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#WeekendSingles Some Yorkshire bargain bin singles. Unfortunately I don’t have the correct sleeve for the Ike and Tina one yet. I was particularly pleased to find a Beggars Banquet sleeve in the 50p box though. Been after one for ages and I’ve now found 3 in my past 3 shipping trips.

Bottom right is the brilliant Unsquare Dance by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Top left is Everything I Own by Ken Boothe

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WeekendSingles To say that I forgot to take my lists yesterday, I managed to get hold of about a dozen company sleeves I wanted. And this single was in one of them. But, did you know… In the US, Friedman is considered a one hit wonder, but that hit isn’t Lucky Stars! It’s a song called Ariel.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#WeekendSingles @jimmyviz.bsky.social has got me out of bed in the middle of the night (who knew Saturdays had an 8am?) to accompany him around the record shops of Sheffield. I initially said no, due to skintness, but sold a few things on eBay. Add in a bit of birthday money… Anyway, some new ones

Bottom left is She’s Everything by Ral Donner, the reason for the purchase of these singles. When they arrived I found that She’s Everything is also on the B-Side of the other Ral Donner single.

Have a listen to the track and see who he sounds just like.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#WeekendSingles It’s my birthday this week. Bad Moon Rising was No.1 when I was born, so here it is, along with the highest placed single I have from my first 23 birthdays ABBA’s Dancing Queen was actually higher than Jimmy Nail on my 23rd, but it’s not getting in twice! Info in alt. text.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#WeekendSingles #12inchTuesday I remembered it was Tuesday this week, cos I forgot to shut my bedroom window and the bin lorry woke me up at some ungodly hour. Here are some 12” singles that are in my list of top 100 favourite songs.

Top left is Thieves Like Us by New Order
Top right is Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix) by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Bottom left is Left To My Own Devices by Pet Shop Boys
Bottom right is The Model by Kraftwerk (the English version, as the German version has that weird bit in it - you’ll know what I mean if you’ve heard it!)

Top left is The Medal Song by Culture Club
Top right is The Rattler by Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie
Bottom left is Loving the Alien by David Bowie (the single version is way better than the album version)
Bottom right is Suburbia (The Full Horror) by Pet Shop Boys

Top left is Always the Sun (Sunny Side Up Mix) by The Stranglers - I prefer the re-recorded version to the original)
Top right is Being Boring by Pet Shop Boys
Bottom left is Jacob’s Ladder by The Monochrome Set
Bottom right is You Got Me Thinking by The Beloved

Top left is Punk Rock Girl by The Dead Milkmen
Top right is Zoom by Fat Larry’s Band
Bottom left is Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Dream Academy
Bottom right is Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) by Spiller (Featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor)

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#WeekendSingles As I’ve spent most of the night trying to get back to sleep, let’s do these now. 20 more singles that are in my top 100 favourite tracks. And yes, one is by David Soul. I never claimed I was cool!* *actually, I have on many occasions, but I’m yet to find someone that agrees with me

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#WeekendSingles Ramping up the self indulgence this week. A while ago me and Jimmy V set about writing a list of our favourite tracks. JV never finished his, but I did, and these singles are all from my top 100. They’re in no order, as No.1 on my list is a B-Side and my list includes album tracks.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#WeekendSingles #AlbumAlmanac A load of rap… …is almost what my ex called my hip hop collection. Here’s a dozen 21st century US rap LPs, half a dozen British rap LPs, 9 fab underground rap albums on CD and a couple of brilliant British jazz LPs. Yes, Kanye West is a pillock, but it’s a great LP!

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#WeekendSingles I’ve never been as excited (or spent as much!) to buy a 7” single in my life. This single was withdrawn and only a few made it out into the wild. I’ve been trying to track it down since the 80s and finally found a copy a couple of weeks ago, bought from a DJ from New York.

I bought the withdrawn 12” version off a bloke from Mexico about 20 years ago.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#WeekendSingles #AlbumAlmanac I have no time for those who say there’s no decent new music anymore, and content themselves with just listening to 1 or 2 albums a year, by people who’ve been making albums for 60 years. Here’s the proof. 20 fab LPs (& 2 CDs) from the 21st century. Rap albums tomorrow

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If Obama had been convicted of 34 felonies. If Obama had a much younger woman who was clearly besotted with him, follow him everywhere 24/7. If Obama made billions of dollars while president.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#WeekendSingles Seeing as though we’re having a bank holiday bonus, after two days of singles with bangers on both sides here are some where I prefer, and mostly bought because of, the B-Side. I always thought Cliff only had three good songs, but it turns out he had four! Details in alt. text.

Macca - Pipes of Peace/SO BAD
Elvis - Tell Me Why/PUPPET ON A STRING
Rod - Reason To Believe/MAGGIE MAY
Lonnie - Nobody Loves Like an Irishman/GRAND COULEE DAM

Joe Brown - A Lay-About’s Lament/A PICTURE OF YOU
Marillion - Lavender/FREAKS
The Kinks - Black Messiah/MISFITS
Elton John - Honky Cat/IT’S ME THAT YOU NEED

Danny Wilson - A Girl I Used To Know/I WON’T FORGET
Cliff - Travellin’ Light/DYNAMITE
Dave Clark Five - Can’t You See That She’s Mine/BECAUSE

The Big Dish - Slide/REVEREND KILLER
Aztec Camera - All I Need is Everything/JUMP (acoustic cover of Van Halen song)
Dusty - Give Me Time/THE LOOK OF LOVE
The Muppets - Halfway Down the Stairs/MAH NA MAH NA…oh, come on, it’s fab!!

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#WeekendSingles More good value singles with cracking songs on both sides. Bowie was particularly generous in the mid-70s. Okay the Stranglers one is pushing it [Just a bit! - Ed.], but Old Codger (with George Melly) is a lot of fun! Details in alt. text.

Bowie - The Jean Genie/Ziggy Stardust, Starman/Suffragette City & Rebel Rebel/Queen Bitch
The Stranglers - Walk On By/Old Codger

Prefab Sprout - All the World Loves Lovers/Machine Gun Ibiza
The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene/I Backed a Winner (in you)
Carole King - It’s Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move
ELO - Confusion/Last Train To London

Wham! - Everything She Wants/Last Christmas
The Charlatans - One To Another/Two of Us
Elvis Presley - A Mess of Blues/The Girl of My Best Friend
Kraftwerk - The Model/Computer Love

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don’t Come Around Here No More/Trailer
Gene - Sleep Well Tonight/Sick, Sober and Sorry
Buddy Holly - It Doesn’t Matter Anymore/Raining in My Heart
Elton John - Pinball Wizard/Harmony

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#WeekendSingles I’m a Yorkshireman and, as such, I’m genetically predisposed to love a bargain. And what better way to get a bargain than a single with a banger on each side. I’m not talking Old Gold here, but actual single releases where the B-Side matches up to the A-Side. Details in alt. text.

REM - The One I Love/Crazy
The Cure - Inbetween Days/The Exploding Boy
The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do/Feel a Whole Lot Better
The Beatles - Something/Come Together

Prefab Sprout - We Let the Stars Go/Cruel
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life/People Like Us (John Goodman vocal)
The Skids - Into the Valley/TV Stars
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows/Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Talking Head - And She Was/Perfect World
Stephen Duffy - Needle Mythology/Twenty-Three
Cosmic Rough Riders - The Loser/The Pain Inside
The Monkees - I’m a Believer/(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone

The Mock Turtles - Can YouDig It?/Lose Yourself
World Party - All I Gave/No More Crying
John Lennon - Imagine/Working Class Hero
Gary Moore - Empty Rooms/Out of My System

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#WeekendSingles I’ve been doing a project where I’m ranking all the albums I have per year. I thought it would take a couple of years, but I’m into year 10, cos I keep adding to it (around 10,000 albums, way more than when I started) I’ve just taken these out to listen to. Guess the year I’m doing

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#WeekendSingles 6 new Harry Nilsson singles, alongside 6 that I already had. I’d also bought Coconut, but the fibbing Discogs seller doesn’t know the difference between ‘near mint’ and ‘drowned out with surface noise’ so it went back.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#WeekendSingles The last new ones for a while, as I’m having a buying embargo for a couple of months, to resuscitate my bank balance.

The bottom two are Gimme Some Loving and Somebody Help Me by the Spencer Davis Group

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#WeekendSingles #12InchTuesday Got a new KLF 12”, to make a nice round dozen.

Top left is a promo of Kylie Said To Jason

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#WeekendSingles As Nick Heyward has announced his autobiography is on the way, today is Nick Heyward day.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#WeekendSingles After Donald Trump called Jimmy Viz up to overturn my ban for posting the Barron Knights singles last week, here are some new ones that include a few that were at the top of my wants list, as I got them ahead of a 2 payday self-imposed record buying ceasefire.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#WeekendSingles Red card for Barron Knights?? Red card schmed card! Here’s my Barron Knights collection, including the album I loved as a kid and still like now. I bought the Get Down Shep single last week. One of their best, alongside The Chapel Lead is Missing, Anne & Joe and Little White Bum.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#WeekendSingles Today’s theme is moments. Bits of records I really like. Feel free to add your own. The bits are… Roam - the way Kate says “girl” 30 seconds in In the Air Tonight - the drum solo, what else? C’Mon Everybody - “who cares?” Like a Rolling Stone - that snare crack at the beginning

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#WeekendSinglea This one is bizarre. I’ve rekindled my love of it and have listened to it more than any other song over the past year. But every time I hear it I get the feeling you get when a song reminds you of a lost love. Except this song doesn’t remind me of anybody. Maybe it’s my lost youth?!

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#WeekendSingles More new ones. The George Michael one is Cowboys & Angels and it’s the thinnest vinyl record I’ve ever seen. It’s like a flexidisc that’s been kept in the freezer.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#WeekendSingles #AlbumsAlmanac Okay, multiple copies of the same album… I have more than one copy of pretty much every Stephen Duffy record, so here they all are. Or nearly all, cos I know I have a promo for Lilac6 for starters, but I couldn’t find it. This might go on a bit.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#WeekendSingles A day in Vinyl Tap’s bargain basement netted me some nice new company sleeves to add to the collection, which now stands at 786. The bottom 2 US Arista ones with the same single in look similar, but are different. Click on the alt text for a question about that song.

The bottom two records are both Ready To Take a Chance Again by Barry Manilow. Can anyone, who I didn’t tell the other day, tell me which 70s film the song was the theme tune for?

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#WeekendSingles I don’t think anyone would be surprised at any LP I own, so here are some new singles. I only bought the US copy of the Gerry & the Pacemakers single for their version of Pretend on the B-Side

I bought Ashes To Ashes to replace a slightly crackly copy, but noticed the cover was different. Turns out there are three covers, so I’m now keeping the first one and on the hunt for the third!

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#WeekendSingles Some more singles written/co-written for/given to other artists, alongside one written/co-written for themselves/their own band. This one includes the only song by the Eagles or its members that I like.

Elvis Costello wrote Girls Talk and Neil Diamond wrote A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You (and several others) for The Monkees.

The Monkees were brill weren’t they

Bruce gave Because the Night to Patti Smith, whilst Mick n Keef wrote As Tears Go By for Mick’s girlfriend, Marianne

‘Christopher’, who wrote Manic Monday, was Prince under an alias, whilst Smokey wrote My Guy for Mary Wells (and many more for many more artists)

Mike Campbell first brought The Boys of Summer to his boss, but Tom didn’t think it was right for the band. Shame they never recorded it.

Nile and Bernard from Chic wrote, played on and produced He’s the Greatest Dancer for Sister Sledge. It’s a toss up for me between We Are Family and Diana Ross’s Diana album as to which is my favourite ‘sorta Chic’ album.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#WeekendSingles A selection of singles from my trip to the fantastic Wah Wah Records with Jimmy Viz today. A couple are from Phil’s shop in Barnsley when we got back. Guess which one I’m most excited about listening to…

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#WeekendSingles The theme this week is songwriters. On the left is a song written/co-written for, or given to (not cover versions), another artist, whilst the one on the right is a song they wrote/co-wrote for their own band or themselves.

Graham Goulden wrote Bus Stop and co-wrote the 10cc track.

The Bee Gees wrote (and did backing vocals for) Chain Reaction

John Phillips wrote San Francisco and co-wrote Creeque Alley with his gorgeous missus

Simon Climie co-wrote the bottom two

I’m not scared was written and later recorded by Pet Shop Boys

Ray Dorset wrote Feels Like I’m in Love for Elvis, but he went and died, so he gave it to Kelly Marie

Art of Noise wrote and produced Slave To the Rhythm

Macca wrote World Without Love for his girlfriend’s brother and his mate

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#WeekendSingles As yesterday’s theme stumped you all (I’ve added the answer to that post), today’s theme is records I didn’t own a week ago. The B-Side of Nilsson’s Lullaby in Ragtime is Nevertheless. My two favourite tracks from one of my ten favourite albums.

Okay, I did own bottom right, but now I have a clean copy

Top left - Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Bottom left - Mamas & Papas’ Dream a Little Dream of Me
Bottom right - Kinks’ Lola

Top right is Queen’s You’re My Best Friend
Bottom left is Bowie’s Jean Genie
Bottom middle is Faces’ Stay With Me
Bottom right is ELO’s Evil Woman

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#WeekendSingles 8 sets of 4 singles (the other 4 are in the comments), but what’s the theme? And you have to be quite specific. Some of the titles are in the alt text, cos the photos don’t always come out well cos of the anti-static inner sleeves, and cos my living room is always so sodding dark.

Clockwise from top left:

Elvis - Good Luck Charm
Billy Fury - Last Night Was Made For Love
Joe Brown - A Picture of You
The Shadows - Wonderful Land

Clockwise from top left:

The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
The Hollies - Bus Stop
Dave Dee, etc - Hideaway [RIP Beaky]
The Troggs - With a Girl Like You

Clockwise from top left:

Christie - Yellow River
Free - All Right Now
The Beach Boys - Cottonfields
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime

Clockwise from top left:

Sparks - This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us
10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle
Slade - The Bangin’ Man
Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the Rain

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#WeekendSingles Some fab new singles. The Buzzcocks ones are Ever Fallen in Love and Everybody’s Happy Nowadays. The ELO one is on blue vinyl. The 6 in the third photo were Discogs purchases. I specifically wanted the Nilsson single and the other 5 were from my wantlist that the seller also had.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#WeekendSingles #12inchTuesday I’m going through all of my records to add descriptions to the condition of them all in my Discogs library, so I’ll know what needs replacing. I’ve grabbed my Stephen Duffy and Dream Academy box out of my wardrobe and noticed it was Tuesday, so here’s some rarities…

Top left is She Makes Me Quiver promo, bottom right is Unkiss That Kiss WLP

Bottom right is a WLP of the Swordfish release of Return To Yesterday

The bottom two are a couple of US Dream Academy promos - This World and Indian Summer

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

#WeekendSingles Some new ones that arrived this week. I’m skint and have entered austerity…but I really felt the need to buy I Can’t Make It by Small Faces. I love that track. The others were ‘seller’s other items’. Midnight Cowboy is fab isn’t it, and the B-Side of the Bonzos one is Hello Mabel.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#WeekendSingles #AlbumsAlmanac I took these photos at around 3am last night, cos I knew I’d be too busy to take them today (busy watching others do the work mainly), but I didn’t even have a minute to post them. Here’s a dozen covers that sprung to mind, when thinking about favourite album covers

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#WeekendSingles I’ve spent the past few days sat in front of my record player, going through all my singles, making a note of all the defects in my Discogs library, so I can see whether a record could do with replacing, when I find a decent copy in a shop. It’s taking ages… Here’s some new ones

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#WeelendSingles On the way back from Rotherham hospital with a young lady who’ll enjoy her shower when she gets home like never before. This week was not the week to be banned from showering cos she was having a skin allergy test. Some new singles.

The George Michael single is Heal the Pain.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

#WeekendSingles A few more new ones before I run round shutting the windows, as it looks like we’re going to have a storm.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#WeekendSingles Sad to hear of the death of Brian McFie, guitarist of one of my favourite bands of the late 80s/early 90s, The Big Dish. Here’s all their singles bar one. The one I’m missing is the first record of theirs I bought after seeing them supporting Lloyd Cole and the Commotions in 85.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#WeekendSingles I’ve just gone to sort a pile of company sleeves into alphabetical order, to put them away, and did what I always do and spoke the name aloud. Only got 2 in before I started laughing!

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#WeekendSingles Here are some fab new sleeves I picked up in Vinyl Tap. The singles themselves are a bit rubbish though, but they go with the sleeves. Actually, the Silver Bullet one’s okay. There are another half dozen single-less new sleeves in the comments, including a brill Maple Annie one.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#WeekendSingles Taking some time to get going today. 5 hours in Vinyl Tap’s bargain basement plays havoc with my neck/back! Here’s some new singles. Can you see what Nick Lowe did?

Top right is Pet Shop Boys’ Domino Dancing. The fab double sleeved version

Top left is Talking Heads’ The Lady Don’t Mind.
Bottom right is The Left Banke’s Walk Away Renee

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#WeekendSingles #AlbumsAlmanac A couple of solitary LPs by Denim and Roger O’Donnell. The reason they are solitary LPs is that their other LPs are so sodding expensive! Two excellent records though.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#WeekendSingles Some recent purchases. The names of the singles you absolutely can’t read are in the alt. text.

Bottom 2 are You Really Got Me and Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

Bottom left is George Harrison’s Give Ne Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) and bottom right is Paul McCartney’s Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)

Bottom left is John Lennon’s Imagine (finally found a crackle free copy!) and bottom right is ELO with Can’t Get It Out Of My Head

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#WeekendSingles #AlbumAlmanac Artists who you only have one album by, but an album you really like? Here’s a few. The Who - Who’s Next - I’m not really a fan of The Who. I like a couple of singles, but things like Tommy leave me cold. But I really like this one album.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

There really should be a word for the mess you make when you misjudge it and think your electronic toothbrush has finished, only to find, as you remove it from your mouth and hold it in front of your face, that it was a momentary pause before starting up again for the final 30 seconds.

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Paul Ramon @paulramon9.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#WeekendSingles A few weeks ago I used the theme of great intros for weekend singles. I had intended to carry it over to 12” singles with great intros, but I kept forgetting. Well, I’ve remembered at last! The one in the company sleeve is Chic’s Good Times, an intro so good everybody nicked it!

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