Record Collector Magazine - October 2026 - #588

New Record Collector Magazine October 2026 issue #588

Kate Bush

As she approaches the 50^th anniversary of the start of her brilliant career, we choose her 50 best songs while Kris Needs unearths a largely unseen interview with Bush from 1985.

Seattle grunge

Matthew Quinlan assesses the lasting impact of grunge on Seattle, 35 years on from the heyday of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soul Asylum and co.

Brussels 45s

Continuing our long-running assessment of cities and their finest singles, we choose 45 for Brussels, from The Singing Nun to Revolting Cocks.

Doublespeak

How Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode/Yazoo/Erasure, Neil Arthur of Blancmange and fellow electronicist Benge made a latter-day synth-pop album out of elements of ABBA and David Essex.

Iain Matthews

We meet the singer/songwriter who helped found Fairport Convention and has turned out some 60 albums in a career of more than 60 years.

Subway Sect

They were punk but not punk, anticipated post-punk, before a sharp turn towards swing-influenced lounge-pop. Half a century on, Vic Godard explains his motives to Rob Hughes.

Frank Wilson

Tony Cummings tells the story of the most expensive single ever sold at auction, a rare 7” copy of the unreleased 1965 Northern soul classic, Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson.