Kindred Spirit - The Story of a 1980's Hull Fanzine

The first poll of 2026 is guaranteed to be a fiery one! The year... 1977. It was when punk and new wave exploded in a big way and the music scene changed forever.  If sufficient people share personal stories, I will put together another post celebrating all things 1977, as I did with the 1981 and 1982 polls.  A massive thank you for all your song suggestions. An amazing 236 singles released in 1977 will be battling it out. There are some cover versions in there, but I've tried my best not to include re-releases. Any song I couldn't find a first release date of 1977 for or that featured in a previous poll has also been excluded. For reference, here is a rundown of the songs I was unable to include: 10CC - The Things We Do For Love - 1976 ABBA - Angeleyes - 1979 ABBA - Dancing Queen - 1976 Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - 1976 Barbara Streisand - Evergreen - 1976 Barry Biggs - Sideshow - 1976 Blondie - Denis - 1978 Bob Marley - Three Little Birds - 1980 Boney M - Daddy Cool - 1976...

Work is underway on the book telling the story of Kindred Spirit fanzine. It starts in the winter of 1978 shortly after the release of All Mod Cons by The Jam, and will finish with the wonderful run of music polls I've hosted on X throughout 2024 and 2025. More information will be shared in due course. If you'd like to keep up to date with developments, my social media and email contact details can be found at the foot of the page. I had 200 copies of the 40th anniversary edition printed and they have all sold. I hope in time they will become a collector's item. However, there are still a few copies of the four original issues available to buy. If you’re interested in finding out more, please tap on a fanzine cover below for a link to the respective eBay listing.  I’ve recently reduced the prices of all four fanzines. Once they have sold it will be the end of an era, so if you'd like a little piece of music history now is your chance!  Issue 1 - September 1983.  Include...