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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 3h

#OnThisDay 2016 Rod Stewart Knighted He was a member of The Faces,Jeff Beck Group,Shotgun Express & Steampacket While in the Faces a friend of the group was attacked because he was gay and died from his injuries and Stewart used this for his song The Killing Of Georgie pts1 & 2

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 3h

#OnThisDay 2023 Rudolph Isley died The Isley Brothers founder was born in Cincinnati He formed a family gospel 4 piece until his brother Vernon died The band carried on with him and his brothers Ronald & O’Kelly (later joined by younger brothers Ernie & Marvin and Brother in law Chris Jasper)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 3h

#OnThisDay 1981 Prince supported The Rolling Stones at the L.A.Coliseum & was booed offstage The tour was the last time that Prince performed as an opening act Prince wore a trench coat with bikini briefs,thigh high leg warmers & stiletto boots & the Rock crowd threw missiles and shouted slurs

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1988 Into The Dragon by Bomb The Bass released Their debut album went to No18 in the UK and the single Beat Dis was UK No1 & a US Dance No1 Megablast sampled the Assault On Precinct 13 theme tune The group was an alias for English musician and Producer Tim Simenon

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1995 It’s Great When You’re Straight … Yeah by Black Grape released in the USA Their debut album went to No1 in the UK They formed after Happy Mondays had split and included Shaun and Bez teaming up with Kermit,Psycho & Ged Lynch (Ruthless Rap Assassins) & Paul Wagstaff (Paris Angels)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1980 Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes released The debut album by the Liverpool based band had 6 singles released off it (7 if you include Reward on the re-issue) The working title for the album was “Everybody Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes”

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#thismonth 1981 See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy by Bow Wow Wow was released The cover had 14 year old Annabella Lwin controversially posing nude in a recreation of Manet’s Le Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1940 John Lennon was born As part of The Beatles he sold over 600 million records and he sold a further 84 million albums as a solo artist No9 links His son Sean were both born on the 9th Oct … he met Yoko on the 9th November and he says the No9 repeatedly on the track Revolution 9

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1981 Charlotte Sometimes by The Cure released The standalone single is named after a novel by Penelope Farmer and the lyrics use phrases from the book (the publishers were thinking of suing for copyright infringement but sales of the book were boosted so they were happy)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Time to try this www.my9albums.com … only 1 album per artist

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1983 Uncertain Smile by The The This was their first single to enter the UK Top75 Released on the Some Bizzare record label it featured an extended piano solo by former Squeeze member Jools Holland The cover design was by Andy Dogg (Matt Johnson’s brother Andy)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#thismonth 1979 Life During Wartime by Talking Heads released The lead single from their third studio album Fear of Music The album was produced by Brian Eno and the congos were played by Gene Wilder* *not the actor

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1971 Coz I Love You by Slade released The Wolverhampton bands 2nd uk chart entry and their first of 6 No1’s in just over 2 years (they also had 4 x No2’s and 17 consecutive Top20 singles) The deliberate misspelling of their records caused a backlash from British schoolteachers

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1995 Runnin’ by The Pharcyde was released Produced by J Dilla it was released as the first single off their second album Labcabincalifornia It contains samples of Stan Getz,Woody Herman,James Moody & Run DMC and had been sampled by Wiz Khalifa,The Roots and Limp Bizkit

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1979 Transmission by Joy Division The bands debut single for Factory Records (they had an ideal for living e.p. in 1978) The original was a much slower tempo for their aborted debut album but Hook & Morris got bored and played it as fast as they could & Ian Curtis loved it

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1968 Thom Yorke born The Radiohead singer/songwriter was born in Wellingborough,Northamptonshire He has had a couple of side projects including solo work,Atoms for Peace and The Smile Before finding fame he worked as a suit salesman and an orderly in a mental institution

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1991 Sweets by World of Twist released Lead Singer Tony Ogden said they spent £250,000 on production costs for the Quality Street album Produced by Legendary Factory records producer Martin Hannett until he died when The Grid (Dave Ball of Soft Cell & Richard Norris) took over

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#OnThisDay 2019 Ginger Baker died Peter Edward Baker was born in South London Most famous as the drummer with Cream he also played drums for The Graham Bond Organisation,Blind Faith,Hawkwind,Public Image,Atomic Rooster etc The documentary Beware of Mr Baker is well worth watching

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1971 Strawberry Letter 23 by Shuggie Otis released The song was written by Shuggie and was produced by his dad Johnny Otis who had the nickname of The Godfather of Rhythm and Blues The Brothers Johnson had a hit with their cover version (produced by Quincy Jones)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1985 Looking For Lewis and Clark by The Long Ryders entered the UK singles charts The single was only released in the UK even though the subject matter is unknown to most Brits The lead singer/songwriter Sid Griffin has written books on Bob Dylan,Gram Parsons & Bluegrass music

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1979 I’m The Man by Joe Jackson released The 2nd album by the Burton on Trent singer The album went to No12 in the UK & No22 in the USA and the single It’s Different For Girls went to No5 in the UK singles charts John Rzeznick of the Goo Goo Dolls said the album changed his life

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1951 Bob Geldof born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof was born in the coastal town of Dun Laoghaire near Dublin The Boomtown Rats lead singer plays an upside down guitar (he is left handed but plays a right handed guitar) He is most famous for forming Band Aid & Live Aid with Midge Ure

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1962 Telstar by The Tornadoes was UK No1 It was also No1 in the USA making it the 2nd instrumental to hit the top spot in both countries (Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk was the 1st earlier in 1962) Written & produced by the legendary Joe Meek it was about the Telstar satellite

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1977 Richard Reed Parry born The Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist was born in Ottawa As well as his work with Arcade Fire he has done solo work and composed music for TV & Movies He has also collaborated with The National, Sufjan Stefens and Little Scream (his wife)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1959 Chris Lowe born The Pet Shop Boy co founder and keyboardist was born in Blackpool He received a bachelor degree with honours while training to be an Architect and during a work placement he met Neil Tennant In 1995 he made a cameo on the Aussie soap opera Neighbours

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1980 Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police released Their 3rd album went to No1 in the UK & No5 in the USA It won two Grammy awards for best vocal group with Don’t stand so close to me and Rock instrumental with Behind My Camel (which was written by Andy Summers but Sting absolutely hated)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1975 Love is the Drug by Roxy Music enters charts The lead single off their 5th studio album Siren was Top30 on the Billboard charts and No2 in the UK Nile Rodgers has said that the bass on this track (played by John Gustafson) was a major influence on his own style

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1980 Dancing With Myself by Gen X released The single was first released in the UK as the group but The Generation X frontman Billy Idol brought out a remix as a solo artist in the USA The Rhythm Guitar was by Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols & Lead guitar by Steve New (Rich Kids)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#OnThisDay 2000 Kid A by Radiohead released Their 4th album Thom Yorke used William S Burroughs cut up technique for some of the lyrics (David Bowie has also used this method and a digital version called the Verbasizer) The name Kid A is the name of the hypothetical first ever human clone

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1972 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965 - 1968 released Elektra Records asked Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye to compile a compilation album and he picked his favourite songs The liner notes coined the phrase “Punk Rock” for the 1st time

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1955 Phil Oakey born The lead singer of The Human League was born in Hinckley,Leicestershire before moving to Coventry,Leeds & Birmingham then arriving in Sheffield at aged 14 He sold over 20 Million records and had a global smash with Giorgio Moroder with Together In Electric Dreams

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1935 Julie Andrews was born The English actress was born in Surrey as Julia Elizabeth Wells Starting as a child actress she has worked in the West End/Broadway/Film & TV While filming The Sound of Music she had a swear jar because of her colourful language when she messed up

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#ThisMonth 1976 The Rock and Roll Heart tour by Lou Reed started The tour preceded his 7th solo album which came out in November The album included a Velvet Underground demo song called A Sheltered Life The cover photo was by Mick Rock

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#OnThisDay 1967 Gorilla by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band released The debut album featured Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes (a Monty Python collaborator) American indie band Death Cab For Cutie are named after one of the tracks (the original was in the Beatles movie Magical Mystery Tour)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1977 New Boots and Panties by Ian Dury released His debut album was a slow burner and it took 18 months to get to No5 in the UK It is credited as a solo album but it featured his backing band The Blockheads

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1947 Marc Bolan born Marc Feld was born in London was the lead singer/songwriter of T Rex He had a brief stint called Marc Bowland and there are 3 theories on his name origin 1.A big Dylan fan he chose BO(b dy)LAN 2.He lived with actor James Bolam 3.The record label chose his name

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1979 Nag Nag Nag by Cabaret Voltaire released The debut single by the Sheffield band (they brought out a 4 track ep the year before) The band was formed by Stephen Mallinder,Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson and they are named after the Zurich nightclub that fostered the Dada movement

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1967 Brett Anderson born The Suede* lyricist and frontman was born in Sussex (*London Suede in the USA) He formed the band with Mat Osman who’s brother Richard is a UK TV personality and author of author of The Thursday Murder Club In the early 80s Ricky Gervais was Suede’s manager

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1986 Blah Blah Blah by Iggy Pop released His 7th solo album was his final collaboration with David Bowie (who co-produced and co-wrote 5 of the songs) Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols also wrote 3 of the songs but Real Wild Child (Wild One) was a cover of a Johnny O’Keefe song

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1978 Stage by David Bowie was released This was Bowie’s 2nd official live album (after David Live in 1974) The double album was recorded in Philadelphia,Boston and Rhode Island in April & May 1978 Brian Eno was due to be part of the live group but was unwell when the tour started

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1987 Strangeways Here We Come by The Smiths released The 4th & final studio album by the Mancunian band (they had already split before it was released) Morrissey & Johnny Marrs favourite Smiths album The title refers to the Victorian Manchester prison that is still in use today

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1979 Eat to the Beat by Blondie was released Their 4th studio album was No1 in the UK & No17 in the USA The album was the worlds 1st ever video album (video’s for all 12 tracks were made) They recorded a version of Heroes by David Bowie for the album but it was cut before release

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1976 Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder released His 18th studio album was released on Tamla records as most of his previous albums… his 9th Eivets Rednow was released on another Motown offshoot Gordy Records Wonder almost quit music before this album to do charity work

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1978 No G.D.M. by Gina X Performance released The song was a tribute to Quentin Crisp and the title refers to his quote No Great Dark Man The song was a massive success in dance clubs on both sides of the Atlantic (especially in alternative and underground clubs)

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1958 To Know Him by The Teddy Bears was released The song was written by band member Phil Spector before he found fame as a producer It was No1 in the USA & No2 in the UK The drummer was Sandy Nelson who had his own solo hits

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1980 Shack Up by A Certain Ratio released The Manchester post punk bands cover version of the 1975 song by Banbarra It was recorded for just £50 in the Graveyard Studios,Prestwich and was a Belgium only single that was the first ever single on the Factory Benelux label

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1962 Tracey Thorn was born The lead singer of Everything But The Girl started out in the all girl group The Marine Girls She married her partner in EBTB (Ben Watt) in 2009 and they have 3 children together

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1980 Absolutely by Madness released The second album for the UK Ska group went to No2 The album included 3 Top10 singles Baggy Trousers, Embarrassment and The return of the Los Palmas 7 During the 80’s Madness spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1945 Bryan Ferry born The Roxy Music frontman was born in Washington,County Durham As well as the 8 studio albums he did with Roxy Music he has also released 17 solo studio albums When Greg Lake left King Crimson Ferry unsuccessfully auditioned to replace him

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The Vinyl Arrears @thevinylarrears.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#OnThisDay 1980 John Bonham died The Led Zeppelin drummer was born in Redditch,Worcester in 1948 Outside of music Bonham was a massive car enthusiast and had a replica of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car He also took part in local demolition derby’s and quite often won

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