Collection Features
Browse through parts of my collection supported by photos and a small write-up.
The posts highlight rarities, my favorite pieces or whatever I felt I wanted to share that day. Feel free to submit requests in case something catches your eye when browsing my collection list!
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Read more: 1982 Queen/Bowie test pressing
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…
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Read more: The 3″ Queen CD-singles
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…
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Read more: Peter Hammill 1991 letter
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…
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Read more: Phil Collins’ ticker
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…
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Read more: VDGG Masks 7″
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…
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Read more: Red Synchronicity
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…