In 1984 Eddy Grant composed the song 'Romancing the stone' for the movie of the same name. Strangely enough, the song was not used...

Although I have a near-complete collection of Sarah McLachlan albums and singles on CD, she rarely features on this blog, and that's b...

The oft-neglected third album by the Beloved 'X' (1996) was not a commercial success, but there were many releases from the album ...

Released in 1963, 'No! Dance with me' was one of the first singles released by Marty Wilde not to chart after his run of hit single...

It was becoming a bit weird: on the day I bought Ode to Billy Joe , I was quite shocked that I still didn't have a copy of the 7"...

Alides Hidding was born in Schoonoord, the Netherlands on January 30, 1954. He founded the Dutch band the Time Bandits that enjoyed internat...

When a 12" single announces that a special re-mix is provided by Ben Liebrand, you know you're in for a treat. During the Eightie...

Despite keeping rather up to date on what happened in the UK in the Eighties, partially thanks to a local radio station I listened to on a...

It took Propaganda a year to release a follow-up to Dr Mabuse . Or rather, their record company because after the phenomenal success of Fr...

Released in 1989, Nik Kershaw's fourth album 'The Works' wasn't the commercial success it might (or should) have been. Onl...

Through the years you will have seen a few remixes by Trouser Enthusiasts on this blog, but so far I didn't write about their only sin...

'Hon går rakt fram', backed with 'En enda rad' are actually Swedish-language covers of Kim Wilde's 'Love blonde...

I can't claim to have had a deep personal relationship with Colin Vearncombe, the man behind Black, but still his death in January 201...

'Les rois du rock' declares the sleeve of this single, which means that it is some kind of reissue series, released in France. And...

Those hit songs of the Seventies, they end up in your collection no matter how long you resist them. 'That's the way (I like it)...

I bought François Deguelt's first Eurovision title, Ce soir-là , three years ago, and here's the second one. In 1962 he returned t...

Another band that has always fascinated me are the Beloved. They released some very interesting songs in the Eighties and Nineties, and th...

Having described my 7" single of 'Radio Heart' in 2009 , it's not bad to add the 12" single today. I've owned it...

A little sigh comes over my lips every time I hear about new work by Tori Amos these days. As far as I'm concerned, she did her best w...

Two years ago, Kim Wilde released a cover version of Captain & Tennille's 'Love will keep us together' on a compilation al...