Rich Squires

Dubrovnik old town

Last of the summer sun in beautiful Dubrovnik

Ah, smashing! Thanks!

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to hearing those. All other copies I've seen go for a minimum of £100, and that's just single disc.

Not at all! I won it on Ebay, for £50. I have to say, I had NO expectations of winning!! I'm still pinching myself.

Bright Phoebus - Lal & Mike Waterson (Domino, Ltd. Version with 1971 demos, 2017)

I think my record collecting days go downhill from here. The Domino, double vinyl version of this stunning album picked up this week for a very reasonable price. Unplayed, too!!

Pentangle - Reflection LP (Transatlantic, 1971)

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Rafael Anton Irisarri - A Fragile Geography LP (10th anniversary reissue)

Rafael Anton Irisarri - A Fragile Geography (10th anniversary reissue)

Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever LP

#NowPlaying Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever

Bert Jansch - it don't bother me LP (1965, Transatlantic Records)

#NowPlaying Bert Jansch - it don't bother me (OP)

St Mary's Church, Shotesham

St Mary's Church, Shotesham

St Martin's Church, Shotesham

St Martin's Church, Shotesham

Wonderful walk in South Norfolk this afternoon, featuring two beautiful ruined churches - St Mary's and St Martin's at Shotesham.

Yep, it's a belter! That cover, too 👌

Joe McPhee - Nation Time (1971) (Superior Viaduct re-issue, 2019)

#NowPlaying Joe McPhee - Nation Time

Defiant Jazz

Don Cherry - Complete Communion LP (Blue Note re-issue, Tone Poet series, 2025)

#NowPlaying Don Cherry - Complete Communion

Beautiful Tone Poet re-issue of this classic.

Tonight's movie.

Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra - Planets of Life or Death; Amiens '73 (2015; Strut, Art Yard)

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I guess it's not a curveball, actually. More a slow, under-arm ball with no spin whatsoever.

Harold Budd & Brian Eno - The Plateaux of Mirrors LP (Editions EG, 1980)

#NowPlaying Harold Budd & Brian Eno - Ambient 2; The Plateaux of Mirrors

Ebay still throws a curveball every so often. This week, I picked up a near-mint, original press of this beautiful thing for £17 + postage. Keep pinching myself, tbh.

Quarteto Novo - s/t LP (1967)

#NowPlaying Quarteto Novo

One of the best samba jazz albums ever made, featuring a young Hermeto. Lovely re-issue on Jazzy Belle.

Michael Chapman - Fully Qualified Survivor LP (1970)

#NowPlaying Michael Chapman - Fully Qualified Survivor (1970)

#NowPlaying Jane Dukes De Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft (1971)

Don Rendell & Ian Carr Quintet - Dusk Fire

This is one of my go-to autumnal jazz picks...

Julie Tippetts- Sunset Glow LP

Julie Tippetts - Sunset Glow

Beautiful jazz/folk/art-pop from 1975

Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown (1979)

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Bluesy, fiery jazz that rips! Love this record.

Hi Tom. I'd love to read this, if there are any copies left? More than happy to cover costs.

Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006) La Signora Senza Camelie (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1953) Katalin Varga (Peter Strickland, 2009) Blow-Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966)

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Valentina Magaletti & YPY - Kansai Bruises LP (AD93, 2025)

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Valentina Magaletti & YPY - Kansai Bruises

Really enjoying this. Skittish drums/percussion and electronics creating wonderfully hypnotic polyrhythms. Amazing cover art, too!

Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age LP (2009)

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Patricia Wolf - Hrafnamynd LP (Balmat, 2025)

#NowPlaying Beautiful, immersive music from Patricia Wolf on her latest album. I adore the artwork on this one, too.

Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Totality LP (2025)

#NowPlaying Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Totality (2025)

Deerhoof - The Runners Four (2005)

#NowPlaying Deerhoof - The Runners Four (2005)

Phenomenal album - melodies, noise, heavy grooves. Still think it's their best.