Springbok Hit Parade

The Springbok Hit Parade series was masterminded by Ken Talbot and launched in 1970 with the intent to give consumers cheap and easy access to the hits of the day as played on the "Springbok Radio Top Twenty", as broadcast on Friday nights and hosted by David Gresham. Released by MFP (Music For Pleasure), they were initially produced by Robert Schröder (6), later by David Gresham and eventually by Mike Pilot who took them into their final volumes in the eighties. The cover songs were recorded by various unnamed session musicians but these were gradually revealed to include some well-known artists such as Mutt Lange, Stevie Van Kerken and Mike Pilot. Rock band Springbok Nude Girls named itself after the series' notoriety for its glamour girls on the sleeves.