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Sixteen CDs. The incredible chess cd compilation, trailer park by Beth Orton, sea of mirrors by the coral, the names by Baio, alternative by the pet shop boys, the eponymous album by os Mutantes, only god was above us by vampire Weekend, deep fried Fanclub by teenage Fanclub, pixies live in Manchester 30 August 2005, the real ramona by throwing Muses, clouds and song to a seagull by Joni Mitchell, bubblegum perfume by felt, electric mud by muddy waters, hard rain by Bob Dylan and the eponymous debut by the specials

Two LPs, Florence by Darren Hayman and brand new dance by Emmylou Harris.

The 3 LP reissue of worst case scenario by deus

Time for this week's round-up. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Six LPs displayed in the front of an ikea Kallax unit. Electric lady sessions by LCD Soundsystem, protest songs by prefab sprout, tunes from the missing channel by dub syndicate, pacer by the amps, midnight scorchers by horace Andy and elephant by the white stripes

Six more LPs similarly displayed. In rainbows by Radiohead, dummy by Portishead, when we all fall asleep where do we go by Billie Eilish, grace by Jeff Buckley, favourite worst nightmare by arctic monkeys and be the cowboy by Mitski

Two more LPs. Tiger milk by belle and Sebastian and the Self titled Baader Meinhof album

Nine cds. Maroon by the Webb brothers, no other by gene Clark, the hound chronicles and hot garden stomp by the Mountain Goats, Inspiral Carpets greatest hits, give up by the postal service, Lle Dwi Isho Bod by Tynal Tywyll, Dal I drio by Tudur Huws Jones, raise the pressure by electronic and once I was an eagle by Laura Marling

Lots of stuff played this week. Pic two selected from The Girl's collection. All first plays from the last picture, other than the Mountain Goats and Postal Service ones. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Six LPs displayed in the front of the boxes of an ikea Kallax unit. Substance by new order, the coroner's Gambit by the Mountain Goats, yellow moon by the Neville brothers, parade by Prince and the revolting, the orbs adventures beyond the ultra world and so far the best of Sinead O'Connor

Where I've been since we last spoke. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Sixteen CDs. Dance Hall at louse point by John parish and Polly Jean Harvey, sky motel by Kristin Hersh, 100th window by massive attack, the debut album by j J 72, our endless numbered days by iron and Wine, the deluxe edition of catch a fire by Bob Marley and the Wailers, space bomb by Natalie Prass, American 4 the man comes around by Johnny Cash, giant sand is all over the map, without you I'm nothing by placebo, head over heels by the cocteau Twins, confessing the blues by little Walter, Bavarian fruit bread by hope Sandoval and the warm inventions, liquid skin by gomez, copper blue by sugar and the compilation Brazilian love affair two

Six LPs displayed in the front of six ikea Kallax blocks. They are straight out of the jungle by the jungle brothers, designer by Aldous Harding, head soup by goat, best of unplucked by Stornoway, the hits of Edwin Star and squeeze singles. The photo is at a stupid angle, probably about five to ten degrees of straight.

I'm sure none of you have missed it, but I'm keeping up the #WhatIPlayedHashtag for my own records (ha!) as much as anything. Here's where we've been this week.

By the way we don't have subsidence.

Twelve CDs. Wing span hits and history by Paul McCartney buena vista social club presents Ibrahim Ferrer, the soul jazz records compilation Philadelphia roots, rubber soul by the Beatles, the campfire head phase by boards of Canada, double infinity by big thief, mustt mustt by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan three albums by fountains of Wayne including the eponymous debut, welcome interstate managers and traffic and weather, love from a shark cage by Papa m and moon safari by air

#WhatIPlayedHashtag since Friday.

Seven CDs. En tact by the Shamen, the fight club soundtrack by the dust brothers, love boat by erasure, satta massagana by the Abyssinians, in the heart of the moon by Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabate, I shall not remove 1975 to 1980 by Cornell Campbell and lonely man by Pat Kelly

Two LPs. Some say I so I say light by ghost poet and rumours by Fleetwood mac

A couple of days of #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Six LPs. Nowhere by ride, love child by Diana Ross and the Supremes, Jimmy Lee by Raphael Saadiq, untitled black is by Sault, soil by serpent with feet and volume 3 by she and him

Two CDs, I Jonathan by Jonathan Richman and home of the hits the best of Jonathan richman and the modern lovers with a bonus disc of the first definitive berserkley anthology

Six LPs from the same Kallax block, and two CDs which made me realise I need to buy more of his catalogue. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Nine CDs. Sometimes I wish we were an eagle by Bill Callahan, the Jackson c Frank album, Quique redux by Seefeel, the remainder by Feist, 101 Damnations by Carter the unstoppable sex machine, Elan by the gentle good, another late night compiled by Howie B, Microcastle by deer hunter and goodbye by the czars

Two LPs. Scoundrel Days by aha and Edwin Hawkins live with the Oakland symphony Orchestra volume two

Well over a week since my last #WhatIPlayedHashtag. It's been quite a week, with my dad (83) taking ill last weekend and refusing to go to hospital (thankfully after a course of antibiotics and steroids he seems to be on the mend 🤞) and both The Boy and MrsJ being sick this weekend. Not played much.

Twelve CDs. Afro beat soul sisters by the Lijadu sisters, the rough guide to the music of Malaysia, real life by Joan as policewoman, coyote butterfly by Simon Joyner, start breaking my heart by Manitoba, youth and young manhood by kings of Leon, a creature I don't know by Laura Marling, amplified heard, walking wounded and temperamental by everything but the girl, the best of elbow, and viva dixie submarine transmission plot by sparkle horse

Man on the run, Paul McCartney in the nineteen seventies by Tom Doyle

Finished the Tracey Thorn autobiography today, and it's influenced what I've listened to this week. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

And next out of the book box is this. #NowReading

The label of a Dutch copy of the LP Too much Pressure by The Selecter on chrysalis records

Six LPs. This is Desmond Dekkar, I just can't stop it by the beat, the original reggae hit sound of the Ethiopian, bang a rang reggae by Simon Delano and the Gassers, the world of reggae volume one by Claude Sang and the Self titled album by weapon of peace

Yesterday I picked up this sleeveless copy of Too Much Pressure by The Selecter for pennies and it's had me in a related groove of charity shop records all day. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Six LPs. Everything was beautiful Japanese version by Spiritualized, Jenny from Thebes by the Mountain Goats, Valhalla Avenue by the Fatima Mansions, Erpland by ozric Tentacles, amazing grace by Aretha Franklin and danger in the past by Robert Forster

Six LPs. The recent reissue of the sunset tree by the Mountain Goats on apricot vinyl with signed obi, m g by Marvin Gaye, Eden by everything but the girl, hope is all we have by Gintis, my world by Lee fields and the compilation cornflake zoo episode one

Twelve CDs. The black light by Calexico, works by tulli kupfenberg as interpreted and or mis-interpreted by Jeffrey Lewis and the deposit returners, I know what love isn't by Jens Lekman, favourite worst nightmare by arctic monkeys, Chris by Christine and the queens, there are but four small faces, colossal youth by young marble giants, the Lilac Time love, the guitar and other machines, Vini Reilly and obey the time by the Durutti Column and chorus by erasure

Fourteen CDs. 10000 maniacs mtv unplugged, the bangles greatest hits, hyacinths and thistles by the 6ths, Fort recovery by centro matic, back to mine by crafty cuts, nobody loves you more by Kim Deal, Sunday at devil dirty by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, yours mine and ours by pernice brothers, oracular spectacular by m g m t, Tao Of The One Inch Punch, home songs by Adem, shining like a national guitar Paul Simon's greatest hits, gained lost by the Wave Pictures and exile on main street by the rolling stones

It's been a week, stricken with a cold since Wednesday and barely able to stay awake at work, so some catching up to do. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Five LPs, controversy by Prince, Jonathan sings by Jonathan richman and the modern lovers, Inner visions by Stevie Wonder, war in a Babylon by max Romeo and the upsetters, and reset by panda bear and sonic boom. Also the 35th anniversary trojan records cd box set

The first two here were picked up yesterday from @noiseannoys78.bsky.social (Controversy from the £5 box for crying out loud), and that Trojan box arrived in the post today. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Eight LPs. Chuck berry is on top, eureka by the Bible, love by Heidi Berry, number one record by big star, debut by Björk, Palomine by Bettie Serveert, master and everyone by Bonnie Prince Billy and hot pants by James Brown

Killer Bs today. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Five LPs. Brass construction 2, star by belly, Songs from Northern Britain by teenage Fanclub, Sergio Mendes and the new Brazil 77 and the ballistic records compilation ballistic sure shots

An afternoon of getting up off the sofa every twenty minutes. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Twelve CDs. Buddy guy the complete cheese studios recordings, this is trojan dub, the original war child help compilation, beggars banquet by the rolling stones, five live by the Yardbirds, the concert by credence clear water revival, the best of the Ronettes, new power soul by the new power generation, De stijl by the white stripes, spectrum by sonic boom, yoshimi battles the pink robots by the flaming lips and the terry Hall and Dave Stewart Vegas album

Two LPs. Bees by belly and playing with fire by spacemen 3

LP of hips and Makers by Kristin Hersh. There's also a black frisbee designed by David Shrigley with a white circle in the middle so it looks like a record and the text on the label area says I collect records, I am obsessed with them.

A few days of catchup. The Will Carruthers book in song may have influenced some of my choices. I played Spiritualized all day in the office on Tuesday too. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Six LPs and five CDs. The LPs are the compilation trojan explosion, schubert dip by e m f, crying laughing loving lying by Labi Siffre, out of time by R e m and passion of the christ by Peter Gabriel. The CDs are elan by the gentle god, the soul jazz records compilation riddim box, eat yourself whole by kingmaker, where the humans eat by willy Mason and God need for people who love bad news by modest mouse

CD of guns don't kill people lasers do but major laser

I thought I'd taken my catch up photo for the last couple of days, but then played one more. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Five cds. Lost horizons by lemon jelly, a South Bronx story by e s g, blood on the tracks by Bob Dylan, Doolittle by Pixies and and they walked away by the bandits

Three LPs. Monument by Keaton Henson, andrzeja nebeskiego by grupa abc and north of a miracle by nick heyward

I feel like posting these as a thread isn't a great idea. Anyway, CDs during work, records this evening. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

LPs of brushes with happiness and look inside your heart, and the CD of when the purple emperor spreads his wings by the Wave Pictures

CDs of lip slide by Sarah Cracknell, dial square by midway still, The blue album by weezer and infected by the the

Still in the Wave Pictures groove this morning, followed by a real mixed bag in the afternoon. Don't think I've played that Midway Still album in twenty years or more. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

The LP of instant coffee baby by the Wave Pictures, and seven more CDs by them, namely if you leave it alone, beer in the breakers, long black cars, great big flamingo burning moon, city forgiveness, a season in hull and bamboo diner in the rain

After @curtissparkles.bsky.social put me in mind of them yesterday, I've been here all day. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Busy day in the office but somehow I've still managed to listen to Artistic Vice by Daniel Johnston, 2024 Tapes by Jeffrey Lewis, Now by Kim Jung Mi, Tao Of The One Inch Punch, Nasty Gal by Betty Davis and Time Was Gigantic by The Durutti Column. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Seven CDs. Tomorrow morning by Eels, your little secret by Melissa Etheridge, chalk mark in a rain storm by Joni Mitchell, surfing on sine waves by Polygon Window, an Aretha Franklin compilation called try a little tenderness, pop by U2 and sin city the very best of the flying burrito brothers

Today I've been blind picking from various boxes. MrsJ proclaimed that she loves Joni when I pulled that one out, but I'd be prepared to put serious amounts of money on her only knowing Big Yellow Taxi. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Five CDs. Utica by Huw M, given to the wild by the maccabees, clychau Dibon by Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita, protection by massive attack and lives outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Two CDs. Crafty cuts back to mine compilation and on u sound compilation pay it all back 6

CD box set tougher than tough the story of Jamaican music, LPs of the hit man by Eddie Kendricks and tales of Mozambique by count Ossie and the mystic revelation of rastafari, and a CD of the best of howling wolf

A catch up post for Friday, yesterday and today. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Two LPs, the original pressing of the debut lilac tone album on swordfish records and tricks of the Shade by the goats which sadly only has its inner sleeve. Also four CDs, the history of blue beat the birth of Ska bb26-bb50 a and b sides, the Babylon springs e p by the Mountain Goats, a promo copy of the Deltron 30 30 album, and the Self titled debut by Darwin Deez

Think this will be the lot for today. Picked up that OG copy of the @thelilactime.bsky.social debut from Discogs and the seller turned out to be @unclewald.bsky.social! The best Gorillaz album in there too.

BTW if anyone has a sleeve for Tricks of the Shade please hook me up. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

A long box CD of love sexy by Prince, LP of elite hotel by Emmylou Harris and CDs of a brief history by the penguin cafe Orchestra, intro by pulp and the debut album by rage against the machine

The lesser spotted long box CD amongst today's #WhatIPlayedHashtag

A Taste of Sly & Robbie

Office Tuesday so I listened to this @petepaphides.bsky.social Sly and Robbie playlist, the latest Patreon episode of @500songspodcast.bsky.social on Cat Stevens, and when I got home the first Duckworth Lewis Method album and Infinite Arms by Band of Horses. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Seven CDs. Baby I'm bored by Evan Dando, Lookaftering by Vashti Bunyan, the debut album by Tracey Chapman, some friendly by the charlatans, don't give up on me by Solomon Burke, the chemical brothers singles 93 to 03 and lazy soft and low by guy Chadwick

Almost forgot. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Seven CDs. Declaration of dependance by kings of convenience, the debut album by the coral, we have the facts and we're voting yes by death cab for cutie, when I was born for the seventh time by corner shop, people move on by Bernard butler, the glove sessions by Sheryl Crow and product placement by cut chemist and dj shadow

All I played yesterday was a Mountain Goats playlist in the car, but I've been back in the boxes today while rearranging the storage. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Five CDs. 2013 by Meilyr Jones, the big roar by the joy formidable, quiet is the new loud by kings of convenience, the decline of the country and western civilisation 1993-1999 by lamb chop and sound of silver by LCD Soundsystem

All over the place today #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Seven CDs. Familial by Philip Selway, if it was you by Tegan and Sara, Dark sneak love action by Tom Tom club, Venus on earth by Dengue Fever, electric warrior by t rex, 89/93 an anthology by uncle Tupelo and nightlife by pet shop boys

Probably three or four today that I've never played before. #WhatIPlayedHashtag

Seven CDs. Hit single anthology by the trogfs, grand prix by teenage Fanclub, a promo cd of Rosaria by Tiger, the best of the undertones, Terence Trent D'arby's Vibrator, the collection by Ultravox and what the toll tells by two Gallants

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