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The butler burnt the butter but the bacon bore the brunt.

One of the great American composers....but with bongos. It's a marriage made in heaven...or is it? Don Ralke thinks so.

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The 20th anniversary limited vinyl edition, 180gm virgin vinyl with free bonus 45.

Liszt - Sonata In B Minor. Another fabulous World Record Club sleeve, this time for the recording by Witold Malcuzynski.

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I reckon Adam was a bit of a loser. If I was in a garden with a naked woman the last thing that I would find tempting is a goddamn apple.

Found a box of old t-shirts today so, just for the hell of it, I put four of them Ebay and somewhat to my surprise three of them sold within half an hour.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cold rainy morning in Boronia; listening to Craig Scott's "Smiley" LP (his best imo). When he hits that high note singing 'When will they LEARN!" near the end of the title track you realise, wow, the guy really could sing!

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I named this boy Dexter after Dexter Dutton from the 60s radio show "Life With Dexter" but I've now been told there's a TV show called Dexter about a serial killer and people think I named him after him. I didn't know. My Dexter's a good lad and hasn't killed anyone.

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Glenn Evans @vinylsol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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

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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I don't care, somebody loves me.

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And why not leave the leg and bottom in as well - hell, you won't be able to in twenty years so let's do it now". And thus, another great kitsch cover was born. This one was designed by Ian Brown with a photograph taken by Brian Sutcliffe.

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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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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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.

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

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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.

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

Whenever people talk about Lugosi it's almost always his Dracula - fair enough, but it's great not to overlook his other 30s & 40s chillers like "The Devil Bat".....and my favourite, the eerily chilling "White Zombie"

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

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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"

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"

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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Then, when they go into their spiel, interrupt by saying 'The Master cannot see you....he never rises...during the daylight hours....'. Then just stare at them until they go away

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

A little light reading for those long cool spring nights.

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

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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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.

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.