1973, Slade, Cum on Feel The Noise. I heard this morning that today was the day that this single reached the dizzy heights of number 1 in the hit parade, and I remember like it was only a few days ago. It had the distinction of going straight to number 1, something that (I think) had only happened once before by the Beatles, but I'm going to have to Google that to check.
YES !!! Result! Get Back was the only other single to do it until that point. ..and how did I remember it so well? - that's the really interesting point. I was 14, so that must mean it is an impressionable age and I was obviously 'into' the charts. Could be that I was influenced by my big sister, but I'll never admit that, so let's assume it was just a normal child development thing where pop music takes on a more meaningful part of your life at that age. What I also remember was that I was very keen to buy this single, so keen in fact that even though I couldn't afford it, I was able to go 50% with big sister and buy it from the local record store. I guess this was Gaits on the Civic Centre, but I have a vague recollection of another record store a couple of doors down. Interestingly (for me, anyway) I distinctly remember walking back from the record shop with the record in a bag. How odd that I recall the minutiae about that, but everything else from 1973 is a blur. I can even tell you that the 'S' in Noise was a mirror image on the record which is very difficult to replicate with this font.
Training news - my knee is not so good after 5 miles of hills at Caistor. I thought it wold be a good idea to get some 'natural' reps in by running up the hills, which I did, but my knee did not feel good. I had to consciously keep it pointing inwards slightly to prevent it failing, and since finishing it's feeling decidedly ropey. I'll give a week or so before I go out on it again - I'm reasonably hopeful it will correct itself and I will have to watch my gait.
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