Acknowledgements

This book has been several years in the thinking about, and has taken a not inconsiderable time to put together. Over that period, but especially during the 18 months prior to publication, a lot of people have played their part in bringing the book to fruition. They know who they are, but so should you, so gentle continuous applause please, while we salute:

lain McNay - the indie chart's original champion, and the sort of publisher who understands compilers' problems! Mark Brennan invaluable fount of factual information

Alex Ogg - an eagle-eyed info checker

Fred Dellar - selfless supplier of facts nobody else knows Terry Rawlings,

Paul McEvoy & Julien Potter - who designed the page layout and turned the manuscript into real book pages

Jim Phelan - who got the cover design just right

Che at Beano's and John Reed, who found sleeves for the cover

The chart compilers at MAIB, past and present, and their archives, without which ....

The proprieters of many indie labels, past and present We've probably made a lot of happy men very old! The copyright of all charts researched in the compilation of this book belongs to MRIB Ltd.