There’s… umm, a lot going on in this sleeve illustration. Sound Effects No. 18 Holiday Sounds REC 301, 1978.

#nowplaying The Fairey Engineering Works Band "Can Can"

Happy #internationalsynthday! EMS Synthi A The Radiophonic Workshop RED 93, 1973 Radiophonic Workshop organiser Desmond Briscoe’s actual shed!

“Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?”

All reissues of the first nine BBC Sound Effects LPs are mine at last, completing my collection of the UK releases. 9 different images 9 different type faces Back sleeves are all unchanged from the original issues. Same catalogue numbers. Next in my sights is the Wildlife Series.

If you see this, post a STAR TREK

Need! Sound Effects No.6 reissue sleeve RED 106, 1971 I think I just need no.7 to complete the set of reissues now.

Good afternoon!

Reposting because the whole album's worth a listen at least once a year.

Buongiorno

Now playing Mozart Horn Concertos The Four Horn Concertos and The Fragment In E MICHAEL THOMPSON BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk REN 600, 1986

Hello!

Post you in another country

Noel Edmonds Radio Orchestra – Croque Monsieur The theme from Noel's fab Radio 1 programme

More ‘gots’ (Good afternoon)

Got. Need!

Ni hao! I’ve been meaning to get around to Chinese Classical Music REGL1, 1968 for some time now. I’m picking off the early releases and this is a key one from ‘68. John Levy is your guide to the ch’in, p’ipa, hsiao, and the chen.

Ludwig Koch www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

How I greet new followers on Bluesky

Standard

These sketches of il papa always put me in mind of some kind of 80s sitcom titles

Afternoon!

Morning

Catalogues! I’ve added the two latest acquisitions and fixed all the issues with my catalogues page, which has been broken for a long time. Each one I own is available to flick through like real leaflet! Still plenty more to find and scan in. www.bbcrecords.co.uk/wp/catalogues/

I just saw that the sleeve art for Ulster’s Flowery Vale (REC 28) was up for auction in February. No credit, but it must be by John Gillbe, who designed the sleeve. The Belfast Telegraph said it was ‘a “twee” design for American tourists’. I’d have bid though. £35

A look at the story behind every album released by BBC Records And Tapes, from lectures about space and birdsong anthologies to a Play School song sampled by Eric B And Rakim and the EastEnders cast having a singalong in a 'boozer'. 15% off code BESTSELLER15. timworthington.org/books/top-of...

Plus! A bit of clarity on when BBC Radio Enterprises appeared as a brand for licensing purposes (hint: at the same time that the label started releasing records).

For the long weekend, after a long hiatus, a long-ish blog post! I've made a modest breakthrough on the very first releases on the BBC Radio Enterprises label in 1967. The first news of BRE, the news of the label and, finally, proof of release dates. www.bbcrecords.co.uk/wp/our-prese...

The record contains instructions on how to make a hit broadway musical based on Illuminatus!

For the long weekend, after a long hiatus, a long-ish blog post! I've made a modest breakthrough on the very first releases on the BBC Radio Enterprises label in 1967. The first news of BRE, the news of the label and, finally, proof of release dates. www.bbcrecords.co.uk/wp/our-prese...

Finally, a Postcard From The Past x BBC Records crossover!

How I arrived at BlueSky

Tonight on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds: Archive on 4 on The Ghosts of Maida Vale as @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social tells the story of the BBC studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra/BBC Singers, the Radiophonic Workshop, Peel sessions, Live Lounge and more www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#nowplaying Bobby G "Big Deal" for @bbcrecords.co.uk

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn't Indiana Jones).

Russell Grant, surprisingly, released an album and single in 1983. Less surprisingly it was absolutely atrocious. Have a listen here! The latest episode of PantoSplaining has many more amazing facts about Russell's pop career. Linktr.ee/PantoSplaining

Who among us has yet to gaze upon Hamble’s precarious percussion pose, and experience the heady aural joy of happening across sampler-ready open drums like those?

Cut Chemist breaks out his breaks on a Play School tip. cutchemist.bandcamp.com/track/a-20-m...

Post a great photo of a musician

Oooooh! I’ve not seen that sleeve before.

Top Of The Box Vol. 2 - the story behind every album released by BBC Records And Tapes. No, genuinely. I listened to them all. Even the one that's just bells. Paperback (15% off code MANUSCRIPT15) or Kindle from here. timworthington.org/books/top-of...

Share a TV show that raised you

Flick through of the photography backlog. With added messin about with Clipchamp Music is Hora by Dumitru Zamfira accompanied by the 'Rumanian' Radiotelevision Folk Orchestra, from John Peel's Archive Things, REC 68M, 1970 . youtube.com/shorts/5ghvY...

Flick through of the photography backlog. With added messin about with Clipchamp Music is Hora by Dumitru Zamfira accompanied by the 'Rumanian' Radiotelevision Folk Orchestra, from John Peel's Archive Things, REC 68M, 1970 . youtube.com/shorts/5ghvY...

Right, let’s mine this 69/70 catalogue for all it’s worth. Prices and price codes. To think we were so ignorant of what these catalogue characters Mrs t (thanks @markayresrws.bsky.social) One day I’ll do a REALLY boring exploration of the prices and how they changed. Not today though, thank you.

As a keen discographer, getting my sweaty mitts on original record catalogues is always a thrill.