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Spent part of today cleaning some 45s that I recently acquired. Played both sides of all of these—some crackle but no skips! #humminguru #johnsvinyl

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Now is a good time for GSH. Picked up this repress recently. And then I found an OP! Giving it a test spin anyway. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Gil Scott-Heron (1974) “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”

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Digging through some 7” singles today… I got this one from SCV @indashadoz.bsky.social on a previous haul. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning 7” vinyl record. The The (2025) “Unrequited”

Next up, from SCV @indashadoz.bsky.social. Now both of us have copies of both outer sleeves! #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Lords of the New Church (1982) s/t

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Starting the day with some recently acquired jazz. This mellow all-instrumental album features Chet on trumpet along with some heavy hitters (Evans, Mann, Burrell, Papper, Chambers) #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Chet Baker (1959) “Chet”

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Finally getting around to spinning this Yacht Rock classic, inspired by the recent @rocksolidpodcast.bsky.social episode. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Stephen Bishop (1976) “Careless”

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Another slab from SCV @indashadoz.bsky.social to help me fill my #hawkwind collection. Unexpectedly new wavey. I like. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Hawkwind (1979) “PXR5”

Next up via SCV @indashadoz.bsky.social is the “new” Cramps record. It got pricy and scarce very quickly here in the US, so he snagged a UK press for me! Thanks, man! #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning white vinyl record. The Cramps (2026) “Gravest Gravy”

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First spin from the pile that just arrived from Steel City Vegan @indashadoz.bsky.social He was looking out for me and snagged this special edition. Thx, dude! #johnsvinyl #nowplaying @bunnymen.com

Outer sleeve and spinning green vinyl record. Echo and the Bunnymen (2026) “Apples for Isaac”

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Recently acquired and on its initial spin. Glad to have this synth goth classic in #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning blue vinyl record. Danse Society (1984) “Heaven Is Waiting”

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After a delivery snafu, my precious records from SCV @indashadoz.bsky.social have finally arrived!!!!!

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Happy 50th birthday (a day late) to this outstanding record! #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Stevie Wonder (1976) “Songs in the Key of Life”

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Continuing to dig through my recent, but unplayed, acquisitions. This 1990 comp was repressed for RSD in 2021 #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning purple vinyl record. Donny Hathaway (2021) “A Donny Hathaway Collection”

Another recent acquisition on its is first spin. Glad to finally have this #punk classic in #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Saints (1978) “Eternally Yours”

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Picked this up a few months ago and just now getting around to spinning it. I still have a few more holes in my #Clash collection. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Clash (1978) “Give 'Em Enough Rope”

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I’m still in the acquisition phase of my #Hawkwind fandom. This ‘76 comp showed up at Zzz @zzzrecords.bsky.social recently and I had to grab it. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Hawkwind (1976) “Roadhawks”

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Found this clean remaster copy for a good price recently and filled a hole in #johnsvinyl. It has two tracks that are unique to Greatest Hits (all the rest are from previous records). #nowplaying #TomPetty

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1993) “Greatest Hits” (2016 remaster)

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Next up on my King Crimson discovery journey. First spin, first listen. I liked Three of a Perfect Pair (acquired recently) so this was the next one I grabbed. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. King Crimson (1982) “Beat”

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First up today. First spin, first listen. I’m playing catch up with King Crimson records of late. Until very recently I only had Court. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. King Crimson (1973) “Larks' Tongues in Aspic”

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I picked this up last weekend for consideration in #5debutalbumsFINAL but didn’t spin it in time. I’ve never been a Kate fan, but I wanted to give this one a chance. Note different US sleeve. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Kate Bush (1978) “The Kick Inside”

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Digging into some recently acquired, but not yet played records for the next few days. Starting with this one. First spin, first listen. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying.

Outer sleeve and spinning green vinyl record. Alt-J (2012) “An Awesome Wave”

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Proud to be a longstanding Patreon supporter of Rock Solid @rocksolidpodcast.bsky.social The prize wheel has not been kind to me of late, but the spell has been broken! Thanks, Pat @patfrancis.bsky.social for everything you do!

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Picked up this repress recently, as it’s been a long-lingering item on my want list. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Ronettes (1964) “Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes”

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Next up, in memory of Pete Byrne, #RIP. The Naked Eyes debut album was repackaged and retitled for North America. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Naked Eyes (1983) s/t

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I have 21 of the top 25 finishers in #5debutalbumsFINAL in #johnsvinyl. I don’t have: 8. Portishead* 11. Oasis 13. Massive Attack 23. Ride * in #johnsCDs Added to my wantlist! A big legacy of these polls for me will be the records acquired from this community advice. Forever grateful to you, Rich

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RIP Pete Byrne, who passed a few days ago. I picked up the Naked Eyes 2nd album on release. This is my OP. #nowplaying #johnsvinyl

Outer sleeve (front) showing receipt and hype sticker. Naked Eyes (1984) “Fuel for the Fire”

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Naked Eyes (1984) “Fuel for the Fire”

Richard Shaw @richards7370.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reposted by John Logsdon

Well, that’s wrap! A huge thank you to everyone who took part in #5DebutAlbumsFinal Around 500 voted, fittingly making it one of the best supported polls for some time. The final top three were:- 1) The Stone Roses - S/T 2) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 3) The Velvet Underground & Nico - S/T..

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John Logsdon @johnlogsdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I didn’t finish listening to all my qualifiers for #5debutalbumsFINAL but I’m confident w/ my selections from #johnsvinyl 1. VU & Nico 2. Joy Division 3. Tears for Fears 4. Echo and the Bunnymen 5. The The Deep gratitude to Rich and this wonderful community that he built. @richards7370.bsky.social

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Is this the first post-punk album? It’s great in any case! #5debutalbumsFINAL #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Magazine (1978) “Real Life”

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Arrived yesterday and ran it through the #humminguru. I’m already a big fan of Richard Hawley after being introduced to him last year by my pal SCV @indashadoz.bsky.social. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning blue vinyl record. Richard Hawley (2024) “In This City They Call You Love”

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Back to the UK with this ancestral post-punk/proto-goth record for #5debutalbumsFINAL I didn’t have this one in my collection until recently and didn’t really know it. But I warm to it more and more at each spin. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Siouxsie and the Banshees (1978) “The Scream”

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Next up for #5debutalbumsFINAL. Some other good stuff coming out of the US in 1978! As has been pointed out previously, this is almost a greatest hits record. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Cars (1978) s/t

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Since I’m busy pushing through my candidates for #5debutalbumsFINAL, I didn’t take time yesterday to commemorate the 100th birthday of the great John #Coltrane. I’ll celebrate next week with my JC collection in #johnsvinyl.

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Different things were happening in the US and UK in 1977/8. We had Ramones, Blondie, Heads and…. these guys—who were closer to the mainstream over here. Great record in any case. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Van Halen (1978) s/t

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Next up for #5debutalbumsFINAL. Yet another terrific band that never really landed here in the US in the day. We missed out, as we did for many of the post-punk bands of the time. I think it took MTV (a few years later, in 1981) to break the US market for most UK exports #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Gang of Four (1979) “Entertainment!”

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First up this morning for #5debutalbumsFINAL. A lock for my top 5, possibly #1. My 40th anniversary pressing with inverted colors on the sleeve and red vinyl. I usually spin this record later in the day, so it hits slightly differently first thing of the day. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Joy Division (1979) “Unknown Pleasures”

Last one tonight under consideration for #5debutalbumsFINAL powerful material here. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Stiff Little Fingers (1979) “Inflammable Material”

What’s not to love about this record? Glad to spin it for #5debutalbumsFINAL. #johnsvinyl

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Specials (1979) s/t

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