Oct 3, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
On this day in 1989, Monday the fourteenth of August, Sega put the Genesis on sale in New York and Los Angeles with Altered Beast in the box. Jive Bunny are at number one with Swing The Mood, grey…
Mark WebbHostBefore we rise from anything, uh, let's check the radio.
It's one long mashup of, uh, '50s rock and roll and swing era classics made by the Pickles family, a dad and his lad from Rotherham, and the sleeve has a cartoon bunny on it.
Uh, Lil Louis was at two with French Kiss, and, uh, Kylie was third with Wouldn't Change a Thing.
Here's a taste.
[upbeat music]
Oh, that's every wedding reception from my entire childhood squeezed into one seven-inch single.
I can practically smell the vol-au-vents and see somebody's uncle loosening his tie, and it's perfect because Sega are launching the future of video games in America while Britain's top record is a rabbit doing Glenn Miller.
Before we rise from anything, uh, let's check the radio.
It's one long mashup of, uh, '50s rock and roll and swing era classics made by the Pickles family, a dad and his lad from Rotherham, and the sleeve has a cartoon bunny on it.
Uh, Lil Louis was at two with French Kiss, and, uh, Kylie was third with Wouldn't Change a Thing.
Here's a taste.
[upbeat music]
Oh, that's every wedding reception from my entire childhood squeezed into one seven-inch single.
I can practically smell the vol-au-vents and see somebody's uncle loosening his tie, and it's perfect because Sega are launching the future of video games in America while Britain's top record is a rabbit doing Glenn Miller.
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