There's a odd and persistent poster on the 45cat website (like Discogs, except for 7" singles) who keeps on asking to have all the Old Gold reissues removed for "destroying my wonderful memories".
I originally thought it was a very old man having issues, but what if it's actually Morrissey?
US 7" of Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Oh Darlin' on the stock Columbia orange label
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Oh Darlin'
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Record World Pop Single Pick (9/20/80)
Record World #122
6/10🎧
Bands that are really hard to Google.
The Internet
Love
Chrome
The Band
X
!!!
ABC
CAN
Neu!
Television
Tomorrow marks 10 years since Prince passed. For the first time, I gathered nearly two decadesq of my writing, podcasts, talks & more into one curated resource, including playlists, rarities, a review of every video he ever made, and collaborations I did with his estate. anildash.com/2026/04/20/p...
Italian 7" picture sleeve of Lipps, Inc. - How Long
US 7" of Lipps, Inc. - How Long
![Lipps, Inc. - How Long [Extended] Remastered - 1980 HD & HQ @LouVDJOfficialItaly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kp6xucetxpuxzfllfbzhpdei/bafkreidbmmea6755yih2a6ef725d72hf374gcpj5rm4akap3aerd5h4j2u)
Lipps, Inc. - How Long
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick and Cash Box Single to Watch (9/20/80) / Record World Single Pick (9/27/80)
Record World #102
Billboard Dance #4 / R&B #29
Canada #42 / Australia #44
6/10🎧
Kinda sedate disco cover of the Ace hit (you know the one)
Feat. Comsat Angels + Depache Mode (60 pence)
Shows at The Bridge House in London (NME, September 20, 1980)
Scary Monsters tamed at Boots. 3.99 Boots Disc Deal Album of the Month.
Ad for Bowie's Scary Monsters at the UK retailer Boots, NME, September 20, 1980
US 7" of Firefall - Only Time Will Tell on the red and black Atlantic label
Firefall - Only Time Will Tell
Billboard Recommended Pop Single Pick, Cash Box Single to Watch, and Record World Pop Single Pick (9/20/80)
Billboard AC #46
8/10🎧
Top of the heap of Eagles-adjacent slow burn torch songs that just scraped the AC chart
The Thing with Two Fish Heads
with Dr. Demento at his retirement party in Long Beach yesterday
Ad for NYC's Trash and Vaudeville in the September 1980 issue of Trouser Press
Arista Signs Gino Vannelli Clive Davis, president of Arista Records, has announced that the label has signed Gino Vannelli to an exclusive, long-term contract. Vannelli's first album for the label, "Black Keys," is scheduled for release in October. Vannelli's most recent album, last year's "Brother To Brother," featuring the hit single "I Just Wanna Stop," went platinum. Shown in the studio are (from left): Davis, Joe Vannelli, Gino Vannelli and Ross Vannelli.
Clive Davis and three Vannellis walk into a bar (Record World, September 20, 1980)
US 7" of Tim Weisberg - I'm the Lucky One
Tim Weisberg - I'm the Lucky One
Billboard debut at #107 (9/13/80) / Peaked at #106
4/10🎧
Written by Allee Willis and Desmond Child. Bill Champlin on vocals, pushing the limits of Bill Champlin a little hard to be honest
Hello UK music lovers, I'll be heading to Birmingham in a few days if you have any local recommendations
WHFS- FM- Beäusda (D. Einsteie) ELVISCOSTELLO- Taking Liberties (Columbia) MI SEX -Space Race (Epic) GARY NU MAN- Telekon (Atco) MICHAEL DES BARNES -I'm Only Human (Dreamland) ROMEOS- Rock & Roll A Love & Death (Columbia) THE CUBE-17 Seconds (Fiction) * WNGSTONES-Emationab Rescue (Robbing Stone) * CARS -Panorama (Elektra) * 6521 -Wild Planet (WB) * ENGLISH BEAT -I Just Can't Stop lt (Sire)
Billboard Album Radio Action, WHFS-FM Bethesda, September 20, 1980
Featuring up-and-comers THE CUBE
US 7" of The Oak Ridge Boys - Heart Of Mine
The Oak Ridge Boys - Heart Of Mine
Billboard debut and peak at #105 (9/20/1980) / Country #3 / AC #49
Record World #142
5/10🎧
The Japanese release changes the title of the song to use a percentage, translating it as "66% is good enough".
Your new motto is the Japanese translation of Meatloaf’s “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”
Nothin' Masters And What If It Did John Cougar
Ad for John Cougar's Nothin' Matters And What If It Did in the September 20, 1980 issue of Record World
Dear Sir: No longer is it an experience to go into a local record store and share the excitement of an artist's new release. At a retail cost of $7 to $8 per LP, it is understandable why blank tapes are your best enter- tainment value. Too true, too bad. Ernest Monzon Laurel, Md.
Letter to the editor in Billboard, September 20, 1980
US 7" of Jay Black - The Part Of Me That Needs You Most on the red Midsong label
Jay Black - The Part Of Me That Needs You Most
Billboard debut and peak at #98 (9/20/1980)
6/10🎧
A sorta-charming very-late-period single from the legendary Jay Black (Come a Little Bit Closer, This Magic Moment), fittingly an Exile song later recorded by B.J. Thomas
BOARD WALK INKS SEYMOUR - Phil Seymour, formerly of the Dwight Twilley Band, has signed an exclusive recording contract with Neil Bogart's Boardwalk Entertainment Company. Seymour is currently in the studio with producer Richie Polodor working on his first Boardwalk release, slated for early next year. Pictured above are (l -r): Saul Davis, Seymour's manager; Seymour, Broadwalk president Neil Bogart; and Peter Paterno. Seymour's attorney.
Phil Seymour in the September 20, 1980 issue of Cash Box
After 22 years of popularity and sales in excess of Eight million Smurf recordings in Europe and Canada within the last 3 years; Sessions Records is proud to announce that 5murfing 5ing 5ng is now available in the U.S. Watch for its introduction in your area For information write to: LESLEE OLSON SESSIONS RECORDS 1973 01-110 STREET LISLE, ILLINOIS 60532
Ad for Smurfing Sing Song in the September 20, 1980 issue of Billboard
Spanish 7" picture sleeve of Kansas - Hold On
US 7" of Kansas - Hold On
Kansas - Hold On
Billboard debut at #90 (9/20/80) / Peaked at #40
Cash Box #39 / Record World #38
4/10🎧