July 1988 - Kate and Rick were sweet 16, and it was very much a case of school's out for the summer. Within a week of it's release, Rick had ventured into Sheffield City Centre to purchase Kylie, by Kylie Minogue and so began a beautiful relationship that's lasted the test of time... even if that early music hasn't aged so well! That said, Kylie's debut LP went to #1 in the UK album charts and sold over 2 million copies in the UK, more than the combined total of sales for the rest of the world. It was clearly a British love affair as well as a personal one for Rick. Kate was keen to know what the catalyst was for purchasing the record, not being so keen on the whole Stock, Aitken and Waterman sound herself. 

There's numbers 46-41 in the countdown of Rolling Stone's top 500 singles of all time featuring Kendrick Lamar, Michael Jackson, The Temptations, Bob Marley, and Joy Division, along with a run-down of our own Memorabilia podcast chart from 10 to 1 in terms of our ratings for the first ten LP's we've covered on the podcast.

We look at the singles and album charts for July 1988, the top films at the box office, and what the nation were watching on BBC1 on the week of release. 

Rick's Random single of the week is from the movie Pretty Woman - an impressive soundtrack that boasts David Bowie, Robert Palmer, Natalie Cole, Go West, Roy Orbison and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers amongst it's contributing artists. Which one get's the nod? Tune in to find out!

Please note, this episode is a stand-in for our planned recording of The Caretaker Race's 1990 LP 'Hangover Sqaure' examination which has been put back a week to acommodate an interview with main man Andy Strickland! We'll be speaking to Andy this Thursday, the 28th day of October 2021. Exciting times!

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