It’s Friday’s #last4albums listening session and part two of the #first4albums series. It really doesn’t get much better than Siouxsie & The Banshees… The Scream (1978) Join Hands (1979) Kaleidoscope (1980) Juju (1981) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl pre #totp #nowplaying

Roy Harper. Born OTD in 1941, Rusholme, Manchester. Moved to St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, aged six www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Si...

Today’s #last4albums turned out to be a ‘first four albums’ listening session, courtesy of the The Stranglers… ‘Rattus Norvegicus‘ (1977) ‘No More Heroes‘ (1977) ‘Black And White’ (1978) ‘The Raven‘ (1979) …the first in an occasional series of #first4albums? #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #vinyl

So, the answer is ‘yes’, Johnny Marr has always been cool. School photo!

Associates from Dundee. (1982)

#last4albums Four cracking LPs to get the new week up and running… The Associates – ‘The Affectionate Punch’ (1980) Ultravox! – ‘Ha!-Ha!-Ha!’ (1977) Marc And Mambas – ‘Torment And Toreros’ (1980) Poisongirls – ‘Where's The Pleasure’ (1982) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #nowplaying #vinyl

Musicians wearing their own merch, #77 of an occasional series. Genesis P-Orridge, London, 1977

Aztec Camera promo photo 1983

#last4albums A suitably wacky wet Wednesday selection… The Groove Farm – ‘Alvin Is King!’ (1988) The Parachute Men – ‘Earth, Dogs And Eggshells’ (1990) The Happy End – ‘There's Nothing Quite Like Money’ (1985) The Wolfhounds – ‘Unseen Ripples From A Pebble’ (1987) #vinylcommunity #nowspinning

#last4albums Tuesday’s random quartet of LPs… The Boo Radleys – ‘Everything's Alright Forever‘ (1992) East Village - ‘Drop Out’ (1993, 2024 Reissue) Telex - ‘Neurovision’ (1980) Telex - ‘Birds And Bees’ (1982) #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning #nowplaying

Drop something Blue 💙

#last4albums Monday… a Bauhaus kind of day… ‘In The Flat Field’ (1980) ‘Mask’ (1981) ‘The Sky’s Gone Out’ (1982) ‘Burning From The Inside’ (1983) 'And the money is brighter with a wider smile And the problem expands inside your head’ #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning #nowplaying

Black Uhuru performing Sinsemilla at Glastonbury in 1982. Watch the full song plus Sponji Reggae at 🇯🇲🔊▶️ youtu.be/hUASAWFsxIE

Copland Road subway station, Glasgow. (1975) Pic: David Flett

Mr Osterberg gets in touch with his feminine side. Not sure of the exact details, but Clem Burke says Iggy often wore stockings, suspenders & high boots onstage when he was in his touring band in the early 80s

#last4albums Friday? Crikey. Enjoying some quality pre #totp entertainment… Telex – ‘Looking For Saint Tropez‘ (1979) The Red Crayola - ‘Soldier-Talk’ (1979) Nico – ‘Drama Of Exile’ (1981) Inca Babies – ‘Evil Hour’ (1988) #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning #nowplaying

#last4albums Thursday is upon us. This afternoon’s musical treats… Nico + The Faction – ‘Camera Obscura‘ (1985) Siouxsie & The Banshees – ‘The Rapture’ (1995) Gina X Performance – ‘X-Traordinaire’ (1980) The Colourfield – ‘Deception’ (1987) #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning

1978. If memory serves, one of these was delivered by your postie to every address in the UK?

3/4/1976, Nashville Room, London. Popular pub rockers The 101ers onstage. The opening act were called The Sex Pistols. 101ers frontman John Mellor, AKA Joe Strummer, claimed he got his hair cut the following morning...

#last4albums Tuesday. It’s super toasty! Trying to stay cool with this jolly quartet of LPs… The Astronauts – ‘Soon’ The Creatures – ‘Boomerang’ Lora Logic – ‘Pedigree Charm’ Fàshiön Music – ‘Pröduct Perfect’ #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning

1978

#last4albums Thursday already?! A fun selection this afternoon… #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning

Bruce Clifford Gilbert. Born OTD in 1946, Watford, Hertfordshire www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhtY...

Let’s enjoy ‘Puppet’ by the (criminally underappreciated) Lisa Germano… youtu.be/tRdbgZbL_Zs?... #musicsky #4ad

#last4albums It’s Monday. An ‘On-U Sound’ listening session seemed appropriate… #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning #dub

Happy birthday to Mark Mothersbaugh. Here are Devo performing Uncontrollable Urge live on Fridays in 1981

Man who hates anyone sitting next to him invents new type of train.

#last4albums Some stonking Saturday evening listening… #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning

"They have removed the struggle to find anything. Book store owners and record store owners used to be oracles, in that way; you'd go in this dusty old place and they might point you toward something that would change your life. All that's gone." - Tom Waits

This was recommended by someone on here the other day. Well worth a look. With the internet, the "Labour Of Love" indie label is, in the main, a thing of the past I fear. Title from a song by Glasgow band The Golden Dawn, who featured a different Robert Smith www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRv...

Happy birthday to David Byrne. Here are Talking Heads performing Life During Wartime at Montreux in 1982. Watch the full concert at youtu.be/ldwpwrW6tno?...

Happy 45th birthday to Computer World by Kraftwerk, released on this day in 1981

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