Last spin of the evening as we’re having meatballs (which I have cooked) and I’m not ashamed to say we’re catching up on Death In Paradise. This is a terrific album. We heard it in a ‘High Fidelity’ moment when in a record shop and they sold out. #TheOrielles #vinyl #NowPlaying

Last of the studio albums (not in order) but great to hear them all in fairly quick succession. I think only Regatta de Blanc needs to be replaced one day, the rest are all really nice sounding. Enjoyed my Police rediscovery. #ThePolice #vinyl

Really enjoying the new Squeeze album. Hard to believe Glenn Tilbrook was just 16 when this was written, with Chris Difford at the ripe old age of 19. A concept album (my favourite kind) which was simply too complicated for the teenagers to record back then. #NowPlaying #squeeze #Trixies

🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 21 Mar 2026 and auto posted via apple shortcuts. 🎸 Illinois Jacquet 🎵 Jean Marie's Den 💿 God Bless My Solo (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Paris 1978)) song.link/https://musi... #NowPlaying #AppleMusic #SongLink

Picked up a load of old ‘Jazz Journal’ magazines the other day, this one from December 1986, and it includes a recommended 100 Jazz LPs feature. Naturally I will now play them all. I particularly like the line “Some may now be available on CD but we haven't gone into that here.” Quite right too 😂

Found it! I knew I had Outlandos d’Amour somewhere. My terrible cataloguing system aside, I was also surprised to find it was the blue 1978 pressing. Cleaned and rehoused, giving it a spin now. #ThePolice #vinyl #NowPlaying

New Review: “This is raw, important music with urgency which captures superbly the sound of the previous decades whilst managing to be unique”

A little bit more than I like to pay in charity shops, at £5, but it was a nice clean, complete copy and I didn’t have it so there we are. By all accounts their best album. I don’t know it at all, so listening now. So far I like it. #vinyl #TheMoodyBlues

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Talking of samplers, this is more a ‘history of’ but a sampler nonetheless, the history of Cherry Red records, Ambition volumes 1 and 2. An outstanding compilation. #CherryRedRecords #samplers #CDs #CompactDisc

A recent sampler addition to go with the ever increasing number in the collection. This is a Transatlantic sampler with the likes of Bert Jansch, Pentangle, Gordon Giltrap and includes the brilliant Granny Takes A Trip from The Purple Gang. Great stuff for £2 #vinyl #samplers #transatlantic

Going to spend the afternoon making some mixtapes on these bad boys. Soundhog C90s from 1972, and never used. Fingers crossed they will still work - they look very clean indeed. They are by EMI so I’m hopeful the quality is ok. #mixtapes #cassettes #tapes #soundhog #EMI

Still recovering from being sick, and continuing a bit of a Police obsession. I have a lot more respect for The Police these days and I’m really enjoying rediscovering them. These are albums I’ve had for a while and they are not great condition but eminently playable. #ThePolice #vinyl

Another ‘for the frame’ purchase. Very cool looking BBC Sound Effects LP from 1970. I had no idea until recently that The Jam’s Sound Affects album cover was based on this. #TheJam #vinyl #VinylArt

Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat 😂 #EldenRing #PS5

They’ve done it again. Cracking new single from Sharp Class available for pre-order now (limited to 250). www.heavysoul45s.co.uk/product-page... #SharpClass #ModRevival26 #vinyl

Going to stop being such a baby and give Elden Ring another go. I gave up very quickly last time I tried as I found it just way too hard. Let’s see…. #EldenRing #PS5 #xp

Just sold. Thought I’d give it a spin before shipping. Chick Webb And His Orchestra, ‘Taint What You Do. #78rpm #JustSold #ChickWebb #vinyl #shellac

Released on this day in 1978: News Of The World #TheJam youtu.be/1FIcxb0G_aE?si…

Watched Man On The Run today. Enjoyed it a lot, but my main takeaway…..those hairstyles! #ManOnTheRun

A sunny day here for a change. Managed a bike ride then cut the lawn. Getting ready to watch the mighty Leeds on the tele shortly with a few 7”s by The Lambrettas #weekendsingles #musicsky #vinylsky #vinyl

Your limo is ready sir…. #vinyl #InnerSleeves #BertJansch #Moonshine #xp

Already had my £3 worth of enjoyment. Great album. I love Alison Moyet’s voice, and it transports me straight back to the 1980s. #vinyl #AlisonMoyet #xp

Couple of cheap chazzer shop purchases today in town. #vinyl #ArtGarfunkel #AlisonMoyet #xp

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Last one for now, The Ballad Of John Axon. Axon was an English train driver from Stockport who died while trying to stop a runaway freight train and was posthumously awarded the George Cross! The notes to this are signed by MacColl and Seeger. #vinyl #folk #xp

The World of Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Notable for Dirty Old Town and the much covered but definitive version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, MacColl’s love song to Seeger. #folk #EwanMacColl #PeggySeeger #vinyl #xp

My favourite version of #LordRandall , however, is on this record. It’s the one I heard first which I guess is one reason, but I also think it’s a better performance. When you’re unaccompanied there is nowhere to hide! #vinyl #folk #xp

New inners and outers have arrived so now the cleaning can resume. I’ve only just scratched the folk surface, so onwards with those. This is Ewan MacColl singing the Child Ballads which contains two of my favourite trad folk tunes ever, The Three Ravens and Lord Randall. #vinyl #folk #EwanMacColl

Just managed another quick adventure game review before February ends. #AdventureGames #Commodore64 #RetroComputing jellis.co.uk/adventure-wi...

My nephew is running the Great North Run for the Miscarriage Association. He and his wife lost a baby last year so obviously a cause close to his heart. If you can spare a pound or two they would be very grateful. www.justgiving.com/page/oli-jon...

February 26, 2026: "Missing the Point" by Pugwash Only just started to seriously listen to Pugwash, an Irish, XTC inspired band. Came to them via a collaboration with Andy Partridge. #CrucialTracks View entry: www.crucialtracks.org/profile/revi...

😮‍💨 Seems substack is not the platform for me then. Really wasn’t aware of the sheer amount of fuckery going on over there. At least I am making the decision fairly early on…..back to my own hosted site for writing. #AlbumReviews #RevivalRecords #TeenageAnthems revivalrecords.co.uk/2026/02/25/u...

Another patient on the repair table. This one has no power though so a little more challenging. It’s a Toshiba KT-4111 and a nice looking player. Dolby and metal settings. I’m hoping for good things. #CassetteTapes #cassettes #Toshiba #xp

🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 22 Feb 2026 and auto posted via apple shortcuts. 🎸 ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead 🎵 Will You Smile Again for Me 💿 Worlds Apart song.link/https://musi... #NowPlaying #AppleMusic #SongLink

🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 20 Feb 2026 (via Apple shortcuts) 🎸 The Who 🎵 Quadrophenia 💿 Quadrophenia song.link/https://musi... #NowPlaying #AppleMusic #SongLink

I love all cover versions of Tommy, The Smithereens especially, but this medley by the mighty D is superb. album.link/i/1627277294

🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 20 Feb 2026 (via Apple shortcuts) 🎸 The Who 🎵 Christmas 💿 Tommy song.link/https://musi... #NowPlaying #AppleMusic #SongLink

🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 20 Feb 2026 and auto posted via apple shortcuts. 🎸 The Who 🎵 Overture 💿 Tommy song.link/https://musi... #NowPlaying #AppleMusic #SongLink

Bit of charity shop #jazz #vinyl tonight whilst cooking and watching curling/football. I am liking this way more than I thought I would. Not hard bop, bebop apparently, but turns out I quite like bebop too. £2 in a local cats charity shop. I love cats.

Simultaneously listening to The Merton Parkas, watching the skiing big air, and cooking a chilli prawn pasta triumph. I’m probably one of those modern men you hear people talk about….

Well, the 3D Printer stuff I got about 7 months ago has never been used. I don’t have the time or, to be perfectly honest, the capacity at the moment to learn a whole thing. So I’m selling it off. If anybody is interested it’s listed here. ebay.us/m/n4rVXQ

Prepping curry ingredients and almost completely over the horrible cold I had, so thought I’d celebrate with a clean and a spin of Bitches Brew. Easy to forget nowadays how ground breaking and shocking this album was to the jazz world back then. #vinyl #jazz #JonsCookingMusic

Talking of We Are Rewind, I like the look of this. I don’t think I’d use it nowadays however, I tend to either listen privately on headphones or play tapes via the hifi, but it looks like a fun piece of kit. Meet Curtis…. #WeAreRewind #cassettes #xp https://www.wearerewind.com/en-gb/pages/bo

Posting the review for this earlier made me want to listen to it old school. I was barely found without headphones and Walkman back in the day. #TheChords #cassettes #tapes

One of my favourite albums. Another of the archive reviews available now to everyone. The first paid only post is coming in March. A deep dive on the Bristol mod revival scene! open.substack.com/pub/revivalr...

What better way to get over the disappointment of the new Murakami than to start a new detective series? I’ve not read any E.R.Punshon before, but he is highly regarded and really enjoying it so far. 35 Bobby Owen novels to read through! Bliss. #BskyBooks #NowReading #ERPunshon #DetectiveNovels

🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 11 Feb 2026 (via Apple shortcuts) 🎸 Warm Jets 🎵 Sticky Jack 💿 Bridge House Records Singles, Vol. 1 song.link/https://musi... #NowPlaying #AppleMusic #SongLink

Got this for the cover - a really cool piece of graphic design. It shall go in the frame for now. Not a huge amount of interest in the music on here but I’ll give it a spin one day. No rush. #vinyl #1960s #GraphicDesign

This one is The Warner Bros Music Show. We’ve got The Doobie Brothers, Graham Central Station, Little Feat, Montrose, Tower Of Power and Bonaroo. Groovy. #vinyl #sampler #WarnerBros