Seven inches of pleasure
The seven inch single is surely the pinnacle of home entertainment products – two great songs and over in five minutes or so. Here is a particularly splendid example found on one of my charity shop expeditions and secured for the sum of fifty new pence.
Chairmen of the Board – You’ve Got Me Dangling On A String
A great record from 1970 that went Top 5 in the UK. My copy seems once to have belonged to someone called Sue, I wonder where she is now? This was their second single and features General Norman Johnson’s instantly recognisable voice. It’s one of those records that has been somewhere in my head since I first heard it nearly forty years ago.
Here it is on my record player, complete with added sunshine.
Rather terrifically someone has made a film of this record being played on an actual record player and uploaded the film to YourTubes. The modern world can sometimes be a splendid place and I thoroughly recommend that you have a look at this mixture of old and new technologicals.
