A fabulous little promotional badge set put out by Universal as part of the Ultimate Collection record...

I got a bit fed up in the late 80’s with great rock bands making less than average records. The dark side beckoned, and I got quite immersed in a lot of the Gothy bands coming out of Yorkshire. The irony was that most of them wanted to be Led Zeppelin or AC/DC. Anyway, largely...

I can’t believe that it came out in 2003! Seems like...

…I did. Many times....

I’ve still got all my badges and pins from the 70’s and 80’s. These are two of my...

The magnificent Sweet. I bought this patch when I was 8 years old and out shopping with me Mum at Timothy White’s in Sunderland, UK. She kindly sewed it onto my tan corduroy bell bottoms (I had the matching cord jacket too). Needless to say I thought I was the knees of the...