FOR SALE ITEMS - "NEW SINGLES"

     The weekly UK publication "New Singles" began in November 1963 as a spin-off from "New Records". Its purpose was to list all known 45 rpm singles issued in any one week, as notified to the publisher by record companies, both large and small; issues also included a back-listing of the previous two or three weeks singles' releases. "New Singles" is a very useful source of information, within the limits of the information received, the timeliness of that information, and the accuracy with which it was transposed to print.

     Offered are issues from three sets, the "Master Set" (see next paragraph), the "Clean Set", duplicates usually in very good to excellent condition, and the "Working Set" in lesser condition which has been extensively marked but without in anyway affecting its usefulness. If you have any questions, please ask.

     Regarding the "Master Set", this is the original RIS master set, generally very clean but some early 1970s gaps have been filled with whatever was available. Per the chart below (still a work in progress), some of this master set has already been sold, otherwise the yearly sets of "New Singles" are complete, except 4 issues are missing from 1971 (and because of a printing strike early in that year, some weeks were not published), and 2 issues are missing from 1972 (but all information is generally covered by the "back-listing" referred to above). The master set is currently wholly complete from 1973 to the end of publication in 1987.

Guy Pelletier

Added 24-Mar-2019; Updated 26-Sep-2021

1963

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 1 - 4 - TOTAL 38 Issues ALL SOLD

Clean Set

Working Set

1964

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 5 - 54 - TOTAL 50 Issues ALL SOLD

Clean Set

Working Set

1965

Master Set

Issues Nos. 69 - 106 (Nos. 55 - 68 SOLD) - TOTAL 38 Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

Most  Issues, Nos. 69 - 106 (MISSING 72, 73, 79)

1966

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 107 - 157 - TOTAL 51 Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1967

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 158 - 208 - TOTAL 51 Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1968

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 209 - 259 - TOTAL 51 Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1969

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 260 - 309 - TOTAL 50 Issues ALL SOLD

Clean Set

Working Set

1970

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 310 - 360 - TOTAL 51 Issues ALL SOLD

Clean Set

Issues 311, 313, 314, 316, 317, 319, 320, 322, 324, 325, 329, 330, 331, 333, 334, 335,
 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 344, 345 ,348 , 351, 358, 359

Working Set

1971

Master Set

Most  Issues, Nos. 361 - 405 (MISSING 370, 378, 379, 382) - TOTAL 41 Issues

Clean Set

Issues 365, 366, 367, 376, 377, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 387, 388, 389, 390, 394, 395,
 396, 397, 398, 400, 401, 405

Working Set

1972

Master Set

Most  Issues, Nos. 406 - 455 (MISSING 423, 434) - TOTAL 48 Issues

Clean Set

Issues 414, 418, 419, 425, 426, 427, 429, 430, 431, 433, 441, 443

Working Set

1973

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1974

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1975

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1976

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1977

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Working Set

1978

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 705 - 754 - TOTAL 50 Issues

Clean Set

COMPLETE set - 705 to 754

1979

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 755 - 804 - TOTAL 50 Issues

Clean Set

ALMOST COMPLETE set - 755 to 804, only 788 missing

1980

Master Set

All  Issues, Nos. 805 - 855 - TOTAL 50 Issues

Clean Set

ALMOST COMPLETE set - 805 to 855, only 854 missing

1981

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Issues 858, 860, 862, 863, 864, 865, 869, 880, 883, 892, 899, 905

1982

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Issues 920, 946

1983

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Issues 977, 984

1984

Master Set

All  Issues

1985

Master Set

All  Issues

Clean Set

Issues 1066

1986

Master Set

All  Issues

1987

Master Set

All  Issues to end of Publication