Despite The Police short-lived career, which lasted from 1977 to 1986, not counting the 2007 reunion and numerous Greatest Hits releases, the band still managed to create a collector’s heaven for those who are passionate enough to dive deep into their discography. Reggatta de Blanc In October 1979, the band released their second album called […]

Queen were arguably on an all-time high in 1980 after their album The Game and single Another One Bites The Dust topped the charts globally for many weeks. Especially in the US is was a huge chart topper, where it has sold four million copies to date. The success of John Deacon’s Bites The Dust […]

Queen dabbled their toes into the world of CD’s as early as 1983, but released their full album discography on CD in 1986. About two years later, in 1988, they decided to release some of their past singles on the 3″ CD-single format. Possibly because it was a new exiting format for singles by other […]

Peter Hammil is an English musician who is mainly known for his work through the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator for which I made a feature back in June. His solo career more or less started simultaneously with the band in 1968. Once the band broke up in 1977 (but reunited in the […]

Here we have a nice collaboration: in early 2003 Phil Collins teamed up with Swatch to produce this lovely box set. I don’t know how this came to be, but Phil released a song called Wake Up Call as a single in March 2003 which was taken from his 2002 album Testify. Maybe that song […]

In March 2015 I listened to the band Van der Graaf Generator for the first time. UK magazine Record Collector had an article about them which sparked an interest and so I decided to give them a try. Nine years later and I am now fully hooked, including the singer’s solo output. I never intended […]

What are the odds!? Today I received this lovely red vinyl copy of the Police’s album Synchronicity. Only a few hours later the band announced a wonderful (belated) 40th anniversary 6 CD set featuring B-sides, demos, out-takes, alternate mixes, instrumentals and an unreleased live gig! This red vinyl edition was released sometime in 1984, about […]

Queen were on a roll during the early 80’s. They had a massive hit under their belt with the album The Game in 1980 and released a nice soundtrack album a few months later for Flash Gordon. In November 1981 they released their first compilation album called Greatest Hits, featuring most of their singles. It […]