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John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· 2d

Portishead - Numb CD single Go! Beat 1994 #CDFriday

Front cover of CD. White background with a colour strip in the middle showing an arm with a drip attached. PORTISHEAD in black upper case lettering. NUMB in white upper case lettering.

Black CD with track listing in white text.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· 6d

#cassunday Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - Spacious Minds cassette

Lime green cassette with j-card painted in bright psychedelic colours. A 3 eyed figure projecting rainbow colours from their right eye, holding a microphone with various other instruments floating around.
Text reads JEFFREY ALEXANDER + THE HEAVY LIDDERS - SPACIOUS MINDS
A- DARK STAR
B- CORDIAL OHMS
SEQUOIA SEED ESCAPE POD
HIDDEN TREASURE
SPACIOUS MINDS

Lime green cassette with j-card inner
Dark blue upper case text on sky blue background reads:

JEFFREY ALEXANDER • LEFT GUITAR. VOCAL. MOOG SYNTHESIZER. FIFE
DREW GARDNER • RIGHT
GUITAR
JESSE SHEPPARD • BASS
SCOTT
VERRASTRO • DRUM KIT. PERCUSSION
WITH ASHLEY PAUL • SAXOPHONE ON B3
Al. B2.
B4 RECORDED BY JESSE SHEPPARD AT RECORD CRATES UNITED
HQ. CRANFORD NJ 9•10•2022
BI RECORDED BY JESSE
DEROSA
BAKED TAPES HQ. EAST ROCKAWAY NY 7•3•2021
RECORDED
FRED NICOLOIS AT DEEP IN THE VALLEY FEST. RED HOOK NY 8•20•2022
ADDITIONAL RECORDING AND MIXING BY JEFFREY ALEXANDER AT
WEST ELLET FADEAWAY IN MT AIRY PA SEPTEMBER 2022
SILKSCREEN ART BY BRIAN CHIPPENDALE

OPEN YOUR EYES TO A LIGHT SO BRIGHT ALL AT ONCE SURROUNDED BY COLOURS
HOW DOES THE EARTH LOOK FROM THE MOON ?
DISSONANCE. CONFUSION. AND WORRY
DON'T BE AFRAID TO LOOK AHEAD THERE WILL BE SO MANY MEMORIES
LUMINOUS STARS SING LIKE WAVES NO MORE PAIN. TEARS. OR SORROW
SPACIOUS MINDS. ALWAYS IN TUNE

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· 9d

DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like CD single in limited edition folded card sleeve Mo Wax 1994 (released March 1995 according to Discogs) #CDFriday

Unfolded card sleeve: Black and white photo of a door frame with an open door leading into a room with a wooden chair, window and curtains. There is a painting/photo of a person on bottom left of the room the photo was taken in.

Unfolded card sleeve: black CD in top half of picture. Grey sleeve with white text that reads DJ SHADOW ‘WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE’

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· 16d

Tricky - Aftermath CD single 4th & Broadway/Island 1993 (released Jan 1994) #CDFriday

Front cover of CD
Brown/black close up of what looks like charred wood with small black and white photo of Martina and Tricky stuck to it. TRICKY AFTERMATH in stencilled upper case letters.

Back cover of CD
close up of what looks like charred wood
Barcode and text in top right corner reads:
BRCD 288 / 858 111-2
1. AFTERMATH (VERSION 1 EDIT)
2. AFTERMATH (HIP HOP BLUES)
3. AFTERMATH (I COULD BE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE REMIX)
4. AFTERMATH (VERSION 1)
Fourth & Broadway is a division of Island Records
© 1993 Island Records Ltd. C 1993 Island Records Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording and of this artwork is owned by Island Records Ltd.
Warning: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited.
LC 0407 PY 940

Inner digipak
Colour photo of a figure bending forward in front of a wall covered in large flower patterned tiles with a figure balancing on rusting metal framework/stairs above. Block of text reads:
1. AFTERMATH (VERSION 1 EDIT)
2. AFTERMATH (HIP HOP BLUES)
3. AFTERMATH (I COULD BE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE REMIX)
4. AFTERMATH (VERSION 1)
Written by Tricky. Track 3 written by Tricky & Howie B.
Produced by Tricky & Kevin Petrie except Track 3 produced by Tricky & Howie B. Xtra music on track 3 by Howie B.
Vocals by Martina. Thanx & respect to Mark Stewart.
Group Photography: Andy Earl
Additional Photos & Art Direction: Cally on Makeshift Art Island with Rob Crane assistance & thanks to Milo Studios
Fourth & Broodway is a division of Island Records
© 1993 Island Records Lid. © 1993 Island Records Ltd. The copyright in this sound recording and of this artwork is owned by Island Records Lid.
Warning: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited.
LC 0407 PY 940

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· 19d

The postman has been! Alice Coltrane -Eternity’s Pillar 2xBlu Ray Exotic Materials 2026 Alice Coltrane's long-unavailable transcendent 1980s late-night TV show returns... #AliceColtrane Unity Through Enlightenment

Orange Blu Ray package, postcard and stickers.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· 23d

Renegade Sound Wave - Kray Twins/Renegade Theme Mute CD Single 1992 (originally issued on vinyl by Rhythm King in 1987) #CDFriday

Front cover of CD:
A monotone illustration of The Krays play fighting in front of what looks like a giant speaker.

CD inner sleeve black band at top and bottom with white text which reads: 1 KRAY TWINS 2 RENEGADE THEME 3 KRAY TWINS TERROR DRUM MIX
4. KRAY TWINS EAsY MIx 5. KRAY TWINS DRAGON BASS SOUND SYSTEM MIX
WRITTEN BY RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE
PRODUCED & MIXED BY PAUL KENDALL & RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE
EDITED By PauL KENDALL
The middle strip is an ‘apocalyptic’ illustration of tall buildings in the background with a large sound system on the right hand side and a bald headed man in sunglasses who appears to be rowing (holding an oar)

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jul 17

Bocca Juniors - Raise Boy’s Own ProductionsFFRR CD single 1990 Andrew Weatherall/Hugo Nicholson/Pete Heller/Terry Farley #CDFriday #balearic #Argentina

Blue and white vertical striped Argentinian colour sleeve. An image of 4 youths raising a BOY’S OWN flag.
BOCCA JUNIORS RAISE in black text.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jul 10

The Mosques of Tanger - Recorded by Justin Bennett 3” mini CD Staalplaat 1997 #CDFriday #fieldrecording

Front cover: a fairly abstract painting of sea and mountains with a building on top. the mosques of tanger in black lower case text top right. recorded by justin bennett in black lower case text bottom right.

Back cover: abstract painting of sea and sky.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jul 5

#cassunday Andy Votel - Vintage Voltage mix tape VINTAGE VOLTAGE (PLUGGED-IN-PROG & CONCRETE POP) GLOBAL ROBOTIC ROCK Hypocrite? 2016

Black j-card with 4 different electrical sockets arranged in a grid: Text reads: VINTAGE VOLTAGE (PLUGGED-IN-PROG & CONCRETE POP) GLOBAL ROBOTIC ROCK
MIXED BY ANDY VOTEL IN 2010 THANKS TO MATTTTTRIGGGGS.

Cassette inner cover. Cartoon picture of a man made up of electrical lightning flashes with a speech bubble saying LETS OSCILLATE! On the right is a square box with a robot face on it text reads: BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ BZZ

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jul 3

#CDFriday Pat Thomas/Olie Brice/Gary Willcox The day after CD Jazz Now Records 2026 Jazz In Britain #jazzsky

Front cover of CD
Winter Landscape - Lower Dove
An oil painting by Walt Shaw

Back cover of CD
Purple/Maroon text on off white background reads:

Pat Thomas
Olie Brice
Gary Willcox
The day after
1. A thread of silk can cut through iron 17:25
2. A strand of horse hair 8:47
3. The caligrapher's blues 7:00
4. Epigram 9:08

Recorded on 23 April 2025
at the Vortex Jazz Club, London by Alex Ward All music by Pat Thomas, Olie Brice & Gary Willcox
Cover painting Winter landscape - Lower Dove' by Walt Shaw
Produced and designed by Pete Woodman
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Olie Brice, Pat Thomas & Gary Willcox under exclusive licence to Jazz In Britain Ltd.
Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending. public performance and broadcasting is prohibited
© & ® JAZZ NOW RECORDS 2026
www.jazzinbritain.org
060774

Inner sleeve of CD.
Purple/Maroon text on off white background reads:

All music by Pat Thomas, Olie Brice & Gary Willcox
Pat Thomas - piano
Olie Brice - double bass
Gary Willcox - drums
Recorded at the Vortex Jazz Club, London on 23 April 2025
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Alex Ward
The title of track one comes from Mahmoud Darwish's poem Azunn (I think) [River 136] and is taken from the book A River
Dies of Thirst
Cover painting: Winter landscape - Lower Dove by Walt Shaw
Jazz In Britain would like to thank Walt Shaw for allowing us to use his wonderful oil painting as the cover for this release.
Photography by Pete Woodman except the image of Gary Willcox,
© Bob Meyrick [from Gary Willcox's personal collection]
Designed and produced by Pete Woodman

Inner sleeve of CD.
A colour photo of The Vortex Jazz club In Dalston. A glass and steel cube on stilts with red brick buildings and a church spire in the background.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jun 26

#CDFriday Absurd Cosmos Late Nite - See It. Say It. Sorted. Final Lives UK Chocolate Monk CD 2026 This was one of my favourite performances at the recent Colour Out of Space Festival. Happy to see it made available. @chocolatemonk.co.uk

Front cover of CD.
Top of a brick building with tiled roof and a window lit in green. A tower block with different coloured windows lurks behind it. The words SEE IT. SAY IT.SORTED are highlighted in a blue speech bubble. Absurd Cosmos Late Nite in white cursive lettering on right hand side

Back of CD
Different shades of blue. A picture of a hotel room desk with a mirror behind it. Assorted recording equipment is set up on the table along with a MacBook and a white kettle. Text on left reads:

Absurd Cosmos Late Nite
See It. Say It. Sorted.
Final Lives UK
1. Measuring Collective Joy
with Artisan Cheeses
Recorded live at Colour Out of Space 9
The Old Market, Hove
17 April 2026
2. Process Music for the Morley's North of New Cross
Recorded live at Cafe OTO, Dalston
12 April 2026
Mastered by Grant Richardson
Thanks to Rory Salter, Dylan Nyoukis, Karen Constance and Michael Sippings
choc.698

CD inner sleeve:
Brighton seafront with railings on foreground and the sea in the background.
A thought bubble in blue reads. THAT LOOKS A BIT ODD?

CD inner sleeve:
A picture of a London Underground platform. A blue bubble reads: WHY HAVE THEY BEEN HANGING AROUND SO LONG?

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jun 21

#cassunday Ben LaMar Gay - Certain Reveries International Anthem cassette 2022 #jazzsky

A shadowy figure bathed in orange spotlight playing cornet.

Orange cassette with black J-card:
Text reads:
Ben LaMar Gay - Certain Reveries

Orange and black cassette inner. Orange text reads:

Ben LaMar Gay
Certain Reveries
Side AIO1)
1. You Ain't Never Lied
2. Parade Debris
3. Te Be Behaved Upon
4. Salt Air
5. Lingering Orb #11
6. The Bislumineseence of Nakedness
7. Warmth Be Unte You
Side Br
1. Drunkard's Path
2. Skin
3. Agua Futurism
4. New Tongues Tell Old Fibs
All compositions by Ben LaMar Gay (Tobany G Sound ASCAP),
Ben LaMar Gay - cornet, synth, voice Tommaso Moretti - drums
Recorded & Mixed by: Neil Strauch.
Mastered by: David Allen.
Visual Direction by: Chris Strong.
Photography by: Charles Bouril.
Design by: Craig Hansen.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jun 12

#CDFriday BARRY ADAMSON (featuring Jarvis Cocker) - SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE PELVIS promo CD single Mute 1996

Black cover with white upper case text in top right corner that reads: BARRY ADAMSON
SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE PELVIS

Inner CD cover.
Black with white text that reads:
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis (Radio Friendly)
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis (Album Version)
Written by Adamson/Cocker, Arranged, performed and produced by Barry Adamson at GT Eden, Wessex and Worldwide recording studios London, England. Original sound recordings by Kevin Petrie.
Additional sound recordings by PK. Mixed by PK. Published by Mute Song/Island Music Lid, Priginal sound recordings by Kevin Petrie. Additional sound recordinge by PK. Mixed by PK.
Jarvis Cocker, vocals. Atticus Ross, additional programming, sounds and cool collaboration. Mark De
Lane Lea, guitar. Beverly Skeet, Chantel Mapp, Roy Hamilton and Zeitia Massiah, background vocals.
Billy McGee, string arrangement collaboration in association with Audrey Riley.
Taken from the new Barry Adamson album "Oedipus Schmoedipus" avallable 29th July 1996.
Jarvis Cocker appears courtesy of Island Records Ltd.

The CD itself.
Black disc with silver text that reads:
BARRY ADAMSON
SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE PELVIS
1996 Mute Records Limited
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis (Radio Friendly)
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis (Album Version)
Written by Adamson/Cocker
Arranged, performed and produced by Barry Adamson
Published by Mute Song/Island Music Ltd.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jun 10

Ruins (Tatsuya Yoshida/Risa Takeda) with guest Alex Ward @cafeotodalston.bsky.social tonight..

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Jun 5

#CDFriday Isolated Community - Northumberland Pillbox Odyssey CD Northumberland Audio Capture 2026 CD packaged in a tall black envelope with 8 postcards. A truly beautiful package. @isolatedcommunity.bsky.social

Front cover of CD package: a colour photo of a Ministry of Defence warning sign on the edge of some shrubland.

8 postcards, six in colour, showing photos of assorted pillboxes and other military installations.

The back of 2 postcards, black text on white reads:

Isolated Community
Northumberland Pillbox Odyssey
Music inspired by a small selection of WW2 buildings, structures
environs which sit within the Northumberland landscape

1. Shoreswood: High Frequency Direction Finder (Huff-Duff)
2. Bamburgh: 'Lozenge' Pillbox
3. Budle Bay: Gun Battery
4. Acklington: "Type 22' Pillbox
5. Hemscott Hill: 'Cottage' Pillbox
6. Craster: 'Chain Home Low' Radar Station
7. Scremerston: Beach Defence Battery
8. Scrogg Hill: "Beehive' Pillbox
9. Cheswick Sands: Quadrant Tower
10. Embleton Bay: 'Lozenge' Pillbox
Isolatedcommunity.bandcamp.com

Front picture: tank traps at Beadnell Bay

Images, clockwise
Craster: 'Chain Home Low' Radar Station
Bamburgh: ruins of a 'Lozenge' Pillbox
Shoreswood: Octagonal brick base of a High Frequency Direction
Finder (Huff-Duff)
Scremerston: Beach Defence Battery

Sources of Information:
Pillbox Study Group: www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk
Hall, Ian. Relics of War in Northumberland. Northern Heritage
Services 2020
Osborne, Mike. The Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland. The History Press 2008
Ruddy, Austin.J. British Anti-Invasion Defences 1940-1945.
Historic Military Press 2003
All photographs by Isolated Community

Back of CD package, a large black envelope with a small white circular Northumberland Audio Capture sticker in the middle.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 31

#cassunday Keys To The Music Grave - Mixes By Andy Votel 3 cassettes in a clamshell case. Hypocrite? 2014 #finderskeepers #andyvotel

Front of cassette case. Burnt orange cover, Text in black at top reads: Keys To The Music Grave.
In the middle are a feather, 3 rubber suckered arrows, a pair of star shaped sunglasses, a sheriff’s badge illustrated in black, white banner below with black text reads: Mixes By Andy Votel - 2002/2005/2007

3 cassettes in a double
clamshell case, top left red: cassette with black text: MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS CRY 2002
Bottom left: green cassette with black text: SLONGS IN THE KEY OF DEATH
Top right: purple cassette with black text
ONE NATION UNDER A GRAVE 2007

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 29

#CDFriday Horace Andy - Good Vibes Blood & Fire CD 1997 #reggaesky #RIPSteveBarrow

CD inner: yellow background. 7” label of Good vibes in centre. good vibes in white text to the right.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 22

#CDFriday Erykah Badu - Next Lifetime CD single Universal 1997. Probably my favourite Erykah track…

Aqua blue background, Photo of Erykah with her hair tied high in a wrap, wearing a large silver ankh ring and silver bracelets on her left hand/arm, she is touching her face with her left hand and looking skyward. Erykah Badu in yellow lettering, Next Lifetime in blue/green.

Inner CD sleeve.
Erykah, hair tied high in a wrap, wearing a large silver ankh ring and silver bracelets on her left hand/arm leaning against an aqua blue backdrop looking over her shoulder, she is wearing a strapless top. Next lifetime inspired by reality written in blue. Track listing in yellow text.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 15

#CDFriday KB Zed -The Exotic Trilogy Vol. II CD Irritainment in Sound/OpaqueMusic 1998 21 more cover versions of Quiet Village, Tabu and Caravan! There were supposed to be 6(?) volumes of this but I’m only aware of volumes 1 & 2. #exotica

Green and blue background, palm trees, islands. Top left has an orange oblong with black lettering that reads OpaqueMusic and a yellow oval with KB Zed in black letters. A turntable with a tonearm on a record with a yellow label. Red lettering reads: THE EXOTIC TRILOGY VOL.II
Quiet Village
Tabu
Caravan

Black banner at top proclaiming Irritainment in Sound. THE EXOTIC TRILOGY VOLUME II written in red bamboo style capital letters. Yellow and green background with 3 piles of records marked QUIET VILLAGE, TABU, CARAVAN respectively. Track listing below in alternate red and yellow striped lines:

1 QUIET VILLAGE — TED AULETTA
2 TABU - DOUGLAS GAMLEY
3 CARAVAN - THE 3 SUNS
4 QUIET VILLAGE —TOMMY GARRETT
5 TABU - BILLY MAY
6 CARAVAN - LIVING GUITAR
7 QUIET VILLAGE —-BILL JUSTIS
8 TABU- HAL SCHUTZ
9 CARAVAN - MARTY GOLD
10 QUIET VILLAGE —THE ALIIS
11 TABU - THE ENSEMBLE OF SEVEN
12 CARAVAN - ENOCH LIGHT
13 QUIET VILLAGE -— FERRANTE & TEICHER
14 TABU - GERI GALIAN
15 CARAVAN - LLOYD BURRY
16 QUIET VILLAGE- HAWAIIAN BRASS
17 TABU-ORIZABA
18 CARAVAN - HAL MOONEY
19 QUIET VILLAGE - AL BOLLINGTON
20 TABU - AL HIRT
21 CARAVAN - GEORGE WRIGHT

Gatefold CD inner done in an old school ‘demonstration disc’ style spoof with colourful diagrams, graphs and charts on a white background. Assorted written Technical Data: An extract as follows:
Technical Data
This recording represents the results of countless hours of research and development by the KB Zed, an international group of Ersartzküntlers.
During the past 2 years, since the release of the Vol. 1 CDD, KB zed has been feverishly working to compile this selection of musical jems. Our collection of the three songs forming the Exotic Trilogy is estimated to be approaching 200 individual cover versions……

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 14

Too many to choose from already but I’m going big on this just now…

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 10

#cassunday Carlos Giffoni/Thurston Moore - Iguana Ideal Recordings 2026

Grey cassette cover with white upper case text that reads:
CARLOS
GIFFONI

THURSTON
MOORE

IGU
ANA

White cassette in case, grey j-card with white text reads:

RECORDED LIVE AT SWEAT RECORDS IN MIAMI, DECEMBER 29 2024
BACK COVER POLAROID BY LIA MIRANDA HERNANDEZ AVENDANO
LIVE AUDIENCE RECORDING BY GUILLERMO (LIA'S DAD)
MASTER I DESIGN BY LASSE MARHAUG

Cassette inlay: Black and white photo of Carlos Giffoni and Thurston Moore, both smiling and looking into camera.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 3

#nowplaying The Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quartet - Mirage LP Lansdowne Records 2026 #jazzsky

Front cover of LP.
Colour photo of a bespectacled Ian Carr, dressed in a red shirt and black jacket, playing a trumpet. Ian Carr, dressed in grey jacket and black shirt, holding a saxophone, watches on. In the foreground are a cymbal and assorted microphones.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 3

#cassunday Lamborghini Crystal - Little Deuce Coupe T.V. Dinners Pacific City Studios/New Age cassettes 2007. #skaters This one is crazy money on Discogs…

Deep blue cover with black shadowed trees on either side of a distorted face with sunglasses on and a moon behind it.

Cassette with white label and black text that reads:
Little Deuce Coupe T.V. Dinners
Lamborghini Crystal::: New Age Cassettes
SIDE 1
Pacific City Studios

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· May 1

#CDFriday KBZ 200 - The Exotic Trilogy Vol. 1 CD Irritainment In Sound/Staalplaat 1996 21 cover versions of Quiet Village, Caravan and Taboo. #exotica

Blue background with thin green border.,
HBZ 200 in blue text in a small orange square middle top. The Exotic Trilogy in yellow text below. In the background to the right is a man in wraparound shades, a burnt orange polo neck and slacks holding an LP in his right hand and the LP sleeve in his left. A vintage stereo with hexagonal speakers and assorted exotica LPs at his feet. In the foreground, standing on a oriental rug, is a woman with auburn bobbed hair and an orange catsuit with a snake draped round her neck. Assorted ‘exotic’ props on the rug including a cocktail, another snake and a pair of doumbek drums.

Track listing in white on back cover reads:
1 Quiet Village - The Surfmen (3:05) 2 Taboo - Robin Richmond (3:45) 3 Caravan - Irv Cottler (3: 11)
4 Quiet Village - Len Stevens (3:55) 5 Taboo - The Aliis (3:24) 6 Caravan - Sir Julian (3:24) 7 Quiet Village - The Ensemble of Seven (3:56) 8 Taboo - The South Sea Serenaders (3:42) 9 Caravan - Buddy Merrill (2:34) 10 Quiet Village - Eddie Baxter (3:11) 11 Taboo - The Flying Guitar (2:50) 12 Caravan - Jack Anderson (2:27) 13 Quiet Village - 'Vinnie' Bell (3:55) 14 Taboo - Tarragano & His Orchestra (2:40) 15 Caravan - Billy Vaughn (2:32) 16 Quiet Village - The Exotic Guitars (2:22) 17 Taboo - Terry Snyder (3:47) 18 Caravan - Dick Hyman (2: 19) 19 Quiet Village - The Clebanoff Strings (3:51)
20 Taboo - Winifred Atwell (2:35) 21 Caravan - Eddie Layton (2:52)
Rest of cover has 3 silhouetted camels facing each other, a stereo and a bunch of exotica LPs suspended above them on the right hand side. Irritainment In Sound in blue/white text in a black border with speaker cones either side at the top.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Apr 29

Missed the exact date but can’t believe this was 20 years ago this month…. Check that line up! #subcurrent #volcanictongue

A poster for the Subcurrent 2006 festival brown/yellow poster with the classic photo of a young Heather Leigh dressed as Madonna in bottom right corner.
The text reads: Dates: Thu 20th - Sat 22nd April Time: 8pm
Tickets: Day Pass - £14 / £10 Weekend Pass - £35 / £25
Bookings: 0141 352 4900
More Information: www.cca-glasgow.com
Thursday April 20th: Skaters/Axolotl/Inca Ore/Astral Social Club Friday April 21st: Burning Star Core/Prurient/Jessica Rylan
Saturday April 22nd: Smegma/Joe McPhee & Chris Corsano Duo
Mouthus/Aaron Dilloway/Hive Mind
2 pm: Exclusive screening of a new documentary, My Name is Albert Ayler including an introduction by director Kasper
Collin and a Q & A session after led
by Tony Herrington (editor-in-chief for The Wire).
5pm: Screening of a new avant/punk/DIY USA documentary, Northwest Passage History of Portland Alternative Music hosted by Mike Lastra from Smegma
For line-up details and information on all the players visit www.cca-glasgow.com/ www.volcanictongue.com

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Apr 26

#cassunday Spectre - Ruff Kutz WordSound cassette 1998

Camouflage card cassette cover on the right, cassette with silver sticker on the left, black text reads Spectre-Ruff Kutz.
Camouflage is South Korean woodland pattern, 1970’s.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Apr 24

#nowplaying Shun Ishiwaka/Motohino Ichino/Kanoa Mendenhall - Teine LP Days of Delight Japan 2026 Beautiful jazz guitar record… #japanesejazz

A silvery black and white LP cover with a red obi-strip on the left hand side.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Apr 24

#CDFriday Night Recordings from BALI Sublime Frequencies CD 2003 #fieldrecordings

Front cover of CD
Blurred Colour photograph of a gamelan band playing round a fire.

Black and white photo of Balinese dancers, white text superimposed on top reads:
1. Peliatan night walk/ Gamelan Rehearsal
2. Gamelan Rehearsal (Roughriders Troupe) 3. Monkey Forest Night
4. Legian Minstrals
5, Gamelan Gabor #1
6. Rubber Television
7. UFO Gamelan (Madi K. Troupe)
8. Night Village Barong #1
9. Cremation Procession (rotating coffin)
10. Night Lotus Pool
11. Gamelan Gabor #2
12. Ketchak Peliatan
13. Cremation Ceremony
14. Demon Dog crossroads
15. Night Village Barong #2
16. River Spirits
17. Kuta Quintet
18. Tourist Barong Gamelan
19. Midnight Plumage

Colour photo of a horned animal roasting on a spit above an open fire.

Colour photo of Balinese dancers with members of a gamelan band seated in front of them.

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Mar 27

#CDFriday Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy Remixed CD Warp Records 1997

Front cover of CD: white text on orange reads: An image of
children chasing after an ice-cream van from an Orange™ TV commercial advertising Text Messaging.

Back cover of CD: white text on orange reads: Aphex Twin.
Commercial Item.
As heard on the Orange™ TV ad.
Remix.
WAP94CD.
LC2070.
Barcode. 5021603094086.

Inner sleeve: white text on orange reads:

In the future people will think it strange that we only ever used the phone to talk to one another.
SUPER.
Work Together.
Reproduced By Kind Permission of Orange TM

John Hawthorn@mrjohn23· Mar 26

Happy to say that Mr Tayto lived to tell the tale…