TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 may 22

1 Hardy Boys : Wonderful Lie
2 Camera Obscura : French Navy
3 Fontaines : Bernadette
4 Desk : Astronauts
5 Sneakers : Ruby
6 Nine Steps To Ugly : Eddie Lopez Lives In Slough
7 Loch Ness Mouse : Vespa 50
8 Fontaines : I Want Everything
9 Nine Steps To Ugly : Bobby Charlton's Haircut
10 Josie Cotton : Johnny Are You Queer?
11 Hermit Crabs : Flaxen-Haired Boy
12 Grout : Fast Cars
13 Minisnap : Whistler
14 Painted Word : Independence Day
15 Sarah Goes Shopping : Yet Another Song About "Love And Peace"
16 Anti Social : Traffic Lights
17 Je Suis Animal : Painted In My Face
18 Northern Portrait : Crazy
19 News : 50% Reduction
20 Flying Colours : Abstract Art

Green numbers indicate new entries.

NINE STEPS TO UGLY---------A thing of beauty from Slough

According to Eddie Cochran there are three steps to heaven, a fact that through paranormal channels he could possibly confirm for us. Now if Eddie was the curious type he would have continued climbing the metaphorical stairs until he reached ugly which, according to this band from Slough, exists on a higher plane than heaven. Despite their arcane and clumsy name Nine Steps To Ugly relish constructing a straightforward pop tune.

So who was Eddie Lopez? He was the Labour candidate for Slough in the 1987 and 1992 elections, finishing runner up on both occasions to the Conservatives. If you're anticipating a song in Redskins fire and brimstone mould you'll be disappointed. And if I have to explain to you who Bobby Charlton is I'll be disappointed. Bobby Charlton's Haircut, the second song on this flexi is, I think, obscurely referenced by the unusual placing of the apostrophe in the title of the tune as the song itself pays no tribute to Mr.Charlton's disingenuous wispy fibre formation.

Nine Steps To Ugly was made up of Tracey Owen on vocals, Jim Turner on guitar, Cameron Smillie on guitar, Nick Elson on bass and Dave Best on drums and they played their final gig in June 1989 supported by a Thousand Yard Stare.

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TURNTABLE REVOLUTION TOP 20 may 1

1 Fontaines : I Want Everything
2 Josie Cotton : Johnny Are You Queer?
3 Je Suis Animal : Painted In My Face
4 Nine Steps To Ugly : Eddie Lopez Lives In Slough
5 Sarah Goes Shopping : Yet Another Song About "Love And Peace"
6 Sneakers : Ruby
7 Camera Obscura : French Navy
8 News : 50% Reduction
9 Devils Hole Gang : Isn't It
10 Fontaines : Bernadette
11 Hermit Crabs : Flaxen-Haired Boy
12 B-Team : All I Ever Wanted
13 Loch Ness Mouse : Vespa 50
14 Stormclouds : Lost In Space
15 Kamikaze Pilots : Sharon Signs To Cherry Red
16 Flying Colurs : Abstract Art
17 Minisnap : Whistler
18 Scoop : You Can Do It
19 Northern Portrait : Crazy
20 Relations : Brainwashed And Blowdried

Green numbers indicate new entries.

EYE ON EBAY

The Nine Steps To Ugly flexi sales past the £100 mark. Last time it sold for considerably less. Now I'm familiar with the fabulous Eddie Lopez Lives In Slough (what's with these crazy monikers?) as it features on two compilations I own. But Bobby Charlton's Haircut remains an unknown delight. As far as I know it's never been comped so maybe it's an unremarkable instrumental.

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