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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Massive thanks to everyone who's joined, read, and interacted with Access All Areas so far. The journey is ongoing at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The term most often used on the tour was, 'Go f**k yourself.' It was a misery that lives with me to this day." The Stones and the road to Altamont. Please do read, subscribe to & share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-real-i...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why #Oasis has made the perfect love song and nine more life-shaping tunes on this month's #vinyllyretentive podcast with our guest, visual artist Krystle Gohel at the link: open.spotify.com/episode/1Y8R...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Right now, it's time to... kick out the jams, motherf**kers!" Please do read, hear, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-25-mos...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Never mind the Pollocks. #vinyllyretentive episode 3 is out today with our guest, visual artist Krystle Gohel's ten life songs and more. Full show at the link: open.spotify.com/episode/1Y8R...

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Episode 3 - Krystle Gohel

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Caution. Genius at work. "Every time Steve put his finger to a guitar or piano, or opened his mouth to sing, something came out that transcended normal..." Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-real-i...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

September's hardest hitters. Please do read, hear, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-20-ess...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The very best of first impressions. Please do read, hear, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-20-gre...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This music could be your life... Please do read, hear, subscribe to & share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-30-gre...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Most people can make it through a substance problem or a death, but for us all of those things came at once." The making of a masterpiece. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-real-i...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Where #Rush & @bryanadamsofficial.bsky.social and Davy Crockett & Judy Garland meet. The #vinyllyretentive playlist by #jimvallance is at the link: open.spotify.com/playlist/7JL... Officially, one of the top 10% of podcasts on the planet.

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Jim Vallance’s Vinylly Retentive LP

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The greatest lyric ever written: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJxp... And 9 more life-changing songs, as chosen by special guest hitmeister Jim Vallance, in the second episode of the Vinylly Retentive podcast, streaming at the link: open.spotify.com/episode/6djm...

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PROCOL HARUM - A Whiter Shade of Pale - STEREO

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"He had his head sawn off with a pocket blade, nailed to a dead oak tree." Twenty murderously good albums. Please do read, hear, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-20-los...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Immersive. Beguiling. Extraordinary. @sigurros at Edinburgh Playhouse.

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"This was stuff that would have made Johnny Rotten projectile vomit." Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, last of the true originals. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-real-i...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Who's the girl "standing on your mama's porch" in @bryanadams' #summerof69? The answer's in the new episode of #vinyllyretentive with our special guest Jim Vallance. Here at the link: open.spotify.com/episode/6djm... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06...

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Episode 2 - Jim Vallance

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Davy Crockett to Judy Garland, and points in between. Hitmeister Jim Vallance's #vinyllyretentive LP playlist is available to stream at the link: open.spotify.com/playlist/7JL...

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Jim Vallence’s Vinylly Retentive LP

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Speaking about endings. Please do read, listen to, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-25-gre...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Delighted to share our second #vinyllyretentive podcast & with our very special guest Jim Vallance, the man who co-wrote the mighty 'Summer of 69' with @bryanadams00992.bsky.social and many more smash hits besides. Listen now at the link: open.spotify.com/episode/6djm...

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Episode 2 - Jim Vallance

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Those guys were miles ahead of anyone else. They were masters." The inside story of the band that got away. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-glorio...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"I'm going of the rails on a crazy train." And 29 more reasons to punch the air. Please do read, hear, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-30-gre...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"You couldn't trust him with your girlfriend for two seconds." The teenage Robert Plant before the biggest band in the world. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/robert-pla...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The essential songs of August. Damned preachers and gold-plated semen included. With added playlist. Please do read, hear, subscribe to, & share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-20-ess...

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The 20 Essential Songs Of The Month

#4: Gut-churning riffs, damned preachers, and gold-plated semen mixed, shaken, and stirring.

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"Liam is like a man with a fork in a world of soup." Noel Gallagher's inside story of Oasis' original glory years. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/noel-galla... #Oasis

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Head-impaling? Flame-throwing? Flesh-eating? General ultraviolence? Check on all counts. The ultimate action movie fest. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: paulreesuk.substack.com/p/the-20-gre...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

@alicecooper 'School's Out'. And 9 more of Greg Dulli og the @theafghanwhigs' life songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oo8... @vinyllyretentive, the all-new podcast. By music fans, for music fans. Streaming here: open.spotify.com/show/033YS9Z...

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Alice Cooper - School's Out (from Alice Cooper: Trashes The World)

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Sandy Denny's undimmed light. Please do read, subscribe, and share my new Substack at the link: open.substack.com/pub/paulrees...

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

NEW @musicmaps.bsky.social POD @paulreesauthor.bsky.social on Power Ballards, AOR & more. rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/episodes/127...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Now on Spotify, episode one of #VinyllyRetentive: open.spotify.com/episode/3W17... Also on Spotity, Greg Dulli's Vinylly Retentive podcast playlist is at the link. A 10-track journey from Stevie Wonder to The Who, and points in between: open.spotify.com/playlist/1cq...

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Episode 1 - Greg Dulli

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The alternative soundtrack to an alternative decade. Please do read, listen to, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: open.substack.com/pub/paulrees...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Lift off! A new music podcast. By music fans, for music fans. The first Vinylly Retentive show, with special guest Greg Dulli of the mighty #theafghanwhigs, is airing now at the link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...

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Vinylly Retentive

Music Podcast · The concept of Vinylly Retentive is, if we may be so bold, a fiendishly simple one. It's compelling people talking, and being interrogated, about the music that's mattered the most in ...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The songs of summer. Please do read, listen to, subscribe to, and share my new Substack. Take the weather, and the perfect soundtrack with you at the link: open.substack.com/pub/paulrees...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Anthony Kiedis: "I never felt like dying was a good idea." The #redhotchilipeppers look back. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: open.substack.com/pub/paulrees...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Soundtrack to July, playlist included. Please do read, listen to, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: open.substack.com/pub/paulrees...

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Paul Rees @paulreesauthor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"I seem to have this knack for rubbing people the wrong way." John Mellencamp, up close and personal. In my new Substack. Please do read, subscribe to, and share at the link: open.substack.com/pub/paulrees...

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