On the turntable today... #TheMeters - Trick Bag #Funk #Disco #Soul Rel 1976 Produced by #AllenToussaint #OG #JacksonvillePressing #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection Founding fathers of funk, The Meters trademark sound blends funk, blues, and dance grooves with a #NewOrleans vibe.

On the turntable this morning... #TheChurch - Gold Afternoon Fix, #MOV Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Gold & Black Marbled, 180g #375/2,000 #Rock #AlternativeRock #PsychedelicRock Rel 2021 #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable this afternoon… #JorgeBen - África Brasil, Rel 2019, #VMP, #Jazz #Funk #Soul #Latin #MPB First official U.S. pressing. So so groovy and delicious.

On the turntable this morning… #Buzzcocks - Flat-Pack Philosophy, Rel 2026, #VMP 20th Anniversary Limited Release, 2 Bonus Tracks, Burgundy Marble, Remastered by Scott Hull, Lacquers cut by Masterdisk #VinylSky #RecordSky #MusicSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable this afternoon... The #OrnetteColeman Trio – At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm Volume One, Rel Apr 22, 2014, #BlueNote 75th Anniversary Bass – #DavidIzenzon, Drums – #CharlesMoffett #Jazz #FreeJazz #HardBop #MusicSky #RecordSky #RecordCollection

Lets use the 'Random Item' from Discogs...on the turntable this afternoon "The American version of the Japanese film Magnificent Seven, the #GratefulDead" – Fillmore West 1969: March 1st #RhinoRecords Limited Edition #Rock #PsychedelicRock Limited edition of 9k copies. My copy appears flawless ;)

@ecksteinish.bsky.social Reporting back, re: #VMP I am sad to say is a lost cause, November ROTM is now reporting to ship before end of January. They are also promising December too but will see. Sad situation. It was a great club in the early days.

Following Up on the turntable this afternoon... #BobbyWeir & #WolfBros – Live In Colorado Vol. 2, #ThirdManRecords Limited Edition 2x #Vinyl Green & Red Lp's Rel Oct 2022, #ClassicRock #CountryRock #FolkRock #RIP #FareTheeWell #LoveLight #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable this evening... #BobbyWeir & Wolf Bros – Live In Colorado, #ThirdManRecords 2x #Vinyl, #RustSwirl #GreenSwirl #ElectricTie-Dye Limited Edition #Rock #Folk, #WorldCountry #RIP #FareTheeWell #LoveLight

Next Up... #PeterMurphy - Silver Shade, Rel May 9th 2025, 2x #Vinyl 45 RPM, #Rock #GothRock Peter still has it, amazing vocals, great production, sounds incredible after an ultrasonic cleaning. #RecordCollection #MusicSky #VinylSky Father of Goth

On the turntable this morning... #Radiohead – Pablo Honey, #Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue 2016, #Rock #AlternativeRock #IndieRock #RecordCollection Sounds pretty good to me ;). Not a huge fan, but growing on me with each listening. My record is #Musically and #Sonically Amazing.

Happy #Caturday Morning… #Emerson snuggles 🥰 🐾🐈

I apparently run best on Caffeine and S. Pellegrino

On the turntable this morning... #SlappHappy – Sort Of #Rock #FolkRock #Krautrock #ArtRock Rel. Sept 2023, 50th Anniversary edition limited to 1000 copies, I have no idea who this band is, or how it is in my #RecordCollection, but apparently the band is as old as I am, so let's explore #MusicSky

Next up... #LilliLewis – Americana, I picked this up while attending the Indigo Girls Concert in Kalamazoo Michigan at State Theatre, Lilli Lewis was the opener and she was AMAZING live, candid, interacting with the audience, amazing vocals. #Funk #Soul #Folk #MusicSky #VinylSky #Record Collection.

On the turntable this Sunday... #LeoParker - The Late Great King Of The Baritone Sax, Rare Unissued Recordings 1951-53 from the #Chess #Jazz Vintage Series, Rel 1971, #Bop, Very Fun Album. #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable this afternoon... #DaveVanRonk – Folksinger, #PrestigeFolklore, #VMP Classics, #Folk, AAA Lacquers Cut From The Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, #SterlingSound Includes Listening Notes Booklet by Elijah Wald, 2022 & ©️1962 #CraftRecordings #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable before it becomes afternoon this Saturday... #CirclesAroundTheSun – Let It Wander, #Funk #Soul #JazzRock #Experimental #CATS gained fame as a mystery band whose music was playing during the Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well's intermissions. Let It Wander is their 2nd Album. #VinylSky

On the turntable the rest of today... #ChrisThile & #BradMehldau – Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau, #NoneSuch 2x #Vinyl, Rel 2017, #Jazz, #Folk, #World, & #Country, Includes covers from #ElliotSmith, #FionaApple, #JoniMitchell & #BobDylan

On the turntable... #ChickCorea – The Leprechaun, #Polydor #PRC #Jazz #Latin #Fusion Rel. 1976, Featuring Vocalist #GayleMoran, Chick Corea's wife. #SteveGadd on Drums, #EddieGomez on Bass. Love the cover on this one.

On the turntable to close out the evening, from 1972... #CaptainBeefheart – The Spotlight Kid, M<y copy Rel 2016, #RhinoRecords #BluesRock Nice laid back blues with a sprinkle of crazy jam, spicy soul and Marimba magic, makes me think of Dr John, and Tom Waits #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the tt this evening, #AlabasterDePlume – Gold - Go Forward In The Courage Of Your Love, International Anthem Recording Company #Jazz #Folk #WorldCountry #Experimental #Abstract #Poetry #SpokenWord #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection Amazing, a modern Leonard Cohenesque abstract swirl of sounds.

On the turntable this morning... #TheCure – Melkweg Amsterdam 1979, #Bootleg #Netherlands Rel Sept 29 2023, #Rock #NewWave 180g Live radio broadcast. The Cure live at Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 12, 1979. #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the screen this morning…Ben Folds - Way to Normal #MusicSky #DVD

On the Screen this morning…The best of Sessions at West 54th, Vol 1. #DVD #MusicSky

On the turntable today, an absolutely sonic masterpiece, Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabate, The Ripple Effect, Throw Down your Heart Part Three, The Africa Songs. Rel. 2020 #CraftRecordings #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

Marigold is giving me the look, time for bed… #SchipperkeLife

On the turntable today, a rare album from my #RecordCollection... #Bluejohn – Boots & Bottles, #BlackRiver Records Cat. 544N3, Rel 1975, #Folk #World #Country #MusicSky #VinylSky #MichiganMusic

On the turntable this morning... #Wu-TangClan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), #VMP Essentials Edition Rel Sept 2021. Remastered, 2x #Vinyl Gold Galaxy #HipHop #HardcoreHip-Hop, #BoomBap 1993 #Vinylsky #MusicSky #RecordCollection

My new office view today, and a new opportunity for collaboration, growth and new experiences. #bamboocowork #grandrapids #bailiwickmedia #buildepicconsulting #pda

It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all

What will soon be my master backup drive. 6TB, fastest write read rate in its class, 2100 MB/sec, IP65 rating, Drop Resistance.

On the turntable this weekend... #GratefulDead – The Warfield - San Francisco, CA Oct 4&6 1980, RSD Nov 2025, #Rock #Blues #Folk Lacquer Cut At – Bernie Grundman Mastering, Mix is a little hot but maybe it was the roses ;) Nice pressing. #VinylSky #MusicSky #RecordCollection

#Marigold wishes you the happiest of weekends! #Schipperke #DeadBug #PawsUp

If you don't already know...today is #BandcampFriday #SupportIndieArtists 🎶 bandcamp.com/discover/all...

On the turntable this morning, #Phish - Undermind #Jemp 2x #Vinyl, Gatefold, Transparent Black+Purple Splatter, 1st Pressing, Rel Nov 21 2025, #Rock #AlernativeRock Phish's 11th Studio Album on vinyl for First Time, Bonus Track "Tiny" Cut By Bellman at Grundman #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable the rest of the day... #TheAnimals – The Complete Animals, #MOV, Nov 2020, #Rock #PopRock Limited, Numbered 2174/2500 copies, 3x Vinyl, 180 Gram, Translucent Blue coloured vinyl. #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection complete sessions The Animals recorded w Mickie Most 64 and 65

On the turntable today... #T-BoneWalker – T-Bone Blues, RSD 2025, Expanded Edition includes 10" housed in a die-cut printed sleeve. #Blues #ElectricBlues #TexasBlues Hype Sticker: The 1959 Atlantic Classic - Back on Vinyl for the First Time in Over a Decade #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

Next up on the turntable this morning... #ChetBaker – Chet Baker Sings, #Jazz #CoolJazz, Pan AM Records, European Press, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, 180g, DMM so not from Analog source...but sounds great to me, clean, flat, beautiful. #VinylSky, #MusicSky, #RecordCollection

On the turntable this morning, a classic... #EltonJohn – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, #PinckneyvillePress, #MCA, Tri-fold cover, Rel; 1973, #Rock, #Pop-Rock, #Music Sky, #VinylSky, #RecordCollection, Recorded at Strawberry Studios, France

Just finished my first #JohnScalzi novel #OldMansWar onward to the next in this series, #TheGhostBrigades

On the turntable today... #BuckinghamNicks - Buckingham Nicks, #WillieNelson - Workin' Man (Willie Sings Merle), #BrandiCarlile – Returning To Myself, #TheCranberries – MTV Unplugged

On the turntable this morning... #GreenskyBluegrass – XXV, Rel Oct 31 2025, Limited Edition, Old Barn Red Vinyl, Featuring #BMFS #NathanielRateiff, #HollyBowling #SamBush #LindsayLou #Bluegrass #Folk #WorldCountry 2x #Vinyl #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

For his birthday, 80 Years 'Young'... on the turntable this morning... #NeilYoung - Songs for Judy, #ShakeyPicturesRecords Rel 2018, #Folk #WorldCountry #Acoustic #Country Recorded November 1976, Mastered from 176/24 digital #Gatefold #VinylSky #RecordCollection #MusicSky

🇨🇦 Neil Young is turning 80 — and these Canadian musicians are throwing him a party at Massey Hall in Toronto. #NeilYoung🇨🇦 #CanadaSky🍁 www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

On the turntable this morning... #Nirvana – Nevermind, Limited Edition, Reissue, Repress, Silver #Rock #Grunge #AlternativeRock Rel 2019, Not bad for a Target Release, sounds a little muddy, but I only have the CD to compare, #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

On the turntable this morning... #Bauhaus – Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape, #BeggarsBanquet #RSD Limited Edition of 2000, Reissue, Remastered, White, Rel Nov 2018 #Rock #GothRock

On the turntable this morning... #TheHollies - Words and Music by Bob Dylan, Rel 1969, #Epic #ColumbiaRecords Pressing Plant, Santa Maria #MusicSky #VinylSky #RecordCollection

Next up this morning on the turntable... #TearsForFears – Rule The World, 2x #Vinyl Gatefold, Compilation Rel 2017 #Electronic, #Rock, #Pop #PopRock, #Synth-pop, #NewWave #MercuryRecords

On the turntable early this morning to start things off this Friday... #EricDolphy – Out To Lunch! #BlueNote Reissue Stereo #VanGelder Stamp 1973 #Jazz #HardBop #FreeJazz #Modal #PostBop Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; February 25, 1964 #VinylSky #MusicSky #RecordCollection