Lots of CDs from my collection

When you buy as many records as I do, sometimes you forget to post them on your blog. Shame on me. Here are some releases I bought quite some time ago.

Remastered reissues of "Pleasure Victim" (1982) by Berlin, "Fade To Grey - The Singles Collection" (1983) by Visage, "Happiness" (1990) by The Beloved and "Jungle Jezebel" (1982) by Divine.

"Night Call" (2020) by Years & Years, "Dawn FM" by The Weeknd, "2.0" (2021) by JLS and "Pink Noise" (2021) by Laura Mvula.

Remastered reissue of "I Say I Say I Say" (1994) plus the EP "NE:EP" (2021) by Erasure. Plus "Thank You" (2021) by Diana Ross and "The Body Remembers" (2021) by Debbie Gibson.

And finally the remastered box set "The Albums 1977-1985" and the compilation "Gold" (2019) by Village People.

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"You weren't man enough to satisfy me"

New CD's in my record collection: "Shoot Your Shot - The Divine Anthology" by Divine, reissues of "A Lot Of Love", "Never Say Never", "Read My Lips" and "The Other Side Of The Rainbow" by Melba Moore, "Welcome To My Dream" by Tawatha Agee, "Preppie" by Cheryl Lynn, "Diana" by Diana Ross, "I Love To Love" by Tina Charles plus "Ricki-Lee" by Ricki-Lee.



Reissues of "10¢ A Dance", "Born To Flirt", "Made In America", "Blondes Brunettes & Redheads" and "Questions Of The Heart" by The Flirts.

Divine - Shoot Your Shot: The Divine Anthology

In 2013, Cherry Pop Records expanded and reissued drag queen icon Divine's 1988 album "Maid In England". On April 29, comes the brand new compilation "Shoot Your Shot - The Divine Anthology", including the Stock Aitken Waterman produced "You Think You're A Man" and "I'm So Beautiful", together with the Bobby Orlando produced classics "Native Love (Step By Step)", "Love Reaction" och "Shoot Your Shot".

The collection is a must for all fans of eighties Hi-NRG and dance music. Pre-order your copy now from Amazon.

"Shoot Your Shot - The Divine Anthology" tracklist - CD 1:

1. Native Love (Step By Step)
2. Shoot Your Shot
3. Shake It Up
4. Love Reaction
5. T-Shirts And Tight Blue Jeans
6. You Think You're A Man
7. I'm So Beautiful
8. Show Me Around
9. Walk Like A Man/Man Talk
10. Twistin' The Night Away
11. Hard Magic
12. Little Baby
13. Hey You!
14. Shout It Out

"Shoot Your Shot - The Divine Anthology" tracklist - CD 2:

1. Jungle Jezebel
2. Kick Your Butt
3. Alphabet Rap
4. Native Love (Step By Step) (Remix)
5. Shoot Your Shot (Remix)
6. Shake It Up (Special Remix)
7. You Think You're A Man (Remix)
8. I'm So Beautiful (Divine Mix)
9. Show Me Around
10. Give It Up
11. Psychedelic Shack
12. You Think You're A... Medley
13. Native Love (Step By Step) (Alternative Mix)



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Say I'm Your Number One: Stock Aitken Waterman Singles Box Set

As you know, I'm a huge fan of production and songwriting team Stock Aitken Waterman, so I'm very excited about the new single box set being released by Edsel on November 6.

The set includes thirty discs featuring some of their biggest hits by artists such as Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Dead Or Alive, Divine, Hazell Dean, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Samantha Fox, Donna Summer, Sabrina, Laura Branigan, Mel & Kim and many more.

Each single has been digitally remastered and expanded with tons of bonus tracks, B-sides and remixes. They also come with replicas of the original vinyl cover artwork. Some of the discs include two singles from the same artist.

You can pre-order your copy now from Amazon UK. If you order directly from MyPlay Direct, you'll get a bonus poster. However, it's only available in the UK and Ireland.

The box set includes the following singles:

CD 1: Divine - You Think You're A Man/I'm So Beautiful
CD 2: Hazell Dean - Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)/Who's Leaving Who
CD 3: Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)/In Too Deep
CD 4: Spelt Like This - Contract Of The Heart/Stop This Rumour
CD 5: Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
CD 6: The Three Degrees - The Heaven I Need/This Is The House
CD 7: Haywoode - Getting Closer/You'd Better Not Fool Around
CD 8: O'chi Brown - Whenever You Need Somebody/100% Pure Pain
CD 9: Brilliant - Love Is War/Somebody
CD 10: Bananarama - Venus
CD 11: Mondo Kane - New York Afternoon/An Everlasting Love In An Ever-Changing World
CD 12: Jeb Million - Second Time Around/Speed Up My Heartbeat
CD 13: Mandy Smith - I Just Can't Wait
CD 14: Mel & Kim - Respectable
CD 15: Carol Hitchcock - Get Ready
CD 16: Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now/I Only Wanna Be With You
CD 17: Sinitta - Toy Boy
CD 18: Stock Aitken Waterman - Roadblock
CD 19: Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass
CD 20: Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up/Together Forever
CD 21: Edwin Starr - Whatever Makes Our Love Grow
CD 22: Michael Davidson - Turn It Up
CD 23: Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try/He Ain't No Competition
CD 24: Sabrina - All Of Me (Boy Oh Boy)
CD 25: Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Success
CD 26: Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan - Especially For You
CD 27: Donna Summer - This Time I Know It's For Real
CD 28: Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You/Listen To Your Heart
CD 29: Lonnie Gordon - Happenin' All Over Again
CD 30: Boy Krazy - That's What Love Can Do
CD 31: Agents Aren't Aeroplanes - The Upstroke

You can find the full tracklists for each disc right here.

Divine - Maid In England (Re-release)

On June 17, Cherry Pop Records are releasing an expanded edition of the 1988 Divine album "Maid In England", digitally remastered with bonus tracks. I'm missing the single versions of "You Think You're A Man", "I'm So Beautiful" and "Walk Like A Man", but I'm still getting this reissue.

You can pre-order "Maid In England (Expanded Edition)" now from Amazon. This album is a must for all fans of Stock Aitken Waterman produced dance music!

"Maid In England" tracklist:

1. Divine's Theme
2. You Think You're A Man
3. Give It Up
4. I'm So Beautiful
5. Show Me Around
6. Walk Like A Man (Remix)
7. Twistin' The Night Away (Remix)
8. Good Time '88
9. Hard Magic (Magic Mix)
10. Little Baby (Remix)
11. Hey You! (Remix)
12. Divine Reprise
13. You Think You're A Man (12" Mix)
14. I'm So Beautiful (12" Mix)
15. Walk Like A Man/Man Talk (12" Mix)

I Am Divine

I can't wait to see the documentary "I Am Divine", coming next year! It tells the true story about the famous drag queen Divine. Check out the official website for more information about the documentary.

"We are beyond excited to present to you a brand new documentary about the most beautiful woman in the world... the filthiest person alive... the legendary, the outrageous, the one and only... DIVINE!"