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29/06/2025

NME’s Top 40 singles and albums of 1979…

27/06/2025

Record Mirror readers react to the paper’s first S*x Pistols interview in December 1976…

25/06/2025

On Friday 13th August 2010, Morrissey revealed his 13 favourite albums to The Quietus…

24/06/2025

To celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2012, NME chose the most important albums from each decade. Here’s their selection for the 1960s, 70s and 80s…

22/06/2025

Sam Fox reviews the latest 45s for Smash Hits in June 1986…

18/06/2025

Here’s MTV’s Top 50 Music Videos of the 1980s….
(source https://charlies80sattic.com/)

16/06/2025

Back in the 80s, Neil Tennant was asked what his favourite records were that had been released in the last few years…
(source Absolutely Pet Shop Boys)

New Order: Substance (LP) True Faith (single) ‘True Faith’ is the best song New Order have ever done.’

Various: My Fair Lady
‘It’s the original West End cast, 1959, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. I saw this musical first at a Saturday matinee in Newcastle’s Theatre Royal when I was about ten and we also had the record at home. One of my favourite songs ever is I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face.’

Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
“This, Hejira and My Fair Lady’aren’t exactly new but they’ve all come out on CD in the last year or so and I’ve been listening to them a lot This was originally released in 1973 when I lived in a flat in Tottenham with some friends. It contains one of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs All In Love Is Fair.

Joni Mitchell: Hejira
‘I bought the record of this in 1977 at Our Price Records in Charring Cross Road the same time as I bought ‘God Save the Queen’ by the S*x Pistols.’

Sting: Fragile
“Funnily enough I quite like some of Sting’s songs. He comes across so big headed sometimes that I think it puts people off, but this has got a brilliant melody and I love the whole ‘fragile’ sound of it.’

Guesch Patti: Etienne
‘It’s the sort of song one thinks Tina Turner should sing. Apparently, the words are quite rude, but I don’t know what it’s all about as it’s all in French.’

Various: The House Sound of Chicago Vol Ill Acid Tracks
‘The singer sounds like Boy George, the feel of it is incredibly joyful and it’s got really good words.’

Joyce Sims: Come Into My Life
This is such a beautiful song and it’s got a fantastic introduction .’

Dosireless: Voyage Voyage
‘It’s a fantastic song; almost like an ethereal disco record.. When we made I’m Not Scared with Patsy kensit we wanted to make the same sort of record.’

Dusty Springfield: The Silver Collection
“This is a compilation of all her best singles. My favourite is I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten. Also, my copy of it is signed ‘to Neil, lots of love Dusty’ with about 20 kisses on so it’s one of my most prized possessions.”

13/06/2025

Legendary music writer and author Garry Bushell certainly didn’t mince his words when he reviewed the latest singles for Sounds magazine, September 1983. Hold onto your hats…

11/06/2025

RIP…

Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time

10/06/2025

One of John Peel’s Festive Charts from Sounds magazine, January 1986…

09/06/2025

UK Top Ten singles 40 years ago this week…

07/06/2025

Dieter Meier of Yello reviews the latest singles for Record Mirror, April 1989. Artists include The Cure, Metallica, Bryan Ferry and The Pretenders…