Some singles that I never bought are a mystery to me. I was always a fan of The The, ever since I heard 'Uncertain smile', but someh...

A big music collection comes with its own challenges. Over the past few years I have been eliminating certain 7" and 12" singles -...

'Even it up' was the next single by Heart, after ' Dog & butterfly ', but now released on the Epic label instead of Port...

It's quite unusual to find two perfect American 7" singles by the band Heart in between rows of German singles by German artists, b...

Producer Jim Steinman has a penchant for long titles - just think of 'Paradise by the dashboard light', 'You took the words righ...

The popularity of the Eurovision Song Contest is easily measured by the amount of cover versions certain songs get. Measured by that criteri...

Back in 2011 I put a lot of effort into finding old Bee Gees singles. They all ended up on this blog, but one famous song still eluded me: ...

Sometimes I buy a single of a song that has already been called a classic numerous times. Often I never bought it before because it was play...

The strange thing about collecting records is that you always discover something new. I thought I had every track by Rosie Vela when I bough...

'Worlds apart' is arguably Cock Robin's best single overall, eclipsing their biggest hit 'The promise you made' easily a...

'La canzone Italiana' is, apparently, a series of 50 EP's presenting Italian songs, all released in 1970 - the year of my birth,...

It's time to give Australia some love. While the Finnish entry was certainly the winner and I quite liked some of the other songs, the A...

The Dutch duo Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper have had so much filth thrown towards them in the Dutch media that I was wondering at some point w...

The annual disappointment of an undeserving winner - in my opinion and most of the televoters I could say this year - has happened last nigh...

Somewhere in the next few days (well, Thursday actually), Gustaph will perform in the second semifinal of this year's Eurovision Song Co...

During the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, Spain was represented by Italian-Uruguayan band Los TNT with the song 'Caracola', written b...

This single could only be bought by those who bought Expo Bread, in Belgium during the Sixties. This combination of music and bread is one I...

If you want to buy singles of Irish Eurovision entries, you're likely to find lots of Dana, Linda Martin and the unavoidable Johnny Loga...

Finland has regularly stunned Eurovision audiences with eccentric entries. This year's 'Cha cha cha' is reasonably modern, but I...

Sometimes when you wait long enough records become affordable. Take for instance this 10" single from Snow Patrol, released on Record S...