In January 1977 the legendary British radio DJ Kenny Everett made British radio history by dedicating a whole 1-hour radio show to records that were so bad they were "good". Of course other DJ's (Dr. Demento, Red Blanchard etc) had dedicated shows to novelty records prior to this - but these were mainly in America or US armed-forces radio. Kenny Everett's show was main-stream, prime-time British radio - not niche. Another distinction was that most of the records played were not intended to be funny or novelty. Rather they were (nearly) all honest, earnest attempts at making a record that, well, just fell so-far from the mark they deserve a special category all their own.

Broadcast in the Greater London area (UK) on Captal Radio this hilarious celebration of enthusiasm over ability was enjoyed only by a relatively small UK listening audience. The final 2-hour show was called the "Bottom 30" based on a public vote. This was released as an LP by K-Tel (with a slightly different tracklisting).

This page provides details of these shows with full playlists and with as much information about each artist/group I could find (click on artist name to reveal info). Audio streams of the shows are also here! Kenny broadcast a second "Bottom 30" in April 1980 - a show that was also the result of a public vote (see link below for full details).