TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 aug 6

1 Standard Fare : Philadelphia

2 Shrag : Rabbit Kids

3 Pains Of Being Pure At Heart : Say No To Love

4 Betty & The Werewolves : Euston Station

5 Somewhere Over England : If I Ever Fall In Love

6 Hari & Aino : A Considerate Kind Of Home

7 Pere Ubu : Cloud 149

8 Boy Genius : Blame Love

9 Felt Tips : Lifeskills

10 Tunnelrunners : Plastic Land

11 Socialist Leisure Party : Vulnerable Adults

12 Liechtenstein : This Must Be Heaven

13 Morning Spunk : ?

14 Tunnelrunners : Forever Crying Alone

15 Really 3rds : Everyday Everyway

16 Society : Can't Hide A Lie

17 Tender Trap : Do You Want A Boyfriend?

18 Bubblegum Lemonade : Caroline's Radio

19 M J Hibbett & The Validators : Do The Indie Kid

20 Math & Physics Club : Jimmy Had A Polaroid

Green numbers indicate new entries.

EYE ON EBAY-----Seminal release

I doubted the existence of this despite it featuring in the estimable 45 Revs. A spoof, and a gloriously tasteless one at that. But I've been assured the Morning Spunk single does it exist; a copy sold on ebay about a year ago. Apparently the funsters behind this were not an offshoot of the Pork Dukes but former members of the Renegades, a British beat/R&B band who, failing to win hearts in the UK, did what so many other ignored British bands did, hawked their wares around Europe, wowing the Scandinavians before pitching up in Italy where they became stars by rousing the natives with some 50's R'n'R revival. If that didn't alarm the San Remo types their cash-in incarnation cover of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll certainly left them incensed and probably inspired a youngish Silvio Berlusconi. The single flopped; somehow the snotty snobby Italians were unimpressed and scurried back to their opera seats. Sold for £41.77. And I won it.

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EYE ON EBAY--------Early riser

Reference books are a thing of wonder, aren't they? But are they to be trusted? To safeguard the author from plagiarism said books have been known to invent facts. Even the A-Z has the odd false street marked in it. Waylaid by the wonder of a band called Morning Spunk found in 45 Revs I doubted the veracity of the entry. From what spurt of imagination did this name ooze? Whereas the Sex Pistols was a reasonably witty moniker what was amusing about a name possibly inspired by a dawn greeting from a chipper Australian?

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But there's the £80 proof. Two naked girls drenched in a deluge of man jam adorn the cover; or alternatively they've just stepped out of the shower together. Released only in Italy, land of Berlusconi and topless TV presenters, the band shot their load of talent to little effect. Perhaps their brand of sleazy sex was a little premature, thirty years on Italy seems ready for them now.