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 ...

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 se...

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 ...

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 t...

'Hero takes a fall' is an early single by the Bangles, taken from their debut album  All over the place . I remember seeing the musi...

When Michael Jackson was at the peak of his career, several other artists tried to profit from his success as well. There was the Club House...

Picture discs are, of course, always interesting. So whenever there's a little box of picture discs, I go through it to see if I can gra...

Back in 1990, I bought ' Comment te dire adieu ' cheaply, without a picture sleeve. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that copy ...

The last record shop I visited during my stay in Vienna was actually the first one I visited when I was in Vienna back in September 2017. In...

Here's another Donna Summer single that I already have , but in an Austrian pressing with a different sleeve. I think this sleeve is bet...

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...

According to Wikipedia, 'Oh baby' was the first single by Münchener Freiheit, released in 1984. In reality it was actually their fou...

'Rise' was written by John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) and Bill Laswell about apartheid in South Africa, specifically about Nelson ...

Perhaps it's no wonder that I bought this single because the sleeve is much more interesting than the ' Jones the rhythm ' singl...

During the first few years of their career, Depeche Mode released many singles and the German record company released them on red vinyl for ...

'Ant rap' was written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni, the song was remixed from the version on the group's 1981 album Prince Char...

The story of ' The winner takes it all ' was told on this blog in 2008. I wanted to buy the single during a holiday in Vienna when I...

Although I bought ' Fantastic day ' back in 2009, I didn't know that there was also a picture disc edition. So I stand corrected...

Italian singer Alice has an impressive career in Italy, but because she records almost exclusively in Italian she never managed to build a c...

In 1983, Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel left Shalamar due to conflicts within the group as well as issues with their record company. They we...