Loving the new #Belles & #DollyParton single, #SonofJolene
For a song that’s nearly 53 years old, Jolene is the gift that keeps on giving
From the original, to songs like #Diane by #Cam, which inverts perspective, this is a new & unique twist on the original with Jolene raising a no good doer ❤️
Loving the new #Reba song, #OneNightInTulsa
It’s giving me that classic 90s #Reba country ballad … her voice sounds superb and it’s a great way to mark her 50(!) years in the industry
I’ve only seen her live once … be fab to see another UK stop soon
#countrymusic #country #RebaMcEntire
#NowPlaying #Madonna & her 1989 UK / US / AUS No 1 smash #LikeAPrayer on UK 12” #vinyl
The 12” extended remix is perhaps my favourite version of this song
A classic
#NowPlaying #Madonna & her 2006 UK No 1 hit #Sorry on 4 track 12” #vinyl
A superb song … particularly love the @petshopboys.bsky.social mix
Neil Tennant’s vocals sound superb against the pulsing pop that was #Sorry
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#NowPlaying #Blondie & this terrific blue 12” #vinyl of their 1995 remixed hit #UnionCityBlue
Love the Diddy’s Power & Passion Mix which reached UK No 31
#Blondie #RecordCollector
A quick stop to my favourite secondhand record shop, @cardiffrecords.bsky.social, & I left with 1️⃣6️⃣ 12” singles including a bundle of #Madonna and #Blondie records, plus #Springsteen, #TheBeautifulSouth & #Desree
#vinyl
#NowPlaying #DebbieHarry & her 1987 single #InLoveWithLove on UK 12” #vinyl
A US Dance No 1, it reached UK No 45 & No 70 in the US (her last solo charting single on the Billboard 100)
This deserved to be a much bigger hit … up there with classic #StockAitkenWaterman production
Yes! I remember those. And I saw someone online posting about Looney Tunes crisps which I haven’t thought about in 30+ years!
#NowPlaying #PaulSimon & his first compilation, 1977s #GreatestHitsEtc (albeit this is the post-Graceland 1986 reissue)
It included 2 new songs, including the US Top 5 hit Slip Sliding Away.
The album reached UK No 3 / US No 18, going platinum in the US for 1m sales
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#nowplaying hitmakers #10cc and their 1979 compilation #GreatestHits (UK No 5)
Featuring a slew of hits - from Dreadlock Holiday (UK No 1), Donna (UK No 2), Rubber Bullets (UK No 1), The Things We Do For Love (UK No 7) and their enduring I’m Not In Love (UK No 1 / US No 2)
A fab album on #vinyl
Loving the start of the new #Madonna era. Can’t believe Confessions was 21 years ago tho (surely I was still in school … I wish!)
Hoping to get a few chart hits during this era … and maybe even a #petshopboys remix or two?
#NowPlaying country queen #Reba & this superb 30th anniversary edition of her 1995 covers album #StartingOver
US No 5 (Country No 1) it sold a million US copies and fts superb covers of You’re No Good & On My Own amongst many other fab songs
Plus this #vinyl has 3 bonus tracks
#NowPlaying #LisaStansfield & her 1991 album #RealLove
UK No 3 (US No 43) it went double platinum and featured the Top 10 single Change, plus the fab ballad All Woman, and was the 28th largest selling album of the year
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#NowPlaying #PatBenatar & this stunning blue #vinyl edition of her budget #Icons compilation
Despite monster US hits like Love Is A Battlefield, We Belong, & Hit Me With Your Best Shot, her career never really took off in the UK with one solitary Top 10 album (Best Shots) & 3 Top 40 singles
Blimey, it better be worth it …
#Madonna #ConfessionsII
#NowPlaying #BlackBox & their mammoth 1989 UK No 1 Italian house classic #RideOnTime
I had no idea Loleatta Holloway’s sampled vocals were replaced by a young Heather Small (of later M People fame!) in subsequent remix releases!
Once you hear it, you can’t miss it
You have excellent taste in music (if I do say so myself!)
#NowPlaying #Blondie & this Japanese pressing of their 1980 UK No 3 / US No 7 album #Autoamerican
Huge singles #Rapture & #TheTideisHigh dominate the album but there’s a lot else to enjoy including show jazz and blues influenced numbers
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#NowPlaying #PaulMcCartney & #Wings & their 1976 US No 1 album #WingsAtTheSpeedofSound
It may have been critically panned, but it spent 7 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the US charts thanks to ear worms like #LetEmIn & #SillyLoveSongs
This is the 2014 remastered 180g #vinyl edition
Wow! Fantastic photos
A few #charityshop finds from a very quick stop incl albums by #ThePussycatDolls #TheSaturdays #AnotherLevel plus singles by #Semisonic #Martika #Babyface & a rather brilliant Rock N Roll love song compilation!
#NowPlaying Euro-Caribbean disco group #BoneyM & their debut 1976 album #TakeTheHeatOffMe on original #vinyl
Just missing the US charts, it reached UK No 40 but was a huge hit across Europe thanks to singles like #DaddyCool, #Sonny & #BabyDoYouWannaBump
#NowPlaying #SimplyRed & their 1986 US No 1 / UK No 2 smash #HoldingBackTheYears on 12” #vinyl
Incredibly it was written by Mick Hucknell when he was just 17 years old
Sticking with the 80s & #NowPlaying #PeterGabriel & #KateBush, & one of the greatest duets of all time, #DontGiveUp on 12” #vinyl
Reaching UK No 9 (1986) / US No 72 this often covered song has been credited by many for helping them through dark times, including Elton John & Matthew Perry
#NowPlaying #RoyOrbison & his 1989 single #ShesAMysteryToMe on 12” #vinyl
Written by #Bono & #TheEdge, it peaked at UK No 27 / AUS No 17 … classic later #Orbison, a superb ballad
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Sticking with the 1980s & #nowplaying #Enya & her 1988 UK No 1 / US No 24 classic #OrinocoFlow on 12” #vinyl
🎶 sail-away sail-away sail-away 🎶
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#NowPlaying #ArethaFranklin & her 1985 US Top 10 (UK No 11) single #WhosZoominWho on 12” #vinyl
Incredibly, its same-titled parent album was her first & only studio album to reach US Platinum (1m sales)
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#NowPlaying #BeeGees & their 1987 UK No 1 #YouWinAgain on 12” #vinyl making them the first group to score a UK No 1 in the 60s, 70s & 80s
Incredibly it only reached US No 75
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#NowPlaying #DavidBowie & his 1977 classic album #Heroes
UK No 3 / US No 35 on release, it’s hard to believe the title track, now immortalised as a #Bowie classic, only reached UK No 24 and failed to chart in the US Top 100
This is the 2022 Grey #vinyl reissue
#NowPlaying #martinamcbride & her 2021 double LP set #GreatestHits
A superb collection of her RCA singles … who else loves themselves some country music?
#vinyl #recordcollector