Sparks on the Phone

Albert Hall

14/4/22

7" Singles - J

From the long forgotten Jack to the Euros Childs/Norman Blake collaboration that was Jonny.

Not TOO many for me to listen to, so I was done with them in a morning. Plenty of singles by The Jam and Paul Jones doing easy listening covers of Sheena Is A Punk Rocker and Pretty Vacant.

There's also this lost classic, which was a massive hit in a parallel universe.

7" Singles - I

From Sheffield's I Monster (featuring a great cover version of Tina Turner's The Best) to It Bites' Prog-pop classic, Calling All The Heroes.

Winners? The 19 INXS singles, including some dodgy artwork that gave very little indication of their future stadium filling potential.

Self Esteem on the Phone

Manchester Cathedral

23/3/22

Tangerine Dream on the Phone

RNCM

5/3/22

7" Singles - H

Starting and ending with songs that are guaranteed to raise a smile - Haircut 100's Fantastic Day and Humanoid's Stakker Humanoid.

It's probably no real surprise which H artist I have most singles by - as a ten year old growing up in Sheffield in 1981, The Human League were the first bad I truly loved. Current count for number of copies of Being Boiled:l on 7": 4 (2 as a single, 2 on the Holiday 80 EP).

7" Singles - G

Been taking a break from my singles for a couple of months, but now they're back. Back! BACK!

From Ride's Mark Gardiner being remixed by Ulrich Schnauss, to Guns N' Roses getting all soppy.

36 singles of which ⅓ are by the same artist.

This pile also includes the wonderfully obscure Competition by Rabbi Joseph Gordan, AKA Julian Cope.