Record Collector Issue 581 (March 2026) Squeeze

Record Collector Issue 581 (March 2026) Squeeze

Squeeze - Singles like Cool For Cats and Up The Junction made them doyens of the new wave; by 1981 and East Side Story, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were being hailed as Lennon & McCartney-worthy pop craftsmen. In our cover story, they discuss their latest release – an album they made before they were famous.

Peter Hammill - An album-by-album interview with the Van Der Graaf Generator man.

Otis Williams - In conversation with the last surviving member of soul giants The Temptations.

Shoegaze - Wesley Doyle meets the pioneers and latterday prime movers of the experimental noise-pop scene that gave us My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and the rest.

Edinburgh 45s - Allan Glen picks the best ever singles from Scotland’s capital city, from the Bay City Rollers to Josef K.

Swell Maps - Anarchic, eclectic, quasi-mythic… Chris Wheatley goes in search of the West Midlands post-punk enigmas.

10cc/Queen discography - All the vinyl data you need on pop’s premier brainiacs.

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