{"product_id":"record-collector-590-december-2026-magazine-new","title":"Record Collector #590 (December 2026) | Magazine | New","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecord Collector #590 (December 2026), the new UK music monthly with Bernie Taupin, Teenage Fanclub and the 70s take on the 50s revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe December 2026 issue of Record Collector, on sale 29 October, asks how the 1970s came to fall for 50s rock 'n' roll and doo-wop, with Showaddywaddy, Sha Na Na, Mud and T. Rex all in the frame. It also brings a conversation with Elton John's lyricist Bernie Taupin, Teenage Fanclub album by album, the surviving members of Faust, Gene Loves Jezebel and Leo Sayer. This is a new, unread copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside This Issue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 50s Revival In The 70s\u003c\/strong\u003e — Showaddywaddy, Sha Na Na, Mud, T. Rex, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Graffiti\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGrease\u003c\/em\u003e… Much of the 70s was taken up by a revival of interest in all things 50s. Simon Goddard laces up his brothel creepers for a jive down memory lane to discover how the age of doo-wop found itself so welcome in the era of disco and punk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBernie Taupin\u003c\/strong\u003e — In conversation with Elton John’s musical (well, lyrical) other half. “We hit it off immediately,” he tells \u003cem\u003eRC\u003c\/em\u003e. “The moment I saw him I liked him.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTeenage Fanclub\u003c\/strong\u003e — Album by album with the graduates of Glasgow’s Bellshill scene on the occasion of new LP, \u003cem\u003eDo Not Dare To Dream\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFaust\u003c\/strong\u003e — They might not get on, but the surviving members of Faust have agreed to release four simultaneous solo albums under the Faust name on the same day. What’s more, the results are stupendous...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGene Loves Jezebel\u003c\/strong\u003e — Twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston blended art-punk edge, glam swagger and a pop sensibility to enjoy fleeting transatlantic success in the early 80s. They both tell their sides of an ongoing story to Rob Fitzpatrick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLeo Sayer\u003c\/strong\u003e — Well over 50 years since he first burst onto the scene dressed in clown costume, after working with everyone from The Beatles to David Hockney and before becoming an effervescent pop rocker then a curly-haired housewives’ choice, at 78, Leo Sayer still feels his best work is ahead of him. Hear him out, says Nick Dalton.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTalulah Gosh\/Heavenly\u003c\/strong\u003e — We meet the original “twee”\/”anorak” 80s janglers\/shamblers with the passionate fanbase who regrouped as Heavenly in the 90s and are back with a new album.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso named on the cover: Kenney Jones, U2, 10cc, Tom Petty, Roxy Music, Fontaines DC and James Acaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication: Record Collector\u003cbr\u003eIssue: 590\u003cbr\u003eIssue date: December 2026 (on sale 29 October 2026)\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTry this: browse more back issues in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ddmusicgeek.co.uk\/collections\/record-collector-magazine\"\u003eRecord Collector Magazine\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65027829662073,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/5450\/7176\/files\/a84fcc02-7214-4bde-8030-5870f43b102d.png?v=1793196425","url":"https:\/\/ddmusicgeek.co.uk\/products\/record-collector-590-december-2026-magazine-new","provider":"DD Music Geek","version":"1.0","type":"link"}