Absolutely loving some of those second hand purchases @JosephStyles!

These came today:

23rd April 2026
From HMV, Bullring
George Michael - Faith (Vinyl)
Madonna - True Blue (Vinyl)
Mica Paris - So Good Deluxe Edition (CD)

From The Diskey
45s
Madonna - Papa Don’t Preach (UK No.1)
Madonna - Borderline
George Michael - I Want You Sex
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (UK No.1)
Limahl - Only For Love
Russ Abbot - All Night Holiday
Bros - I Owe You Nothing (UK No.1)
Bros - Cat Among The Pigeons/Silent Night
Anita Dobson - Anyone Can Fall In Love
Marti Webb - Always There
New Kids On The Block - Hangin’ Tough (UK No.1)
New Kids On The Block - Didn’t I Blow Your Mind/Let’s Try It Again
Stefan Dennis - Don’t It Make You Feel Good
Beach Boys - Kokomo
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight ‘88
Phil Collins - You Can’t Hurry Love (UK No.1)
Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time (UK No.1)
The Hollies - He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother (UK No.1)
The Marines - Say Goodbye
Will To Power - Fading Away
Genesis - Land Of Confusion
Bee Gees - You Win Again (UK No.1)
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (UK No.1)
Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (UK No.1)
Janet Jackson And Cliff Richard - Two To The Power
Behind The Bike Sheds - Songs From The ITV Series
Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood (UK No.1)
Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - That’s What I Like (UK No.1)
Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers - Let’s Party (UK No.1)

One new addition this week, arrived from Germany via an Amazon seller:

Michael Schulte - Beautiful Reasons

This weekend I ordered Olivia Rodrigo's 'drop dead' on CD single and my Lily Allen - Alright, Still and It's Not Me, It's You vinyl purchases arrived ❤️

Ordered today

The Beat - Just Can't Stop It

Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle

ESC 2026

A local record shop to me moved premises so I went to visit today, picked up a few CDs secondhand:

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Pendulum - In Silico

The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Also recently purchased from HMV Antony Szmierek's debut album.

30th April 2026

From Swordfish Records, Birmingham

More 45s

Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way

Taylor Dayne - With Every Beat Of My Heart

Level 42 - Tracie

Level 42 - It’s Over

S-Express - Theme From S-Express (UK No.1)

Liza Minnelli - Don’t Drop Bombs

Liza Minnelli - Love Pains

New Kids On The Block - I’ll Be Loving You Forever

Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief

Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

Erasure - Blue Savannah

Erasure - It Doesn’t Have To Be

Billy Ocean - Love Is Forever

Alyson Williams - I Need Your Lovin’

Hollywood Beyond - What’s The Colour Of Money?

The Bangles - I’ll Set You Free

Steve Winwood - Roll With It

Jennifer Rush - Higher Ground

This Way Up - Tell Me Way

Vicki Morgan - Always On My Mind

Got the following from HMV or Banquet Records today while out:

Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere

Kesha - Animal + Cannibal (15th Anniversary Edition)

Melanie C - Sweat (HMV exclusive artwork)

ZAYN - KONNAKOL

And from a charity shop:

Toni Braxton - More Than a Woman

All are CD albums!

Does anyone have or still buy music DVDs? They definitely feel less common but I picked up Basement Jaxx's The Videos recently for £5 from Rarewaves of all places and it made me wonder if anyone still goes out of their way to buy things like this? Concert DVDs/Blu Ray are probably more common nowadays. DVD singles were also a thing; I stumbled across The Streets - Blinded By The Lights in a local record shop with the video on disc.

I got swept up in the great spice war of 2026

Bringing my physical purchases of the year so far up to a whopping 2

Melanie C - sweat amazon signed copy

Few new postal deliveries:

Ella Langley - Dandelion

Justin Bieber - Journals (expanded edition)

The Rocket Summer - Of Men and Angels

First two are brand new, last one is second hand!

On 10/05/2026 at 16:54, lewistgreen said:

Does anyone have or still buy music DVDs? They definitely feel less common but I picked up Basement Jaxx's The Videos recently for £5 from Rarewaves of all places and it made me wonder if anyone still goes out of their way to buy things like this? Concert DVDs/Blu Ray are probably more common nowadays. DVD singles were also a thing; I stumbled across The Streets - Blinded By The Lights in a local record shop with the video on disc.

I'll always pick up music DVDs from artists I enjoy if I spot them! Perhaps even the occasional music VHS got plenty of DVD singles over the years too (e.g. No Good Advice by Girls Aloud, Toxic/Everytime/My Prerogative by Britney, and a few more)

A bit quiet regarding new albums the last weeks. Pre-ordered the Sienna Spiro album yesterday on CD.

Also made a purchase at discogs including the following CD's:

Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat (B-Unique Records, Polydor)
Todd Terry Featuring Martha Wash And Jocelyn Brown - Something Goin' On (Manifesto) <- had a version of this, but this includes also a Sash! Remix
René Et Gaston - Vallée De Larmes (Sex Records, More Music Recordings)
Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me (Universal Records, Island Records Group, Universal)
Marc Almond - The Desperate Hours (Parlophone)
Off-Shore - I Got A Little Song (Dance Pool)
Die Fantastischen Vier - Saft (Columbia)
Cassie - Long Way 2 Go (Bad Boy Entertainment, NextSelection)
3 Phase Feat. Dr. Motte - Der Klang Der Familie (The Remixes) (NovaMute)
Interactive - Dildo (Electrola, Strictly Dance)
Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time (Geffen Records)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence·04 (CD1) (Mute)
Britney Spears - Gimme More (Jive)
OneRepublic - Apologize (Interscope Records, Blackground Records, Mosley Music Group)
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (Capitol Records, Virgin)
Havana - Schtoom (Blow Up)
Marc Et Claude - La (Orbit Records)
Mario Più Feat. More - All I Need (ZYX Music, Media Records)
Rihanna - We Ride (Def Jam Recordings, SRP Records)
Mysterious Art - Das Omen (Teil 1) (CBS, CBS Dance Pool)
Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain (PWL Records)

I haven't made any physical purchases this year as of yet, but I'm planning on getting two albums for my sister on vinyl for Christmas. They are:

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

She's going to be starting to collect vinyl records this year.

Edited May 21May 21 by DanielCarey

Really big physical haul yesterday! All CDs unless otherwise stated

Second hand

Ashanti - Foolish [S]

Brandy - Full Moon (German edition) [S]

Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy CD2 [S]

Dannii Minogue - I Begin to Wonder CD2 [S]

Eternal - Secrets CD1 [S]

Eternal - So Good CD2 [S]

Eve - Who's That Girl? [S]

Gabrielle - Rise CD2 [S]

Janet Jackson - Runaway [S]

Louise - All That Matters CD1 [S]

Madonna - Don't Cry for Me Argentina: The Dance Mixes / CD2 [S]

Matthew Marsden feat. Destiny's Child - She's Gone CD2 [S]

Michelle Gayle - Sensational CD2 [S]

Samantha Mumba - Body II Body CD1 [S]

Take That - Babe 7" vinyl (Mark only sleeve) [S]

Tatyana Ali - Daydreamin' CD2 [S]

Tatyana Ali - Everytime CD1 [S]

Toni Braxton - Ultimate Toni Braxton [A]

Toni Braxton - You're Makin' Me High CD1 [S]

Toni Braxton with Kenny G - How Could an Angel Break My Heart CD2 [S]

HMV

Freya Skye - stardust [EP]

The Pussycat Dolls - PCD: Expanded Edition [A]

29th May 2026

from HMV, Bullring
Suzette Charles (CD Album)

More 45s from The Diskery

Adam And The Ants - Ant Music
Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver
Bananarama - Rough Justice
Bee Gees - Secret Love
Blue Mercedes - Love is The Gun
Blue Mercedes - I Want To Be Your Property
Bottle Boys - Bottle Boys
Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)
Carrie McDowell - Uh Uh, No No Casual Sex
Cutting Crew - I've Been In Love Before
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
D Train - You're The One For Me
Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control
Expose - Seasons Change
Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There '88
Jason Donovan - Sealed With A Kiss
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Janet Jackson - Let's Wait AWhile
Jonathan Butler - Lies
Kate Robbins - If You Wanna Help Somebody
Kim Wilde - Love Blonde
Icehouse - Crazy
Madonna - Open Your Heart
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Marc Almond And Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
Natalie Cole - Everlasting
Natalie Cole - I Live For Your Love
New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
Partners In Kryme - Turtle Power
Phil Collins - Sussudio
Princess - I'll Keep On Loving You
Ruby Turner - I'm In Love
Ruby Turner - Bye Baby
Roland Rat - Living Legend
Sam Brown - Can I Get A Witness?
Shirley Lewis - (You Used To Be) Romantic
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
Shanice - I Love Your Smile
Surface - Shower Me With Your Love
Tony Terry - Lovey Dovey
T'Pau - Only The Lonely 
Transvision Vamp - (I Just Wanna) B With U
UB40 - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
UB40 - Homely Girl
UB40 - Come Out To Play
V Capri - Haunting Me
Wilson Philips - You're In Love
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
Wrecks N Effect - Juicy
Zucchero And Paul Young - Senza Una Donna (Without A Woman)

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by Mark

Stuff I’ve bought this year so far

CDs

Now 122

RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

Vinyl

RAYE - THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. (Marigold Yellow 12”)

RAYE - Nightingale Lane 7”

Yeah not much for me so far as I haven’t really had any money but I’ll be preordering Becky Hill’s album next week!

Went to HMV today and bought

PinkPantheress - Fancy That

Pete Tong - Ibiza Classics (10th Anniversary Edition)