Komm komm zu mir - Edina Pop

Edina Pop was born in Budapest as Marika Késmárki on 4 February 1941. She came to Germany in 1969 and forged a singing career in German. Some of her singles were actually cover versions of Eurovision singles, and this is one of them: 'Komm komm zu mir' is actually a version of Mary Hopkin's 'Knock, knock who's there' - and this is proudly proclaimed on the sleeve of this single.

'Komm komm zu mir' was the first of two of her singles that made the charts in Germany. It reached number 35 in June 1970. The other one, 'Tomatenrote Lippen', followed in January 1971 and only got to number 39. In 1979 she was recruited by Ralph Siegel for his group Dschinghis Khan.

My collection: 7" single no. 7823
Found: Wienyl, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'Komm, komm zu mir' / 'Alle Tränen die ich weine' 

Sunset people - Donna Summer

Here's another Donna Summer single that I already have, but in an Austrian pressing with a different sleeve. I think this sleeve is better, actually, but also the fact that this one only cost me 50 eurocents was a factor.

'Sunset people' was written by Harold Faltermeyer, together with Pete Belotte and Keith Forsey. The song was produced by Giorgio Moroder and Belotte.

My collection: 7" single no. 7818
Found: Wienyl, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'Sunset people' / 'Our love' 

Carrie - Cliff Richard

Some singles by Cliff Richard have appeared on this blog recently, but there was always one single that I couldn't find anywhere. It's a track I remember from my childhood, and I guess I would have bought it back then if pocket money had been enough to finance it. 

I am talking about 'Carrie', a track from Cliff's album Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile. Playing this single 45 years later I can still remember the chorus and the last few seconds of the track. It's funny how brains seem to absorb music and can still replicate it after not having heard it for so long.

My collection: 7" single no. 7822
Found: Wienyl, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'Carrie' / 'Moving in' 

Everybody dance - Chic

After 'Dance, dance, dance (Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah)', Chic released 'Everybody dance', a song yet again squarely aimed at the visitors of discotheques around the world. The song is notable for its excellent bass line and the bass solo near the end of the track. It became a hit in the UK, peaking at number 9 in the singles chart, and in the USA, where it reached number 38 in the Billboard Hot 100.

According to Nile Rodgers, speaking for the BBC Four documentary How to Make It in the Music Business, the session during with the song was recorded cost the band $10, which went to bribing the elevator engineer not to tell the manager they were recording in there.

My collection: 7" single no. 7821
Found: Wienyl, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'Everybody dance' / 'You can get by' 

You make me feel (Mighty real) - Sylvester

'You make me feel (Mighty real)' was written by James Wirrick and Sylvester and released by Fantasy Records as the second single from the singer's fourth album, Step II (1978). The song was already a largely popular dance club hit in 1978, as the B-side of his previous single 'Dance (Disco Heat)', before it was officially being released in December. It rose to the number one position on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. 

The song was originally recorded as a mid-tempo piano-driven gospel song; however, after producer Patrick Cowley saw a rehearsal of the song at San Francisco's City Club, he offered to remix the song. The result was one of the pioneering disco records using some electronic instrumentation and effects, following closely on 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer which heavily used electronic instrumentation ahead of its time. These Seventies songs using electronic instrumentation would have an influence on dance music in the Eighties and Nineties. 

My collection: 7" single no. 7820
Found: Wienyl, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'You make me feel (Mighty real)' / 'Dance (Disco heat)'

Trödler & Co - Peter, Sue & Marc, Pfuri Gorps & Kniri

Fifteen years ago I bought 'Trödler & Co' by Peter, Sue & Marc, Pfuri Gorps & Kniri. It was the original Swiss pressing with a bright sleeve. The German version, shown here, comes in a considerably darker sleeve, but it is actually more stylish. 

'Stylish' isn't exactly a description of this song, because it was made with gardening tools and weird sounds. Pfuri, Gorps & Kniri were actually held up at the airport when they arrived in Israel on their way to the Eurovision Song Contest, because of the strange stuff they brought with them. Still, they made it to the stage and represented Switzerland in their own unique way.

My collection: 7" single no. 7819
Found: Wienyl, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'Trödler & Co' / 'Groovy Musik' 

 

See that glow (NYC edit) - This Island Earth

After the 7" single and 12" single of 'See that glow', I thought I had all versions of the song by This Island Earth, so I was pretty surprised to find this single. I never knew it existed, and the last thing you would expect to find in an Austrian record store in a UK pressing of a single. It was actually the last thing I found there, coincidentally.

'See that glow' was originally released in 1984, but this remixed version was released three years later. It brings back great memories of what was essentially a one hit wonder.

My collection: 7" single no. 7817
Found: Lenny's Music Store, Vienna, 17 October 2025
Tracks: 'See that glow (NYC edit)' / 'Euroglow (edit)'