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The Giddy Carousel of Pop
Welcome aboard The Giddy Carousel of Pop! We are a Smash Hits appreciation podcast dedicated to the swingorilliant British pop magazine which ran from 1978 to 2006. In each episode, we take an old issue of Ver Hits (usually from the 1980s but may slip a year or two either side of that) and discuss what’s on its pages, looking at who’s riding high on the carousel and who’s heading down the dumper. We always have a guest to help us along the way, so we’ll be talking to the readers, the writers, and who knows, maybe even the odd pop star who appeared in its pages. Hang...
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Ratings & Reviews
5.0 stars from 48 ratings
Giddy Chart Pod
My two favourite podcasts united in the latest episode with Simon Price. Keep up the swingeriliant work!
Looby5 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 03/09/24
An Apology
Sorry, I left a review a while ago but it seems to have disappeared so here’s a new one, still subscribed, still loving it, the Simon Price episode was superb.
Sir Pick 'N' Mix-A-Lot via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/08/24
Just caught up with the Simon Price episode - such a tremendous nostalgic and entertaining flight back in time to 1979. Looking forward to catching with more episodes!
Eggynewydd via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/05/24
Recent Episodes
Buy us a coffee and help keep the carousel spinning: https://ko-fi.com/giddypoppod Welcome to The Giddy Carousel of Pop! In this episode, Gav and Si are joined by pop critic, author, DJ and Chart Music podcast regular, Simon Price. The carousel spins us back to October 1979, Simon's very first...
Published 03/04/24
Published 03/04/24
Welcome to The Giddy Carousel of Pop! In this episode, we take a trip to the Carousel's reading room to talk to find out all about Phew, Eh Readers?, a new book collecting selected works of Smash Hits and Q scribe Tom Hibbert, with the book's co-editor Jasper Murison-Bowie and designer (and...
Published 02/02/24
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