{"product_id":"record-collector-december-2026-issue-590","title":"Record Collector - December 2026 issue #590","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: #c00000; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: #c00000; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: #c00000; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e “THE BEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS, STORIES AND DISCOGRAPHIES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/i\u003e December 2026 issue, #590\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 50s Revival In The 70s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShowaddywaddy, Sha Na Na, Mud, TRex, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Graffiti, Grease…\u003c\/i\u003e Much of the 70s was taken up by a revival of interest in all things 50s. Simon Goddard, laces up his brothel creepers for a jive down memory lane to discover how the age of doo-wop found itself so welcome in the era of disco and punk. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernie Taupin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn conversation with Elton John’s musical (well, lyrical) other half. “We hit it off immediately,” he tells \u003ci\u003eRC\u003c\/i\u003e. “The moment I saw him I liked him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeenage Fanclub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAlbum by album with the graduates of Glasgow’s Belshill scene on the occasion of new LP, \u003ci\u003eDo Not Dare To Dream\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThey might not get on, but the surviving members of Faust have agreed to release four simultaneous solo albums under the Faust name on the same day. What’s more, the results are stupendous...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Loves Jezebel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTwin brothers Jay and Michael Aston blended art-punk edge, glam swagger and a pop sensibility to enjoy fleeting transatlantic success in the early 80s. They both tell their sides of an ongoing story to Rob Fitzpatrick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Sayer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWell over 50 years since he first burst onto the scene dressed in clown costume, after working with everyone from The Beatles to David Hockney and before becoming an effervescent pop rocker then a curly-haired housewives’ choice, at 78, Leo Sayer still feels his best work is ahead of him. Hear him out, says Nick Dalton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTalulah Gosh\/Heavenly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe meet the original “twee”\/”anorak” 80s janglers\/shamblers with the passionate fanbase who regrouped as Heavenly in the 90s and are back with a new album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Record Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59269600936271,"sku":null,"price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/4820\/6671\/files\/RecordCollector-December2026-_590.jpg?v=1793017939","url":"https:\/\/rarerecord.co.uk\/products\/record-collector-december-2026-issue-590","provider":"Rare Record Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}