“Angel” appears on Eurythmics’ We Too Are One album and was released as its fourth UK single in May 1990, and would be the duo’s final single for almost a decade (discounting the re-release of two older singles the following year). It was also released as the second…
Month: April 2014
Record Of The Week – I Only Want To Be With You – US Promo 12″ SIngle – AS-743
This weeks record of the week is The Tourists I Only Want To Be With You 12″ Promo single. Apart from the odd acetate, this is the only known 12″ Single in The Tourists catalogue.
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Eurythmics Sweet Dreams makes the Top 10 list of ASCAP’s Top 100 Songs of all time
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) hosted its 31st annual Pop Music Awards tonight at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA last week where legendary rock star Tom Petty was honored with the ASCAP Founders Award, which is the most prestigious honor that…
Video Of The Week – The Eurythmics video for their single Angel taken from their album We Too Are One
http://youtu.be/xp3QYkuqON8
Angel is a ballad with an adult contemporary sound.Annie said in an interview at the time that the song was inspired by the death of her aunt, as she sings about a woman who has killed herself and now has “gone to meet her maker”. The music video, directed…
Finally, a UK airing of Eurythmics performance of The Fool On The Hill this Friday on ITV
The Beatles: The Night That Changed America – A Grammy Salute
Friday 2nd May on ITV from 10:35pm to 12:40am
Entertainment special celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the most memorable moments in music and television’s joint history – the groundbreaking first appearance…
On This Day – 26th April 1985 – Eurythmics released their album Be Yourself Tonight 29 years ago
Be Yourself Tonight is the fourth studio album by the British pop duo Eurythmics, released in 1985. This album saw Eurythmics move away from their previous more experimental, synthesizer-based songs, to a more commercial pop/rock sound, incorporating a more traditional band…
New Eurythmics Remixes pages added to the Ultimate Eurythmics Discography
Well I’m finally filling in some of the gaps in the discography, and today I have published the Eurythmics Remixes pages for CD and 12″ remixes.
There’s some great items, coloured and clear vinyls, and quite honestly some that are not worth the vinyl they are pressed…
Annie Lennox’s handwritten lyrics to be sold at Rumble In The Jumble in London tomorrow
The Music Circle is back with another Rumble in the Jumble in association with Oxfam on April 26, after a hugely successful celebrity sale in 2013, which raised over £16,000 and featured designer donations from the likes of Damon Albarn, Alison Mosshart, Fearne Cotton, Daisy Lowe and Annie …
Photo Of The Week : Annie Lennox – Diva (From the photo archives of Norma Koning)
From the Photo Archives of Norma Koning
View more of Norma’s photographs here
Eurythmics CD’s get a rare short run re-release in Japan on the new Blu-Spec CD2 Format
Sony Music in Japan in 2013 re-released 2 of the Eurythmics remastered albums in July and the Ultimate Collection in December in a very limited run using the new Blu-Spec CD2 Format as designed by Sony.
The format uses a similar process that produces Blu-Ray discs. You can find out more about…
Collectable Record : Rare Love Is A Stranger 1991 UK CD with a red material insert
Here is the UK Love Is A Stranger 1991 re-release CD Single, but an unknown limited quantity were released with a bright red material insert that sits behind the CD in the case. I’ve rarely seen these come for sale and was lucky to find one very recently for the bargain price of 99p
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Video Of The Week : Dave Stewart performing the Buddy Holly classic Raining In My Heart
Dave recorded this track in 2012 to recognize what would have been Buddy Holly’s 76th birthday his recording of the song and video are donated to The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation.
Dave has also been presented with one of the Buddy Holly Foundation replica guitars which you can see…