{"product_id":"pick-of-the-pops-volume-1","title":"Pick Of The Pops Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA swish compilation featuring the most memorable songs in the career of the top notch indie band \u003cstrong\u003eThe Hit Parade\u003c\/strong\u003e. It collects together the most poignant moments in the career of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Hit Parade\u003c\/strong\u003e, and includes their thoughtful recording for Sarah Records \u003cem\u003e“In Gunnersbury Park”\u003c\/em\u003e, their tub thumping single for Minty Fresh USA \u003cem\u003e“Hitomi”\u003c\/em\u003e as well as other cuts, both cheerful and desolate in style, that feature \u003cstrong\u003eCath Carroll\u003c\/strong\u003e (Factory Records), \u003cstrong\u003eAmelia Fletcher\u003c\/strong\u003e (Heavenly and Tallulah Gosh) and \u003cstrong\u003eHarvey Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e (Another Sunny Day and The Field Mice).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hit Parade\u003c\/strong\u003e was formed by Julian Henry with his school friends Matt Moffatt and Raymond Watts in 1984 when they released their first single ‘Forever’ on JSH Records. Since then they’ve clung to the sensibilities of pure pop and have become a curiosity item with their retro attitudes and songs about dead writers, disused swimming pools and failed love affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir early vinyl singles were lauded by John Peel, the NME and Melody Maker, the now defunct weekly paper that published Julian Henry's writing. In the 1990s the band toured alongside Edwyn Collins, The Milkshakes and Sarah Records notables, and signed to Japanese and US labels, releasing a sequence of albums that have since become collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Optic Nerve","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50384526213451,"sku":"1143561","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50384527655243,"sku":"353409","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9ac2d784-405b-4e28-b896-93f8bef52b89_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726300611","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/pick-of-the-pops-volume-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}