I love pop music, and I love writing about pop music. I'll be doing that right here, and playing stuff, and recommending stuff... starting next Tuesday... it'll be fun: patreon.com/bobstanley

I’ve put together a second Thom Bell collection for Ace Records, stretching into the late 70s/early 80s. Some really beautiful things here… Phyllis Hyman, Deniece Williams, Elton John … acerecords.co.uk/thom-bell-didn…

Hello dear friends. If you like my writing, my compilations for Ace Records, or pop music from the 20th century, you might want to take a look at my Patreon. Starting a week tomorrow: patreon.com/bobstanley

#justlanded Jackie DeShannon - 'Nothing Can Stop Me - Liberty Records Rarities 1960-1962' Release date: 26.04.2024

I’m launching Bob Stanley’s Record Room on Patreon, writing on pop music in all its hues. I’ll be delving into my collection, pulling out plums, giving them a spin, rifling through old copies of Disc, Smash Hits and the like. Come on down! It'll be fun: patreon.com/bobstanley/mem…

Bob’s launching a Patreon account. This’ll be a lot of fun.

Sorting out boxes for Saltaire record fair tomorrow. Rarities, bargains, something for (almost) everyone! Come on down!

I'll have a stall here on Saturday. Some nice doubles/spares from my collection, odd Saint Etienne bits and pieces too, it'll be fun.

Thanks to the The 10th Penderyn Music Book Prize for long listing Bee Gees: Children of the World. Keeping good company.

“Bob Stanley makes a strong case for the Bee Gees’ impact on twentieth-century music, but his portrayal also reveals them as harbingers of the global pop of the twenty-first.” Thanks to Jane Yager at The TLS for reviewing Bee Gees: Children of the World. the-tls.co.uk/articles/bee-g…

'Bee Gees Children of the World' by bob stanley

A Times Book of the Year
A Telegraph Book of the Year
A Mojo Book of the Year
A Classic Pop Book of the Year
A Shindig Book of the Year
An Uncut Book of the Year

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Saint Etienne Christmas shows 30 years ago. The 'special guests' support in London were Stereolab. This, clearly, was as good as it would ever get for us. (thanks to BoylePete1970 BIG OLD PETE for digging this up)

Squeaking in under the wire with three weeks to go….

I’ve Been Trying to Tell You, by Saint Etienne - sounding immense in the winter sunshine, a proper go to album x❣️

Aye aye, what’s going on ‘ere? saint-etienne-official.myshopify.com/collections/vi…

The programme for Barnton AFC’s game tomorrow night has a familiar ring to it. Had to look it up, but it’s just outside Northwich. Maybe the young Tim Burgess hung out in Barnton.

Charting Pop's Evolution: Bob Stanley (bob stanley) on revisiting some seminal tomes, and the possibility of new Saint Etienne material...

clashmusic.com/features/chart…

Alasdair McLellan’s new “greatest hits” photography book is mind-bogglingly gorgeous.

I’ve put this together for Ace Records. This is how London felt to me when I first moved there. Shades of Performance, and Secret Ceremony and The Knack. acerecords.co.uk/london-a-to-z