Andrew Long
@closetotheedge.bsky.social
#ProgRock, #Jazz, #MusicCollector, retired from the #Railway. #HAE patient. Amateur #Theology, Christian (Liberal/Progressive) Average #Bass player #RailwayFamily #NGauge #ModelRailway. You bin influenced? andylong.bandcamp.com redoverred.bandcamp.com
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Andrew Long
@closetotheedge.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Is it That Time Already, by Red Over Red
2 track album
redoverred.bandcamp.com
Just released: a double a-side from Red Over Red, @glynbarnes.bsky.social's recording project with @singingconductor.bsky.social on vocals and me on bass. Please enjoy! redoverred.bandcamp.com/album/is-it-... #NowPlaying
Here's a short clip of Mrs L's recorders group, I am often found on bass guitar or percussion, but on this occasion I am filming it on my phone! Mrs L is on tenor
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Here's a short clip of Mrs L's recorders group, I am often found on bass guitar or percussion, but on this occasion I am filming it on my phone! Mrs L is on tenor
#NowPlaying: Frank Zappa: Hallowe'en '73: Released 2019: 4 CD box
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
#NowPlaying: Frank Zappa: Hallowe'en '73: Released 2019: 4 CD box
#NowPlaying: John Lennon: Imagine: 1971. picked up in Oxfam
January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
#NowPlaying: John Lennon: Imagine: 1971. picked up in Oxfam
#NowPlaying: Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration: 2019. Live tribute album with contributions from a long list of big names.
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 AM
#NowPlaying: Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration: 2019. Live tribute album with contributions from a long list of big names.
#1001albums: Day 29: Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba: 1962. At last! A 'proper' jazz album, a month in and this is the first one that's come up. I dont own this one, so diving in with great expectations. Mostly Brazilian Boissa Nova compositions, one by Byrd, all arranged by Getz.
Album Of The Day
Jazz Samba by Stan Getz
1001albumsgenerator.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 AM
#1001albums: Day 29: Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd: Jazz Samba: 1962. At last! A 'proper' jazz album, a month in and this is the first one that's come up. I dont own this one, so diving in with great expectations. Mostly Brazilian Boissa Nova compositions, one by Byrd, all arranged by Getz.
Good morning everyone, enjoy your Thursday
January 29, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Good morning everyone, enjoy your Thursday
At 2100 I'm jumping into the listening party at @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social, first one this evening, White Music: 1978. Join the fun if you like...
January 28, 2026 at 8:46 PM
At 2100 I'm jumping into the listening party at @xtclisteningparty.bsky.social, first one this evening, White Music: 1978. Join the fun if you like...
Reposted by Andrew Long
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Reposted by Andrew Long
I've decided on what theme of recommendations I'll make for next weeks #BandcampFriday, but I need your help, folks!
If you have songs, albums, compilations etc. out where you donate the proceeds to a good cause, post them here.
Doesn't matter if it's big or small; I'll boost everything on the 6th!
If you have songs, albums, compilations etc. out where you donate the proceeds to a good cause, post them here.
Doesn't matter if it's big or small; I'll boost everything on the 6th!
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I've decided on what theme of recommendations I'll make for next weeks #BandcampFriday, but I need your help, folks!
If you have songs, albums, compilations etc. out where you donate the proceeds to a good cause, post them here.
Doesn't matter if it's big or small; I'll boost everything on the 6th!
If you have songs, albums, compilations etc. out where you donate the proceeds to a good cause, post them here.
Doesn't matter if it's big or small; I'll boost everything on the 6th!
#NowPlaying: Steve Howe: Motif Volume 1. 2008. rerecording of solo guitar pieces from across Steve's career. Brilliant guitar work all the way through.
January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
#NowPlaying: Steve Howe: Motif Volume 1. 2008. rerecording of solo guitar pieces from across Steve's career. Brilliant guitar work all the way through.
Giving this old feller a whirl this evening with Mrs L's recorders group. Ozark acoustic bass. It was a gift for my fortieth so I've had it more than a year now..... 🤣
January 28, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Giving this old feller a whirl this evening with Mrs L's recorders group. Ozark acoustic bass. It was a gift for my fortieth so I've had it more than a year now..... 🤣
Afternoon all, back from a busy morning of ticking things off on a clipboard. #NowPlaying: Barclay James Harvest: Victims Of Circumstance: 1984. 2 CD edition with a live set from Wembley. Not their finest hour but there's a few on there I really like.
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Afternoon all, back from a busy morning of ticking things off on a clipboard. #NowPlaying: Barclay James Harvest: Victims Of Circumstance: 1984. 2 CD edition with a live set from Wembley. Not their finest hour but there's a few on there I really like.
#1001albums: Day 28: the Specials: More Specials: 1980. Spearheading the Two Tone movement of the early 80s, lots of great songwriting and a bit more adventurous than some of their contemporaries, I was never a two tone boy at school, no Harrington jacket for me, but they wrote some great hits.
Album Of The Day
More Specials by The Specials
1001albumsgenerator.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 AM
#1001albums: Day 28: the Specials: More Specials: 1980. Spearheading the Two Tone movement of the early 80s, lots of great songwriting and a bit more adventurous than some of their contemporaries, I was never a two tone boy at school, no Harrington jacket for me, but they wrote some great hits.
Good morning everyone, enjoy your Wednesday, I'm going out to the Dean Forest Railway for a few hours, but first some tunes...
January 28, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Good morning everyone, enjoy your Wednesday, I'm going out to the Dean Forest Railway for a few hours, but first some tunes...
#NowPlaying: National Health: Of Queues And Cures: 1978. Top quality slice of Canterbury cake.
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
#NowPlaying: National Health: Of Queues And Cures: 1978. Top quality slice of Canterbury cake.
#NowPlaying: Emerson, Lake And Palmer: 1970. I imagine the opening riff of The Barbarian woke a few people up at the time.
January 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
#NowPlaying: Emerson, Lake And Palmer: 1970. I imagine the opening riff of The Barbarian woke a few people up at the time.
#NowPlaying: Black Sabbath: Vol. 4: 1972. Doom-laden beauty, sheer power. I love it.
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
#NowPlaying: Black Sabbath: Vol. 4: 1972. Doom-laden beauty, sheer power. I love it.
#NowPlaying: Spock's Beard: X: 2010: I don't mind a bit of SB, got to see them live once at the Point in Cardiff, a great venue, much missed.
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 AM
#NowPlaying: Spock's Beard: X: 2010: I don't mind a bit of SB, got to see them live once at the Point in Cardiff, a great venue, much missed.
#1001albums: Day 27: Animal Collective: Merriweather Post pavilion: 2009. Interesting experimental pop/rock, another band I've never heard of until today but it's worth a listen. Echoes of Krautrock and 60s psychedelia. Anybody out there hear of them?
Album Of The Day
Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
1001albumsgenerator.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
#1001albums: Day 27: Animal Collective: Merriweather Post pavilion: 2009. Interesting experimental pop/rock, another band I've never heard of until today but it's worth a listen. Echoes of Krautrock and 60s psychedelia. Anybody out there hear of them?
Good morning everyone, enjoy your Tuesday. I'm going out for a big breakfast soon.
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Good morning everyone, enjoy your Tuesday. I'm going out for a big breakfast soon.
#NowPlaying: @mattstevensloop.bsky.social : Archive: 2016.
Archive, by Matt Stevens
10 track album
mattstevens.bandcamp.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
#NowPlaying: @mattstevensloop.bsky.social : Archive: 2016.
#NowPlaying: Catalyst*R: 2024 CD from a London based (I think) prog band. I won this CD a couple of years ago on Twitter, here's a bandcamp link.
Catalyst*R, by Catalyst*R
7 track album
catalystr.bandcamp.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
#NowPlaying: Catalyst*R: 2024 CD from a London based (I think) prog band. I won this CD a couple of years ago on Twitter, here's a bandcamp link.
#1001albums: Day 26: System of A Down: debut album: 1998. My son used to listen to to these a lot when eh was a teenager, always blasting out of his bedroom at ridiculous levels. I'm still traumatised, giving it a go but I don't think I can stick it out...
Album Of The Day
System Of A Down by System Of A Down
1001albumsgenerator.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
#1001albums: Day 26: System of A Down: debut album: 1998. My son used to listen to to these a lot when eh was a teenager, always blasting out of his bedroom at ridiculous levels. I'm still traumatised, giving it a go but I don't think I can stick it out...