Radio Caroline Countdown of Album Sound
24th, 31st December 1979.


This chart is kindly provided by the Felixstowe & Offshore Radio Facebook page.


 

Caroline Countdown of Album Sound  Top 30   24th, 31st December 1979
 
Presented by Stephen Bishop

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1
1
The Wall
Pink Floyd
2

Pink Cadillac
John Prine
3

The Raven
The Stranglers
4

Night Out
Ellen Foley
5

Regatta de Blanc
The Police
6

Damn The Torpedoes
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
7

Head Games
Foreigner
8

Steppin' Out
Joan Armatrading
9

Joe's Garage (Act 1)
Frank Zappa
10

Eat To The Beat
Blondie
11

Open
Steve Hillage
12

Freedom at Point Zero
Jefferson Starship
13

God Bless the Starjets
Starjets
14

Hiding
Albert Lee
15

Glory Boys
Secret Affair
16

I'm the Man
Joe Jackson
17
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London Calling
The Clash
18

Drums and Wires
XTC
19
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Jellied Eels To Record Deals
The Buzzards
20

Live Rust
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
21

Facades
Sad Cafe
22

Solo
Mark Ashton
23

Marathon
Santana
24
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First Offence
The Inmates
25
-
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
26

Survival
Bob Marley & the Wailers
27

Chicago 13
Chicago
28

I Can See Your House From Here
Camel
29
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Sid Sings
Sid Vicious
30

Over The Top
Cozy Powell





click to hear audio Stephen Bishop is the victim of a practical joke while presenting The Caroline Countdown of Album Sound on Christmas Day 1979. This recording was donated to www.azanorak.com by Bill Rollins. Our thanks to Bill and Ray Robinson (duration 2 minutes 56 seconds)


Our thanks to Brian Nichols.
 
The links from the songs on this page lead to the Amazon MP3 Store where you can hear short audio clips of the tracks and customers in the UK can buy downloads. Please see this note.
 
There are a number of other offshore charts listed on The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. Full details here.
 
The previous chart we have is from 26th November 1979. We don't have the next one but we do have an incomplete chart from 21st January 1980.


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