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John Struthers
@jstruthio.bsky.social
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Interested in sound …
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Yes, a really excellent show by @hamishhawk.bsky.social and musical colleagues. As a result, this was #nowplaying today, a LP bought many years ago in a Rothesay second hand shop for a £1. I’m sure Mr Cutler would have approved! #ivorcutler #hamishhawk
Photo of LP Cover - Ivor Cutler’s ‘Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol II’
August 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Hainbach’s original inspiration revealed …
Image of BBC Sound Effects record titled ‘BMC Mini 1000 Car - Interior’ Description: Joins motorway & runs; leaves at end. 6 mins 30 secs.
April 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Cartoon by Whitworth from ‘hi-fi news’ magazine, May 2017. #minidisc #hifinews
Cartoon by Whitworth published in Hi-Fi News magazine, May 2017. Showing two men walking in street past a cool looking dude, one says to other “Harry’s so hip he’s considering a minidisc revival.”
March 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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20/20 The last one of the list, it’s a difficult choice. However, it has to be this one …
LP Cover : ‘From Scotland with Love’ by King Creosote, Domino Records, WIGLP338X. The image, probably taken from a mid-20th Century home movie, shows a crowded beach scene. Hundreds of folk enjoying a summer’s day at the seaside.
December 12, 2024 at 9:20 AM
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CD Digipak Cover : ‘Katodivaihe’ by Pan Sonic, Label - Bladt First Petite, 2007. Image shows detail of a valve audio power amplifier. Six valves are shown, all with filaments glowing.
December 11, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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LP Cover : ‘Movies’ by Holger Czukay, EMI Records EMC 3319, 1979. Close up photo of Holger Czukay looking at an image of the sky on a TV screen. A reflection of Holger’s face can also be seen on the screen surface.
December 10, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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CD Cover : AMMMusic 1966 by AMM, ReR Megacorp, RēR AMMCD, 1989.
December 9, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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This is the sampler that got me ..
Cover of Island sampler album ‘You can all join in’.
December 8, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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LP Cover : ‘Disraeli Gears’ by Cream, Polydor MONO 593 003. The wildly psychedelic cover was designed by Australian artist Martin Sharp.
December 8, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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LP Cover : ‘Soon Over Babaluma’ by Can, Spoon Records XSPOON 10, 2013 Reissue.
December 7, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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#CDFriday has to be this new one from @theresidents.bsky.social,
Ralph Records 1972-182
December 6, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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14/20
LP Cover : ‘Daydream Nation’ by Sonic Youth
December 6, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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LP Cover : ‘Clear Spot’ by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, WEA Music REP 54 007, 1972. The black and white image shows the Captain and a few of the band members gathered around what could be a circular sound mixing desk.
December 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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12/20
CD Insert : ‘A Brief History of Ambient - Volume 1’ A various artists compilation, Virgin Records AMBT 1, 1993.
December 4, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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LP Cover : ‘Guitar Solos’ by Fred Frith, 1974. The black and white cover image shows Fred Frith standing alone playing an acoustic guitar. The surroundings are possibly a cricket ground, there’s a cricketing sight screen behind him.
December 3, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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LP Cover : 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle, Mute MIR 003, 1983 Reissue. The cover shows Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis P-Orridge, Peter Christopherson, and Chris Carter, all fashionably dressed. They're standing at the edge of Beachy Head cliffs. In the distance on the right there's a car, a blue Range Rover. Note - This was a landmark release which totally redefined the Jazz Funk genre.
December 2, 2024 at 9:08 AM
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LP Cover : ‘On the Way to the Peak of Normal’ by Holger Czukay, EMI Records EMC 3394, 1981
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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LP Cover : ‘80-83 Strategies Against Architecture’ by Einstürzende Neubauten, Mute Records STUMM 14, 1983
November 30, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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I would have opted for this one …. #cdfriday
November 29, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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LP Cover : Ege Bamyasi by Can, United Artists Records UAS 29414, 1972.
November 29, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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LP Cover : Free Jazz - A Collective Improvisation by the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, Atlanta 1364, 1971 Reissue. On Stereo, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Scott LaFaro, and Billy Higgins, are heard on the Left Channel, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden, and Ed Blackwell, are heard on the Right Channel.
November 28, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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LP Cover : 'You Can All Join In', Island Records IWPS 2, 1969. A various artists sampler featuring Jethro Tull, Spooky Tooth, Free, Art, Tramline, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Nirvana, John Martyn, Clouds, Spencer Davis Group, and Wynder K. Frog.
November 27, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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LP Cover : ‘Future Days’ by Can
November 26, 2024 at 8:32 AM
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LP Cover : Meet the Residents by The Residents, Ralph Records RR0677
November 25, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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LP Cover - How to give yourself a stereo check-out, DECCA SKL 4861
November 24, 2024 at 10:50 AM