On 19th January 1980, the first independent record charts were published in the UK. Those charts became a huge success and all the “inkies” used to include them in their publication every week. On that first week 44 years ago “Where’s Captain Kirk? by Spizzenergi was the best-selling indie single and a pre-fame Adams and the Ants had the number one indie album with ‘Dirk Wears White Sox’. I still love that album!
To be included in the indie chart, a record had to be distributed independently of the major record companies’ corporate framework; the music genre was irrelevant. This is why “Save Your Love” by Renée and Renato made it to number one in the indie charts in December 1982 and Black Lace was atop of the Indie charts in August 1984 with “Agadoo”. Strangely those two never seem to appear on Indie compilations, do they?
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