It's worth hunting down Pet Shop Boys 12" singles if they contain one or more tracks that aren't available on CD. (Someday ther...

The Pet Shop Boys released ' West End girls ' in 1984 and it wasn't very successful. After signing to a major label, ' West ...

30 years ago I bought ' If you could read my mind ' on 7" vinyl. The single featured two versions of the song, including a ...

It´s probably better to stay uninformed about the political standpoints of your favourite artists, because sometimes it gets in the way of y...

'Running Up That Hill' was a big hit last Summer as a result of the Netflix series 'Stranger Things', which featured the son...

Few will have missed the resurgence of Kate Bush last year, because she went number 1 in several countries with 'Running Up That Hill...

Truth be told, I don't really like the 12" single format. I have sold a lot of them through the years just to make space for other ...

It's not the first time that 'Destination' features on this blog - I bought a 12" single of this track many years ago and i...

A long time ago, I bought the single ' Come along ' by the Israeli Duo Datz, just two months after they represented their country at...

The group One 2 Many only released one album, but it was a great pop album and one of those albums that I still play regularly. Their bigges...

In 1989 Thomas Forstner represented Austria with the song 'Nur ein Lied'. Avid readers of this blog will know this because I already...

Tajči, a.k.a. Tatjana Matejaš, was born on 1 July 1970 in Zagreb, Croatia. She represented Yugoslavia in 1990 with the song 'Hajde da lu...

'Who comes up with these things?' is a question I ask myself sometimes when I hear remixes of great old songs. Take for instance t...

Even a music legend can't get it right every time. Paul McCartney has been a victim of ridicule for his single ' We all stand toge...

Although I already own a 12" single of Risqué's ' Burn it up (Mr. DJ) ', there was still another one worth seeking out. T...

I don't really buy a lot of 12" singles anymore: most of the extended remixes of my favourite artists have been released on cd - ...

This single serves to confuse matters more than they already were... Back in 2009 I bought the 1989 remix of 'Popmuzik' , a UK rel...

Usually I know what I am buying, but I like to experiment a little from time to time as well. In the case of this single, I'd never he...

This single comes with a promotional sticker on the front - as you can see - and a press release from EastWest Records. It explains a litt...

No less than 17 years ago, I bought ' The man with the child in his eyes ' by Inside moves on a 7" vinyl single. I was not en...