Day 27 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying Led Zeppelin 4 #LedZeppelin

Day 26 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying Stand Up by #JethroTull

Stone me. Tony Hancock still making waves.

Day 25 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying Low by #DavidBowie A good start to Saturday morning!

Day 24 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying Oh Mercy by #BobDylan in which Bob finally gets to grips with the 80s

Day 23 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying New Adventures in Hi-Fi by #REM

Day 22 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying , the newest neglected album: A Dream Is All We Know #thelemontwigs

Happy February! Day 21 of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Run Devil Run by #paulmccartney

January’s revisited albums.

Day twenty of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Rushes by #thefireman #paulmccartney

Day nineteen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: #johnlennon Live in New York City - an alternate take on last year’s Power to the People box set

Day eighteen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: God’s Great Banana Skin by the late, great #ChrisRea

Day seventeen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Aladdin Sane by #davidbowie

Day sixteen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: another 60s #therollingstones album, Flowers. What a cracker!

Day fifteen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Got Live If You Want It! By #therollingstones Bought from Pet Sounds, Newcastle back in 1986.

Day fourteen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: #islands by #kingcrimson

Day thirteen (part two) of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s second #nowplaying: #genesis by Genesis

Day thirteen of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: another #beatles related spin - Time Takes Time by #ringostarr ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

After two missed days - thanks, work and life - day twelve of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying the stunning debut album from #katebush #thekickinside

Day eleven of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: #whereyoustand by #travis A cracking little album. Perfect after a long Monday at work!

Day ten of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: #earlytakes Vol. 1 by #georgeharrison Still waiting for Vol. 2 (or 3). Ready when you are, Dhani…

Day nine of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: #davidbowie Station to Station. I have no excuses for neglecting this classic.

Day eight of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Johnny Cash at San Quentin.

No #nowplaying vinyl spin today. All work and no play… normal service will resume tomorrow.

Day seven of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Damn the Torpedoes by #TomPettyandtheHeartbreakers A Covid purchase that I played a lot in 2020. Time to go back in…

Day six of the vinyl challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying: Street Legal by #BobDylan Can’t knock the opening track…

Day five of the little challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying is the 12” of Freiheit’s Beatley Keeping the Dream Alive. Took me 30+ years to track down a copy!

#OnThisDay 1990 : The first episode of One Foot In The Grave was broadcast on BBC1. Richard Wilson as Victor Meldrew and Annette Crosbie playing the wife took the lead roles which saw six series between 1990 to 2000. #90s

Day four of the little challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying number 4: The Prodigal Stranger by Procol Harum. It’s only taken me 30 years to get around to playing this one…

Day three of the little challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying number 3: Benefit by #JethroTull Probably my favourite Tull album, so I have no excuse for neglecting this one.

Day two of the little challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying number 2: More by Pink Floyd. Can’t remember when this one last had an outing…

The start of a little challenge for 2026: to actually listen to albums that I own that have been languishing on my shelves for at least a year without a spin. Today’s #nowplaying number 1: On The Third Day by #ELO

The secret is out – my authorised biography of Sir Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours) is to be published by Ten Acre Books in 2026. Getting to know Roy over the years has been a joy and it's a honour to be entrusted with telling his story. Watch this space.

Top haul! Merry Chrimble all!

RIP, Chris.

Found myself having a little moment listening to this today. Thank goodness S10 finally got a release. #murraygold #doctorwho

Shame on me, but I’ve only just discovered the Cine-Files podcast. Their ridiculously extensive deep dive into It’s A Wonderful Life makes for the most marvellous Christmas listening. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Over too soon! How lovely to spend the last listening party of the year listening to my favourite Beatle album. Thanks all and thanks again to @johnp69.bsky.social as ever for organising. Have a very Merry Crimble and… we’ll see you next time! #rubbersoul60

Run For You Life. Shoot me down in flames, but I love this daft old in-character song. Cracking vocal from the Lennon again. #rubbersoul60

This is more like it, George. Probably the first indication of how great a songwriter he’d become. Stands up nicely alongside all but the biggest hitters of the album. #rubbersoul60

Can’t ever get my head around Wait being a Help! cast-off. Seems the perfect fit for Rubber Soul. #rubbersoul60

In My Life. Simply one of the best songs ever by the best band ever. #rubbersoul60

I’m Looking Through You. There’s not - relatively speaking - many of them across his career, but Macca does good bitter when he’s in the mood. #rubbersoul60

Girl. Another fantastic John song. Tremendous. Who else could be touch these lads? #rubbersoul60

What Goes On. Bloody love Ringo’s vocal on this one. A slight track in the grand scheme of things, but it’s a perfect opener to side two. #rubbersoul60

Michelle - effortless McCartney melodic genius. #rubbersoul60

According to a thread on the Hoffman forum this week, The Word is a bad Beatles song. Just goes to show that you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet. It’s fab - nicely foreshadowing the summer of love to come 18 months down the road. #rubbersoul60

Think For Yourself is… ok. George’s other songwriting contribution to the album is way better. #rubbersoul60

Nowhere Man. Whenever I listen to this properly, it’s Christmas Eve 1979 and I’m seven years old, watching Yellow Submarine on the telly. Come to think of it, this is probably where the whole obsession started. Cracking track. #rubbersoul60

You Won’t See Me is not the best song on the album… but it’s always been a huge favourite of mine. Would love to have heard Macca do this one live. Took me decades to get the double meaning of the track title though… #rubbersoul60