Great 7″ singles/sleeves/artwork
11 August 2022
Popstar and actress OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
passed away last Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer.
She released a total of 26 albums and played in 15 movies – with
Grease (1978) as her most famous one – between 1965 and 2020.
One of her biggest hits was PHYSICAL
from her 1981 same-titled album.
R.I.P.
ONJ: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
10 August 2022
Band: WAYNE COUNTY & THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS
Who: American punk collective led by Georgia-born singer
Jayne County and infamous for their uncensored glam-rock
inspired songs.
Single: ‘TRYING TO GET ON THE RADIO
Album: Storm The Gates Of Heaven
Year: 1978
Turn it up, Wayne…
JAYNE COUNTY: Facebook – Discography
Great 7″ singles/artwork/vinyl of the past
8 August 2022
Band: TELEVISION
Who: Influential guitar rock indies from NYC led by Tom Verlaine
Active: 1973–1978, 1991–1993, 2001–present / 3 albums
Single: PROVE IT
Released: 1977
Album: Marquee Moon
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TELEVISION: Bio – Discography
6 August 2022
Artist: Elvis Costello
Single: Pump It Up!
Released: May 1978
Elvis pumps it up…
ELVIS COSTELLO: Discography
Great 7″ inch artwork/vinyl
Band: Buzzcocks (Manchester)
Single: Orgasm Addict – debut single
Released: 4 November 1977
Graphic artist Malcolm Garrett designed the sleeve with a collage, created
by Linder Sterling, depicting a woman whose head is a clothes iron.
“Your passion is a product of highlight and detail
That come hither, look, bonus offer retail
Your emotions are cheap, cut, price, cash, and carry
You wear your heart on your sleeve for any Tom, Dick or Harry”
RIP Pete…
BUZZCOCKS: Facebook
Great 7″ inches/sleeves/vinyl from the past
1 August 2022
Artist: KEVIN COYNE
Influential British singer/songwriter who passed away in 2004. He was only 60 years
of age when he passed away, following a pulmonary fibrosis (scarred lungs)
Single MARLENE
Album: Marjory Razorblade
Year: 1973
Studio
Live
KEVIN COYNE: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ inches/sleeves/vinyl from the past
31 July 2022
Artist: KEVIN AYERS
(1944-2013)
7″: DAY BY DAY
Album The Confessions Of Doctor Dream And Other Stories
Year: 1974
Sublime earworm. Puts a big smile on my face.
KEVIN AYERS: Bio – Discography
KEVIN AYERS: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ inches/sleeves/vinyl from the past
25 July 2022
Artist: ALEX CHILTON
Who: American musician who became famous as the teenage
singer of sixties band The Box Tops who had a big hit in 1967 with
their cover of The Letter, a song written by country musician Wayne
Carson Thompson. Afterward, Chilton formed highly influential band
Big Star (1971–1975, 1993–2010) and also recorded solo. He passed
away, only 59, in 2010. R.I.P.
Single: BANGKOK
His first ever solo single.
Came out in 1978.
A kooky track, with kooky lyrics.
Here’s a little thing that’s gonna please ya
Just a little town down in Indonesia
Bangkok
Two slanty eyed men lying in bed
One got his Mauser, the other said
Bangkok
Making love the Japanese way
Learned aggressively in Hong Kong
Bangkok
Margaret Trudeau, Jakie O
Madame Nhu and Bridget Bardot
Bangkok
Baby, Bangkok
Yeah, Suki
I’m not living on Chinese rocks
I’m in Bangkok
Yeah, Bangkok, baby
Here’s a revision that’s kind of minor
It’s just a little town down in Indochina
Bangkok
Baby baby
ALEX CHILTON: Biography
Great singles/artwork from the past
16 July 2022
Band: WIRE
Who: Art-punk quartet from London
Active: 1976–1980, 1985–1992, 1999–present
Song: I’M THE FLY
Album: Chairs Missing
Year: 1978
Historic 7″ vinyl
60 years ago today – 8 December 1961 – surf pop heroes THE BEACH BOYS
released their very first single called (what else) SURFIN’, a sickly sticky surfboard
gem that makes you long for a hot summer on the beach. The 7″ came in a blank
sleeve, as happened with many of the singles back then.
Twist and shake here, folks…
THE BEACH BOYS: Discography