#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 18 - ‘Ku Klux Klan’ …by Steel Pulse… from the 1978 LP ‘Handsworth Revolution’ youtu.be/KWZuDD3SYeU ‘I was waiting for the Good Samaritan But waiting was hopeless It was all in vain” #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Continuing the indie theme, here’s a playlist of the Top 100 Indie Singles from 1976-1992, according to the NME. Loads of great tunes from your fave labels - Factory, Fast, 4AD, Heavenly, Mute, Postcard, Rough Trade, Creation, Stiff etc #WeekendSingles ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/27w...

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 17 - ‘Fitter Stoke Has A Bath’ …by Hatfield And The North… from the 1975 LP ‘The Rotters’ Club’ youtu.be/ZSQWKTdSK9c Eventually I think that you will agree I'm only putting lines out And shifting gears, missing years disappear #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 16 - ‘The Last Seven Minutes (1970-77, Phase I)’ …by Magma… from the 1978 LP ‘Attahk’ youtu.be/hT9jgtHjprk ‘Ô Magma ïss dëh Hündïn Da Zeuhl ïss dëh furdïhnn! Dᴧëm dëhm Zeuhl!” #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Remembering Captain Beefheart on his birthday youtu.be/AoTU8tufOl4

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 15 - ‘Mankind’ …by Misty In Roots… from the 1979 LP ‘Live At The Counter Eurovision 79’ youtu.be/gM2VxbQDERw ‘Mankind, you shall pay for your false transgression That's why I say now Woe unto you Woe unto you” #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Postcards from 1970s East Berlin.

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 14 - ‘In Every Dream Home A Heartache’ …by Roxy Music… from the 1973 LP ‘For Your Pleasure’ youtu.be/LSniBxXjK_8 ‘Inflatable doll Lover ungrateful I blew up your body... But you blew my mind’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Post your favorite Star Trek character, wrong answers only...

#last4albums Four absolute belters today… seedy, dubby, wavey & gothy… Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Tender Prey’ Doctor Pablo & The Dub Syndicate – ‘North Of The River Thames’ The B-52's – ‘Mesopotamia’ Virgin Prunes – ‘...If I Die, I Die’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #vinyl

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 13 - ‘Street Hassle’ …by Lou Reed… from the 1978 LP ‘Street Hassle’ youtu.be/4LK9JjW2noo ‘She took out four twenties 'cause she liked round figures Everybody's a queen for a day’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

#musicsky A work of understated, melancholic pop genius… Terry Hall - ‘Laugh’ (1997) youtu.be/PK6ancD7f1s 'Fake leopard skin fur says it all You never could be real How I long to taste the secrets From your land of phoney tears’ #vinylcommunity #nowplaying #vinyl #rip #terryhall

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge The Triffids - ‘Goodbye Little Boy’ youtu.be/LtgCPRGZGWM?... #MusicSky

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 12 - ‘Overground’ …by Siouxsie & The Banshees… from the 1978 LP ‘The Scream’ youtu.be/C2t8UiNKe0c ‘This limbo is no place To be a digit in another space In another crowd I'm nameless bound” #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist...

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 11 - ‘Interface’ …by Heldon… from the 1977 LP ‘Heldon.6. Interface’ youtu.be/HXnXT7QInsE ‘A roaring tornado of fiercely mutating drum patterns, effervescent synth work, and waling guitar licks’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

40 YEARS AGO - On 10/01/1986, Billy Bragg performed Days Like These on Channel 4's The Tube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5X5... 80s #Eighties #Music

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 10 - ‘Ambulance Blues’ …by Neil Young… from the 1974 LP ‘On The Beach’ youtu.be/EA2BNB_4m3g?... ‘I never knew a man could tell so many lies He had a different story for every set of eyes’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

In a pure pop mood tonite… grabbed some 80s #vinyl from the racks for some pre #totp listening… Includes the iconic ‘Age Of Plastic‘ LP by The Buggles, a remarkable Adrian Sherwood 12” remix of Depeche Mode‘s ‘Master And Servant’… plus some extended Duran Duran offerings. #vinylcommunity #musicsky

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 9 - ‘The Poet And The Witch’ …by Mellow Candle… from the 1972 LP ‘’Swaddling Songs’ youtu.be/E3kUoNZg3Pc ‘King of the Seabed he sleeps on his own The fishes have found him, the seaweed has grown‘ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge Blyth Power - ‘Junction Signal’ youtu.be/zwLxAAfr52Q ‘From your day's work done in the downside marshalling yard To where the temple bells are calling from it's not so very far’ #MusicSky

#ReadAndPlay #MusicChallenge Discharge - ‘Drunk With Power’ youtu.be/j2kj0peqI-A ‘For how long do we tolerate these fools drunk with power Drunk with power, obsessed with death Death and destruction, drunk with power’ #musicsky

David Bowie celebrating his 30th birthday on 8th January 1977, with Iggy Pop, Romy Haag, David Bowie, Pat Gibbons and Coco Scwab (obscured), L’Ange Bleu, Paris, January 8, 1977 He would be 79 today if he were still with us. ⚡️ www.slowtravelberlin.com/david-bowies...

Remembering David Bowie on his birthday. Here are some snippets from his 1980 Floor Show which was filmed at London's Marquee club in 1973 for US TV. Watch the full programme at 📺▶️ youtu.be/bjC7j8cNQ2k

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 8 - ‘Life During Wartime’ …by Talking Heads… from the 1979 LP ‘’Fear Of Music’ youtu.be/_NywTcGOUkE ‘This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now’ #MusicChallenge #vinyl

Ann Robie Bandez, AKA Little Annie Bandez AKA Annie Anxiety. A New Yorker, Bandez moved to London in 1981 at the invitation of Crass, & became an integral part of the Anarcho-Punk scene, as well as one of the On-U Sound stable of musicians. She now lives in NYC, painting & making music

Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 7 - ‘Autobahn’ …by Kraftwerk… from the 1974 LP ‘Autobahn’ youtu.be/vkOZNJYAZ7c ‘Fahr'n auf der Autobahn Fahr'n auf der Autobahn Fahr'n auf der Autobahn Fahr'n, fahr'n, fahr'n auf der Autobahn’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Early 1960s? Park Avenue Bradford. Bradford Park Avenue FC's ground cheek by jowl with Bradford CC's home, then a regular venue for Yorkshire county games. There were similar set ups at Headingley, Leeds, Bramall Lane, Sheffield & the County Ground, Northampton. Any others?

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge Discharge – ‘Ain't No Feeble Bastard’ youtu.be/XKaNU3ezAsI?... #musicsky

A postcard of the striking Marble Hall of the #Berlin Zoo. Destroyed in the war, it was used as the location for the Nosferatu Movie premiere in 1922.

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 6 - ‘Concrete Jungle’ …by The Specials… from the 1979 LP ‘The Specials’ youtu.be/S5ZxMcHPKII ‘I won't fight for a cause I don't want to change the law Leave me alone, just leave me alone I want to get out on my own” #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge Bob Dylan -‘All The Tired Horses’ youtu.be/qKCepuQ-W_k?... Notable for its absence of a Dylan vocal, sung instead by Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson, and Maeretha Stewart. #MusicSky

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 5 - ‘Refugees’ …by Van Der Graaf Generator… from the 1970 LP ‘The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other’ youtu.be/aevvtpRej5M ‘We're refugees Carrying all we own in brown bags tied up with string’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Robin Andrew Guthrie. Born OTD in 1962, Grangemouth, Scotland www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qco...

Singers and musicians born on this day include Marcel King, Bernard Sumner, Cait O'Riordan, Robin Guthrie, Mark Hollis, Beth Gibbons, Michael Stipe, Tim Wheeler and Martin McAloon 🎂 🎤 🎸 🎂

Mark Hollis (1955), Bernard Sumner (1956), Michael Stipe (1960), Robin Guthrie (1962), and Beth Gibbons (1965) were all born #OnThisDay. 4th January must be one of the most momentous days in music history through the years. Too many geniuses to show 👇 #MusicSky

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 4 - ‘Phaedra’ …by Tangerine Dream… from the 1974 LP ‘Phaedra’ youtu.be/EhQpXD2Z9WQ ‘Challenging, otherworldly and beautiful, Phaedra exerted a massive influence on ambient & electronic artists for decades after its release” #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Venezuela has oil. Greenland has rare Earth minerals. Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.

𝙈𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙋𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙋𝙊𝙉𝙀𝘿 🥶 Following a pitch inspection, this afternoon's fixture against Salisbury has been postponed due to a frozen pitch. A new date will announced in due course.

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 3 - ‘Hot On The Heels Of Love’ …by Throbbing Gristle… from the 1979 LP ‘20 Jazz Funk Greats’ youtu.be/T4e7zUZuvHs?... ‘I'm hot on the heels of love Waiting for help from above’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

It’s been a while, but it’s here – your BUMPER NEW YEAR edition of the #TOTP bingo card! As usual I will ask you to like and repost because if I don’t then you won’t.

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 2 - ‘The Carpet Crawlers’ …by Genesis… from the 1974 Double LP ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ youtu.be/2yUN6CsuVPw?... ‘Where the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor The carpet crawlers heed their callers’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

#70sTop30 (unranked) #MusicSky Day 1 - ‘Big Eyed Beans From Venus’ …by Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band… from the 1972 LP ‘Clear Spot’ youtu.be/g6tgGkrdrVY ‘Don't let anything get in between us! Big eyed beans from Venus’ #MusicChallenge #vinylcommunity

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! ‘Well it’s a long walk to the corner shop In the January heat, it’s a big decision To either think of you, or not I send you a New Year’s Kiss And I hope you will remember me like this’ youtu.be/_SCxU-2Ec3o?... #musicsky #thetriffids #happynewyear

47 years ago today, #Bauhaus performed their first gig - as Bauhaus 1919 - in Wellingborough.

Happy New Year everyone. Here’s another thread of party playlists, this time recreating the sounds of some legendary clubs Paradise Garage open.spotify.com/playlist/2s5... Haçienda open.spotify.com/playlist/4N1... Wigan Casino open.spotify.com/playlist/1xa... Shoom open.spotify.com/playlist/5YR...

Since we finally got some snow today, here’s a little gallery of our fave Snowy Berlin pics from over the years. ⛄️ More: www.slowtravelberlin.com/berlin-winte...

#last4albums Betwixtmas Greetings! Spinning some of the very welcome festive additions to the collection… Museo Rosenbach – ‘Zarathustra’ Saint Etienne – ‘I Love To Paint’ Agincourt – ‘Fly Away’ Cair Paravel – ‘Some Other Morning’ Perfect combo of prog, folk & pop. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning

Happy birthday to Jim Reid. Here are The Jesus and Mary Chain with Hope Sandoval performing Sometimes Always on MTV in 1994. Watch the full video at youtu.be/rfEvgf2DdTQ