Tony S
@tonymellotron
Musician, gay, Londoner transplanted to Calder Valley (West Yorkshire), husband to @ursus262.bsky.social, record hoarder, synth-twiddler, joint-parent to Sprocket the Schnauzer, and would-be bon vivant if I could be arsed.
Random spins 2: TV themes Ace of Wands, Ask The Family (earlier theme), The Great Egg Race, and The I-Royals' brilliant reggae cover of the theme from Corrie. #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #NowSpinning
Random spins 1: Siouxsie, Byrds, Bodysnatchers, Freda Payne... #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #NowSpinning
A bit of faffing about on the Mellotron (like y'do). In this case, having a very rough, very quick go at Led Zep's "Kashmir". (Mechanical/keyboard noises at no extra cost - this phone mic accentuates those unfortunately, but still. 'Trons are as 'trons do! Keeps me amused anyway.) #Mellotron
Seen on an interview with Count Binface: I love this - he calls it the holodeck of his starship Alboreto, which just happens to look like a Premier Inn hotel room...
A slightly belated RIP to Bonnie Tyler. Although I was never a massive fan, I've always had a soft spot for the two 45s I do have, "Lost In France" and this one, "More Than A Lover". The latter also boasts some lovely creamy 'root+5th' bass playing, a bass technique I adore. #VinylSky #NowPlaying
As Smashie & Nicey might say, "one of my all-time favourites of all time". Argent "Hold Your Head Up" seemingly released 3 times in a year in UK: 1972 chart hit (organ solo removed), before that, 33rpm maxi-single with full version, and briefly before that, this 45 full-length version. #VinylSky
No matter how much I might love a record, as soon as I have to test-play any spare copies to list on ebay, listening closely to the whole thing instantly becomes a chore (that's my Inattentive ADHD for you). What a brilliant LP though: Slapp Happy/Henry Cow - Desperate Straights (1975) #VinylSky
Nah, I've had quite enough sun for quite some time now, ta. (Note to heat: don't hurry back. Really, seriously. Don't.) #VinylRecords #MusicSky
Scratching an 'old TV themes' itch which I get regularly: A Raymond Lefevre LP from 1969 containing the tune "As You Please", which later became the theme from UK BBC 70s daytime series "Pebble Mill At One"... #MusicSky #VinylRecords #VinylSky
Blondie - Plastic Letters. This and Parallel Lines share top spot for my favourite Blondie album #MusicSky #VinylRecords #VinylCommunity
One of my favourite debut albums of all time - Syd Barrett's incarnation of Pink Floyd back when they were called *The* Pink Floyd, with "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". Still stunning. #MusicSky #VinylRecords #VinylCommunity
It may have been the Artemis II mission that reminded me of this, and a superb LP it is: Tom Dissevelt - "Fantasy in Orbit - Round the world with electronic music" (UK Philips 1965). Over 60 years old and parts of it still sound like 'The Future'. #NowPlaying #VinylRecords #VinylCommunity #MusicSky
Today in "phone notifications"... Turns out, that's the 'Baby Amp' range by Orange amps. In the light (or darkness) of yesterday's inauguration I was thinking of another orange baby at first.
They could have just plumped for Viagra instead, but ooooh no, not them...
What a fine, fine band Shocking Blue was. Heard this in the background on the trailer for Call The Midwife earlier, so out popped the 45...
If Mateus Rosé bottles were made by the same people who brought you Spinal Tap's Stone-'enge...
"The cardboard sleeve serves as a protective vessel..." Yep, ebay AI descriptions again, this made me chuckle: sounds like the sort of thing someone on QVC might have said without being given a script, and they've had to come up with any old codswallop off the cuff. "Come on, Bo - IMPROVISE..."
Seeing this again reminds me of my own somewhat elastic sense of time as well. Also for instance: 1989 was 300 years ago, and 1989 was a week last Tuesday.