Record Collector

For any one (remotely) interested in my very small output (and not a bot!) I’m moving over to bsky.social My new handle is @recordcollector10.bsky.social Hopefully we can build a passionate music-based collective on a more positive site 💿

Also loving the new @BellesMusic & @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 ❤️

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

#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 mix! Neil Tennant’s vocals sound superb against the pulsing pop that was #Sorry #RecordCollector

#NowPlaying @BlondieOfficial & 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

I completed the April challenge faster than 92.6% of all learners on Duolingo!

A quick stop to my favourite secondhand record shop and I left with 16 12” singles including a bundle of @Madonna @BlondieOfficial plus @springsteen @Desreeofficial and #TheBeautifulSouth #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

#NowPlaying @PaulSimonMusic & 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

@IPhillips79 Hung Up, Get Together, Future Lovers …

#Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor Madonna fans, pick your top 3 tracks from this classic album (Mine: Forbidden Love, Sorry, Future Lovers) And like all Madonna fans across the globe I'm seriously excited to hear the upcoming Confessions II album in July!!! #Legend

#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)

Loving the start of the new @Madonna era Tho I refuse to believe the first #Confessions era was really 21 years ago … I surely was still in school then? (I wish!) Hoping we get a few chart hits from this new era!

#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! #vinyl #recordcollector

#NewAddition to the #RecordCollection & #NowPlaying this superb 11 track best-of from @officialbenatar on stunning blue #vinyl

@NicwithoutaK83 Haha oh god no! Imagine if they go out of stock or sell out? Preorder is king!

@RecordCollect10 Maybe order one version first? 😆

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 released remix versions! Once you hear it, you can’t miss it

#NowPlaying @BlondieOfficial & 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 #vinyl #recordcollector

#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 remastered 180g #vinyl