This weeks record of the week is this incredibly rare promo CD from the Netherlands for the Superheavy track Can’t Take It No More.     The CD was issued to radio stations to promote the Superheavy album.  Waht makes this promo CD special is that the CD and the cover are miss spelt reading I Can Take It No More.  The inlay on the sleeve carries the correct spelling.     To date, the Netherlands are the only country to...

This weeks Record Of The Week is this promotional DVD issued by promtoing the HBO Channel’s TV show Off The Record presented by Dave Stewart interviewing U2 and talking about their favourite records. The promo DVD has been around for a while but can sell for as much as $200 as U2 fans tend to drive prices up high.  Do any Dave Stewart fans own a copy? ...

In celebratiuon of the life of Etta James, this weeks record of the week is this German CD Single for the track Avenue D that Etta James recorded with Dave Stewart for the Rooftops Original Soundtrack.   The CD has the catalogue number CDP5602233152 and features the following tracks: Avenue D (Kevorkian Remix) (6:56) Avenue D (Avenue Dub) (4:39) Avenue D (Sound Assassins Mix)...

This weeks record of the week is this very rare Townhouse Studios 12″ Acetate for the I Need A Man single taken from the Eurythmics album Savage.  Acetate’s like this are rare with usually no more than 5 being created for the record companies and artists to check the pressing before they go into full production.   These are individually ‘cut’ onto metal, then plastic coated and quite often contain version of...

This weeks Record Of The Week is another from Superheavy, this time it is a very rare promo CD issued by Universal Records in Hong Kong for the single Miracle Worker, this is a unique promo CD compared to the others issued as it features a lot fo the text in Chinese on the reverser of the sleeve.  So far this has been seen selling for around £50.

This weeks record of the week is this newly discovered Superheavy promo CD issued by Universal Records in The Netherlands to promote Beautiful People.  It is a 1 track CD Single with a specially printed CD cover and has the catalogue number UMUSIC 1897 and the track is time at 3.46 which must be an edited version as the album version is 5.00 long. Apologies as the pictures we have so far are quite small.  

Although this CD was released in Europe 3 years ago, it is only just getting it’s first release in the USA this year on Expression Records.  Phil Manzanera is one of the members of Roxy Music who Annie first met in The Tourists when they supported Roxy Music on tour.   This piece of music may be new to many Annie Lennox fans.   Annie is featured on the track Tu Juventudon the CD singing backing vocals on this Spanish \...

This weeks record of the week is the limited edition Superheavy CD that was available in the UK from HMV stores only.  What is interesting is that the set has been issued with it’s own catalogue number which is on a large cd sized sticker that was stuck to the shrink wrap of the CD.  The standard CD Catalogue number is 602527688685 and this HMV edition is numbered 602527829586   The artcards are square in shape and feature the...

This weeks record of the week is this rare version of the Annie Lennox pre-bare sampler CD that was issued by BMG in 2003 to remind radio stations and journalists of Annie’s solo career before Bare itself was released.  the 9 track CD includes all of the singles Annie released as well as Love Song For A Vampire.   What makes this version more unusual is that it does not have the printed barcode that the standard version released...

In recognition of meeting some wonderful peeps from Brazil recently, this weeks Record Of The Week is The Tourists single, I Only Want To Be With You from Brazil.  The sleeve is unique to this Brazilian release making it of interest to collectors.  Current value is approximately £15. The catalogue number is 301.1191 issued on the Young record label under licence from Logo records. The tracks featured are: I Only Want To Be With You...