Singles

Chart Top 10

1 - MORRISSEY & DAVID BOWIE - COSMIC DANCER - 2,524
2 - DANIEL AVERY - DUSTING FOR SMOKE - 754
3 - RITON/NIGHTCRAWLERS/MUFASA - FRIDAY - 520
4 - NATHAN EVANS/220KID/BILLEN TED - WELLERMAN - 471
5 - TIESTO - THE BUSINESS - 411
6 - ELLA HENDERSON & TOM GRENNAN - LET'S GO HOME TOGETHER - 376
7 - ARIANA GRANDE - WORST BEHAVIOR - 373
8 - OLIVIA RODRIGO - DRIVERS LICENSE - 366
9 - ARIANA GRANDE - TEST DRIVE - 364
10 - ARIANA GRANDE - MAIN THING - 330

Morrissey and David Bowie's "Cosmic Dancer" single charted for one day at number 1 in the UK, but plunged to 47 by the end of the first week.

Just spotted this on Ebay, i had nt seen it before. Amusing letter from a young Moz.
Anyone got £1,375.00 burning a hole in their pocket ?

thank you to ; KEANU REEVES, MATTHEW HITT, HAYLEY WILLIAMS, HAILEE STEINFELD, PHARRELL, LIV TYLER, OLIVIA WILDE,
ROMEE STRIJD, MILO VENTIMIGLIA, TRAVIS KELCE, CHLOE SEVIGNY, STEFON DIGGS, ALEXA CHUNG, RUSSELL BRAND, GERARD WAY,
JAIME KING, CHELSEA LANKES, FINLAY KEMP, KIRSTEN DUNST, DAVID MORRISSEY, SOKO, EMILY BROWNING, DEMI LOVATO, CHIARA
MASTTROIANNI, ELIZA CUMMINGS, JUSTIN BIEBER, KEVIN DURANT, ALICE GLAS, JUPITER KEYES, FRED DURST.

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Special thanks goes to the tagging system here at Solo that appears to have assisted in this Central post's creation
Regards,
FWD.

Some more interesting items surfacing for this 2 day auction.
This auction completely missed my notice - it's currently underway.
The 'Rough Trade Archive' video collection (broken up in to lots) looks like something absolutely worth having.
Quite a few bits featuring The Smiths too - posters, proofs etc.




Regards,
FWD.

The first song I fell in love with.

The Smiths – ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’

“I’m in my thirties and the idea of falling in love with a song seems stupid to me now, but when I was a teenager I was really into The Smiths. I just thought that he was singing about me – that’s how you think when you’re that age. Y’know, ‘I’m a bit miserable and a bit awkward in social settings’. I guess I would have downloaded it on Napster. I’m a sucker for a guitarist – self-taught from the age of about 10. I’ve always just appreciated really good guitars. So obviously Johnny Marr is a hero of mine."


Very brief mention of The Smiths amongst others.
Regards,
FWD.

First mentioned last August and 3 months after the digital release of Cosmic Dancer, today sees the official release date of the double A-side black vinyl.
This release appears to be very widely available with HMV, Mporium, most Amazons & Indies having good stocks.
Amazon & HMV briefly listed the release date as January 29, both revising it shortly thereafter.
It will more than likely chart quite high on the vinyl singles chart based on previous releases.

There is no matrix message on either side of the record.

(above pics via @AngelosBarry)

Cosmic Dancer is mis-dated as February 6, 1991 (the Kill Uncle Tour didn't start until the end of April, '91).
The actual date of the gig was June 2, 1991 at The Great Western Forum (the venue's name at the...

How Morrissey outran The Smiths (and why his critics will never admit it)

Excerpt:

"There’s an emergence of voices rising from the rotting grave of political correctness lately, in a feeble attempt to somehow make Morrissey’s art into nothing more than a shadow of The Smiths. In reality though, to many, he was the beating heart of the much-loved 80s quartet and unlike his bandmates, he became so much more.
There are many voices online using the tired old trope, “I won’t listen to Morrissey because I don’t agree with his views, but I’ll always have The Smiths.” If this sentiment were limited only to the dull echo chambers of anonymous social media users, it might not be so bad. Yet it does not stop there."


Regards,
FWD.

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