Norman records have bundle in stock (1 copy left). www.normanrecords.com/artist/54557...

Vinyl is sold out and we’re down to a measly 12 copies of the CD, which feels good. *May* re-press at some point but not for a few years at least, so if anyone fancies a copy, you know what to do ;)

Mel Machineheads. Not the weirdest baseball pitcher name, I bet.

England might not be at the World Cup Final, but it’s highly likely this hugely successful bit of British kit will be. The Coles 4104 commentary microphone has been in continuous production since 1951, and is still the best mic for live reporting in noisy environments. -

Watching ‘Stan against Evil’, but can tell something happened with the football cos of the ambient cheering wafting in

The thing about being a greedy bastard who loves food is that it’s no good not being able to cook, the main difference between meals I make just for me vs other people is the form and quantity of chillies.

This is a weird new addition to eBay, like… no, I want to keep all this crap I bought, I’m a hoarder with a dream dammit

I love Crosby Stills Nash and Young.

#nowplaying Sooooo pleased this has finally been properly reissued, what a record!

Telly is on in the background and some lying twat is going round a footballer’s old primary school telling children if they work hard they can achieve anything.

#nowplaying It’s impossible to listen to this record without marvelling at how it came to be made. How the fuck is it possible to feel bored and unfulfilled when you’re in *checks notes* The Jimi Fucking Hendrix Experience.

U2 all over again

Let’s see what Discogs has to offer this morning…oh ffs

*sound of many obituaries being hurriedly rewritten*

Extremely good! thestrangebrew.co.uk/russ-giguere...

#nowplaying Quite a threatening cover for a guy who sings real good

It’s a bit of a bummer when a test pressing comes back and it needs re-cutting, but ’because a radically different version of one song went on by mistake’ is probably the best reason if yr a rare record nerd.

We have this brilliant archive of Dave Dee, Dozy and the rest playing gigs here.

I think there’s a pretty strong chance Count Binface wins this.

#nowplaying Great album of soft-psych verging on sunshine pop. There used to be a brilliant fan made website about these guys, but the guy shut it down in a huff after meeting the band, who were apparently ‘difficult’

today marks seven years since I had my brain absolutely fried by the sight of UPSIDE DOWN PEAS #inthedaysbeforeAI

Listening to Chad and Jeremy and thinking how it’s actually fine when impossibly posh people become pop stars and actors, vs the absolute shower of F*rage associated arseholes I just read about in The Times.

FFS Michael Jackson's Dancing The Dream has knocked me off the top of the Blackwell's bestseller chart. I'm going to smash the place up.

Absolutely losing it at the mismatch between the enthusiasm of this lady and her dog’s Crufts performance, and the reaction of the audience.

Topical

Forget Me Not. A look at the finer details of our Skull design. We only have a few left - a couple of B&W ones and we’re down to our last copy of the coloured Skull. #dayofthedead #dayofthedeadart #skull #folklore #witchsky #goth #printmaking www.cutfromtheland.co.uk/product/forg...

#nowplaying I love how The Beach Boys went from like, 48 musicians recording a song endlessly across 4 different studios, to Brian on out of tune piano and Carl on bass and overdubbed snare. The one take with no *glaring* mistakes is the keeper. And it‘s still amazing.

Are there any small metalwork/modelling nerds out there who can advise? I need to make some master forger replicas of these pickup covers, but not certain how they could be made on a small scale

I took this record to my favourite local bar recently and as soon as they put it on the turntable people were rushing up to the staff and asking, “What is this? It’s brilliant!”

has to be my all-time fave guitar sound..in the middle 8 youtu.be/IuXuxpWtmgA?...

It’s small fry in the overall political horror show, but I was so much happier when I could buy a record from overseas and most likely not get stung for duty, postage was cheap, selling stuff abroad was no more complicated than writing ‘rekord, £3’ on a customs label.

Thought we’d fooled the heat with a precariously balanced air conditioning unit, but it‘s white noisey enough to be a bit sleep inducing and loud enough to prevent much in the way of useful thoughts

Had this mentally filed as great, but with no memory of what it was actually like. *astonishing* m.youtube.com/watch?v=DcAK...

Oozed into the chazzas, picked up a Mahalia Jackson album and Ronnie Spector single, that’ll do

Anyway, fitting that he's resigning ahead of a heat wave that will definitely kill people when he's been trying to get data centres built here instead of expanding environmental infrastructure

The problem with ‘rejecting Corbynism’ is that it contained loads of good policies that people across the political spectrum would like, and would benefit the country as a whole.

Anyone know this artist? ‘Don Grant’. Wouldn’t have said it’s the first one or two that come up on google. Would guess sixties or seventies

I don’t need this many do I.

#nowplaying I had this mentally filed as ‘not at all what it looks like, and surprisingly gritty and good’, but didn’t realise it was a Jerry Cole related record til I just put it on -instantly recognisable.

I have a real issue with this sort of thing, don’t really want it but also don’t want to bung it in the chazza pile. Are there any surviving Tony Hatch completists?

The upside of being made to sort out shelves with nothing good on them

#nowplaying Love gear spotting on African record covers, by the time this came out (1976) guitar choices for Western bands had got pretty boring, all the usual US made suspects. Not so in Mali! Italian guitars, British amps. Looks like an Eko solid and Welson semi

Bingeing a programme with 5 series’, at the 3/4 cusp they introduced a new, slightly annoying character who over a few episodes also revealed himself to be a bastard, then an old lady gleefully ran him over while shouting ‘DIE BASTARD’. Gone. Absolutely masterful, best plot point I’ve ever seen.

This playlist is bang on accurate and SO good.

Here you go - a playlist I made for myself the better to get under Eric and Carl’s wonderfully eclectic skins. open.spotify.com/playlist/3M1...

People are talking about Cape Verde, so I have to post this. One of the best sounding singles I own, and it’s still only available to hear on the (excellent) blog where I first heard it radiodiffusion.blog/2008/06/24/v...

The long awaited Drum Machine Country mix is up! Listen on the website here: dollarcountry.org/items/show/3... Or on mixcloud and many podcasting apps. #drummachinecountry #wurlitzersideman

Book now for a performance of one of the great summer ghost stories: "A View from a Hill" by M R James. It'll be streamed live at 8pm(UK) on Sat 27 June and will be available for catch up anytime after. but you must register in advance here viewhill.eventbrite.co.uk