Quite often I will listen to a song and remind myself when it was released by looking it up, I will then have a look to see what was released that same year and somehow […]
Category: 45’s
First Ever Record
I would very much have liked to have bought a really cool first record, but I didn’t, at least not from most people’s point of view. I can’t remember exactly what year I bought my […]
Legacy 7″ Box – 9
XTC – Senses Working OvertimeVirgin VS 4621982 UK I happen to think that this is one of the greatest 45’s ever pressed to wax, a truly brilliant pop song that has intelligent lyrics but a rather […]
LEGACY 7″ BOX – 8
Public Image Ltd – Public ImageVirgin VS 2281978 UK I saw the single in its newspaper wrapping in Woolworths, though I can’t remember where, in Oxfordshire I would guess. I remember walking over to it and […]
LEGACY 7″ BOX – 7
The Clash – Tommy GunCBS, CBS S CBS 6788, 67881978 UK I never owned a copy of this as far as I remember, a couple of friends did and I used to play their copy […]
Legacy 7″ Box – 6
The Beat – Hands Off She’s Mine/Twist and CrawlGo-Feet Records FEET 11980 UK The first time I heard The Beat was at a fun fair in Didcot, on the site of where the football club used […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box – 5
Dreaming – BlondieChrysalis CHS 2350, CHS23501979 UK Now you may be thinking “Of all the Blondie tracks you chose this one?”, to which I will answer, no. I’m not limiting the box to one 45 […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box – 4
Tubeway Army – are ‘friends’ electric?Beggars Banquet BEG 181979 UK That this still sounds fresh to me even today is testament to the impact it had when it was originally released. There has been much talk […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box -3
Siouxsie and the Banshees – ChristinePolydor 2059 2491980 UK I remember well the first time I heard this single, it sounded so rich and full and was one of those songs where you just picked up […]
LEGACY 7″ SINGLES BOX – 2
The Beatles – Hey Jude/RevolutionApple Records R 57221968 UK I loved the Beatles as a kid, and there’s a lot I still like about them now, however, after hearing it for almost 50 years I bloody […]
Legacy 7″ Singles Box – 1
I decided yesterday to create a box of singles that represents my music listening life up to 1983, when I turned 16. The box will contain 7″ singles that I either owned, wanted or that […]
Dolly Parton – Jolene at 33 1/3
This has been around for a while but I don’t recall ever mentioning it so I’m going to do so now. Somebody played Jolene by Dolly Parton at the wrong speed and it actually sounds […]
Top 50 Albums of 1976
Here we are, back in 1976, a year in which I celebrated my 9th Birthday and also the year that Apple Computer Company was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the CN tower in […]
The Greatest Christmas Number 1 Ever
Christmas is fast approaching and I’m sure everybody is as excited about what the Christmas Number 1 will be as I am, which is actually not at all, I couldn’t care less, however, there was […]
múm – Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
I like múm a lot but their records aren’t readily available new and the used market it expensive. All I have is one album and a 12″ EP. Still, they are both good. Before we […]
Spinning some 45’s
Sunday afternoons are a good time to spin a few 45’s, starting with this one: Tricky ft PJ Harvey – Broken Homes (B-Side) Gary Numan – I Die You Die The Sisters of Mercy – […]
Death and Vanilla – From Above 45
I have almost certainly mentioned my love for Death and Vanilla so I won’t go on about it again now. I just wanted to quickly mention a 7″ single that arrived the other day. I […]
Spinning 45’s
I have been playing some 45’s this evening, it’s more effort than chucking an album on but I rather enjoyed it anyway, it’s like a mixtape of sorts I suppose. Some of the 45’s were […]
The Police – The Early Years
I was still at school when I first heard the police, and I’m pretty sure the first thing I heard was Can’t Stand Losing You, so it was either 1978 or 1979 when it was […]
Catatonia – Misunderstood?
I’ve always liked Catatonia, from when I first heard them, which was 1997. It was 4 years after the release of their first single at that point but ‘Mulder & Scully’ caught my attention, not […]
