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Single of the Day – Edwin Starr – Get Up Whirlpool

Wow! It’s the first SOTD of 2010! To mark such an extraordinary occasion, how about a mad track from Edwin Starr? Go on, you know you want to! Released in 1980, this superb track is a deliciously deranged whirlpool (chortle!) of soul and is an excellent off-kilter disco stomper. Hypnotic, tranced-out synths blend inconspicuously with [...]

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Single of the Day – The (Hypothetical) Prophets – Person To Person

Formed in 1980, The (Hypothetical) Prophets were duo Bernard Szajner and Karel Beer. An ephemeral French coldwave band, they released a series of 12” singles and one full length record before their quick demise. Despite a short discography, the band’s craft was unique. Singing in both their native tongue as well as English and alternating [...]

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Ghoulish Delight #6: L’Ectrique – Struck By Boogie Lightning

As you can probably guess from the massive accompanying picture, this Ghoulish Delight is taken from the crap 1980 slasher film Don’t Go In The House. Often cited as one of the most DISTURBING VIDEO NASTIES BAN THIS SICK FILTH film ever, it’s actually a ridiculous tale of a Norman Bates type character who has [...]

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Ghoulish Delight #1: Roger Webb Orchestra – Hammer House of Horror

Hello boys and ghouls… Halloween is soon approaching, so we at Daysarenumbers thought we would give you some devilish delights and some terror – or terrible puns from here till Saturday. So, expect the best picks of dastardly disco, macabre movie moments and shitloads of scary stuff!!! Well, not that scary. But you know what [...]

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