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Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison - Traveling Wilburys. I always thought it a little sad and unfair that one of the best and most experienced musicians in the group, drummer Jim Keltner, wasn't listed as a full member.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 19h

Two things I really miss about the 1990s - The Late Show and The Big Gig. Two ABC classics.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Back in 1979 I was playing in The Reds and we would rehearse in a basement in Railton Road in Brixton. Afterwards we would go for a pint in the Windsor Castle on the nearby street corner. This was the pub the night of the Brixton riots in 1981. The next morning it was gone....burned to the ground.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Partly moved by the sudden death of Paul Hester, and inspired by the successful Split Enz reunion, Neil Finn decided he liked being in a band - and Crowded House were reborn, returning with 'Time On Earth'. This two LP set is autographed on the front sleeve.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AC/DC's powerful debut, 'High Voltage', from 1975. A blue 'Roo' label Australian original.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Despite their increasing sophistication, the Who never made anything quite as raw, raucous and powerful as their debut album, ''My Generation". This is the rare 1960s Australian Calendar label pressing, mono, flipback sleeve.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't care, somebody loves me.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Teacher has been giving a lesson in British history and, at the end, says "now, children, which three kings have brought the most happiness throughout history?" Little Johnny puts his hand up. "Yes, Johnny?" "Please miss, it's smo-king, drin-king and fu-.." "THANK YOU, JOHNNY! THAT'S ENOUGH!"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When you make the tea and give your wife the last gingernut without telling her it's the last one, so she won't feel guilty - never mind diamond rings and stuff, THAT'S true love.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Deep in the Art Department of Philips Records in 1969, a discussion is taking place. "Mauriat's new album comprises covers of the hippest hip tracks so he's called it 'Hip Hits'. So naturally, the best way to sell it is with a picture of.....you guessed it....a hip.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I got a feeling inside of me It's kind of strange like a stormy sea I don't know why, I don't know why I guess these things have got to be I gotta new rose, I got it good Brian James' classic, one minute and 99 seconds of pure UK punk. Stiff pressing, 1976.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Diana Ross & The Supremes.....a comprehensive 20 track compilation from 1974, New Zealand red label issue in a fully laminated sleeve. Compiled by EMI New Zealand's prolific Bruce Ward with a cover design by Terence Eady.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Vic Flick Sound - 'West Of Windward', 1968 UK pressing. Vic was famous for recording the original Monty Norman James Bond theme for 'Dr No', played on a 1939 English Clifford Essex Paragon Deluxe guitar plugged into a Fender Vibrolux amplifier. Flick was paid a one-off fee of £6.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lost Lovers Mk 2; Cindy, Steve, Steve, Glenn. From photoshoot during 'Broken Bangle' recording session at Matrix Studios, London, 1981.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've always thought Sandie Shaw was about as cool as you could get but when she covered the Jesus & Mary Chain's 'About You', from 'Darklands, her cool factor went up even further. And she did it for a cool label too, Rough Trade.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The beginning of the Clash - the powerful, primitive and provocative ''White Riot".

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Have you noticed that when the Prince goes to kiss Sleeping Beauty she's always lying delicately on her back? Never on her stomach, head halfway under the pillow, hair a mess and one arm hanging out of the side of the bed, like a normal person.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's s beautiful spring evening here in leafy Boronia.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When stereo arrived in the 1950s it was quickly followed by a plethora of albums designed specifically to show off the new format. This 1958 Capitol album, narrated by Art Gilmore, featured a side of music and a side called ''Sounds Of Reality"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In the 1970s EMI New Zealand launched a reissue series of classic UK beat and pop singles under the banner catalogue number prefix BRIT - This one, from Cilla Black, was BRIT 9, coupling "Step Inside Love" with "Alfie"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two classic rock and roll instrumentals on the legendary Leedon label; Mickey Shorr and the Sure Shots covering Sandy Nelson's "Teen Beat" with their own "Jungle" on the back. This is from 1959 and was also issued on Lee Gordon.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DEALING WITH MORMONS Here is my technique for dealing with Mormons when they come to the front door..(this works with Jehovah's Witnesses as well). Open the door, look around the doorway, stare at them bug-eyed and say, in a thick Eastern European accent "Yesssss?"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A cockie visits the wishing well in my garden. My lovely cat, Neville, who died aged just 6, is buried inside.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A little light reading for those long cool spring nights.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two heads are better than one......unless they're on the same person, which is just weird.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Dinosaurs, cavemen with sculpted hair and beards and large breasted women wearing bikinis and eye makeup. Oh ok, maybe it isn't completely historically accurate but it's as good as the bible.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"You can't live your life in denial" "You can if you're Egyptian"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's a very odd line in Elton John's "Little Jeannie". I mean, before I married, I made various requests of girlfriends and lovers but I can honestly say I never asked any of them to be my acrobat.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Required reading for boys and girls of a certain age in the early seventies, Britain's premier football weekly, "Shoot". This 1971 issue features the grestest player never to have graced a World Cup finals (with the possible exception of di Stefano) - George Best.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The difference between Mrs Vinylsol and me is that when I find a banana that's over ripe I chuck it in the compost. When she finds one she makes a cake.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Whenever I see and hear Donald Trump on the news I can't help thinking.....where's George Carlin when you need him?

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The answer to a question in the Age quiz this morning was 'Hope'. I decided to give Mrs Vinylsol a clue - "It's something we have in times of trouble" Her reply - "Ice cream?......Cheese?"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Valentines - "My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man". This 1969 Australian pop/rock EP is now quite sought after. It features early performances from Bon Scott, later of AC/DC.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Before conquering the world in 1967, the Bee Gees were already big in Australia where 'Spicks And Specks' was a huge hit. The song, festured on this 1966 4 track EP, later became the title song for a long running ABC TV quiz show.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Fourmyula - Inside the Hutt. 21 classics from New Zealands popsike kings. This compilation, from the UK, includes classic singles and LP tracks.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A rare version of the finest hard rock single of 1970, Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'. A New Zealand original pressing, with the Essex logo, in an original swirl bag.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At an early Madness gig at the Nashville Rooms, West Kensington, 1979, Suggs threw a copy of the just released 'The Prince' into the heaving mass at the front and I caught it. Only competition I've ever won.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Uncut and high definition blu-ray edition of the Hammer/Shaw Bros kung fu horror spectacular - Peter Cushing's Van Helsing battles Dracula in deepest China while martial arts battles rage all around them. Splendid stuff!

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One of my favourite London venues to play, the Nashville, in North End Road. One of the first Tronics gigs was here, in 1977, when we shared a bill with Brighton band The Depressions. Saw Madness, Joe Jackson, Skids, Mekons, many others in there. I think it's long gone now.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hurray! It's September and the worst of winter is over...time to celebrate with Summer Samba from Sandie Williams and her swingin' organ!! (apologies to my northern hemisphere friends for whom this is FAKE NEWS!)

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The English poster for 'The Nanny' crediting Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett and James Villiers, as well as American import Bette Davis. This illustration by Tom Chantrell.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Poster for Seth Holt's dark thriller, 'The Nanny', starring Bette Davis and made for Hammer Films, 1965. This US poster didn't credit the UK stars Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett and James Villiers.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two of my favourite artists are Shirley Bassey and Count Basie but I also like their doppelgangers, Shirley Trebley and Count Treblie.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There are three species of bluebird, sialia sialis, sialia currucoides and sialia mexicana, all native to the Americas, which means it is unlikely that any of them would ever be seen over the white cliffs of Dover. This is very distressing - if you can't trust Dame Vera Lynn who can you trust?

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In my experience, most people pronounce 'Nazi' as 'Nartzee' but Winston Churchill always said "Naarzee". I reckon he just did it to annoy Hitler.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The AFL are rightly taking action against the people who threw bottles at the umpires after the Hawthorn match. This behaviour is unacceptable; they should do what we do in football - don't throw stuff, just get 30,000 people to start chanting "The referee's a wanker, the referee's a wanker!"

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today in Melbourne has been exceptionally clement.

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