Rob
@covers.bsky.social
Mostly music and books here. Partial to a charity shop and an old newspaper cutting. Formerly @100Covers on Twitter, author of a couple of books and used to sometimes write for the Independent.
Been after the 12” of this for… oh, about 45 years. Finally got around to tracking it down. Looks unplayed too 😃 #ElvisCostello #RadarRrecords
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Been after the 12” of this for… oh, about 45 years. Finally got around to tracking it down. Looks unplayed too 😃 #ElvisCostello #RadarRrecords
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
January 4, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Scott Walker and his mum.
December 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Scott Walker and his mum.
Is this the voice of God?
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Is this the voice of God?
Getting ready for tonight’s BBC Ghost Story for Christmas with this little-read Dickens classic
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Getting ready for tonight’s BBC Ghost Story for Christmas with this little-read Dickens classic
Vintage Byrds, with Gram Parsons, from 1968. Wonderful record and a country classic.
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Vintage Byrds, with Gram Parsons, from 1968. Wonderful record and a country classic.
Norwich cathedral, yesterday
December 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Norwich cathedral, yesterday
Charity shop prices for vinyl getting a bit ridiculous, I’d argue.
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Charity shop prices for vinyl getting a bit ridiculous, I’d argue.
Delighted to pick up these two the other day, both firsts (although Spanner is a 2nd reprint). Both in fine condition. #johnlennon
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Delighted to pick up these two the other day, both firsts (although Spanner is a 2nd reprint). Both in fine condition. #johnlennon
I love this review of Till the Band Comes In, Scott Walker’s fifth solo album, November 1970. “A kept cowboy…” 😄
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I love this review of Till the Band Comes In, Scott Walker’s fifth solo album, November 1970. “A kept cowboy…” 😄
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Albums I’ll never hear #1
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Albums I’ll never hear #1
#weekendsingles #vinyl
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#weekendsingles #vinyl
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
Just used old newspapers online to track down a half-remembered Au Pairs gig I went to (turned out to be a RAR @ Poplar Town Hall, Nov 80). Shame it’s just Lesley now - not much of a reunion, really.
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Just used old newspapers online to track down a half-remembered Au Pairs gig I went to (turned out to be a RAR @ Poplar Town Hall, Nov 80). Shame it’s just Lesley now - not much of a reunion, really.
I remembered I saw the Au Pairs in the very early 80s at a benefit gig in a civic hall in E. London, so set about finding out exactly where and when. Trawling through online music papers, I finally tracked it down. It was Poplar, 8/11/80 - exactly 45 years ago! Brilliant gig, as I recall.
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I remembered I saw the Au Pairs in the very early 80s at a benefit gig in a civic hall in E. London, so set about finding out exactly where and when. Trawling through online music papers, I finally tracked it down. It was Poplar, 8/11/80 - exactly 45 years ago! Brilliant gig, as I recall.
Scans of the legendary rock mag ZIGZAG now online. (I don’t expect many likes - you’d have to be my age or older to remember it 😁)
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Scans of the legendary rock mag ZIGZAG now online. (I don’t expect many likes - you’d have to be my age or older to remember it 😁)
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
Richard and Linda Thompson’s 1975 tour started 50 years ago this week. Captured on this terrific CD. Anyone see them live? I caught them once, on their 1978 tour.
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Richard and Linda Thompson’s 1975 tour started 50 years ago this week. Captured on this terrific CD. Anyone see them live? I caught them once, on their 1978 tour.
The Pantone colours TfL use for their transport maps. Just so you know. #London
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Pantone colours TfL use for their transport maps. Just so you know. #London
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
The 1977 cult ghost flick Full Circle or the Haunting of Julia starring Mia Farrow just had a rare screening at #Picturehouse cinemas. The OST by Colin Towns is a brilliant, unsettling mix of piano and synth.
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The 1977 cult ghost flick Full Circle or the Haunting of Julia starring Mia Farrow just had a rare screening at #Picturehouse cinemas. The OST by Colin Towns is a brilliant, unsettling mix of piano and synth.
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
Elvis Costello competition, NME 1979. Too late to enter? I know all the answers 😆
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Elvis Costello competition, NME 1979. Too late to enter? I know all the answers 😆
These letters in NME from March 1977 are a reminder of how little known Nick Drake’s name was less than three years after his death. When did this change?
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
These letters in NME from March 1977 are a reminder of how little known Nick Drake’s name was less than three years after his death. When did this change?
21st century Cohen is a rich and wonderful thing
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
21st century Cohen is a rich and wonderful thing