Mr David ArmstrongThe Radio Luxembourg Top 20 Charts - 1980 to 1991
D**L
very good book completes luxy charts
very good book completes my luxy chart books was delivered safely and on time by dbd
G**R
Literally HUNDREDS of errors.
Firstly, I'd just like to say why this book merits one star (not because I couldn't give zero) - it's worth one star, as it is good to have this information in book form.However, it's an absolutely awful book. I had bought the first volume of this series, released earlier this year, and had been very disappointed with it, so I decided I would not buy this, when it was released.However, I relented, and, as mentioned, I am happy to have this info in book form. I'm still disappointed at the lack of information provided. For a "chart" book, not to even have a "last week" column, let alone provide other info common to such books, is inexcusable (and just plain stupid - the info was all available to Armstrong).Beyond that, I could not begin to list the number of errors; suffice to say it is comfortably in the hundreds. Armstrong has simply cut and pasted the information from a well-known website, which does not have English as its first language. Being charitable to Armstrong, most of the errors arise from this cut and paste procedure. I am sure he would recognise most of the errors, if he took the time to look over his "work" before rushing to publish it. (For example, the top 20 listed dated 12th April 1983 has FIVE errors in the song titles alone. To back up what I said earlier - coincidentally, the online non-English language source also has the exact same errors.)There has been no "editing" involved in this book. If Armstrong had taken a little time to look through the info, before committing to self-publish, he would have noted most, if not all, of the errors, which occur throughout the book. It wouldn't have taken long, and would have improved this book immensely - I reckon two days would have done it.To sum up, this is a sloppy, amateurish piece of work. I can understand someone paying for the info for the reasons stated above, but it really needs an almost complete overhaul. This is really just a cut and paste of readily available information, with no heed at all to accuracy.
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