Black were a British new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1981, led by vocalist Colin Vearncombe. The band achieved international success with their 1987 single 'Wonderful Life,' which became a massive European hit and reached top ten in multiple countries. The song's memorable melody, orchestral arrangement, and Vearncombe's distinctive vocals made it an enduring 1980s pop classic. Black's music combined new wave sensibilities with sophisticated pop production and thoughtful, often melancholic lyrics. Other songs included 'Sweetest Smile' and 'Everything's Coming Up Roses.' Despite 'Wonderful Life' success, Black remained essentially a one-hit wonder internationally. Colin Vearncombe passed away in 2016 following a car accident.
Black vinyl records (2686)
NIGEL KENNEDY Mainly Black and Sonata for Solo Violin (1986 UK HMV reproduction semi label Direct Metal Mastered stereo vinyl LP. Performed with alec Dankwork playing Double bass. This intruiging record includes Kennedys original arrangement ofDuke Ellingtons Black Brown and Beige alongside Bartoks Sonata fro Solo violin from 1944
£14.00 used
VARIOUS-BLUES & R&B This Is Black Top... Paving The Way To Your Soul (1989 UK 12-track vinyl LP compilation of New Orleans-based artists including The Neville Brothers Snooks Eaglin Anson Funderburgh and more picture sleeve. The sleeve hasa slight corner creasing and small knocks to the spine; the vinyl remains in excellent condition BTS1) Track Listing: Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets with Sam Myers - I Cant Stop Loving Earl King & Roomful of Blues - Iron Cupid Snooks Eaglin - That Certain Door The Neville Brothers - Womans Got to Have it Bobby Radcliff - Stick Around Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters - Full Gain Hubert Sumlin & Mighty Sam - Cant call you no more Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets with Sam Myers - Lemonade Snooks Eaglin - Young Girl Joe Medwick with Grady Gaines & the Texas Upsetters - If I Dont Get Involved (I Cant Get Hurt) James Thunderbird Davies - Hello Sundown Ron Levys Wild Kingdom - Party in Nogales
£17.00 used
THE GROUNDHOGS Black Diamond (1976 US 8-track LP picture sleeve with deletion corner cut and hole punch. The sleeve shows shelfwear with scuffing to the edges and a touch of ringwear/creasing whilst the vinyl is Excellent with only light signs of play. A nice copy of this hard to find late UA album UA-LA680-G) Track Listing: The ninth studio album from the seminal progressive rock band
£17.00 used
DEL-BLOODS Black Rabbit (1991 UK 7 vinyl single from the alternative rock trio backed with Rose glossy picture sleeve)
£7.99 used
MEGA CITY FOUR Who Cares Wins (1990 UK 14-track vinyl LP the second album from the English indie rock band which was recorded at the Monongo Studio in Berlin. The lightly textured picture sleeve shows only minor wear and has a vintage price sticker affixed to the front but comes with its lyric inner and the vinyl displays some light cosmetic surface scuffs but remains in excellent condition) Track Listing: A1
£23.00 used
CUBA Black Island (instrumental) (1999 UK 2-track 4AD picture label 12 vinyl single featuring the instrumental version of the track by the Big Beat superduo featuring Chapterhouse drummer Ashley Bates backed with White Shadow. Housed in a blackdie-cut plain sleeve with picture labels and pristine barely played vinyl
£9.99 used
MARC ALMOND & BRONSKI BEAT I Feel Love (1985 UK limited edition 3-track 10 vinyl single including Vocal [Cake Mix] and Instrumental [Fruit Mix] versions plus Puit DAmour housed in the black & white picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light edge scuffing and ringwear whilst the vinyl shows little play BITET4) Track Listing: Side A: 1
£9.00 used
GEORGE SPICER Blackberry Fold (1974 UK 14-track Mono LP of traditional songs and ballads picture sleeve with full song narrative on the back. The sleeve has a sticker mark to the front & back with a small seam split to the top whilst the vinylhas light signs of play leaving it Excellent 12T235) Track Listing: 01 Blackberry Fold 02 Cut Away Mike 03 The Oyster Girl 04 The Faithful Sailor Boy 05 Three Jolly Boys 06 The Irish Hop-Pole Puller 07 The Cunning Cobbler 08 The Folkestone Murder 09 The German Clockmender 10 Henry My Son 11 Coming Home Late 12 I Wish There Was No Prisons 13 Searching For Young Lambs 14 The Old Militia Drum
£17.00 used
KATHRYN TICKELL Borderlands (1986 UK 10-track LP by the talented Northumbrian Piper & Fiddle player picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition CRO210) Track Listing: Mary The Maid / Claudios Polka Davids Hornpipe / Tents Hornpipe / Walker Street Reel Sidlaw Hills / Lord Gordons Reel / Robson Reel Rothbury Hills / Holey Hapenny Brafferton Village / Grey Bull Hornpipe / Grey Bull Waltz Stellgreen / Roly Gentle / Stellgreen Loch Rannoch / Troys Wedding Gypsys Lullaby / The Tartar Frigate Alston Flower Show / Wark Football Team The Flowers Of The Forest
£9.00 used
THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN Black Stockings (1959 UK 7 vinyl single with intact four prong centre also including Get Lost Jack Frost Columbia company die cut paper sleeve 45-DB4554)
£7.99 used