Richard Phillips-Jones
@rpjwrites.bsky.social
#Writer & Deputy Editor at spookyisles.com
#Horror, #Psychedelic #Music, #SouthamptonFC. #AberdeenFC. #vegetarian. #Fiat500 owner. #RecordCollector. Typical #Pisces. Raising two fingers at #HodgkinsLymphoma since 1993.
#Horror, #Psychedelic #Music, #SouthamptonFC. #AberdeenFC. #vegetarian. #Fiat500 owner. #RecordCollector. Typical #Pisces. Raising two fingers at #HodgkinsLymphoma since 1993.
Before disco, before they became a national institution, The #BeeGees made some of the strangest, existentialist stuff to hit the UK top 10. "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" may be the first No. 1 about someone going to the electric chair, but I'm happy to stand corrected. #WeekendSingles #VinylSky
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Before disco, before they became a national institution, The #BeeGees made some of the strangest, existentialist stuff to hit the UK top 10. "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" may be the first No. 1 about someone going to the electric chair, but I'm happy to stand corrected. #WeekendSingles #VinylSky
Morning all. Four randoms from the photo library: The Colour Field, Electronic, Michael Penn and The House Of Love.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Morning all. Four randoms from the photo library: The Colour Field, Electronic, Michael Penn and The House Of Love.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
Moving home, day 7,212
a man with glasses and a bandana on his head is talking about his brain hurting .
ALT: a man with glasses and a bandana on his head is talking about his brain hurting .
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November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Moving home, day 7,212
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Well, that's pretty much most of our life's collected obsessions packed, ready to move. Even the dancing sunflower's back in its original box. I'll leave LP packing to the professionals. Everything crossed the final hurdles get overcome this week and we can finally get going... 🤞 #WeekendSingles
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Well, that's pretty much most of our life's collected obsessions packed, ready to move. Even the dancing sunflower's back in its original box. I'll leave LP packing to the professionals. Everything crossed the final hurdles get overcome this week and we can finally get going... 🤞 #WeekendSingles
Two tie-in #WeekendSingles from Volkswagen TV ads (Alan Price, Bluebells) and a pair of Suzanne Vega 7's. I really need to pack these now - I'm too easily distracted once the turntable's switched on...
#VinylSky #MusicSky
#VinylSky #MusicSky
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Two tie-in #WeekendSingles from Volkswagen TV ads (Alan Price, Bluebells) and a pair of Suzanne Vega 7's. I really need to pack these now - I'm too easily distracted once the turntable's switched on...
#VinylSky #MusicSky
#VinylSky #MusicSky
Next from the box of unknown pleasures: Italian issues from Barry McGuire (Mamas & Papas on backing vocals), Jay & The Americans, Moody Blues and Nada (which I first heard in a superb horror movie called Raw). Bought from a friendly Discogs seller in Florence.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Next from the box of unknown pleasures: Italian issues from Barry McGuire (Mamas & Papas on backing vocals), Jay & The Americans, Moody Blues and Nada (which I first heard in a superb horror movie called Raw). Bought from a friendly Discogs seller in Florence.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
Looks like I had four from #TheMission hiding away as well. Still think editing Tower Of Strength for a 7-inch was sacrilege, mind.
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looks like I had four from #TheMission hiding away as well. Still think editing Tower Of Strength for a 7-inch was sacrilege, mind.
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
Four rarer corkers from 1966-67 which I thought I'd filed but clearly hadn't: Bystanders, Tim Buckley, Jim Sullivan Sound and The Grass Roots (with which I pleased my wife on her birthday. Scored plenty of brownie points)
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Four rarer corkers from 1966-67 which I thought I'd filed but clearly hadn't: Bystanders, Tim Buckley, Jim Sullivan Sound and The Grass Roots (with which I pleased my wife on her birthday. Scored plenty of brownie points)
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
Ah, I'd forgotten I had this: Jukebox-only #Supergrass single, coupling Pumping On Your Stereo with Late In The Day. Plain black injection moulded labels, very hard to get a decent photo of.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Ah, I'd forgotten I had this: Jukebox-only #Supergrass single, coupling Pumping On Your Stereo with Late In The Day. Plain black injection moulded labels, very hard to get a decent photo of.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
Just found a small case of waifs and strays that still need packing 🙄 What delights await? #WeekendSingles
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Just found a small case of waifs and strays that still need packing 🙄 What delights await? #WeekendSingles
Random thought: I recently threw out a pile of flexi discs #ReadersDigest used to send out to advertise their LP box sets (all bent/folded and unplayable, sadly). Was there ever one with a message that said "Sorry, you haven't been awarded a free mystery gift"?
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Random thought: I recently threw out a pile of flexi discs #ReadersDigest used to send out to advertise their LP box sets (all bent/folded and unplayable, sadly). Was there ever one with a message that said "Sorry, you haven't been awarded a free mystery gift"?
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
Still packing up stuff on this miserably wet Dorset day 🙄
Here's a very mixed bag from 1967-68, but all favourites of mine from the period: Gene Pitney, Pink Floyd, The Move and The Paper Dolls (if you're gonna be a one-hit wonder, make it an absolute doozie).
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
Here's a very mixed bag from 1967-68, but all favourites of mine from the period: Gene Pitney, Pink Floyd, The Move and The Paper Dolls (if you're gonna be a one-hit wonder, make it an absolute doozie).
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Still packing up stuff on this miserably wet Dorset day 🙄
Here's a very mixed bag from 1967-68, but all favourites of mine from the period: Gene Pitney, Pink Floyd, The Move and The Paper Dolls (if you're gonna be a one-hit wonder, make it an absolute doozie).
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
Here's a very mixed bag from 1967-68, but all favourites of mine from the period: Gene Pitney, Pink Floyd, The Move and The Paper Dolls (if you're gonna be a one-hit wonder, make it an absolute doozie).
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Today's packing music: Not played this in a thousand years, yet still appear to know it off by heart... Gathered up six #WeekendSingles, too!
All About Eve - All About Eve (1988)
#AlbumAlmanac #MusicSky
All About Eve - All About Eve (1988)
#AlbumAlmanac #MusicSky
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Today's packing music: Not played this in a thousand years, yet still appear to know it off by heart... Gathered up six #WeekendSingles, too!
All About Eve - All About Eve (1988)
#AlbumAlmanac #MusicSky
All About Eve - All About Eve (1988)
#AlbumAlmanac #MusicSky
Still on a #SoulMusic thread for #WeekendSingles: Sly & The Family Stone, Sam & Dave, Marvin Gaye, The Ad-Libs (and yes, they've all had a good clean since the photos were taken)
Really hope we move soon - I'm running out of archived images and my singles need a good airing 😞
#VinylSky #MusicSky
Really hope we move soon - I'm running out of archived images and my singles need a good airing 😞
#VinylSky #MusicSky
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Still on a #SoulMusic thread for #WeekendSingles: Sly & The Family Stone, Sam & Dave, Marvin Gaye, The Ad-Libs (and yes, they've all had a good clean since the photos were taken)
Really hope we move soon - I'm running out of archived images and my singles need a good airing 😞
#VinylSky #MusicSky
Really hope we move soon - I'm running out of archived images and my singles need a good airing 😞
#VinylSky #MusicSky
Picture this: We're on honeymoon, December 2004. I'm in a record shop on Guernsey. My wife's waiting outside, sees an assistant removing this from the window display, and thinks "oh God, I know what he's up to" 😂
#Motown 45th Anniversary Singles Box
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
#Motown 45th Anniversary Singles Box
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Picture this: We're on honeymoon, December 2004. I'm in a record shop on Guernsey. My wife's waiting outside, sees an assistant removing this from the window display, and thinks "oh God, I know what he's up to" 😂
#Motown 45th Anniversary Singles Box
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
#Motown 45th Anniversary Singles Box
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
Still waitng to move, records still mostly packed away, so more from the photo archive today: The soundtrack from #NorthernSoul (2014), spread over fourteen 7-inch singles.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Still waitng to move, records still mostly packed away, so more from the photo archive today: The soundtrack from #NorthernSoul (2014), spread over fourteen 7-inch singles.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky #SoulMusic
Never underestimate the healing powers of chocolate digestive biscuits.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Never underestimate the healing powers of chocolate digestive biscuits.
Happy to say that education has moved on somewhat since this UK government pamphet was published in 1937.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy to say that education has moved on somewhat since this UK government pamphet was published in 1937.
I know it's not an #AlbumAlmanac this week, but it seems an appropriate sleeve for today (and it does compile some great #WeekendSingles)
The Alarm - Standards (1981-90)
#MusicSky #VinylSky #NowPlaying
The Alarm - Standards (1981-90)
#MusicSky #VinylSky #NowPlaying
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I know it's not an #AlbumAlmanac this week, but it seems an appropriate sleeve for today (and it does compile some great #WeekendSingles)
The Alarm - Standards (1981-90)
#MusicSky #VinylSky #NowPlaying
The Alarm - Standards (1981-90)
#MusicSky #VinylSky #NowPlaying
Apropos of nothing, here's two from The Belle Stars and two from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Apropos of nothing, here's two from The Belle Stars and two from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions.
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Between defrosting the freezer and my wife emptying the remains from her jar of beetroot, the kitchen sink now looks like the crime scene in a Scandinavian thriller.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Between defrosting the freezer and my wife emptying the remains from her jar of beetroot, the kitchen sink now looks like the crime scene in a Scandinavian thriller.
Early 1970's TV themes: Van Der Valk (the final number one from EMI's Columbia label, trivia fans), The Adventures Of Black Beauty, The Rockford Files and Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads.
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Early 1970's TV themes: Van Der Valk (the final number one from EMI's Columbia label, trivia fans), The Adventures Of Black Beauty, The Rockford Files and Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads.
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky