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Like many other songs i liked it from the first time i heard it but i like it even more now than when i first heard it.
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I've been considering starting to collect Kylie singles pre-Spinning Around, I don't have any of them. I was thinking of getting 7" singles for I Should Be So Lucky to Celebration, and CDs for the two Deconstruction eras. But I also feel like this is a path I probably shouldn't go down, because it could get a bit expensive :kink:

 

Edit: I just bought nine 7" singles! :lol: It was a 'job lot' order including: I Should Be So Lucky, Got to Be Certain, The Loco-Motion, Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi, Hand on Your Heart, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Never Too Late, Tears on My Pillow & Better the Devil You Know. It was £14.50 for the 9, so about £1.61 per vinyl, plus £4 postage = £18.50. I'm not sure if that can be considered as a bargain or not, but they all look to be in a reasonable condition considering how old they are, so it feels worthwhile to me. Exciting!

I've been considering starting to collect Kylie singles pre-Spinning Around, I don't have any of them. I was thinking of getting 7" singles for I Should Be So Lucky to Celebration, and CDs for the two Deconstruction eras. But I also feel like this is a path I probably shouldn't go down, because it could get a bit expensive :kink:

 

Edit: I just bought nine 7" singles! :lol: It was a 'job lot' order including: I Should Be So Lucky, Got to Be Certain, The Loco-Motion, Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi, Hand on Your Heart, Wouldn't Change a Thing, Never Too Late, Tears on My Pillow & Better the Devil You Know. It was £14.50 for the 9, so about £1.61 per vinyl, plus £4 postage = £18.50. I'm not sure if that can be considered as a bargain or not, but they all look to be in a reasonable condition considering how old they are, so it feels worthwhile to me. Exciting!

I think you got a good bargain and I hope they are in good condition when they arrive, the vinyl are easily enough got at good prices but some of the cd s for the older hits are either hard got or very expensive.

Kylie has written this in Time magazine about Dua Lipa, and I think it's really quite lovely:

 

Dua Lipa is a shining star, blazing a dazzling trail through the pop cosmos. Just under four years ago, she released the first of her two albums. Today, she is dancing hand in hand with the zeitgeist, having carved with laser-like precision her place in the cultural landscape. I entered Dua’s orbit last November when I appeared as a guest on her Studio 2054 streamed concert. The production was spectacular and inclusive, somehow both future and retro, with her instantly recognizable voice stamped all over clever songwriting. While I know what it’s like to be in the eye of the storm, on this occasion, I was able to see the wider view from the periphery. Her famous work ethic radiated throughout the production. “You have to work hard to make a bit of luck,” her father told her when she was younger. It seems she listened. Her achievements are all the more remarkable given that she is 25 years of age. She’s kind, cool and smart. She’s a bona fide pop behemoth. And I, like millions of others, look forward to more, and even more, from La Lipa.

I think you got a good bargain and I hope they are in good condition when they arrive, the vinyl are easily enough got at good prices but some of the cd s for the older hits are either hard got or very expensive.

They arrived yesterday! :D There's some minor dents and creases on them, and they're a bit musty, but I guess it's to be expected with them being 31-33 years old. There's no appearance of mould/mildew on any of them though, thankfully, so I don't think the mustiness can be that. I cleaned the covers with wet wipes (they're all glossy sleeves), and I also cleaned the vinyl discs.

 

These are now the oldest singles I own! Prior to now I didn't own any singles older than the early 90s, and those are CD singles.

 

I played all these Kylie 7" singles last night, and they all play nicely - hardly any crackles and no skipping. Woo!

 

A couple of the sleeves still had price stickers attached, but I peeled them off. They cost £1.75. If only the DISCO era 7" singles were that cheap! :lol:

 

 

Now I'm on a mission to buy more! Today I've bought What Do I Have to Do, Shocked and If You Were With Me Now. I've got my eye on auctions of Especially for You, Step Back in Time and Word Is Out.

 

I've noticed that the CD singles of Give Me Just a Little More Time/Finer Feelings/What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)/Celebration are quite cheap, so I'm wondering whether to just get them instead of 7"s... even though it would be nice to have a full set of PWL era vinyl. I'll think about it!

(I know it's probably just me who cares :heehee: ) it's occurred to me that the mustiness of the singles is cigarette smoke... I wonder how easy or not it is to try and get rid of that from cardboard?

From the latest edition of Music week:

 

BMG's Alistair Norbury has spoken about the success of the Kylie Minogue campaign and the company's streaming performance.

Speaking in the all-new monthly Music Week, BMG UK's president of repertoire and marketing reflected on how the reshaped roster - including

breakthrough star KSI - is boosting the company on DSPs.

According to Official Charts Company data, the No.4 music company grew track streams by 25% year-on-year in 2020 compared to market growth of

18%. BMG racked up 1.58 billion streams last year.

 

"We have ambitions to continue the streaming growth," said Norbury. "The type of acts and flavour of the roster will continue to include a healthy mix of

the established, iconic artists that we're known for. But after KSI's success, there's a strong appetite to start being more consistent and not have sporadic

single hits. So there will be more coming in that lane."

Kylie Minogue has grown her streaming presence, with almost seven million monthly listeners on Spotify. Norbury said Minogue has a "hunger" for

further success following three consecutive No.1 records since she signed to the company.

 

"There is a hunger," he said. "There's going to be more repertoire coming. This record lends itself very nicely to remixes, features and collaborations.

"We partnered on the successful livestream [infinite Disco] that we did with Driift. We're looking at ways that we can maintain this campaign all through

the year. There are a lot more ideas to come - and many of them, creatively, come from the artist, which is very exciting."

Disco was the No.33 album overall in 2020 with sales of 112,916 (including 9,304 from streams), according to the Official Charts Company. Globally,

Minogue's streaming on this album has grown considerably in markets including Brazil, Mexico and France.

 

"For Kylie, the worldwide streams on this album are at about three times the rate of the previous record, Golden. So last year was about, 'Can you grow

an artist to the next level?" After the huge success we had with Kylie and Golden, and then with the best of [2019's Step Back In Time], to continue that

trajectory upwards was terrific."

 

Norbury suggested that Disco was the right kind of album at the right moment during the pandemic.

"It dropped at the time when an up-tempo, feelgood record was what people needed - and you saw that with the Dua Lipa record and various other

records," he told Music Week. "So there was momentum."

While the campaign had to adjust to the pandemic, Norbury said that digital marketing ultimately helped deliver stronger comparative sales than Golden

in 2018.

 

"There is a big question mark over how we're going to go back to marketing and promoting music internationally [after Covid]," he said. "Because we're

successfully seeing sales increase without artists necessarily having to fly around the world and be everywhere at once, which is good."

Norbury also highlighted the momentum created by three No.1 campaigns from Minogue in the last three years.

"Being bold, going to Nashville and making the Golden album was exactly the right thing to do," he said. "And then in 2019, playing Glastonbury (the

legends slot) and releasing the greatest hits to have a second No.1 [with BMG]. The following year, it was about not leaving it too long (for the next

album). The lockdown almost forced her hand to crack on and do something in that time."

Kylie Minogue's label boss previously revealed to Music Week that she learned how to work with music software Logic in a home studio during the

pandemic

 

Norbury credited the "absolutely exceptional work of the BMG team and A&P Artist Management on the Disco campaign.

"Kylie is absolutely directly involved on a daily basis with what's happening," he said. "Having now worked on three releases over three years, all of which

have been No.1 albums, it means there's a real confidence and trust in the team. She's a wonderful artist to work with."

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Found another cute angry Kylie moment at 1:40 :lol:

Imagine annoying Kylie! I'd want the ground to swallow me up! (In that situation I would definitely be patient though, I wouldn't get into Kylie's bad books xx)

 

 

I received the promo CD of The One in the post today! :cheer: I've wanted to own this for many years, so it feels quite surreal to finally have a copy. It was just under £50, which feels a bit crazy to spend on a CD, but I just couldn't pass up on the opportunity to finally own it. Over the years I have lost so many auctions, but this was a 'buy it now', so I went for it.

 

I also won an Into the Blue 7" vinyl earlier today *.*

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