Tag Archives: 7″ singles

Record Review: Duran Duran – My Own Way

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Duran Duran: My Own Way UK 7″ [1981] My Own Way [7″ version] Like An Angel I was an early convert to the church of Double Duran [R.I.P. J.J.Jackson]. My friend chasinvictoria initially sent me a tape letter in 1981 … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Graham Parker – I Want You Back [Alive]

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

Graham Parker + The Rumour: I Want You Back [Alive] US 7″ [1979] I Want You Back [Alive] Mercury Poisoning When record shopping recently, I came across a Graham Parker + The Rumour record with two songs on it that dated … Continue reading →

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Rezillos Reviews: Out of This World + Live EP

Posted on December 6, 2016 by

Huzzah! About 2012, I went to the Rezillos website and saw that a new single, “Out Of This World,” had been released and was already hard to buy. The webstore was no help. I emailed Rez HQ and told them … Continue reading →

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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 6]

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

In 1987-1988, Icehouse went all Michael Jackson as the “Man Of Colours” album had an unprecedented five top forty singles peeled off of it in their native Australia. Only three of these got a release in the US, but “Crazy” rose to … Continue reading →

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Want List: The Fingerprintz Singles

Posted on October 7, 2015 by

Among the 30 releases that arrived in the mail on Monday, was a record that was pretty significant to me. The Fingerprintz “Shadowed” 12″ single. I bought what was the new Fingerprintz album, “Beat Noir” when it was released in … Continue reading →

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Want List: The Invaders Singles

Posted on August 13, 2014 by

We were discussing the Polydor US compilation “Made In Britain” in the recent comments and though I loved that record from day one, it was not for the early appearance of the Comsat Angels. Rather, my ears were immediately pinned … Continue reading →

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A BSOG Deconstructed: China Crisis – Docklands [part 3]

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Remastering the Vinyl [part 1 • denoising] Now that the contents and running order had been mooted, the next, not inconsequential step, was to digitize the vinyl. That turns out to be basically a 2x realtime process. If you’re lucky. … Continue reading →

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