Graeme also Fuzzy

Grrr DHL Express… didn’t ring the doorbell, the front door is on the storey below me so the delivery person has to ring the doorbell. Our Postman manages to ring the bell but not DHL

Aberdeen, Scotland today:

Bright yellow coloured vinyl record playing on a turntable with the album cover leaning against the turntable

Today I’ll mostly be listening to… Wil Malone’s self titled album which originally was released in 1970, this is 2025. Wil went on to become an arranger for everyone from the Who to Black Sabbath to the Verve and conducted on Adele’s first single.
#vinyl #nowplaying #vinylrecords #wilmalone

Peak Edinburgh

Single speed flip flop hub (extra hipster points) leather wrapped cow horn bars (more hipster points) leather finished saddle (faux possibly) plus British racing green (nearly) paintwork and to finish it all off some what tacky/tasteless white wheel rims

10” album cover leaning on old cameras next to a Linn Sondek LP12 turntable with 10” clear vinyl (66 of 80) playing on turntable

Today I’ll mostly be listening to Andrew Wasylyk - Themes For Buildings And Spaces, I bought this 10” LP having attended Andrews gig last night at the hottest sweatiest venue I’ve ever been to, Leith FAB Cricket Club. Both him and his band were excellent #vinyl #vinylisreal

How do they do that?

Seems, according to the British Heart Foundation that using a HR monitor when doing exercise is pretty pointless when you have A Fib.

Listen to yer body and ease off if there are any feelings of chest pain.

Ordered 👍🏼

Large digital screen on a city street with Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise in white type on black

Happy World Bicycle Day.

10 ways young UK drivers can avoid high car insurance costs Adding a parent to the policy, opting for a small-engine vehicle or paying annually can all bring premiums down

@theguardian.com overlooked the greatest "money hack" of all when it comes to avoiding the high cost of motoring: use a 🚲 for your everyday travel needs. I estimate my 2 bikes saved me around £37,000 over the years.
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Photo of album cover stood next to the turntable playing the red vinyl version of the album.

Today I’ll mostly be listening to Kathryn Joseph - We Were Made Prey, her fourth album is a powerful, delicate haunting listen. @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social #lomondcampbell #vinyl #vinylisreal #rhodespiano

Gatefold sleeve leaning next to turntable with turquoise record playing. Front cover signed by Grace and Aaron Bond

Gatefold sleeve opened up to show pop up colourful moth framed by metallic copper line work (very cool). I’m assuming it’s a moth cos the second verse of the first track has the line “like a moth to a flame”

Today I’ll mostly be listening to… the fifth studio album by When Rivers Meet. Excellent British Blues/Rock big sound and I luv the album artwork 🦋

#vinyl #nowplaying #vinylrecords #whenriversmeet

Front of Gatefold album cover visible of Hot Rats sitting to left of turntable playing the record

Today I’ll mostly be listening to… Frank Zappa’s second solo album Hot Rats, released in 69 but this is the 2016 reissue mastered by Bernie Grundman. Frank’s best album? Could be, but there are so many versions of Frank can anyone say what is “best”. "A movie for your ears".
#vinyl #jazz #frankzappa

Graph showing heart rate for the majority of the ride was well above 155 bpm

Yesterday for the second time I had a 5k cycle on my partner’s electric Brompton. Woke up early due to discomfort in my heart area. I felt fine when I was cycling plus most of it was downhill. So was completely unaware of exceeding 155bpm which should be my max. No bike for now 🙁 Off to talk to Doc…

Don’t stop pedalling and look after yer knees!

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I haven’t used them yet so can’t vouch for their quality as I’m processing my own B+W and haven’t had the urge to do colour in a long while.

This weekend I’m visiting Whitby, I have a Leica iiif and 2 rolls of HP5 and 1 roll of FP4.

Just got to dig out my Durst enlarger and cobble a darkroom together. Luckily I retire soon 🤪

A roll of 36 exposure film is approaching £10

Process scan 19mb tiff and print 6x4 is also £10

So four pints of beer (Edinburgh prices)

Tony Blair unmasked as chief lobbyist for Saudi oil firm FLYING somewhat under the radar since his absurdist stint as Middle East peace envoy, Tony Blair has resurfaced as a key broker in a booming nexus of Chinese and Saudi oil companies.

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Nightingales album cover with a painting by Tomasso Salini of a monkey annoying a cat while a duck and a cat make their escape from the monkey and a woman with a stick and is holding the chain the monkey is attached. Another woman in a yellow dress is holding a curtain from which a dog is peeking at the Chaos in the kitchen! leaning against a speaker behind it and a turntable to the right of the sleeve.

Today I’ll mostly be listening to The Nightingales “The Awful Truth”

#longlivepunk #nightingales #vinyl

Err technically this is a viaduct but it carries trains looks like a bridge and is the biggest unreinforced lump of concrete in the uk.

Richard Dawson album cover with a painting by Mandy Payne of a red Bus Stop in front of a stone wall, leaning against a speaker behind it and a turntable to the right of the sleeve. In front of the turntable is the lyric booklet printed on yellow paper.

Today I’ll mostly be listening to Richard Dawson “End of the Middle”. Two firsts, it’s his first album I have and it’s the first vinyl I have that is “Reverse-Playing” eccentric unlike “normal” lps and like Richard Dawson he continues the English eccentric tradition
#vinyl #nowplaying #vinylrecords

Still have these on vinyl

I saw them play the Usher Hall in 1975 (I think it was) brilliant gig Edgar took the piss with his intro, wondering if “there was something good on the telly tonight?” as there were a lot of empty seats. Edgar also did a duck walk across the stage with a red Gibson ES335 about halfway through.

I still have my copy from 1975 with no sticker, an inner label with a blue background and a red dragon which I think is a first issue.

Still plays great and it was the second TD album I bought the first being Ricochet.

Ella Fitzgerald album on the left of photo leaning against a turntable which has the record playing.

Today I will mostly be listening to the 1967 recording of the wonderful Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Oakland Coliseum Arena with members of Duke Ellington’s orchestra.

#vinyl #nowplaying #vinylrecords #Ellafitzgerald

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Isle of Arran viewed from Ardlamont Cowal Peninsula. A woman and a Labrador walk along the beach near the swash silhouetted against the sun and glittering sea but heavy dark mass of cloud cover over Arran

Isle of Arran viewed from Ardlamont Cowal Peninsula

I take it you didn’t get any hassle from security? Or were you just sneaky? 🤪

I was using a Leica CL and was told I wasn’t allowed to take photos with a “professional camera”. Security man knows his cameras I guess 🤷‍♂️

On the a turntable with yellow snow coloured vinyl record showing the a side label with the portrait photo of Frank Zappa from the album cover. On the left lying on a speaker is the album cover and resting against the speaker is the accompanying booklet showing an uncropped version of the cover photo.

Today I will mostly be listening to the 50th anniversary of apostrophe (‘) remaster by Bernie Grundman on well they say gold but I say yellow snow coloured vinyl.

#deadlyyellowsnowcrystals #donteatthatyellowsnow
#vinyl