Top Of The Pops

BBC Transcription Services

Nothing to do with the UK TV chart pop show, these were discs pressed by the BBC for distribution to radio stations across the globe, featuring a show of current chart hits by British artists, all accompanied by a track listing cue sheet.
The discs had an expiry date and were supposed to be returned to the BBC after a year for destruction but obviously that didn’t happen in every case.

Only pressings featuring Madness tracks are listed here.

The table may be incomplete. Please let me know if you have any missing releases.

Vinyl

No.DateMadness trackA-SideB-Side
77803 Oct 1979The Prince145315-S145316-S
78414 Nov 1979One Step Beyond145506-S145507-S
79316 Jan 1980My Girl145883-S145884-S
79530 Jan 1980My Girl145887-S145888-S
80509 Apr 1980Night Boat To Cairo146399-S146400-S
82924 Sep 1980Baggy Trousers147331-S147332-S
83101 Oct 1980Baggy Trousers147335-S147336-S
83826 Nov 1980Embarrassment147598-S147599-S
84010 Dec 1980Embarrassment147746-S147747-S
84728 Jan 1981Return Of The Los Palmas 7148067-S148068-S
84911 Feb 1981Return Of The Los Palmas 7148071-S148072-S
86029 Apr 1981Grey Day148496-S148497-S
86213 May 1981Grey Day148500-S148501-S
88122 Sep 1981Shut Up149354-S149355-S
89101 Dec 1981It Must Be Love149516-S149517-S
89315 Dec 1981It Must Be Love149728-S149729-S
90216 Feb 1982Cardiac Arrest149850-S149851-S
90509 Mar 1982Cardiac Arrest150047-S150048-S
91625 May 1982House Of Fun150318-S150319-S
91808 Jun 1982House Of Fun150646-S150647-S
92420 Jul 1982Driving In My Car150797-S150798-S
92605 Aug 1982Driving In My Car150801-S150802-S
94224 Nov 1982Our House151384-S151385-S
94515 Dec 1982Our House151390-S151391-S
94805 Jan 1983House Of Fun *151648-S151649-S
95416 Feb 1983Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)151824-S151825-S
95602 Mar 1983Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day)151828-S151829-S
98018 Aug 1983Wings Of A Dove152521-S152522-S
98201 Sep 1983Wings Of A Dove152525-S152526-S
99102 Nov 1983The Sun And The Rain152773-S152774-S
100111 Jan 1984Wings Of A Dove *153075-S153076-S
100508 Feb 1984Michael Caine153083-S153084-S
102206 Jun 1984One Better Day153542-S153543-S
108628 Aug 1985Yesterday’s Men155445-S155446-S
108918 Sep 1985Yesterday’s Men155451-S155452-S
109423 Oct 1985Uncle Sam155633-S155634-S
110723 Jan 1986Sweetest Girl156068-S156069-S
114729 Oct 1986(Waiting For) The Ghost Train156968-S156969-S
115126 Nov 1986(Waiting For) The Ghost Train157268-S157269-S
122024 Mar 1988I Pronounce You159033-S159034-S
* 948 & 1001 are Year-End Retrospective releases (1982 & 1983 respectively)

CD

The format changed from vinyl to CD in April 1991

No.DateMadness trackCatalogue No.
1434May 1992House Of FunTCDP 9217
1449Aug 1992My GirlTCDP 9232
1510Oct 1993The PrinceTCDP 9341