Chris Coleman
@chrisseventeen.bsky.social
Husband | Grandfather | Retired | Music | Dog Walker | Books | CCFC
Co-owner Seventeen Records
#MDANT | #PUSB
Co-owner Seventeen Records
#MDANT | #PUSB
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Chris Coleman
@chrisseventeen.bsky.social
· May 24
Mutual adoration.
Our Labrador Retriever Wilf and our Granddaughter Eloise.
Our Labrador Retriever Wilf and our Granddaughter Eloise.
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40 years ago today. The Jazz Butcher was personally invited by R.E.M. The Faith Brothers were a buy on and don't know who the other lot were. @glassmodernr.bsky.social @chrisseventeen.bsky.social @formbysound.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
40 years ago today. The Jazz Butcher was personally invited by R.E.M. The Faith Brothers were a buy on and don't know who the other lot were. @glassmodernr.bsky.social @chrisseventeen.bsky.social @formbysound.bsky.social
Daniel Kitson tonight at The Rep in Birmingham for a reading of his “Maybe A Ghost Story”.
Sublime yet hilarious.
Sublime yet hilarious.
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Daniel Kitson tonight at The Rep in Birmingham for a reading of his “Maybe A Ghost Story”.
Sublime yet hilarious.
Sublime yet hilarious.
Never met Bob - tho’ I think he was playing drums the one time I saw Steve Gibbons way back when - but I’m sure Stephen’s reading of the man is spot on. Without him - and SD’s careful curation of cassettes of the songs Bob recorded - we wouldn’t have had “Obviously 5 Believers” by The Hawks.
October 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Never met Bob - tho’ I think he was playing drums the one time I saw Steve Gibbons way back when - but I’m sure Stephen’s reading of the man is spot on. Without him - and SD’s careful curation of cassettes of the songs Bob recorded - we wouldn’t have had “Obviously 5 Believers” by The Hawks.
The recent release by Mute Records of Swell Maps “The John Peel Sessions” has been nearly 40 years in the making.
On the 47th anniversary of them recording the first Peel Session in 1978, the story of the Strange Fruit Records release that never was.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
On the 47th anniversary of them recording the first Peel Session in 1978, the story of the Strange Fruit Records release that never was.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Bleep And Booster Come To Tea.
47 years ago today, 16th October 1978, the very first Swell Maps John Peel session was recorded at Maidavale Studios for BBC Radio One.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The recent release by Mute Records of Swell Maps “The John Peel Sessions” has been nearly 40 years in the making.
On the 47th anniversary of them recording the first Peel Session in 1978, the story of the Strange Fruit Records release that never was.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
On the 47th anniversary of them recording the first Peel Session in 1978, the story of the Strange Fruit Records release that never was.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
I’m a big fan of #UglyThings magazine but IMHO nobody did that kind of thing better than (the late) Billy Miller and Miriam Linna at #Kicks magazine.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m a big fan of #UglyThings magazine but IMHO nobody did that kind of thing better than (the late) Billy Miller and Miriam Linna at #Kicks magazine.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
Hanging onto the hope that the long-awaited issue #8 hits the streets before too much longer.
The jeopardy of sitting beneath a horse chestnut tree, watching conkers fall within feet of you, knowing it could be you next….
October 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The jeopardy of sitting beneath a horse chestnut tree, watching conkers fall within feet of you, knowing it could be you next….
Clearly a (fellow) fan of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell’s band setting today’s #Connections quiz!!
October 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Clearly a (fellow) fan of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell’s band setting today’s #Connections quiz!!
Well said Mr B.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Well said Mr B.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
Here’s Pat’s version of The Replacements’ “Here Comes A Regular”, recorded New Year’s Eve in 2020.
youtu.be/PFBa-B2O2RY
And a photo I took December 18th 1982 at Northampton’s Black Lion.
Eight swans a-swimming.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
October 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Eight swans a-swimming.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
An hour ago.
River Avon, Warwick.
I had to move Wilf outside whilst I cleaned the kitchen floor, for which sacrifice it would seem the heavens have blessed him with a sainthood.
#StWilfTheDisplaced
#StWilfTheDisplaced
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I had to move Wilf outside whilst I cleaned the kitchen floor, for which sacrifice it would seem the heavens have blessed him with a sainthood.
#StWilfTheDisplaced
#StWilfTheDisplaced
Who knows where the time goes?
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
September 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Who knows where the time goes?
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
Sharing some fond memories of Dave Kusworth last night with @johnnyp_p, both of us privileged to have been able to count him as a friend.
(Photo by Brendan Jackson)
Lovely pair of new doors on St Nicholas Church, across the road from us, in Warwick.
September 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lovely pair of new doors on St Nicholas Church, across the road from us, in Warwick.
Posting to share a clip of the late John Bauldie speaking from the flat in Romford where he produced “The Telegraph” Dylan magazine.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Posting to share a clip of the late John Bauldie speaking from the flat in Romford where he produced “The Telegraph” Dylan magazine.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
1991, given the proliferation of REM “Out Of Time” related clips on the same videotape, & that they’re talking about the first release in the Dylan “Bootleg Series”.
I had a really neat Twitter chat back in 2017 with Suede’s Bernard Butler about Epic’s “Rise Above” album, “Fallen Down” in particular.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
September 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I had a really neat Twitter chat back in 2017 with Suede’s Bernard Butler about Epic’s “Rise Above” album, “Fallen Down” in particular.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
His “seal of approval” meant a lot.
Reposted by Chris Coleman
There is literally nothing quite the unexpectedly pretty lost-in-time pop of Epic Soundtracks. And if you haven't explored the work of this dearly missed artist, here's a Toppermost to help get you started!
NEW POST: Epic Soundtracks "emerging from the post-punk scene, his music suffused with an air of vulnerability and melancholy centred on the pursuit of the perfect pop song”
@pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10
www.toppermost.co.uk/epic-soundtr...
@pangurdubh3.bsky.social picks his #EpicSoundtracks top 10
www.toppermost.co.uk/epic-soundtr...
September 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There is literally nothing quite the unexpectedly pretty lost-in-time pop of Epic Soundtracks. And if you haven't explored the work of this dearly missed artist, here's a Toppermost to help get you started!
One of the joys of an occasional “trawl” through the Nikki Sudden/Epic Soundtracks archive is coming across a cassette compiled by one or the other.
Today’s find is Can: Volume 2 compiled by Epic.
Spotify playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Oa...
Today’s find is Can: Volume 2 compiled by Epic.
Spotify playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Oa...
Can by Epic Soundtracks
open.spotify.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One of the joys of an occasional “trawl” through the Nikki Sudden/Epic Soundtracks archive is coming across a cassette compiled by one or the other.
Today’s find is Can: Volume 2 compiled by Epic.
Spotify playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Oa...
Today’s find is Can: Volume 2 compiled by Epic.
Spotify playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Oa...
Reposted by Chris Coleman
Stop scrolling, weary traveler, and rest for a moment
June 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Stop scrolling, weary traveler, and rest for a moment
On the day I was editing (for Substack use) a radio interview from back in the day with James Luther Dickinson, you post a picture of Dixie Fried! I lent the cover of my copy - many years ago - to someone writing a book on Alex Chilton. Have the record still but the cover never came home….
Back from my 2 mini-tours with some new acquisitions ...
August 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
On the day I was editing (for Substack use) a radio interview from back in the day with James Luther Dickinson, you post a picture of Dixie Fried! I lent the cover of my copy - many years ago - to someone writing a book on Alex Chilton. Have the record still but the cover never came home….
Slightly diminish a band: Big County.
Slightly diminish a band: The Beetles.
Slightly diminish a band: The Shingle Boys
August 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Big County.
Wilf and his new friend.
August 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Wilf and his new friend.
@wallytbm.bsky.social Thanks for reposting all those “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” posts Wally!
August 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@wallytbm.bsky.social Thanks for reposting all those “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” posts Wally!
This is how you cover a song!
Here's the Pert Near Sandstone cover of "Can't Hardly Wait" ... I am very amused that they ALSO added horns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VT...
Pert Near Sandstone - "Can't Hardly Wait" (The Replacements cover)
YouTube video by PertNearSandstone
www.youtube.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is how you cover a song!
Reposted by Chris Coleman
Here's the Pert Near Sandstone cover of "Can't Hardly Wait" ... I am very amused that they ALSO added horns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VT...
Pert Near Sandstone - "Can't Hardly Wait" (The Replacements cover)
YouTube video by PertNearSandstone
www.youtube.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here's the Pert Near Sandstone cover of "Can't Hardly Wait" ... I am very amused that they ALSO added horns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VT...
“(Springtime) ….and it’s all over, your hat and your coat wait for you outside.”
A bit of a lull in proceedings here in sunny Devon so an opportunity for an evening re-post of the link to the final Robespierre’s 40th birthday celebration post.
Hat and coat collected.
Le fin.
A bit of a lull in proceedings here in sunny Devon so an opportunity for an evening re-post of the link to the final Robespierre’s 40th birthday celebration post.
Hat and coat collected.
Le fin.
Busy day coming up so nice and early with the final post in the “Robespierre’s Velvet Basement” 40th anniversary series.
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb
Thanks to everyone who’s read any or all of them.
open.substack.com/pub/chrissev...
Happy Birthday!
#DaveKusworth #NikkiSudden #EpicSoundtracks #MarcLemon
#BobLamb
August 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“(Springtime) ….and it’s all over, your hat and your coat wait for you outside.”
A bit of a lull in proceedings here in sunny Devon so an opportunity for an evening re-post of the link to the final Robespierre’s 40th birthday celebration post.
Hat and coat collected.
Le fin.
A bit of a lull in proceedings here in sunny Devon so an opportunity for an evening re-post of the link to the final Robespierre’s 40th birthday celebration post.
Hat and coat collected.
Le fin.