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I recieved a cd from Amazon today that I ordered on Sunday.
"Double Top - The Very Best Of Darts"

Now, those of you younger than me will probably have no idea who or what Darts were.
Well they turned up on the music scene in 1977 with a hit single called Daddy Cool. This got to no'6 in the charts, but was no'1 as far as this 10 year old was concerned.
Over the next 4 years they kept this young boy happy, releasing one great song after another. Taken from 3 great studio albums.
I even got to meet them after a concert at Nottingham University in 1979 which my dad took me too. I still have the signed programme upstairs. I began the concert in the middle of the hall, but eventually I managed to inch my way to the stage, leaving my poor dad standing there on his own. Meeting them in the changing room after remains one of my most cherished memories.
I was it is fair to say, Darts crazy!


So, when I saw that they had a new double disc best of out I had to have it.
I've got one of those cheap and nasty budget cd's, the kind that you find in no particular order at Woolworths, with a shitty band pic which isn't how I remember them and just the main hits. But this, THIS... is in a wonderfuly packaged case, with vertually every track they ever recorded. Some thought has gone in to this release, to celebrate the bands 30th birthday.
Amazon allow you to track your item and I knew there was a good chance it would come today, so instead of my usual lunch of a sandwich and a nap in the car I drove home... and there it was, laying on the floor in front of the door.
I only had time to transfer one disc onto my ipod, but oh what a joy. I sat at work with the biggest soppiest grin on my face as I listened to album tracks that I probably haven't heard for about 25 years.
I had forgotten just how good they were...
When we think back to our past we tend to imagine things being better than they actually were, nostalgia playing tricks on our brains, but Darts didn't disappoint.


I've loved many different performers over the years since then, but none have had my undivided attention like this band. And now, 30 years later I can obsess about them all over again in this blog!!!
Amazing Darts . Com