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Jonathan Tummons
@jonathantummons.bsky.social
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York (home), Durham (work), or anywhere there's a record shop. 33, 45, 78, 160, 200-500 revs per minute. I am a professor in the School of Education at Durham University. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/jonathan-tummons/
ORCID ID 0000-0002-1372-3799
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More Wagner homework so #NowPlaying the Boulez centenary recording. And he goes at quite some speed - you do lose a bit of detail sometimes. RIP Donald McIntyre who sadly passed away recently - singing The Wanderer here and he's really good.
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Siegfried. Opera by Richard Wagner. Conducted by Pierre Boulez. On my record player and ready to go!
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Blimey I had completely forgotten that I own that record. I have put it on the pile for tomorrow. Genuinely cannot remember what it sounds like.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Early homework today for the next part of the Ring Cycle at Covent Garden so #NowPlaying Siegfried cond. Janowski. Hugely underrated Cycle and overall preferable to some other big name studio versions (Solti, Karajan, Levine, Haitink, I am looking at you)
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Siegfried by Richard Wagner. This is the Marek Janowski cycle released on Eurodisc in the early 1980s. On my record player and ready to go!
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Getting my homework done for Covent Garden the week after next so #NowPlaying Věc Makropulos by Janáček (which I don't know as well as his other mature works) whilst reading a PhD thesis, which constitutes a pretty good day at work I reckon.
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Věc Makropulos by Janáček - CD box set on the Decca label.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Why, yes, More. by Pulp is #NowPlaying on my record player *again*. The real question is for anyone who hasn't listened to it yet: why not?
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More by Pulp playing on my record player.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#Nowplaying volume 2. Worth it for the first track ("Jeannine"). This is my only proper OG @bluenoterecords.bsky.social pressing, though I can't remember where I got it (it was ages ago). Will keep this old one when the Tone Poet reissue arrives.
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Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café volume 2, on my record player and ready to go. Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café volume two. This is a picture of the run out groove and you can see the 'ear' stamp (really an inverted p) and the RVG STEREO stamp.
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Donald Byrd is #NowPlaying in my front room. At The Half Note Café volume 1. Tone Poet reissue on @bluenoterecords.bsky.social and sounds absolutely amazing. Proper hard bop, no messing about. Excellent! And excited for the volume 2 reissue.
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Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café volume 1, all set up and ready to go on my record player.
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Am having a slow start today (worked late yesterday evening because reasons) so #NowPlaying some proper hard bop whilst drinking my coffee. I should start EVERY day like this.
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Smokin' At The Half Note. Jazz LP by the Wynton Kelly Trio with Wes Montgomery. On my record player and ready to go.
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Splendid evening with @operanorth.co.uk last night for some Puccini: thanks very much! Looking forward to Britten and Mozart in February. At the end of this month, off to London for some Janáček, which I am particularly excited for.
Programme for La Bohème by Puccini, performed by Opera North.
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Slow Listening. Busy day so am #NowPlaying Interpol and having coffee. Post-punk revival and caffeine should see me right.
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Our Love To Admire by Interpol. On my record player and ready to go.
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying the new Neko Case record (finally!) and it's absolutely excellent. Is there a better singer out there right now? And am loving the orchestral arrangements. As with anything she does, an essential purchase.
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Neon Grey Midnight Green by Neko Case - vinyl record on the record player and ready to go.
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Slow Listening. #NowPlaying Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler. I had no idea what this would sound like when I bought it. It's fantastic. A kind of folk-chamber pop thing going on. I could listen to this all day. Butler is a known quantity. Buckley can really sing.
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For All Our Days That Tear The Heart by Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler. On my record player and ready to play.
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Mission Accomplished!
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October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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An oldie but goodie for you @alispencer.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Slow Listening. Can't have anything too hectic on a Sunday so am #NowPlaying Talkie Walkie by Air. Perfect.
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Talkie Walkie by Air, on my record player and ready to go.
October 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying Art Blakey! Jazz Messengers! Art Blakey born on this day in 1919. This is a Verve By Request reissue pressed by Third Man records - not as good as the Tone Poet pressings on Blue Note but pretty decent sound nonetheless.
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Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers. On the Impulse label. Ready to start on my record player.
October 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying Made To Be Devoured by Chorchazade. This a late 1980s 'lost album' (google it for the full story) and it's fantastic. Indie post-punk/post-rock that still sounds fresh today. If you can find a copy, don't hesitate.
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Made To Be Devoured by Chorchazade, on my record player and ready to go.
October 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying A Secret Wish by Propaganda, courtesy of Earworm Records in York aka the best tiny record shop ever. Haven't heard all of this album for years, possibly decades. So much of it's time: love it.
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A Secret Wish by Propaganda, on my record player and ready to play.
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I need to wake up a bit because I still have some work to do this evening so am #NowPlaying Minor Threat. This should do the trick
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Out Of Step by Minor Threat, on my record player and ready to go!
September 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Slow Listening. Why yes, I *have* got the place to myself! #NowPlaying the incomparable Talk Talk and then Mark Hollis - for quite a while. Four of the very best records in my collection
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Laughing Stock by Talk Talk on my record player. Three records in their sleeves: Spirit of Eden and The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk, and the eponymous Mark Hollis record.
September 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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#NowPlaying Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Last week, an absolutely excellent matinee show from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social at the Brudenell in Leeds (was particularly delighted when they did The Happy Goth). Today, my copy of their new record has arrived so here we go!
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Rainy Sunday Afternoon by The Divine Comedy. On my record player and ready to go.
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Slow Listening. Mornings and late evenings are my favourite times to listen to jazz so let's do that. #NowPlaying John Coltrane and with McCoy Tyner on piano, it's a particular treat.
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Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard. The picture is of the record sleeve.
September 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying The Godfather of Soul! Perfect to motivate me for one more day's work before the weekend.
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I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me by James Brown, ready to go on my record player.
September 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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You see this, post a concert picture you took
A photo of the band Lanterns on the Lake
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Enjoyed the Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery so much yesterday that I am going in again courtesy of the always excellent Resonance Records
Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio - Smokin' in Seattle. Ready to go on my record player.
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM