You may have noticed a recent surge in my acquisition of George Michael singles. Truth is, I ordered this one online before I came across ...

The very first Kiss single I ever bought could also be my last - at least, I don't foresee any more purchases on disc from this legend...

After Errol Brown left Hot Chocolate in 1986, there must have been some panic at the record company quarters. In 1987 they put together a ...

Keane is back! They released a new album last week, and earlier this year they released a green vinyl single featuring two tracks from the...

One of the big surprises of Paul Young's later career is that he started recording cover versions of better known song. ' Don'...

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

Of course I already own a copy of Fischer Z's ' The Worker ' - I bought it 30 years ago! - but this picture disc was just too ...

One of the great classics of the 1970's was the Walker Brothers' 'No regrets', released in November 1975 as their comeback...

'Romeo and Juliet' was released as a single from Dire Straits' 1980 album 'Making Movies' in early 1981. The lyrics ...

Sometimes you find a single and you wonder: what the hell went wrong here? I was already familiar with the fact that Ultravox had released...

Released as the sixth and final single from George Michael's third album 'Older', 'You have been loved' is a remarkabl...

These jukebox singles aren't very pretty to look at, but it never ceases to amaze me that so many of them were made long after vinyl s...

'Falling' was released as the lead single of Alison Moyet's fourth studio album 'Essex'. The album was originally reje...

It is very possible that Lloyd Cole is one of Britain's best songwriters, but he is also largely ignored. His first four solo albums m...

'Miss me blind' was released as the third single from Culture Club's album 'Colour by numbers'in the USA, peaking at n...

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...

In November 1996, Prince released 'Emancipation', a massive three disc set of 36 songs. The single 'Betcha by golly wow', ...

When the Pet Shop Boys released 'Bilingual' in 1996, there were suspicions that their holidays in Spanish speaking countries had g...

For a long time, I believed the Pet Shop Boys didn't release a vinyl single in the 1990's after Liberation , but it turns out I wa...

The Pet Shop Boys became famous with their 1985 single 'West end girls', but the song was actually recorded before the version tha...