I can't give everything away - David Bowie

With the recent release of the box set I Can't Give Everything Away, David Bowie has been promoted heavily by the 'serious' music press. The French Rolling Stone released a single of 'Slow burn' and the German version had to follow suit.

They came up with the brilliant idea of releasing the title track from the box set, and in a radio edit version too. The sleeve is actually the same as the one that was used back in 2016 when the track was originally released for promotional purposes. The B-side is empty except for some etching. That is probably the only disappointing thing about this release.

My collection: 7" single no. 7844
Found: Rolling Stone Germany, received 31 October 2025
Tracks: 'I can't give everything away (radio edit)' 

Electric blue - Icehouse

Every time when I order something from far away - in this case, an American promotional cd-single by Cock Robin that I'd been after for some time - I try to look for singles that the seller might have. This particular seller didn't really have anything that I might fancy, but this item was nice and cheap enough to include with my order.

After a long wait, the package arrived this week, and it turns out to be a gorgeous blue vinyl single. I didn't actually know the track 'Electric blue' by Icehouse, but it is one of those Eighties tunes that goes down well. And so this is a nice addition to my collection.

My collection: 7" single no. 7843
Found: Discogs.com, received 31 October 2025
Tracks: 'Electric blue' / 'Over my head' 

I'll keep on loving you - Princess

Although I have become hesitant to buy 12" singles of late, because a lot of them have been released on cd recently on the excellent series Now 12", there are some exceptions. This is a good example: it comes in a gatefold sleeve and contains three remixes of the song. 

Princess became famous because of her collaboration with producers Stock Aitken & Waterman, and that trio was famous for releasing multiple remixes of their hit singles. In this case, Funky Sisters, the New York DJ Cheese and Chad Jackson each contribute a remix, and it makes this disc an attractive purchase. I wasn't disappointed.

My collection: 12" single [unnumbered]
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, 30 October 2025
Tracks: 'I'll keep on loving you (Funky Sisters mix "Say Dub It")' / 'I'll keep on loving you (Cheese's "Keep on scratching it" mix)', 'I'll keep on loving you (Chad's "Scratch, Mix and Dub Mix")'

Never / These dreams - Heart

I have been buying a lot of singles by Heart recently, but 12" singles weren't on my radar yet. I was quite surprised to bump into one with an 'extended remix' of 'Never', one of the songs from the album Heart which was released in 1985. This 12" single (and the accompanying 7" single) was released in 1988, after the band was very successful with the song 'Alone'. 

The extended remix of 'Never' isn't very shocking - it simply adds a few more instrumental parts of the song - but it is a nice addition to my growing Heart collection.

My collection: 12" single [unnumbered]
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, 30 October 2025
Tracks: 'Never (extended remix)', 'These dreams' / 'Never (remix)', 'These dreams (7" version)' 

For America - Red Box

After the release of the box set Anthology 1980-1990 last year, you might think that there's no reason to buy any Red Box vinyl from that period anymore. But this 10" single was too attractive to leave it in the store. 

It is packaged in a gatefold sleeve and comes with a free shaped 7" single of 'Lean on me'. 'For America' appears here in remixed form. Actually, this purchase made me wonder where the previous 10" single came from. And indeed, it was never released in a fully red sleeve. I was cheated in 2011! At least everything is good now.

My collection: 10" single [unnumbered]
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, 30 October 2025
Tracks: 'For America (Boys Own mix)' / 'Ain't got no... I got life', 'R 'n' A' // 'Lean on me' / 'Stinging bee'

Non ho l'eta - Gigliola Cinquetti

Although I already own several copies of 'Non ho l'eta', I never saw this one. It's an EP, released soon after her impressive win at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964, featuring four tracks. 'Non ho l'eta' and 'Sei un bravo ragazzo' appear on the original 7" single, and 'Penso alle cose perdute' was the B-side of the Japanese version of 'Non ho l'eta'. 

This EP seems to have been made in Belgium, and the label states that it was distributed across the Benelux. There must have been many copies of this EP, but I have never seen it before.

My collection: 7" single no. 7841
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, 30 October 2025
Tracks: 'Non ho l'eta per amarti', 'Quando vedo che tutti si amano' / 'Sei un bravo ragazzo', 'Penso alle cose perdute'

Jedan dan - Dubrovački Trubaduri

I bought a copy of 'Jedan dan' in 2009, the song by Dubrovački Trubaduri from the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. Like I wrote back then, various countries released the single, and they appeared in various different sleeves. 

This Belgian version is a good example. Despite its basic sleeve, the song made it to number 15 in the Flemish Ultratop chart. 

My collection: 7" single no. 7840
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, 30 October 2025
Tracks: 'Jedan dan' / 'Trubadurska serenade'