A very happy birthday to David J, bassist with #Bauhaus and #LoveAndRockets as well as an accomplished solo musician, artist, DJ and playwright!

#TheCureFriday Tim Pope filmed himself singing ‘I Want To Be A Tree’ to members of The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Soft Cell, Talk Talk, The Style Council, Paul Young, and Freur. He later re-recorded the song with Robert Smith. youtu.be/hd5OucFjNP4?...

Win a Video Computer Game! (Smash Hits, September 18, 1980)

Blimey, didn't know this was coming. Some great choices here and the descriptions make us sound good! ❤️

Happy Birthday Iggy. Still going strong! Here’s a series of photos from his Berlin years (1976-1978) when he lived with Herr Bowie — all taken by his then-girlfriend, the wonderful photographer Esther Friedman. Full article and captions: www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...

Punks on Alexanderplatz, approx. 1982 Courtesy of SUBstitut Archive

#musicsky The Chrysanthemums - ‘Gloucestershire Is Just an Illusion’ youtu.be/sMoGKOXnQzE?... #vinylcommunity

#last4albums Ideal Sunday listening… The Deep Freeze Mice – ‘Saw A Ranch House Burning Last Night’ & ‘Hang On Constance Let Me Hear The News’ Various – ’Unzipping The Abstract‘ The Chrysanthemums – ‘Is That A Fish On Your Shoulder Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?’ #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Happy birthday to Les Pattinson. Here's Echo & The Bunnymen's video for In Bluer Skies taken from their Porcupine VHS 📼

Without saying your age, post your favourite film that was released the year you turned 18...

#last4albums Wednesday already? Must be music o’clock… Jerry Harrison – ‘The Red And The Black‘ (1981) Berlin Blondes – ‘Berlin Blondes’ (1980) Shub Niggurath – ‘Les Morts Vont Vite’ (1986) Amon Düül II – ‘Hijack’ (1974) The Shub Niggurath LP never fails to astonish! #vinylcommunity #musicsky

#last4albums Some listening fun on a sunny Tuesday afternoon… Lush – ‘Split’ Eno – ‘Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)’ Jane From Occupied Europe – ‘Coloursound’ His Name Is Alive – ‘Home Is In Your Head’ Particularly enjoyed the HNIA LP, achingly beautiful… #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinyl

If you have an hour to kill, you could do far worse than this 1972 offering, written by Jack Rosenthal www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngWc...

#last4albums Bit late for Sunday so here’s Monday‘s selection… Gilgamesh – ‘Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into’ Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman – ‘Songs From The Victorious City’ A Witness – ‘I Am John's Pancreas’ Pete Shelley – ‘Homosapien’ Variety is the spice of life! #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Happy birthday to Sarah Cracknell. Here are Saint Etienne performing Michel Polnareff's La Poupée Qui Fait Non on Later in 1993. Watch the full song at youtu.be/sVB7foKcrVQ

#last4albums Some top quality Tuesday afternoon entertainment… The Mothmen – ‘Pay Attention’ (1981) Perfect Zebras – ‘Zebra’ (1983) The Room – ‘In Evil Hour’ (1984) Barmy Army – ‘The English Disease’ (1989) #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinyl

"The original practitioners established dub not just as a distinctive reggae offshoot, but as the prototype for all electronic music and its associated practices." Dub Music — A History of Jamaica’s Criminally Underappreciated Musical Artform:

#last4albums Had some fun with this Thursday afternoon selection… The Boothill Foot-Tappers -‘Ain't That Far From Boothill’ (1985) The B-52's – ‘Cosmic Thing’ (1989) Go-Go's – ‘Beauty And The Beat’ (1981) The Men They Couldn't Hang – ‘Night Of A Thousand Candles’ (1985) #vinylcommunity #musicsky

#last4albums Some days you just have to play the all-time classics… X-Ray Spex – ‘Germfree Adolescents’ (1978) The Raincoats – ‘The Raincoats’ (1979) The Slits – ‘Cut‘ (1979) Au Pairs – ‘Playing With A Different Sex’ (1981) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #vinyl

Remembering the wonderful Annie Nightingale on her birthday. Here's a clip from the time she lost a bet with The Clash and handed Joe Strummer a Cadillac

The Redskins attacking Thatcher on Saturday morning kids TV show No. 73. And yes, that's Five Star, Matthew Kelly and Andrea Arnold dancing along. Watch the full 1985 recording of Plateful of Hateful with added Sandi Toksvig at youtu.be/XvsM-BsaznE

Here’s a video of the excellent Telex performing ‘Haven't We Met Somewhere Before?’ (with lyrics by Ron & Russell Mael)… youtu.be/zIVXlhnsivE?... The Belgian all-electronic synth-pop band were formed in 1978. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #synthpop

So here’s Space Art with an, er, understated performance of their track ‘Onyx’ in 1977… youtu.be/99tXTVv1b0k?... #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #synthpop

Brighten up your Tuesday with a live performance of ‘International Herb’ by Culture… youtu.be/HeW_sqQar2U?... #vinylcommunity #reggae #musicsky

#last4albums Spinning up four first-class LPs on this Monday afternoon… Poly Styrene – ‘Translucence‘ The Reegs – ’Return Of The Seamonkeys’ Mo-Dettes – ‘The Story So Far’ The Flips – ‘Less Is More’ Mighty fine examples of all things new wavey & post-punky. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky

#last4albums All things dub, reggae-punk and roots reggae today… Crucial cuts from Dub Syndicate, Basement 5, New Age Steppers (includes the vocal debut of Neneh Cherry on ‘My Love’) and Culture. New Age Steppers - ‘My Love’ - youtu.be/TuLj3ir-oZw #vinylcommunity #dub (Album details in ALT)

It is 35 days until the start of our outdoor summer season. This is the view out the window from our headquarters.

#vinylcommunity Seeking some perfect pre #totp listening and this 1981 New Wave classic came to mind… The Diagram Brothers – ‘Some Marvels Of Modern Science’ Luckily the 4 inserts are still intact. I resisted the urge to assemble them into a Diagram Brothers Portfolio. #musicsky #nowspinning

#lookandsee #MusicChallenge The Triffids - ‘Hometown Farewell Kiss’ youtu.be/pd6SlibdcKU?... #musicsky

#readandplay #MusicChallenge The March Violets – ‘Walk Into The Sun’ youtu.be/XdpAUIbn7Qg #musicsky

#last4albums Thursday is upon us! Time to spin up some recent acquisitions… four wonderful synth-pop obscurities… Ippu-Do – ‘Radio Fantasy’ (1981) Telex – ‘Sex’ (1981) Space Art – ‘Space Art’ (1977) Perfect Zebras – ‘Mixing With Wildlife’ (1982) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #synthpop

#last4albums Wednesday already? Lined up a cracking (and mildly eclectic) midweek combination... The The – ‘Soul Mining’ (1983) Furniture – ‘The Wrong People’ (1986) Stiff Little Fingers – ‘Inflammable Material’ (1979) Burning Spear – ‘Dry & Heavy’ (1977) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky

#last4albums Hope you’re all enjoying a musical Tuesday. My afternoon listening selection… The Bathers – ‘Unusual Places To Die’ Iggy Pop – ‘New Values’ The High – ‘Somewhere Soon’ Felt – ‘The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories’ Top banana! #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky

Now must 40 days until our summer outdoor season begins. Summer is really coming, we know it!

Happy birthday to Pete Wylie. Here's Sinful filmed for Wogan in 86. Everything about this is great - Pete and Josie are so cool while the dancing nuns doing the Koyaanisqatsi-style interlude is the icing on the cake

18/7/1967, Apostolic Studios, NYC. Frank & Gail Zappa, Moon would arrive in September, Jimi & his old Greenwich Village buddy Paul Caruso, at the shoot for the cover of "We're Only In It For The Money"📸Jerry Schatzberg

#last4albums It’s Friday… time for another 4AD session… Belly – King (CAD 5004, 1995) Tanya Donelly – Lovesongs For Underdogs (CAD 7008, 1997) Spirea X – Fireblade Skies (CAD 1017, 1991) Dead Can Dance – Aion (CAD 0007, 1990) Glorious! #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #4ad pre #totp

On 12th August this summer, we will have a total eclipse in Iceland. We won't play cricket on that day.

Happy birthday to Howard Devoto. To the outside of everything...

A little bit of Liquorice for you all on this Saturday evening… youtu.be/3yezRdxPtEk?... Liquorice - ‘Cheap Cuts’ (1995) #musicsky #4ad

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#last4albums Friday. More 4AD delights on the pre #totp agenda… Clan Of Xymox – Medusa (1986, CAD 613) Clan Of Xymox – Clan Of Xymox (1985, CAD 503) Liquorice – Listening Cap (1995, CAD 5008) His Name Is Alive – Mouth By Mouth (1993, CAD 3006) Peachy! #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky

Not too long before the start of the 2026 county cricket season… #essexcricket #chelmsford #essex #cricket

Drop something pink…

#last4albums Tuesday. A pleasant spring afternoon… it had to be Pentangle time! ‘The Pentangle’ (1968) ‘Sweet Child’ (1968) ‘Cruel Sister’ (1970) ‘Reflection’ (1971) 'He could fiddle the fish out of salt water Or water from a marble stone’ #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky #vinyl #folk

We are eternal optimists and never worry about the possibility that summer may never come. Our domestic outdoor season begins in 53 days.

Chuffed to have finally picked up a nice copy of this Canterbury/Rock In Opposition/Avant-Prog masterpiece from 1977… John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman - ‘Kew. Rhone.’ Multifaceted. Thought-provoking. Bold. And, as a result, highly recommended. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #musicsky