JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 4hYes, it was recorded the same year as her portrait sessions with Andy Warhol. 110
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 4hAndy Warhol taking one of a series of portrait photographs of Debbie Harry at the Factory, in New York City, 1980. Photo: Chris Stein. 130
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 4hCathedral Rocks, Achill Island, Co. Mayo. Photo: Keith Mongan. 030
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 10hCat Stevens "Lady D'Arbanville" 1970 & "Wild World" 1971. Both singles are about Patti D'Arbanville, his girlfriend at the time. "Wild World" was their breakup song. "Lady D'Arbanville" peaked at #8 in the UK. "Wild World" peaked at #5 in the UK & #25 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 030
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Half a collection must have been a bit of a wrench? 100
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Steely Dan "Josie" 1978 Written by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen. The third single after, "Peg" and "Deacon Blues" from their classic "Aja" album. "Josie" peaked at #26 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 050
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026According to Joe Perry of Aerosmith, the title of their single "Walk This Way" from their "Toys In The Attic" album came from a scene in the Mel Brooks movie, "Young Frankenstein". The rest of the song is about a schoolboy and his first "romantic" experience with a (probably older) cheerleader. 160
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 14/10/2026There have been many rumours (excuse the pun) about Fleetwood Mac throughout their career. One of the oddest is that Stevie Nicks was a witch! The rumour sprang from the song "Rhiannon" and her flowing black costumes. To counteract the witch comments, she stopped wearing black onstage for a time. 050
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Marc Bolan was another gifted artist who let the world way too soon. Just as he was starting to expand his music horizons. 110
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Queen "We Will Rock You" 1977 Written by guitarist Brian May. He wanted the song to inspire audience participation, he used his knowledge of physics to calculate the amount of delay in the recording to simulate the sound of a large number of people clapping and stomping. 092
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026And the Bohs are currently third in the table! 110
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026New York, January, 1953. Photo: Vivian Maier. 040
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Bob Marley, performing at Dublin's Dalymount Park, 6 July, 1980. This was Bob Marley's only Irish concert, and his last open-air show (not his last indoor concert). Photo: Eric Luke. 140
Reposted by JohnnyTheFoxesross thomas @rossbyjove.bsky.social · 12/10/2026First record I bought. The T REX album was the second. Still have the album. 131
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026T. Rex were at their glam-rock peak in the early 1970's. Without the silliness that afflicted some other glam-rock acts at the time. 110
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"Summer Contemplation" Circa 1920's. By Sergei Arsenievich Vinogradov. 031
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026their first single "Ride A White Swan" in 1970, under their new name. The single went to #2 in the UK, and was the first of a string of hits for them. Photo: Barrie Wentzell. 130
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Marc Bolan, snapped on London's Hampstead Heath, 1970. Bolan is holding his newly acquired Gibson Les Paul. Up to this point Marc Bolan & Steve Peregrin Took had performed under the title Tyrannosaurus Rex as an acoustic duo. They then changed their name to T. Rex, and went electric, releasing 290
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"Leather And Lace" a duet with Don Henley, "Edge Of Seventeen" & the country tinted "After The Glitter Fades". The album went to #1 in September 1981,on the US Billboard 200, and went Platinum shortly after. It peaked at #11 on the UK Album Charts. 020
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Stevie Nicks "Bella Donna" 1981 Her debut solo album. She worked on this in between recording breaks of Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk". "Bella Donna" produced four substantial hit singles, the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers-penned duet, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", 170
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Artwork by Joni Mitchell. circa 1990's/2000's. 040
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Spire of Dublin, located in O'Connell Street. It is 120 metres (393ft) in height. I took the photos an hour, or so, before sunset. Photos by: JohnnyTheFoxes. 070
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026crumpled newspapers, in order to hold the speaker cone in place. Saxophonist, Jackie Brenston supplied the vocals. The single reached #1 on the Billboard R&B Chart. 010
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm "Rocket 88" 1951 There have been a few contenders for the title of "the first rock & roll record" This is the song most cited for the honour. The 'fuzz' guitar sound on "Rocket 88" was unintentional, guitarist Willie Kizart stuffed his damaged amplifier with 151
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"Autumn Leaves Isleworth" by Ian Archie Beck. 020
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Vaughan was relatively unknown then, that all changed when he began his own solo career. "Let's Dance" peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Charts, and a #1 on the UK Album Charts. Photo: Art Zelin. 020
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026David Bowie, looking debonair, as ever. Emerging from The Carlyle Hotel, New York City, March 1983. He had just signed a deal with EMI America, whilst working on his album "Let's Dance". Before beginning his 'Serious Moonlight' tour. Steve Ray Vaughan played guitar on the album, 271
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Thank you! Yes! We are just back from Dublin, and I have just seen your post. A higher resolution would be good! 010
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Autumn Sunlight" 1888. Theodore Robinson. 140
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Bjork, making a few vinyl selections, 1994. Photo: Barry Marsden. 070
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A selection of photos from my evening stroll, yesterday. 020
JohnnyTheFoxes @johnnythefoxes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Rory Gallagher, circa 1976. Photo: Eric Luke. 0121