Black's 'Sweetest Smile' was originally released in 1987 as the second single from his most successful album 'Wonderful li...

A deluxe cd version of her career-overshadowing album 'Slave to the rhythm' has still not been issued, so all we can do in the mea...

Nobody suspected that Stock, Aitken and Waterman would dominate the pop charts for the next half of the Eighties when this single, 'Lo...

Bronski Beat had already had two hits in 1984 when they released 'It ain't necessarily so', a cover of the George and Ira Gers...

It's a special year for Abba fans, as 'Waterloo' is celebrating its 40th birthday. Even back in 1974, the song was used as a v...

Denmark was represented in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest by the group Brixx. The group members were Jens Brixtofte (brother of the Dani...

With Kate Bush concerts in sight, it's no surprise I started looking for some Kate Bush records at the record fair in Utrecht today. I...

The German band Trio constructed the early synthpop hit 'Da da da' with a Casio VI-Tone and some bits of German dialogue. It was a...

Another single from David Bowie's most recent album 'The next day', 'Valentine's day' was released as a picture disc...

The surprise comeback of David Bowie at the beginning of 2013 was something that took hold of the 'serious' music press all throug...

The single Change was originally released as a single from Tears for Fears' debut album 'The hurting', and apparently there w...

Here's another track I already had on 7", but with added Nineties pleasure. 'Hiroshima' by Wishful Thinking was re-releas...

I already have a version of Angelina in my collection, but this one was pressed on red vinyl, and that is always a good excuse to buy ano...

One of the songs that defined the year 1977 for me was What can I say by Boz Scaggs. Don't know why, I probably heard it a lot back t...

At the turn of the year I saw Stephanie in the audience of the annual Circus show from Montreux. She looked a bit old, much older than whe...

So when you have Ein Bisschen Frieden , A little peace , La paix sur terre , Een beetje vrede and En smule fred , there's only one more...

This single caught my attention because I own several singles which were written by Marty Wilde and Peter Shelley. When I checked out the ...

Although Casablanca-born Frida Boccara was already a big star in France since her debut in 1960, she was introduced to an international au...

I was quite amazed to see this sleeve and not recognise it. It meant, under normal circumstances, that I didn't have this song (I have...

I don't buy a lot of 7" singles these days, but every now and again I find something online that I've been looking for. This ...