Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Stereo so far is mostly down to clicks and groove wear with some panning on introductions and the Dekker track having some light reverb on one side. Beats that treble processing/panning of some 60s EMI stuff by miles though. 011
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tonight: bought as part of a twofer with 2nd Honeymoon. I didn't get on with this the first time I played it: the sound quality of the record is a big step down from the first and I don't know if that was a big part of it or I just didn't like the material as much. 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Also tonight: US gatefold sleeve with lyrics, UK cut. 030
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Who was it that was responsible for inserting the word "opined" just slightly too many times into Wiki articles? 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The German mixes of 19 are appropriately intense and aren't just reconstructions of the UK mixes. The single version is longer and fades rather than cold finishes for some reason. 000
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good morning! Today's 12" #WeekendSingles includes about 45 mins of music from Herbie Hancock. Autodrive is cut from the same cloth as Rockit but by a less stylish tailor. The German version of 19 to my memory is less UK repro than the other language counterparts. Starting top left then clockwise. 1110
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026static.klipy.comSully's Shocked ExpressionALT: Sully's Shocked Expression 031
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I transferred from a better copy of this probably a couple of years back or more but haven't gotten around to sorting out the video. Still, you get the idea.youtu.beFirst Impressions (single remix) - Fischer-Z. 1979.YouTube video by Generally Groovy 000
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Tonight: the single version of Pretty Paracetamol was retitled First Impressions (Pretty Paracetamol) with all lyrical references to paracetamol replaced. 000
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My French teacher at college passed away. She seemed quite old then, but I've done the maths and it turns out she would have only been around five years older than I am now! 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tonight: sadly Computer Love is not a Kraftwerk cover. 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One of my favourite songs. Nearly confined to a Sweden only release until revisited for a film. Man, that vocal Fredriksson gave: don't be scared of reverb, engineers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b9u...youtube.comRoxette - It must have been love | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogoYouTube video by Top 2000 a gogo 010
Reposted by Mike the Fishdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026big fan of how absurdly high the quality of this video of a rotating chicken sandwich (which is on wikimedia commons for some reason) is 1971194
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tonight: starts off sounding like it's in mono with a lovely bass sound, vocals, and percussion. The brass comes in widely panned either side, clear and sharp. 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tonight: so much crammed on a side that the signal to noise ratio is rather compromised. EQ alright though. 020
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Another one sided 12" #WeekendSingles. The Saleiri Mix (with variations of mix title) accompanied the hit version of the single. It plays slower than the single mix and is quite long. The co-writers & producers wrote & performed the original version of In The Army Now better known by Status Quo. 160
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oh go on, another near 8 mins of survival - this time in Italian! #WeekendSingles 070
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/202612" #WeekendSingles. The Grant/Graham 12" crept out with two different remixes but with the same sleeve and cat. no. The Falco remix is the longer version of the mix that hit in the UK but wasn't released until a later single's 12" b-side. Playing only 1 side for 2nd Grant & Falco, poss Gaynor too. 270
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Eddie Grant 45 sounds like Jona Lewie had an instrumental hand in it. 000
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Good morning! Today's #WeekendSingles includes a cheap upgrade copy of a Barry Manilow 45 (the sleeve at least) and you know what? I rate it above the Four Seasons version. Starting top left then clockwise playing both sides for both pictures. 2130
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There's Anaconda bad films and there's Anaconda 3 bad films. Such a rich lesson in poor filmmaking! 000
Reposted by Mike the Fish🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE ORANGE CAT His name is Kevin.” Happy #caturday 721947
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Anybody know what happened to #WeekendSingles Scott who collected the singles sleeves? He's deactivated his account. 240
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Tonight: I'm not sure about this late 60s production and mix panning. 011
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Tonight: cheap and sleeveless. First track has a ska bounce to it. 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Tonight: their first album when they were a band and not yet a duo. Found in a twofer with their second album, but sleeve and and one label from each record very mouldy: sleeve, and print from the two labels gone! 000
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 13/09/20267" #WeekendSingles. Dolly Parton did a good version of In The Ghetto too. 0120
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Keeping The Dream Alive is still fantastic and the instrumental reprise is most welcome. It raised hairs on my arms and legs. Almost felt a bit tearful afterwards. 010
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Good morning! Today's 12" #WeekendSingles play pile includes two editions of Erasure's Ship of Fools. They hold different mixes of the same three songs which is a pretty cool way to do it. Keeping The Dream Alive plays as normal then has a reprise at the end. Starting top left then clockwise. 0141
Mike the Fish @mikethefish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Oh that was not my thing. Risky to start on volume 2: it's not like he was still releasing them after volume 1. 010
