Photograph of the sleeve for the BoYoYo Boys' LP Back In Town displayed next to its record playing on a turntable
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Boyoyo Boys - Back In Town (UK 1987)
Sax-led afrobeat.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Woody Shaw's LP Night music displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Woody Shaw - Night Music (US, 1983)
Another £1 charity find from Wednesday. Vinyl is beautiful/clean/crystal clear.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band's LP Hipsters, Flipsters, Finger-Poppin' Daddies! displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band - Hipsters, Flipsters, Finger-Poppin' Daddies! (UK 1967, Mono)
Another recent £1 charity shop find.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Edward H. Dafis' LP Hen Ffordd Gymreig O Fyw, which is displayed next to the record turning on a table
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Edward H. Dafis - Hen Ffordd Gymreig O Fyw (Wales, 1974)
Nice slice of Welshedelica from (mostly) Swansea way. Recent £1 charity shop find.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Monks - Demo Tapes 1965 (Spain Re-issue 2007) displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Monks - Demo Tapes 1965 (Spain re-issue 2007)
Apparently, Hendrix was a fan & took note of/complimented their gnarly fedback live guitar sound. i don't know if that's true or myth building, haven't looked into it.
Great demos compilation.
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Photograph of the sleeve for the soundtrack album When The Wind Blows next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Various - When The Wind Blows Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (UK 1986)
Recent charity shop find. Very upbeat first half, given the topic.
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Photograph of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' LP From Her To Eternity displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity (UK 1984)
i knew of NC&tBS before '88, although i hadn't heard their LPs or all the singles, but the song From Her To Eternity/performance in Wings of Desire got my attention proper.
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Photograph of yhe sleeve for AU's 10" mini-LP Versions next to the record spinning on a turntable
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AU - Versions 10" Ltd mini-LP 265/500 (US&EU 2009)
We played a few AU tracks on TWR. Lovely multi-instrument clatter. File alongside Beirut under oompah indie.
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Photo of the sleeve for Fish Rising by Steve Hillage displayed next to the record spinning on a platter
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Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (UK 1975)
A fat-thumbed typo just made me realise fish really ought to have been called fush. If nothing else it would've brought us closer to Scotland.
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Photo of the sleeve for Badly Drawn Boy's LP The Hour of Bewilderbeast displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast (UK 2015, 15th Anniversary Ri)
This sprawling beauty.
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Photograph of the sleeve for the EP The Bill Wells Octet meets Lol Coxhill displayed next to the record turning on a table
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The Bill Wells Octet meets Lol Coxhill Ltd Ed 12" EP (UK 2001)
"Jazz IS a black music"
she said
"but not the sort of jazz that you like"
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Photo of the sleeve for Badfinger's LP Magic Christian Music displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Badfinger - Magic Christian Music (Europe RM Ri 1991 + bonus 2trk 12")
The difficult first album, some might say.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Papa John Creach's self titled LP on Grunt leaning against a shelf unit containing hi-fi separates & 12" records. On top of the unit is a turntable & an amplifier
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Papa John Creach - s/t (US 1971)
Another recent find. Very loved sleeve/record. The mix of hard blues rock & ethereal genre-surfing violin works a treat on this, leaving acres of space for his 'friends' to have solid fun.
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Photograph of the sleeve of The Byrds' LP Younger than Yesterday resting against a shelf unit containing hi-fi separates & 12" records. On top of the unit is a record player & an amplifier
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The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (Europe 1967)
Recent 50p pick up. Bit of surface noise between some tracks, light paper marks on both sides, but plays lovely on the Sony PS LX210 tt.
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Photograph of the sleeve for The Fugs LP 'it crawled into my hands, honest' displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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The Fugs - it crawled into my hand, honest (UK reissue 86)
For me, it went: Butthole Surfers - Kramer - Bongwater - Shimmy Disc - The 20th Anniversary of the Summer of Love - Tuli Kupferberg - Tenderness Junction
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4 × 7" singles in picture sleeves by Sisters of Mercy, The Stranglers, Ligament & Linus
Photos of the A & B sides of 2 × 7" singles in plain paper sleeves.
4 × 7" singles in picture sleeves by The Pattern, help she can't swim, fariña & Bearsuit
2 x photos of 7" singles in picture sleeves by Vessels & Kings Have Long Arms. 1 photo of a gig flyer for Vessels at Buffalo Bar & a photo of a Jah Wobble 12" pic sleeve
Listening to this lot, part of the post-hospital charity shop booty, while watching TV-muted FA Cup footie. Wobble's a 12" & my word what a travesty. The 7s are mostly on early/mid 2000s indie labels.
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Photograph of the sleeve for the Plastic Bertrand LP AN 1 displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Plastic Bertrand - AN 1 (UK 78)
Post-hospital charity shop trawl ritual produced this LP (+ a bunch of 7s & handful of LPs) from 1 shop.
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Photograph of the sleeve for The Welcome Wagon LP Welcome To The Welcome Wagon displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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The Welcome Wagon - Welcome to the Welcome Wagon (US 2009)
Sufjan Stevens-drenched Presbyterian orchoral folk gem. You don't need no religion to get how lovely this is. We played a bunch off this & their other LPs on TWR back in the day.
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Phitograph of the LP sleeve for Poi Dog Pondering's Wishing Like A Mountain & Thinking Like The Sea displayed next to the record spinning on a turntable
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Poi Dog Pondering - Wishing Like A Mountain & Thinking Like The Sea (UK 91)
Used to think Poi were British & reminded me of Kitchens of Distinction & early/Sit Down James, amongst many others, which is not a bad thing.
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Photograph of the sleeve for The Foetus All-Nude Revue 12" ep Bedrock displayed next to the record playing on a turntable
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The Foetus All-Nude Revue - Bedrock (UK 87)
Think i became aware of Thirlwell & his Foetus project via the Scraping... moniker when i was 15/16yo. Challenging on many levels but a bit of Industrial Noise Wave Blues never hurt anyone.
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Photograph of the cover for the Led Zeppelin LP Presence displayed next to its record spinning on a Sony PS-LX210 turntable
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Led Zeppelin - Presence (US 1976)
Test playing a Sony PS-LX210 tt picked up this morning for the price of my bus fare. Given it a dust, changed the stylus & it works perfectly. Dust cover missing but think there's 1 compatible in the attic.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Permahorn's LP
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Permahorn - My Blood Carries My Dreams Away (UK 2017)
The unmistakable Dogbowlness of the title track opens these students of Shimmy Disc's debut & only LP, mixed & mastered by Kramer for the two album only Shimmy 500 label.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Cardiac's LP On Land & In The Sea displayed next to its sky blue coloured vinyl spinning on a turntable
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Cardiacs - On Land & In The Sea (UK 2025 RM, Ri)
i gave custody of all my og Cardiacs LPs to a super fan ex, Emily, in a v amicable split in '91. Tim Smith kicked a moshing twat in the head for bullying her at their 89ish Bierkeller gig.
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Photograph of the front cover of the band Temps's debut LP Party Gator Purgatory, diaplayed next to its neon pink vinyl spinning on a turntable
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Temps - Party Gator Purgatory (UK 2023)
James Acaster's really rather brilliant & endlessly pleasing side-step music collab fever dream, featuring some of TWR's fave deep cuts e.g. Law Holt x
Xmas gift to M.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Tangerine Dream's Electronic Meditation LP displayed next to its record spinning on a turntable
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Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (UK 2012, RSD RM Reissue)
One of the excellent LPs i picked up in a charity shop a week or so back.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Chas & Dave's Greatest Hits LP displayed next to its record playing on a turntable
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Chas & Dave - Greatest Hits
Found a bag of records i'd put aside months ago for donating & then immediately forgot about. This was in there so threw it on. Reminds me of the many parties either my parents or neighbours had in the 80s.
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Photograph of the sleeve for The Birthday Party's Junk Yard LP displayed next to its record spinning on a turntable
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The Birthday Party - Junk Yard (UK 82)
Found this today in a charity shop while out looking for #VinylSanta extras. VG+/EX- due to scuff/paper marks on both sides, which produce light but audible surface noise between tracks.
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Photograph of the sleeve for Tom Waits' LP Heartattack & Vine displayed next to its record spinning in a turntable
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Tom Waits - Heartattack & Vine (UK 80)
A very underrated album, i think, but a strong part of the accelerated development of Waits' voice & music in the early '80s for me. One of his greatest drunken singalong albums.
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Photograph of the sleeve for The Trojans' LP 'Ala-Ska' displayed next to its record spinning on a turntable
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The Trojans - 'Ala-Ska' (UK 87)
Great fun, this. Wonky lead-vocalled Ska & whatever they fancy bunging in. On Gaz's Rockin' Records, which only adds to its tenement charm.
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Photograph of the sleeve for The Style Council's mini LP Introducing... displayed next to its record spinning on a record player
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The Style Council - Introducing... mibi LP (UK 83)
A collection of songs from the band's first 3 UK singles. Recent gift from a friend.
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