder at this lewd cover. There is something of the MacBethian-hag-at-cauldron look about these two unashamed nudes disporting themselves on the cover of the Scoop's single. The longer I gaze on them the more a certain actress named Patricia Hodge comes to mind.

Musically the Scoop delight in amateurish mod-friendly unfussy tunes a little reminiscent of the Head. The band consisted of Martyn Clapson on lead guitar/vocals, Sam Hodgkin on vocals, James Morris on bass guitar and John Turner on drums and vocals. The record was released in the dying days of the seventies on the band's own label Sharp. In early 1981 they recorded a tape only LP before being ladled into the great incinerator of obscurity.

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EYE ON EBAY-------What a Scoop

The Scoop's four track EP sells for an invigorating £171. Quite beyond my price range which is why I'm glad I scooped it up a few weeks ago for a tad over £50. I feel a little smug.

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