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Livicated Reggae Documentary @livicated.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THE STORY BEHIND THE SHELF For vinyl collectors, this is the kind of sight that stops you in your tracks. This is just one of the many 45 rpm shelves inside Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives. All original pressings, many of them rare, some extremely limited, and many signed by the artists themselves.
THE STORY BEHIND THE SHELF

For vinyl collectors, this is the kind of sight that stops you in your tracks.

This is just one of the many 45 rpm shelves inside Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives. All original pressings, many of them rare, some extremely limited, and many signed by the artists themselves.

This shelf alone spans roughly 30 years of Jamaican music history, from ska to rocksteady to roots reggae. From Alton Ellis to Bob Marley, and from beloved classics to super rare treasures like Haile Selassie Is the Chapel, these records tell the story of a culture, a sound, and an era.

What makes this archive even more extraordinary is that Roger did not just collect the records. He met the artists, interviewed them, and gathered the stories behind the music so he could preserve the full picture beyond the song.

For collectors, a 45 is never just a record. It is history in your hands. A label. A pressing. A version. A moment in time that somehow survived.

And this is only one shelf.

That is what makes Roger’s archive so special. It is not just a collection. It is a living map of reggae’s journey, preserved one record at a time.

History Lives in the Groove.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Off the top of my head…
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It was made out of leather… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” Vinyl. Those Naughty Lumps, Senseless Things, Husker Du, Offenders, Green Day, Discharge, Bad Religion/Noam Chomsky, Fallout, Stikky.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A handful of 10” punk compilations. 12” and 7” comps for scale… #AlbumAlmanac #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
Vinyl Records - various sizes. Punk compilations.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saturday selection… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” vinyl. Snuff, Jawbreaker, Culo, Jailcell Recipes, Magazine, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Minor Threat, Credentials, Dennis Waterman.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A uncharacteristically colourful selection… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” vinyl. Gang of Four, Schlong, Unwound/Steel Pole Bath Tub, Crimpshrine, Buzzcocks, Less Than Jake, Sex Pistols, Descendents, Dead Kennedys.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t have a problem with old school vinyl bootlegs of demos/live stuff etc but counterfeiting current records is not cool. #WeekendSingles #Vinyl
theguardian.com
Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud
Thousands of knock-off records worth a fortune are being seized in the UK by anti-counterfeit police stings
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Do not adjust your set… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” vinyl. Unarm, Gauze, Kriegshög, United Mutation, Choking Victim, Wat Tyler, HDQ, Rancid, Poision Girls
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sunday mixed bag of #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” singles. God Is My Co-Pilot, Flipper, Mudhoney, Guided By Voices, Anti-Pasti, Tumor Circus, Hard Ons, Citizen Fish, Cringer.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Some bootleg 7”s #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x bootleg 7”s. Minor Threat, Fugazi, Descendents, Green Day, Operation Ivy, VA, Snuff.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A couple more 21st century releases. One Japanese, one Colombian. Both absolute ragers. Kriegshög - ‘Love & Revenge’ 2024 Muro - ‘Pacificar’ 2020 #AlbumAlmanac #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
2 LPs. Kriegshög - ‘Love & Revenge’ 2024
Muro - ‘Pacificar’ 2020
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Some bonus 7”s… #AlbumAlmanac #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” records. Conflict, New Bomb Turks, Career Suicide, The Phantom, Against Me!, Identity, Specials, New Bomb Turks, Didjits.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just meeting the brief… From 2003: Defiance, Ohio - ‘Share What Ya Got’. Folk punk for want of a better description. I have three copies… so far 😄 #AlbumAlmanac #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
Defiance, Ohio - ‘Share What Ya Got’. Two versions on vinyl and one on CD.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bank Holiday #WeekendSingles Some 7”s by J Church. In the early 90s J Church were cranking out records at a rate that even Robert Pollard might have broken a little sweat to keep up with. RIP Lance Hahn. #Punk #Vinyl
9 x 7” records by J Church
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
More vinyl… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x vinyl 7”s. Lurkers, Tit Wrench, Dwarves, Adverts, Propagandhi, Dag Nasty, Campus Tramps, Face To Face, Down By Law.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Some more… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” vinyl records. Ruts, Unwound, Operation Ivy, Chumbawamba, Fartz, Iron Age, Subhumans, Slayer, Kriegshog.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hits and gravy for breakfast 😋
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wrong decision. The growing role of mega donors is an urgent threat to democracy and there should have been a way around unions’ concerns.
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Alom Shaha @alomshaha.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My regular reminder that cutting down on meat, eating more vegetables, is good for your health, your wallet, and one of the best things you can do as an individual to help fight climate change. I‘ve collected some of my favourite recipes together in the link below.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Morning all… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x vinyl 7” records.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Another bunch of… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” vinyl
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sunday pick ‘n’ mix. #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” vinyl records
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Good morning weekend singlers. #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x 7” records.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A Sunday selection of 7”s #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk
9 x punk vinyl 7”s
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Another random handful of #WeekendSingles 7”s. One of which, by total coincidence, is Bank Robber by The Clash which was released 46 years ago today according to @punkrockhistory.bsky.social #Vinyl #Punk
9 x punk 7” vinyl
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Some more… #WeekendSingles #Vinyl #Punk #AlbumAlmanac
9 x punk 7” vinyl
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Sadly, I haven’t had a chance to rummage through my chaotic LPs for #AlbumAlmanac as I work weekends. So here are some #WeekendSingles I dug out earlier in the week instead. #Vinyl #Punk
9 x punk 7” vinyl
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sunday punk picks… #WeekendSingles #MusicSky #Vinyl #Punk
9 x punks 7” singles
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Another grab bag of punk. #WeekendSingles #MusicSky #Vinyl #Punk
9 punk vinyl singles
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Andrew Tate’s been arrested. Teachers who lost their jobs for not having the ‘correct’ opinion about Charlie Kirk’s death are successfully suing. Trump’s cacking himself about the midterms. About 3 ppl turned up to that CPAC conference. Farage is arguing with a bin. Things might be okay, you know.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Another random handful of punk 7”s #WeekendSingles #MusicSky #Vinyl #Punk
9 punk 7” singles
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If true, we get 3 things. None good. 1. The direct negative growth/fiscal impacts of cutting immigration. 2. A Chancellor who prioritises their own personal/ideological obsessions over the UK economy. 3. A PM who through myopia or weakness chooses 1 and 2.
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A random handful of 7”s #WeekendSingles #MusicSky #Vinyl #Punk
Various 7” vinyl:
Poison Idea - ‘Punish Me’ 7”
G.B.H. - ‘Give Me Fire’ 7”
Hard-Ons - ‘Surfin’ On My Face’ 7”
Unwound - ‘Caterpillar’ 7”
Crass - ‘Sheep Farming In The Falklands’ 7”
New Bomb Turks - ‘Wee Small Hours’ 7”
Conflict - ‘To A Nation Of Animal Lovers’ 7”
Discharge - ‘Realities Of War’ 7”
The Clash - ‘(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais’ 7”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The shamelessness of a political party which is led by a man who just weeks ago called for "pure cold rage" on the streets, shortly before migrants were literally burnt out of their homes, now accusing their opponents of "stochastic terrorism" against them, is quite something
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Oh, look! Two countries that commit war crimes don't like being held accountable. Who'd have guessed?
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Oh man, I need to appeal a parking ticket! Should I appeal to Harringay Council or...should the people of Clacton decide?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Never before has a politician announced their intention to run for re-election on an explicitly pro-sleaze, anti-transparency ticket. Never before has a politician gloried in having enriched themselves by breaking the rules, and then demanded a mandate to continue doing so indefinitely
bylinetimes.com
Nigel Farage’s 'Pro-Sleaze' By-Election Is A Sign Of Terminal Weakness
The Reform leader's desperate decision to call a back-me-or-sack-me by-election is a sign of a politician who knows he is finally being exposed for the man he really is, argues Adam Bienkov
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Martin Price-Phillips @mpricephillips.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The usable width of a highway for pedestrians and those wheeling is already disproportionately small. Especially in streets where half-on and obstructive pavement parking is rife. To then remove even more usable space while attempting to dodge private robots is obscene.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Dave Haslam @davehaslam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Britain is a progressive country. Reform under scrutiny at by-elections fold. 75% of the British public loathe Farage and Tice etc. Here are the results of the last 6 by-elections Reform have contested…
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thoughts on the market’s first manufactured trillionaire.
A black and white photo illustration of Elon Musk making the Nazi salute with a halftone dot effect added on a red background. Text reads:

END TIMES
FASCISM
Brought to you by
Capitalism
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
With the full caveat that I have never managed a govt dept, as Wes Streeting knows very well having been health secretary, investment in active travel *pays for itself many times over* in better public health outcomes etc. Cutting investment is often a false economy, as the UK knows to its cost.
Case in point: the Prime Minister just said defence is "a number one priority". 

Growth was meant to the number one priority, is it still?

There's not enough money for defence, but today the Government announced £4.5 BILLION for walking and cycling.

Make choices. Decide. Lead.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11/06/2026
This is actually incredible and quite humbling. It has barely been 2 hours and I've raised nearly £2k. Most of it has come from Bluesky. I can't thank everyone enough, whether you have given or just shared. Let's smash the target - you're making JD Vance, Putin, and all the other Vatniks sad.
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 10/06/2026
There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I imagine that Vance is currently dry humping a sofa in delight at all the attention he is getting.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Tony Blair, a lobbyist with close ties to the Trump administration and fossil fuel industries, says the UK should drill more oil and get closer to the Trump administration
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Gary @g-a-r-y.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Musk is reason enough not to use X. No other discussion needed.
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Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"Shall we tell motorists that they might have to drive slightly slower to conserve fuel, fellow Minister?" "Nah, let's betray democracy instead." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise
The waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Utterly the wrong call. Weak. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise
The waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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