I remember watching this on Top of The Pops and thinking that this one of the grooviest things that I had ever heard but for some reason never bought the single.
I also remember the birth of a new craze called ‘skateboarding’ in 1977 as well, and I remember John Craven’s ‘Newsround’ coming to Leicester to Western Park (near where I lived) to film a segment for the programme on a skateboarding area that had been built in the park. I also recall a short film about skateboarding which was shown at the cinema alongside the main programme which showed a skateboard’s eye view of the ‘sport’ accompanied by this song! An odd choice indeed!
Many years later when the glorious internet came around and the likes of ‘You Tube’ and Itunes allowed me to listen again to things that I thought I would never hear or see again I sought out ‘Up Town Top Ranking’ and now play it regularly.
This is a truly great record…
Now listen to the song….
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