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Stuart Benjamin Pulls It Off.
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Ethnically Welsh.
Professional librarian.
Wilfully obscure arrogant music snob.
I'm nothing special.
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Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon
1975
Island
Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon CD A woman sits crying amongst ruins
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Helen Love - Yeah Yeah We're Helen Love
2023
Damaged Goods Records
Yeah Yeah We're Helen Love. Punk Rock * Bubblegum * Disco CD Japanese style bubble gum pop manga cover
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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"I mean to have you even if it must be burglary."
Keith.
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Cranking up this one for Mani, and not for any of the tossers in this band. I'd forgotten how much this record swings.

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Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
2000
Creation
PRML SCRM XTRMNTR CRECD230 red and grey with pilots, jets, ground crew on cover CD
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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LFO - Advance
1996
Warp
Purple spot on orange background
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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No Daevid, no Gilli. Still Gong imho.

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Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Downwind
1979
Arista
Pierre stands in front of a Gong with his Gong bashing sticks. Eyes closed. He might be asleep.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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How your email finds me:
Eddie, Hilda, and Stan from Coronation Street looking depressed.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Keith Hudson - Pick-A-Dub/Brand
2004
Corn Fed Productions
A two for one CD. Keith Hudson & 2nd Street Dreads - Pick-A-Dub (1975) and Keith Hudson- Brand (1977)
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
2014
Harbinger Sound
Sleaford Mods Divide and Exit Features both members of the band on cover.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Karda Estra - Strange Relations
2015
Believer's Roast
A CD of the album Strange Relations by Karda Estra. I have no idea what is going on on the cover. A multicoloured melange is my best shot at it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Duffy - Rockferry
2008
Polydor
A CD of the Duffy album Rockferry. Black and white photo of Duffy on cover.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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So Gary Numan was awesome last night in Bristol.

#GaryNuman #BristolBeacon #TelekonTour
Gary Numan on stage in Bristol
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Severed Heads - ComMerz
2007
Les Temps Modernes
A CD of the Severed Heads compilation album ComMerz. White border, red leaf print interior.
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I don't give a shit what the tango tyrant thinks about Auntie Beeb. BBC4 are showing this awesomeness and therefore I forgive them most things...
Jeff Buckley live in Chicago. Jeff Buckley performs songs from his album Grace in concert at the Metro Chicago. 22:20-23:20
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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CHAOS WITH ED MILLIBAND
Some Chaos demon or other doing a smoke. I expect he's called Steve.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Lowen - Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran
2024
Church Road Records
All kinds of crazy stuff going on here. It’s an illustration, very colourful, of some kind of psychedelic temple with odd multicoloured creatures, plants, towers, minarettes, slightly Arabic in nature given the bands roots.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Polygon Window - (Surfing On Sine Waves)
1992
Warp
A rocky beach at low tide, breakers roll up to the shore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Went to London yesterday. Took a photo of this crow. He charged me twenty quid.
A London crow outside The Tower.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Simple Minds - Celebration
1982
Virgin
A CD of the early Simple Minds compilation Celebration.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A trip to the Pictures to see the new DM concert film. It's no 101 - nothing is - but one of the better ones with some superb photography.
Depeche Mode M a film by Fernando Frias in cinemas and IMAX limited screenings from October 28th.
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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*1980s BBC Radio 1 jingle*
STEVE REICH IN THE AFTERNOON!

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Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians
1997
Nonesuch
A CD of Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich.
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
2020
Century Media
An alien in some spacey landscape
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
1999
Nothing Records
Nine Inch Nails CD The Fragile
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage, expanded original soundtrack
1973/2023
Cam Sugar
La Planete Sauvage, expanded original soundtrack. Music composed and conducted by Alain Goraguer. A film by Rene Laloux. Original drawings by Roland Topor. Two aliens on the cover.
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Manu Dibango - The Very Best Of African Soul
1997
Mercury
Manu Dibango The very best of African Soul. Manu sits in traditional Cameroonian costume on a large orange sofa with his saxes.
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM