... Hits ... (1967 - 1970)
MFP, or Music For Pleasure, was created in 1965 by book publisher Paul Hamlyn, in conjunction with EMI. Their involvement with anonymous covers is through Bill Wellings, mastermind of the older Top Twelve series, and whose production credits (as BWD) are on these albums. The albums Wellings recorded for MFP are among the best-selling and best-known in the field.
The titles, while not consistent, always had the word “Hits” in them, giving a form of continuity. However the variation in titles for each LP must have hampered public recognition to some extent (as it presumably did for Marble Arch too), and so the series was succeeded in 1970 by the consistent title, "Hot Hits" (see separate page).
Note: there is some evidence that the Top Six EP label borrowed some of the early recordings in this series for their last couple of EPs. Research into this is ongoing and we will post confirmed details when we have them.
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Edelweiss / Penny Lane / Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear / A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You / Peek-A-Boo / Memories Are Made Of This / Release Me / I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman / This Is My Song / I've Been A Bad Bad Boy / Green, Green Grass Of Home / Sitting In The Park Comments: This LP exists with two different covers, showing different retail prices: 12/6 and 13/11. This LP is incorrectly rumoured to feature David Bowie on vocals. This LP was released on May 29. 
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2 - "Smash Hits" (MFP 1194) Jun 1967
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Don't Sleep In The Subway / A Whiter Shade Of Pale / Puppet On A String / San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) / Let's Pretend / When I'm 64 / Alternate Title / It Must Be Him / The Day I Met Marie / All You Need Is Love / I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Thoroughly Modern Millie Comments: This LP exists with three different covers, showing different retail prices: 12/6, 13/11 and 14/6. 
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3 - "Heart Hits" (MFP 1211) Nov 1967
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I Feel Love Comin' On / Just Loving You / I'm Coming Home / Everybody Knows / If The Whole World Stopped Loving / Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde / Everlasting Love / Let The Heartaches Begin / All My Love / Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart / Am I That Easy To Forget / The Last Waltz Comments: This LP exists with two different covers, showing different retail prices: 12/6 and 13/11. Although ostensibly a standard chart round-up, the sleeve notes make the case that this LP (title included) is themed, predominantly including ballads. 
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4 - "Hits '68" (MFP 1226) May 1968
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Congratulations / Step Inside Love / Legend Of Xanadu / Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu) / Rosie / Cinderella Rockefella / Suddenly You Love Me / If I Only Had Time / Mighty Quinn / Delilah / Me The Peaceful Heart / Don't Stop The Carnival Comments: This LP is the first Stereo LP in the series. This exists with two different covers, showing different retail prices: 13/11 and 14/6. In additon there are a number of different sleeves with variations in the print on the backs. This LP was released on May 24. 
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"48 Great Hits on 4 LPs" 1968
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Comments: This is a box set containing copies of the previous four LPs in the series, each inside a white inner sleeve. The track listing is therefore identical to the foregoing LPs. The box set has no individual catalogue number, but the original album numbers are retained and given on the front of the package. The sleevenotes for each album have been re-worked and are printed on a paper insert which also has some completely new notes, written expecially for this box set. For more images of this package, visit our "Hot Hits Portal" website. |
5 - "Super Hits" (MFP 1241) Jul 1968
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My Name Is Jack / I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten / Hurdy Gurdy Man / Yummy Yummy Yummy / Help Yourself / Dance To The Music / Mrs Robinson / A Man Without Love / Baby Come Back / Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp / Little Green Apples / Mony Mony |
6 - "Hit Hits" (MFP 1290) Nov 1968
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Lily The Pink / Dream A Little Dream Of Me / Birthday / A Minute Of Your Time / I'm A Tiger / Les Bicyclettes De Belsize / May I Have The Next Dream With You / Little Arrows / Harper Valley PTA / 1-2-3 O'Leary / Build Me Up Buttercup / Those Were The Days |
7 - "Hits '69" (MFP 1302) Feb 1969
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Surround Yourself With Sorrow / Where Do You Go To My Lovely / For Once In My Life / The Way It Used To Be / You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (re-issue) / Please Don't Go / Good Times (Better Times) / Gentle On My Mind / I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose / Boom Bang-A-Bang / Something's Happening / If You Love Her |
8 - "Top Hits" (MFP 1319) Apr 1969
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Get Back / Harlem Shuffle / Ragamuffin Man / Dick-A-Dum-Dum (King's Road) / Come Back And Shake Me / Galveston / Windmills Of Your Mind / The Boxer / Love Me Tonight / My Way / My Sentimental Friend / Goodbye |
9 - "Big Hits" (MFP 1330) Aug 1969
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Marrakesh Express / Look At Mine / In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus) / Bad Moon Rising / Don't Forget To Remember / Am I The Same Girl / Soul Deep / I'll Never Fall In Love Again / Natural Born Bugie / Make Me An Island / Born To Live & Born To Die / Viva Bobby Joe |
10 - "Hits Again" (MFP 1351) Oct 1969
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Sugar Sugar / Love's Been Good To Me / Here Comes The Star / Return Of Django / Do What You Gotta Do / And The Sun Will Shine / Put A Little Love In Your Heart / Biljo / Gin Gan Goolie / Everybody's Talkin' / I'm Gonna Make You Mine / He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother |
11 - "Hits '70" (MFP 1383) Feb 1970
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Wand'rin' Star / United We Stand / Bridge Over Troubled Water / Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) / Leavin' On A Jet Plane / My Baby Loves Lovin' / Two Little Boys / Temma Harbour / Years May Come Years May Go / Let It Be / You're Such A Good Looking Woman / Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Comments: Features Elton John on three tracks, “Love Grows”, “My Baby Loves Lovin’” and “United We Stand”.
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