#NowPlaying #MusicSky A beautiful smorgasborg of off-kilter pop from my youth.

If you haven't already get on board Andy's wonderful train of music (and so much more) writing that has been enlightening, funny, moving and a joy from the start.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky A lovely collection of odds and sods from the great Jean Claude Vannier.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky A masterpiece of melancholy hyper-pop.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky As I'm feeling a bit under the weather this slice of madness is bound to pick me up.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky One of the greatest albums ever (probably).

#NowPlaying #MusicSky One of my favourite car boot finds.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Starting my day off very gently as my infected saliva gland is causing my a bit of grief this morning. This is just perfect.

This is a really nice video from a record shop owner about grading records. Very clear reasons why and how they grade records. youtu.be/tO6Bw4dhGi4?...

#NowPlaying #MusicSky In a deserted Tesco.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #JazzSky Probably my favourite JD/BA album.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound

#NowPIaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Stripped down, melancholy and marvellous. The end of a fantastic run of great albums.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #Zeuhl #Kobaïan The triumphant ending of Magma's second cycle. Brilliant stuff.

Well this is a new experience as I approach 61, an infected saliva gland. It's bloody painful but my dentist (I thought it was toothache) was brilliant. So 8 antibiotics a day for a week. I don't recommend it.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky A quite good album to end the weekend.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky A great underrated album. Prog, Jazz, Classical with a touch of folk horror. The first track 'Trip To The Fair' is astonishing. Average price on Discogs £7. Get buying! #CheapHeat

Car boot! Hooray!

Saw a poster on the side of bus of someone I've delivered a few parcels to today.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Produced by Lee Hazelwood this is fabulous and lovely Pop/Folk/Psych.

Seeing that charmless wassock Gallagher celebrate Citeh's goal in his much too small jacket and horrible hair has made me feel a bit sick.

My latest monthly playlist is now up on Spotify. I've heard so many brilliant things over the last few weeks (some old, some new) that this playlist could probably be hours longer. As it is these are quite a few things that have brightened up gloomy days and enhanced sunny ones. I hope you enjoy it

#NowPlaying #MusicSky I'm increasingly becoming a fan of these Blu-ray editions. And this one is very special.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound Terrible cover,fantastic album.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound One of my favourite live albums. Though Nico is definitely under-served.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound

#NowPlaying #MusicSky #AmbientSky A very different feeling to the previous listen. #TimeForBed

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Time for a classic.

These two have brightened my day. #ImALittleHorse #JokePunchline

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#NowPlaying #MusicSky #SoundOnTheRound This is fabulous. Get to a newsagents as quick as you Can!

#NowPlaying #MusicSky The hill I will die on* is that CD is the perfect format for box sets. Vinyl is too unwieldy for multiple discs. And this is the perfect example that proves that beyond all doubt. *I won't of course, that's a crazy reason to get yourself killed.

Turned out nice again!

#NowPlaying #MusicSky Obvs!* *See earlier post.

In the crappiest charity shop flicking through some Perry Como, Max Bygraves etc and this little gem popped up. A lovely clean, pretty unplayed copy.

Just reading about the omission of Ray Brooks from the BAFTA obit section. Back in the early 00s, I wrote on a BBC Radio 2 comedy show and we booked in Ray for a sketch. He read the script and remarked wearily at the punchline, "Oh very clever... Mr. Benn. It always comes back to Mr. bloody Benn"

Read this brilliant thread by Rob. Nail hit squarely on the head.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky A day off! One appointment this afternoon but the rest of the day is my own. And it's sunny. So I'm going to sit in a small room listening to music for most of it. #Predictable

#NowPlaying #MusicSky This could have easily collapsed under the weight of its own concept but it doesn't. Kept afloat by the beauty of Debussy and the skills and musical genius of Horn, Morley, Dudley and Creme. Plus the smoky narration of John Hurt. "De'bussy to a disco beat" indeed!

The World in Motion. Wheel on a Daimler, exhibited at The Port Sunlight Classic Car Show.

Oliver out of his head again. #StayAwayFromTheBrownCatnip #CatsofBluesky #CatsSky

Attention! John Cassavetes Colombo on now! 5USA.

A word of warning one of my network drives has been infected with malware. It's an old drive that I only use for backups. But it is totally backed up on external drives thank god!. My computer and other network drive are fine, they are much newer and easier to protect. Backup often!

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Giving the car boot a miss this morning. #Bugger

#NowPlaying #MusicSky On my second listen. Ridiculously good. Pop music is just the best thing in the world when it's like this.

#NowPlaying #MusicSky The Stereolab releases of a few years ago were the textbook example of how to do reissues perfectly. An extra disc of stuff and reasonably priced. ETK is possibly a good place for Lab newbies to start?