Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good morning all. The cold that started to manifest on Friday is still stubbornly persisting, so another day of avoiding people ahead of me. Meanwhile, my first play of the day is the reissued Gathering Speed by Big Big Train. 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Been playing The Fierce & The Dead - Complete Studio Recordings 2010-2023 for the past two hours. Going to have to stop now - my head is vegged, plus it’s time I ate. 000
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My first play of the day is Radiohead’s OK Computer because I watched an excellent film last night called Words Of War about the life and assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The song Lucky was played as the credits rolled. 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Full of a cold, aching and snotty, so I’m staying home today. Working my way through all five discs of Futurist Manifesto 1974-1978 by Be Bop Deluxe. I love this collection . 151
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Latest purchases have arrived from @burningshed.com Four Big Big Train rereleases: Gathering Speed Far Skies Deep Time English Boy Wonders Goodbye To The Age Of Steam 031
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Had an afternoon out in Manchester yesterday and bought this: I then came home and ordered a bunch of Big Big Train reissues from Burningshed.com Yesterday was a satisfyingly expensive day! 021
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026First listen on Bandcamp.com to Pattern Seeking Animal’s latest offering, Grimalkin. 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cleaning staff spend more time and do more valuable work in Parliament than Fartage does! 020
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Arrived today and getting a spin now. Solstice - New Life (2026 remaster) 031
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Currently playing: Hawkwind - Epocheclipse 30 year anthology, released in 1999. 270
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Now playing an album that I played to death in the hot summer of fifty years ago: Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish 150
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Not played for a while. The first of these albums was my introduction to Queensrÿche. Operation Mindcrime 1 & 2 120
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Just played Big Big Train - Woodcut. Now for something completely different - playing Lunatic Soul - The World Under Unsun. 000
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026First play of the day. Solstice - Clann Last release of the Sia trilogy of albums (Sia/Light Up/Clann) that I bought recently. 000
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Ruin a song by changing just one letter. I’ll start: The Stranglers - No More Herpes 210
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Now playing: Joe Satriani - The Elephants Of Mars (2022). Not given this one much attention since I got it. Time to rectify that now. 020
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Arrived in the post today: Solstice The Sia trilogy, comprising of three albums: Sia/Light Up/Clann. Looking forward to playing tgem back to back tomorrow. 030
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Next up: an album related to the last two plays and memories of a great gig. Big Big Train- Are We Nearly There Yet? 060
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Next up: Nick D’Virgilio (NDV). An album that I really enjoy. NDV - Invisible. 120
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 07/06/2026First play of the day: Mostly Autumn - Glass Shadows 131
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Now playing: Genesis - Invisible Touch & Genesis. Very rare I play these, they just aren’t consistent enough and there are some frankly awful tracks on both (Illegal Alien, for one, really gets on my nerves). 240
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026“My old man was born to rock, He’s still trying to beat the clock“ First play of the day: Tom Petty - Wildflowers 030
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 05/06/2026“And the boy stood, stared at the hill. And the hill stared back” First play of the day: Fish - Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors (2024 Remix). 111
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My first play of the day: Fish - A Feast of Consequences 131
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Just time to play Waterloo Lily by Caravan before venturing back out into the brightness and heat. 020
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Had a Pattern Seeking Animals day today. All five albums played 100
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Whenever I see that cover I immediately think of this one 120
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Time for the best debut solo albums by members of Genesis and Yes. 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Played this a few times in the short time I’ve had it. Time for another spin of this excellent album. Martin Orford - The Old Road 020
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A change of pace now. Currently playing Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day (Live December 10th, 2007 at the O2 Arena, London 020
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 02/05/2026First play of the day was The Alan Parsons Project- Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Disc 2 (1987 remix). 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Without stating your age, post your favorite film released the year you turned 18. 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Just bought The Fierce & The Dead Complete Studio recordings 2010 -2023 from Bandcamp for the princely sum of £5.99 110
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 29/04/2026“Charles agrees with me even more than I do”. How batshit is that sentence alone? 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Housework musical accompaniment: Big Big Train - Empire. Sadly, I only have this as a digital download purchase, not a physical copy with DVD. 030
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Giving this a listen: David Gilmour - The Luck And Strange Concerts 010
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Next up: The follow up album to Crime Of The Century. It’s a shame that it sits in the shadow of Crime, as it’s a solid album. Saw them on this tour at Preston Guild Hall at the end of 1975. Supertramp -Crisis? What Crisis? 110
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I’ve always had a copy of this album since its release and still love it just as much as I ever did. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (40th anniversary remaster). 270
Paul Nelson @oldprogger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026All my plans for the week have been cancelled by two phone calls I received this morning. Oh well, Shit Happens ( I should have that on a coat of arms). Chill and regroup: First album of the day. Steely Dan- Two Against Nature 020
