Sunday, 27 June 2021
C'est pour demain - Sandra & Andres
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I already had three singles by Sandra & Andres and they are all the same song. It's their Eurovision Song Contest entry for 1972: ...
Dschingis Khan - Marco Polo
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The band Dschingis Khan had considerable success with their 1979 Eurovision entry Dschingis Khan - even if it seemed a bit tasteless for a G...
E4 - Emiliana Torrini
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Eight singles with remixes of Emiliana Torrini songs sounds like a good proposition, but when you expect all remixes to be great, this singl...
Sunday, 20 June 2021
Η Αγαπη Ακομα Ζει - Stavros & Dina
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Cyprus was represented by the duo Stavros & Dina, singing 'Η Αγαπη Ακομα Ζει' ('I agapi akoma zi'), a plea for unity and...
Twilight zone / When the lady smiles - Golden Earring
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The annual Record Store Day is a feast for collectors and those who sell items on for ridiculous amounts of money on Ebay. But sometimes the...
E6 - Emiliana Torrini
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When I discovered these singles by Emiliana Torrini I was lucky enough to find an online seller who had five singles of the eight in the ser...
E3 - Emiliana Torrini
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This single has no indication of track names, or artist name: it just says 'E3' on the sleeve, and that's all. I would never hav...
Saturday, 19 June 2021
Anna-Marie Elena - Andy Paul
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The singer/songwriter Andy Paul immigrated from Cyprus to the UK in the early Sixties. He was influenced by artists like Elvis, Cliff Richar...
Female intuition / Body and soul - Mai Tai
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Another re-release single by Mai Tai, also released by SMG last year, this time on purple vinyl. 'Female intuition' reached number ...
History / Am I losing you forever - Mai Tai
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Although this single features two tracks that I already own on 7" single, I still couldn't resist buying this. It is actually a rec...
Oui, oui, oui, oui - Sacha Distel
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The sleeve of this single proclaims that 'Oui, oui, oui, oui' is a song from the Eurovision Song Contest 1959, and that is correct -...
Colours of love - Vicky Leandros
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Back in 1967, Vicky Leandros competed in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. She was just seventeen years old at the time, but h...
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Thursday, 10 June 2021
I cried - The Wilde Three
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Nothing, but nothing makes me happier than getting my hands on an ultra rare single. And this is certainly a good example. A year ago, I was...
Printemps (Avril Carillonne) - Jean-Paul Mauric
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When a song starts with ' Bing et bong et bing et bong' you know you're in for something interesting. This is how Jean-Paul Maur...
Saturday, 29 May 2021
Summer is over - Aylin Vatankoş
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It would be nice to see Turkey back in Eurovision, because they usually managed to enter with remarkable songs. That said, it would be nice ...
S.O.S. - Helen Patroklou
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Two songs from the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest really made a big impression on me, and they were not the two songs that were competing for ...
Tell me - Dulce
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Dulce José Silva Pontes was born on 8 April 1969 in Montijo, near Lisbon. She trained as a pianist, and started a career in singing after en...
Krasi, thalassa ke t'agori mou - Marinella
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Marinella was born as Kyriaki Papadopoulou on 20 May 1938 in Thessaloniki. She released her first song 'Nitsa Elenitsa' ('Little...
Onde vais rio que eu canto - Sergio Borges
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After the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest was won by four different artists - a result of a lack of rules in case of a tie - five countries dec...
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Friday, 28 May 2021
Save your kisses for me / Fernando
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So who performed these two cover versions? There's no information on the sleeve or label. All we know is that this single was released i...
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