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Glenn Le Santo
@lesanto.bsky.social
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"Me? I am nobody"
Writer, photographer, artist and lover of music and vinyl.
Journalist and boater.
Header picture ‘Moorhen’ painted by Laura Andrew at lauraandrew.com
My reggae vinyl sales outlet : https://www.discogs.com/seller/leggorocker/profile
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Glenn Le Santo @lesanto.bsky.social · Jun 19
I have collected vinyl for decades. I tell people it is my pension, and the best sounding pension anyone could ever have (all true). 🥰
Now, I’m at the age where I begin to cash in that pension.
Hence my little record store on Discogs: www.discogs.com/seller/leggo...
#vinyl #reggae #music
lesanto.bsky.social
Working on some complex admin tasks today. I have the sweet falsetto voice of Cornell Campbell to help me push on through.
Mr Campbell looks very natty in his sharp suit and Clarkes boots, reclining proudly on (presumably) his Mk1 Ford Escort. His hate game is very strong. #reggae #music #Jamaica
Front cover shows the artist dressed to kill and looking very cool with his Ford car. Back cover says it was mixed by reggae royalty - King Tubby and Prince Jammy Record label shows this is an original UK pressing on the Starlight label which was based up in London’s NW10 district on the Craven Park Road.
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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houseofreggae.bsky.social
Remembering Ranking Trevor who was born on this day in 1960.

In the '70s his DJing turned great singles into essential 12"s, including on Truly by The Jays, the very first 12" discomix to be released in Jamaica in 1977...

youtu.be/LWkVmo4hoRI?...

#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
12" of The Jays & Ranking Trevor (uncredited) - Truly on Different label. Released in 1978. (Truly was originally released on 12" in Jamaica on the Channel One Disco Mix label and in the UK on the Caribbean label in 1977. This 1978 release on Different was its 2nd issue in the UK.) Produced by Jo Jo Hoo Kim.
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Brown Shirts in action.
If, or when, Reform take power the same thing will happen in the UK.
efbigtiz.bsky.social Eff Baz @efbigtiz.bsky.social · 15d
Or just watch the slow mo footage that clearly shows neither were in danger
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
lesanto.bsky.social
Maybe it’s not the Oil Barons that are driving Climate Change science denial. Maybe it’s actually the work of the Daleks.
worldsofdrwho.bsky.social The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 28d
"...ARRANGE FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS."

"Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Flashpoint" (1964). #DoctorWho
December 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
lesanto.bsky.social
Richard Branson, Richard Nixon, James Brown, Ewen McGregor, Gary Glitter.
paullomax.co.uk Paul Lomax @paullomax.co.uk · 29d
Russell Brand, Jenna Coleman, Paul Chuckle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian McKellen.
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Is there a way to filter out users who only allow people they follow to comment on their posts? Because I do not see the point of posts in my feed that I am unable to engage with.
December 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Saturday evening in a roots style
Knowledge - Hail Dread
A Tappa Zukie production
Natty gone outernational - this one was released on a major label.
A&M Records, the same label The Carpenters were signed to ✊🏾🇯🇲
#reggae #music #Jamaica #vinyl
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Hard to believe now, but once upon a time I did this for a living.
Not only is that me riding that Beemer for the cover shot - but I also edited the entire magazine and wrote many of the tests and features in it.
They were very special times (before #AI) ❤️
#motorcycles #journalism #photography
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
More Sugar Minott sweetness. Still on the Black Roots label. Minott absolutely blasts out his cover of this pop standard on this recording. I love everything about this disk.
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Saturday Night Jamboree on the Dub Irator label.
Wayne Jarrett sings the A side, and someone called 'Silver Fox' toasts on the flip ahead of the dub finale.
It's a definitive example of how perfect the 12 inch 45 rpm format is for reggae music.
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Another 12.
Another Sugar Minott masterpiece.
It's called 'Mix Up', and this particular version is on his own Black Roots label
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #Jamaica
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Playing this foot-long forty-five by Michael Prophet, produced by Vivian Jackson on the Black Roots label, and reminding myself what an absolute gem this record is.
#music #vinyl #reggae #Jamaica
A record label, with an illustration of a lion.
November 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
I had an R65LS for many years. Originally owned by my kid brother, I got it with about 20k miles on it. I used it for despatch riding, raising the mileage to 185,000.
I rode it in all seasons through sunshine, rain,
Storms and snow.
Reliable, fun and much missed.
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reposted by Glenn Le Santo
lauraandrew.bsky.social
Today is the final day these paintings are on show in London’s Mall Galleries. View them online -
buyart.mallgalleries.org.uk/laura-andrew...
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
lesanto.bsky.social
Keith Poppin is a marvellous #Jamaican singer, but may be missing from some #reggae vinyl collections.
I have three Keith Poppin LPs, including this one ‘Pop Inn’. It’s finest roots reggae, so don’t be fooled by the title.
‘Envious’ and ‘More of Keith’, the other two LPs, are both superb.
A red vinyl LP, titled Pop Inn and by Jamaican reggae singer Keith Poppin, is playing on a Technics SL1200G. Launched in January 2016, the SL1200G was the debut offering when the manufacture of the new generation of Technics turntables restarted.
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reposted by Glenn Le Santo
lauraandrew.bsky.social
Lots of long-tailed tits in the hedgerows today. Here’s are two artworks depicting these fluff balls, one in watercolour and one in oil.
Both are available framed, please DM for details, or comment below.
www.lauraandrew.com
#lincolnshire #lincolnshirewolds #birds #birdart
Long tailed tit painted in watercolour, available as a signed Giclée print of the original artwork. A flock of long tailed tits in willow painted in oil on panel, and framed in solid oak. Frame finished using Farrow & Ball ‘Pointings’. Laura Andrew is a professional wildlife artist. Detail of Long tailed tits in Willow by artist Laura Andrew, member of the Society of Wildlife Artists A long-tailed tit watercolour ‘Splash bird’, created by artist Laura Andrew SWLA
August 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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kuski.bsky.social
PayPal being radio silent over their instant transfers being down 😒
August 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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lauraandrew.bsky.social
Bullfinch lovers! A selection of available bullfinch paintings & prints currently in my studio ➡️ Some are not on my website so please send me a DM or comment below for more details.
All can be dispatched today and with you by tomorrow… (UK Special Delivery)
A selection of bullfinch art in my studio - ready to post to you today. Original oil paintings, prints and linocut.
August 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
lesanto.bsky.social
My first motorcycle, as opposed to moped. In this exact colour. Bought just after my 17th birthday. I wanted an RD250 but my dad forced me to buy his mate’s CB200 because ‘a Honda is more reliable’. It wasn’t, far from it. I even had to pass my test with it stubbornly refusing to select first gear 😡
August 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Timeless styling. Doesn’t look in the least bit dated 50 years later.
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Hot dog utilises the Victorian version of air conditioning (aka Minton Tiles), post park run on a very warm English morning.
#whippet #sighthounds #dogsofbluesky #dogs #Victorian #summer
August 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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This.
August 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
lesanto.bsky.social
There might be some better live albums than ‘Johnny Cash Live at San Quentin’ - but I doubt there’s any with as much atmosphere.
I’ve loved this recording since my mum first played it to me back in 1969.
One of the best things she ever gave me was an appreciation for great music.
#music #country
August 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
lesanto.bsky.social
Over the last 24 hours I’ve begun to suspect that there’s a organised and concerted campaign being carried out on BlueSky to ensure that Farage and Reform have no opposition in the next British General Election. Fartrage is possibly behind it, but I suspect Putin is his partner-in-crime here.
August 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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You’re probably not interested in photos of my dog Stevie (girl). But here’s some anyway.
#dogs #whippets #sighthounds
A black and white whippet stands in the hunting stance while watching squirrels in a beautiful and very green Victorian park. There’s a maze in the background. A whippet is reclining on a lawn, looking up into the trees Two hind paws are projecting rather humorously from under a duvet. No other parts of the dog can be seen A whippet asleep with its head on a pillow. It has a very long snout, made to look even longer by the camera angle and the lenses focal length. Behind her is a bookshelf with old books and contemporary pottery on it.
August 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM