Two compilations out now celebrate in different ways the invention of a format that changed the course of popular music: the 12-inch single. It is taken for granted today by dance fans, indie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Order's Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Bernard Sumner, and Peter Hook in the 1980s. (Photo: Steve Rapport/Getty Images) ...

From the mid-1970s, the humble 45 rpm 7 inch vinyl single was joined by a much grander relative: the 12 inch single. Blue Monday by New Order (pictured) was released as 12 inch single in 1983. Music ...

How does it feel to have the best-selling 12-inch single of all time? Ask New Order, and they'll tell you just how they feel (probably sore, since they ended up losing money). In the first few years ...

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From the mid-1970s the humble 7-inch vinyl single was joined by a much grander relative - the 12-inch single. It reached its peak in 1983 with Blue Monday by New Order, probably the biggest selling 12 ...

Ceremony have released a new 12-inch single just before their upcoming tour. The single has "Vanity Spawned by Fear" on the a-side and "California Poppy" on the b-side. It's out via relapse and you ...