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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 15h

It remains incredibly warm for this time of year - humid too. Each day, I look out the kitchen window with the hope that #autumn will truly land. As it stands, there are hints of yellow here and there, but the foliage remains stubbornly green.

View of my back garden, with a long lawn and many trees, none of which would appear to be particularly embracing autumn.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Le Groupe Apollo’s ‘Les Mystérieuses Cités D'Or (Bande Originale De La Série Télévisée)’ is currently frothing the nostalgia. ♥️ Sadly, the original master tapes are long lost, so a full, remastered rerelease is unlikely. 🙁 #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #Soundtrack #OST

A photo of the album being played.

On the left of the photo, the LP spins on a black-platter Pro-Ject Carbon Debut record player.

On the right of the photo, the album sleeve stands upright in an illuminated “Now Playing” stand.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On the way from Fabulous Films: ‘Mr. Benn - The Ultimate Collection’ boxset on 4K (or standard blu ray release). At £47.99, the 4K boxset is too rich for me, so I think the blu ray at £21.99 will be my preferred option. Currently scheduled for a 28/10 release. fabulousfilms.com/products/mr-...

Photo of the Me Benn Boxset and interior contents.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

WHY is there ALWAYS some Category ‘A’ 🔔end setting off fireworks at this time of night!? If I find out who it is, I’m going to jump on their head until my shoes burst and my ankles break. Or something like that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#NowSpinning a relatively contemporary #ProgRock album - ‘Snowtorch’, released in 2011 by Phideaux (led by multi-instrumentalist Phideaux Xavier). The Phideaux project had a superb run of albums, but, sadly, would appear to have run its course. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m currently loving ‘Apples For Issac’ - the latest album release from Echo and the Bunnymen. So much so that it’s getting an instant second spin! ♥️👏 #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #EchoAndTheBunnymen #PostPunk

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m settling down with the self-titled and as yet only album by Cults Percussion Ensemble (which includes percussionist Evelyn Glennie). First released in 1979, this is the 2012 reissue on Trunk Records. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#NowSpinning ‘Ceddo (Bande Originale Du Film)’, released in 1977 by Manu Dibango. This is the 2017 reissue on African Seven. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #Soundtrack #OST #FolkMusic #AfricanJazz

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Brilliant stuff - Dream Division’s 2024 release ‘A Rose In The Garden Of Winter’ is on the record player.👇 libraryoftheoccult.bandcamp.com/album/a-rose... #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #DungeonSynth #ProgRock

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have a gorgeous 12” on the record player - ‘Marguerite’ by Bob Morgan and Steppin’ Out. ♥️ This mournful 1979 instrumental track was used for ‘The Gallery’ segment on BBC children's art show ‘Take Hart’.👇 m.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yJ... #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

A photo of the 12-inch being played.

On the left of the photo, the LP spins on a black-platter Pro-Ject Carbon Debut record player.

On the right of the photo, the album sleeve stands upright in an illuminated “Now Playing” stand.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another autumn album - PJ Harvey’s ‘White Chalk’, released in September 2007. It’s #nowspinning. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

36 years old tomorrow, ‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ by #CocteauTwins is, for me, the ultimate autumn album, and one of the greatest pop albums of all time. I’m pleased to have my lovely first press copy out and on my record player right now. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Benny Andersson’s ‘November 1989’ Is on the record player and #nowspinning. When listening to Andersson’s albums, it’s immediately clear that he was the primary architect of the #ABBA sound and their melodic DNA. LOVE! ♥️ #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #FolkMusic #NordicFolk

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A reminder to myself of how fortunate I am that I can walk into my back garden and pick this beautiful big organic Pink Lady apple fresh from the tree and eat it it for breakfast. 🍎❤️🙂

A photo of a beautiful big Pink Lady apple freshly picked from the apple tree in my garden.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TO ME! This is why independent retailers matter. I’m in my local tea room and the wonderful staff have noticed that I’m not looking so good. This has just arrived on my table unrequested, with the hope it will “pep me up a bit”.👇 This is community. ♥️

A photo of a lovely hot chocolate in a tall glass,
Topped with cream.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’m sitting enjoying Fairport Convention’s 1974 live album - ‘Fairport Live Convention’. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #FolkRock #FairportConvention

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hazel and Meg celebrated turning two years old yesterday. It was business as usual for Meg, but Hazel made sure it was a memorable day by spraying diarrhoea all over our bed, the bedroom carpet, the hall rug, and our utility room. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🐩🐾 🐩🐾💩 #DogSky #DogsofBluesky #Poodles #ToyPoodles

A red toy poodle called Hazel lies sleeping on a turquoise cushion, with a purple cushion behind her.

A red toy poodle called Meg lies on the back of a couch with her paws on a purple cushion.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: * Quicksand * Dracula * The Bermuda Triangle * Anything to do with School * Deep Water * Black Piet * Scaroth - last of the Jagaroth * Mola Ram * Tight enclosed spaces * Odd Numbers * The back bedroom at nana’s house * Outer space

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Lin and I are having a quiet evening with coffee, home made biscuits, and ‘A Song Is A Way Above The Lawn’ by Karen Peris. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #FolkMusic

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Those first impressions They keep us guessing In old familiar ways With nothing new to say” I have The Associates’ 1985 album ‘Perhaps’ on the record player! 🙂 #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #synthpop

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Been piecing all of this back together again after getting blinds fitted this afternoon. It’s taking a LOT longer than it should. 🙁 On the plus side, I finally found the spider that I know has been living in here for a while! 🕷️🕸️

Photo of empty and partially filled Kallax units in front of a window. Being filled back up with records and boxes.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Two military chinooks just passed over #Cambuslang, #Glasgow. It look like one landed relatively nearby for roughly five minutes, while the other one circled low, then took back off again. Wasn’t stuff like that happening in the background at the start of ‘Threads’? 🤔

Nuclear explosion over the city of Sheffield in the 1984 BBC drama ‘Threads’.

Close up of a woman covering her mouth in shock.

A woman in the street wets herself in fear.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Some very smooth late evening easy listening with The Music Hall Pop Orchestra’s 1977 album - ‘Como Antes’. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

What a pleasure it is to have this album on my record player. Charanjit Singh: ‘Synthesizing - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ What a sublime fusion of Indian classical music with futuristic electronic disco. Inject it into my veins. 💉🕺 #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A must have release. @hammerfilms.bsky.social 4k restoration of the 1958 film ‘Dracula’ with recovered scenes. They completely botched the go-live and, crucially, did not place a “one copy per customer” restriction on their very limited Blood Edition. This one scalper has made £1500 thus far.👇😡

Photo of two Blood Edition Hammer ‘Dracula’ boxsets evidenced as sold on Ebay for £427.66 each by the one seller.

Photo of one further Blood Edition Hammer ‘Dracula’ boxset evidenced as sold on Ebay for £427.66 by the same seller.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

John Barry’s very enjoyable #soundtrack for ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ - Sean Connery’s final official outing as Bond - is on my record player. I’m not a huge Bassey fan, but I do love her performance on the title track. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #JamesBond #OST

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have The Stranglers’ 1986 album ‘Dreamtime’ on the record player. I have always preferred the album track of ‘Always The Sun’ to the radio edit - a small but nonetheless important point of clarification. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #TheStranglers #NewWave

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Absolute stiffed by @hammerfilms.bsky.social today on the Dracula pre-order. The limited number edition with the red case was supposed to go on sale at 12 noon, but somehow sold out at 1158. Missed out. Thanks a lot, Hammer. I’m sure the scalpers will be happy. 😡 #HammerFilms #Dracula

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#NowSpinning the very pleasing 2023 compilation triple album ‘Once Again We Are The Children Of The Sun’. Balearic, Ambient, Folk, Latin, Lounge, Soft Rock, Soul - it’s ALL going on! #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying

Photo of the 2023 compilation triple LP ‘Once Again We Are The Children Of The Sun’.

To the right in the photo, one of the LPs spins on a black Pro-Ject Carbon Debut record player. To the left, the album sleeve stands upright in an illuminated ‘Now Playing’ sign.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Then let us drink, Then let us smile, Then let us go.” I have a gorgeous UK first press of the 1970 Genesis album ‘Trespass’ on my record player and it’s #nowspinning. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #ProgRock #Genesis

Photo of the early Genesis album ‘Trespass’. On the left of the photo, the LP spins on a black Pro-Ject Carbon Debut record player. To the right, the LP sleeve sits upright in an illuminated “Now Playing” sign.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Everywhere I go, wherever there’s a radio, I’m haunted by ‘Lifted’ by The Lighthouse Family. 🤢🤮 Why won’t it stop? What awful thing did I do? Why is it not socially acceptable to WRECK THE PLACE!? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Slow but surely I am returning to The Room of Many Things. The joy of music is starting to return and I’m looking forward to spending more time here - even if my record buying has been very intentionally and permanently scaled back. More photos soon, perhaps. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky

Photo of a room in minimal light, with record player, spotlight lamp, and speakers sitting on top of a 2x4 Ikea Kallax unit on its side. In front of that is an old fashioned coffee table with a red patterned tile surface on which sits books and a box of records.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We’re approaching #autumn - my absolute favourite time of year. I can already see small golden patches of leaves appearing. ♥️ Our pink lady apple tree has been extraordinarily kind to us this year, and its beautiful apples are ready two weeks early. 👏 They are utterly delicious! 😋

Close-up photo of apple tree branches laden with bright red pink lady apples.

Close-up photo of one apple tree branche laden with bright red pink lady apples.

Photo of harvested and washed pink lady apples in a basin.

Photo of one pink lade apple in the palm of my hand to showcase how big it is.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What a Friday evening I’m having! I’ve watched two episodes of early 80s BBC soap ‘Triangle’, and now I’m admiring my latest vintage stationary acquisitions. If a time machine is invented in my lifetime, I’m coming back to today! 🙌

Screen grab of the opening titles of early 80s BBC soap ‘Triangle’.

Photo of vintage stationary.

One box of Staedtler ‘Tradition’ pencils.

One box of Staedtler ‘Noris’ pencils.

An orange Staedtler Lumoplast eraser.

One box of Berol Cardinal pencils.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The consummate mezzo-soprano who never quite got the recognition she deserved. It was all but over by this point in 1982, but I could happily listen to this woman sing all day and night - even if it is about mythological Trojans. m.youtube.com/watch?v=T-RE...

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ABBA - Cassandra (Germany 1982) Zoom / Good Quality

YouTube video by manuel velasquez leiton

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Completely impromptu 2026 autumn holiday booked! ♥️ Berneray, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Eriskay, Barra, and Vatersay. 😀 We really need this and I can’t wait! 👏

An open map showing the Uist islands in Scotland, with other closed OS Landranger Maps to the side, covering North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Completely blindsided by this and, with thanks to the all-seeing @thirty3forty5.bsky.social, I have my preorder in for the new @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social and Tommy Perman album. ‘House With A Curse’ on @claypipemusic.bsky.social is released on 16th October. #VinylRecords #VinylSky #MusicSky

Photo of bundle preorder - LP, CD, and badge.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hot chocolate and marshmallows at Bare Bones in Glasgow! ♥️ TO ME!!

Photo shows two cubes of marshmallow - one large and one smaller, stacked, and a mug of expensive hot chocolate.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is a tough one. I’ll go with ‘Gold (Greatest Hits) by ABBA, and ‘The Immaculate Collection’ by Madonna. #MusicSky #GreatestHits #ABBA #Madonna

Front cover of the album ‘Gold (Greatest Hits)’ by ABBA.

Front cover for the album ‘The Immaculate Collection) by Madonna.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Post a picture that could be an album cover... My 📸

Glaswegian 19th century residential street - sandstone tenements on both sides, with the road winding up a hill to the right. Cars are parked up both sides of the street. Behind the tenements, and towering over them, are two 20the century high-rise flats.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today I am at my local indie tea room. ♥️ I have had my morning coffee, and a lovely plate of poached eggs on toast. Now I am waiting for my sister to arrive so we can have a crisis meeting about my dad’s birthday! 🤪🤷🏻‍♂️😂

Scene from a coffee shop. In the foreground, a table, open door, and window of a coffee shop, looks out into a sunny day with two high rise flats and trees. A young girl walks hand in hand with her grandparents.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Lin is finishing up for her week off, which means I will have some company. 👏😀♥️ Meanwhile, Bill Fay Group’s ‘Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow’, released in 2005 (recordings originally made between 1978-1981) is #NowPlaying. #VinylRecords #Vinylsky #MusicSky #NowSpinning #FolkRock #ProgRock

LP spinning on Pro-Ject Carbon Debut record player with Ortofon Blue stylus. To the side, the album sleeve sits upright in an illuminated “Now Playing” stand.

Back of album sleeve with words about the album.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What started as three or four #books on one of the shelves in our little snug (just to make the room more cosy and homely, I told the wife) has now almost taken over an entire shelf. I *must* add even more books! 😀 #BookSky

A close up photo of a selection of books sitting on a wooden shelf. Authors include Roald Dahl, Daphne du Maurier, and Susan Hill. There are also books on the Titanic and Peter Cushing.

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