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A lover of Music, ideally live. Fond of #Vinyl and the Analogue trail. It's a disease. Rega Rothwell Sugden Neat Nagaoka Degritter II Forged in Middle Earth

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#Mumford&Sons – #Prizefighter 2026 (2026)

Lovely pressing at Pallas (DE). A little warp but centred and noise free. Dynamics are OK
I'd love an analogue recording from them.
Music is a departure from anthemic tunes. They are still there but less. More Introspective?

#VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

01.03.2026 12:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ray Lamontagne – Trouble 2004 (2025)
The Remaster is a lovely rendition of a well crafted album.
Father of James Morrison?
A few ticks here and there with a small amount of warping. Dead centre. Music is dynamic and nicely saturated. Great separation of instruments.

#VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

15.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More 2009

Home grown band with anthemic music peppered with brilliant punctuation with a banjo & double bass
I am a Mumford Junkie
I find it a real dynamic record. Not flat but centred. A few pops here and there but the sound let's you forgive.

#VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

15.02.2026 14:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tower Of Power – Back To Oakland 1974 (2026)

Beautiful Funk/Soul mix. Not knowing much about this group I was very impressed.
The Rhino Reserve was flat quiet but a little off centre
These new audiophile releases from labels at decent money are a real blessing.

#VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

15.02.2026 14:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sholto - The Sirens 2025 (2025)

A recommendation from @stickyblacktarmac.bsky.social

Great relaxing tunes with super flat vinyl, centred and noise free. Cinematic Soul is a fair reflection of it's core.
A nod to Rachel Kitchlew doesn't go unnoticed.

#VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

15.02.2026 13:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night 1987 (2025)

1st Vinyl edition ever to be cut from the original Master Tape!
Crank the volume a little and it is magic

Flat, quiet well centred. Dynamics top notch.
Caroline sounds very good.
Great comeback
#RhinoReserve #FleetwoodMac #VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

18.01.2026 14:52 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fila Brazillia – Maim That Tune 1995 (2025)

Ambient down tempo great beat background groove.
Recommended by Brandon at @stickyblacktarmac.bsky.social

Nice and flat with great dynamics.
A few pops and clicks.

One of those great albums when you know.
#FilaBrazillia #VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

18.01.2026 14:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mumford & Sons - Rushmere 2025 (2025)

Back to roots anthemic, emotional, lyrical. The vinyl itself is dead flat and mostly quiet. Sound is good although not the same soundstage as Sigh No More.

Their musical ties and circles show in their musicianship.

#Mumford #VinylCommunity #NowSpinning

30.03.2025 11:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Richard Cheese - The Sunny Side Of The Moon 2006 (2023)

Lounge Music to leave you both wondering what just happened and if it's legal.

I'm a prude with a smile, strangely.

#RichardCheese #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

22.03.2025 20:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cymande - Second Time Round 1973 (2023)

Great sounding vinyl with a great soundstage. Only caught up with this music recently. Old guys relaxed in what they do.

Has a touch of Ezra Collective. Seemed bigger in US despite birthplace.

#Cymande #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

22.03.2025 20:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 1984 (1984)

If you own it you know how good this was(is). Politically and Musically. We humans are still biting our own necks. My generation lucky enough to live with Gorbachev in the main.
Vinyl thin but great sound.

#TwoTribes #Vinylcommunity #NowSpinning

21.03.2025 18:42 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lowedges - 2003 (2023)

A wink of an eye to a District in Sheffield and a doffed cap to his Dad with "l'm on Nights"
It's crafted with a woven steeliness straight from Sheffield
Decent press if a little compressed. (Clear)
Hawley & Band are as good live.

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #RichardHawley

16.03.2025 13:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mereba - The Breeze Grew A Fire 2025 (2025)

Mmm. Not sure about this one music wise. Bass is infectious but bloaty vocals are poppy, think Joy Crookes. Maybe it will grow.
Vinyl badly warped but silent. Compressed for CD. Music a little rushed.

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #Mereba

27.02.2025 20:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Van Morrison – A Sense Of Wonder 1984 (1984)

Picked up at a record fair recently. Very flat and centred well. Quiet after a clean. Sonics vary song by song, Some thin others rather well rounded. Volume increase needed.
Music itself feeds me well.
#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #VanMorrison

23.02.2025 12:07 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 1988 (1988)
Great to hear this is to be reissued for the 1st time at 35 years! This UK 1st press is top notch. A digital recording with DMM pressing. In truth it's very well mastered, flat, dynamic and dead silent #vinyl

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #TracyChapman

19.02.2025 21:51 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hot House Flowers - People 1988 (1988)

Brilliant under appreciated songs even discounting "the big one" This Irish band certainly had a touch of Van Morrison.

Forget 180g records this is 100g max, dead flat, centred correctly and rather nice sounding.

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #HotHouseFlowers

17.02.2025 21:33 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thought you might like this @waxandbeans.bsky.social

What happened in the bus stop stays in the bus stop.

16.02.2025 13:25 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Rich Dawson - End of the middle 2025.

Lived in house in the picture most of my life. Nice to have a connection. The scene is still local to me.
Vocals unusual with everyday topics expressed in a very likable way, a little like in the bus stop I guess.

#mandypayne #RichardDawson #NowSpinning #Vinyl

16.02.2025 13:20 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Richard Hawley - Coles Corner 2005 (2019)

20th anniversary in Sept of this beautifully crafted atmospheric masterpiece. Strange that the building on the cover is not "coles corner" but a theatre in Scarborough.

Vinyl is silent and flat with decent dynamics.

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #Hawley

15.02.2025 16:05 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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KanYe West - Graduation 2007

Never officially released on vinyl so this is a Bootleg.
As a Daft Punk you are lead to this Stronger hit.

Record is quite flat, centred well. Sound is OK, a little muddled & thin but a volume increase will give it lungs. Few pops.
#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #Kanye

12.02.2025 21:11 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Record Store Day 2025... the list is live.

Head here to download and admire.

Absolute quality!

www.waxandbeans.co.uk/collections/...

06.02.2025 18:07 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 1
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Richard Hawley - In this city they call you love. 2024 (2024)

A late to the party artist for me. Brilliant musicians. Recommend them live.
Pressing is good with some nice tight bass whilst keeping good highs. Flat & Noise free vinyl.

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #Hawley

09.02.2025 15:10 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sade - Stronger than pride (1988) 2024 1/2 speed reissue

Another belter of a record, albeit a few pops here and there. Sounds lovely and no denying her talent. More of an organic backing would be cherry on cake. Flat pressing.

#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #Sade

09.02.2025 13:54 — 👍 36    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sade - Love Deluxe 1992 (2024 1/2 speed reissue)

Lots of talk about poor pressing. Not evident here. Flat, noise free, well rounded sound, dreamy.
To young to appreciate back in the day. Can now see why she had such a following.
#NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #Sade

09.02.2025 12:24 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More 2009

With a new album on the horizon I felt Sunday was a day to sigh no more.
Really good lyrics put to anthemic uplifting like instrument arrangements.
Vinyl is quite dynamic despite a few pops after U/S clean.
#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #mumford

02.02.2025 13:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Rumer - In Session. Released Jan 25

A rehashed release of loved tracks with a more soulful relaxed (think Norah Jones) backing from previous songs.

I like her music and I am happy to have this lovely sounding, flat release on vinyl.
#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #vinylcommunity

01.02.2025 16:16 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
A late Listen to an album I read about and was quite looking forward to.
Mastered from original tapes from their studio.
This release is top notch. Dynamic, quiet and beautifully crafted.
Just a little warping.
#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #vinylcommunity

26.01.2025 22:01 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Van Morrison - Hymns To The Silence
1st UK pressing from 1991 2LP
21st Studio Album....prolific writer.
Beautiful Music. Great Dynamics. Uplifting riffs.
Lucky to pick this up as a clean copy.
#NowPlaying
#NowSpinning
#vinylcommunity

04.01.2025 16:58 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Raye - My 21st Century Blues
Debut Album. Released in 2023 as an independent artist.

The album is a great listen as much for topics as for the dynamics. Superb base texture. The Neat speaker shines in the highs with the AMT tweeter.
#RAYE #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #vinylcommunity @vinyl.bsky.social

04.01.2025 13:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ezra Collective - You Can't Steal My Joy
1st Studio album released 2019.

Never been to a concert quite like this band. Immense energy.

#EzraCollective #NowPlaying #NowSpinning #vinylcommunity #vinyl @vinyl.bsky.social

04.01.2025 11:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0