Rob
@covers.bsky.social
Mostly music and books here. Partial to a charity shop and an old newspaper cutting. Formerly @100Covers on Twitter, author of a couple of books and used to sometimes write for the Independent.
Albums I’ll never hear #1
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Albums I’ll never hear #1
#weekendsingles #vinyl
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#weekendsingles #vinyl
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
Back from a couple of fairs with some nice US promos and a Roxy collection, bought mostly for the B-sides.
I remembered I saw the Au Pairs in the very early 80s at a benefit gig in a civic hall in E. London, so set about finding out exactly where and when. Trawling through online music papers, I finally tracked it down. It was Poplar, 8/11/80 - exactly 45 years ago! Brilliant gig, as I recall.
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I remembered I saw the Au Pairs in the very early 80s at a benefit gig in a civic hall in E. London, so set about finding out exactly where and when. Trawling through online music papers, I finally tracked it down. It was Poplar, 8/11/80 - exactly 45 years ago! Brilliant gig, as I recall.
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Some Laura Nyro adverts for #weekendsingles. Just need the records themselves 😅
March 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Some Laura Nyro adverts for #weekendsingles. Just need the records themselves 😅
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Ed Sullivan, a very young Scott Walker, and Liberace, 1950s.
August 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ed Sullivan, a very young Scott Walker, and Liberace, 1950s.
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Stewart Copeland hits out at punk, February 1977.
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Stewart Copeland hits out at punk, February 1977.
Scans of the legendary rock mag ZIGZAG now online. (I don’t expect many likes - you’d have to be my age or older to remember it 😁)
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Scans of the legendary rock mag ZIGZAG now online. (I don’t expect many likes - you’d have to be my age or older to remember it 😁)
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Zigzag.htm
Richard and Linda Thompson’s 1975 tour started 50 years ago this week. Captured on this terrific CD. Anyone see them live? I caught them once, on their 1978 tour.
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Richard and Linda Thompson’s 1975 tour started 50 years ago this week. Captured on this terrific CD. Anyone see them live? I caught them once, on their 1978 tour.
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I think it's about six months since I last saw this mentioned on here. Does anyone have any information as to when it may be available to watch in the UK? 🙏
Lost Angel - The Genius of Judee Sill
Lost Angel - The Genius of Judee Sill
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I think it's about six months since I last saw this mentioned on here. Does anyone have any information as to when it may be available to watch in the UK? 🙏
Lost Angel - The Genius of Judee Sill
Lost Angel - The Genius of Judee Sill
The Pantone colours TfL use for their transport maps. Just so you know. #London
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Pantone colours TfL use for their transport maps. Just so you know. #London
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
@jagohazzard.bsky.social
Scott Walker, “Rosary” live on Later, 1995. Pretty much the only live performance he gave after the 70s I think?
youtu.be/jj1W3WVxoP4?...
youtu.be/jj1W3WVxoP4?...
Scott Walker - Rosary (Live 1995 on Jools Holland)
YouTube video by Pannu Huone
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Scott Walker, “Rosary” live on Later, 1995. Pretty much the only live performance he gave after the 70s I think?
youtu.be/jj1W3WVxoP4?...
youtu.be/jj1W3WVxoP4?...
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#np Sinatra’s worst selling LP, apparently. But my favourite of his. Incongruously penned by Bob “Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine” Gaudio and Jake “Dazed & Confused” Holmes. Rather charming dedication on the sleeve. Was only 99p in the chazza though and vinyl plays perfectly 😃
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#np Sinatra’s worst selling LP, apparently. But my favourite of his. Incongruously penned by Bob “Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine” Gaudio and Jake “Dazed & Confused” Holmes. Rather charming dedication on the sleeve. Was only 99p in the chazza though and vinyl plays perfectly 😃
The 1977 cult ghost flick Full Circle or the Haunting of Julia starring Mia Farrow just had a rare screening at #Picturehouse cinemas. The OST by Colin Towns is a brilliant, unsettling mix of piano and synth.
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
October 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The 1977 cult ghost flick Full Circle or the Haunting of Julia starring Mia Farrow just had a rare screening at #Picturehouse cinemas. The OST by Colin Towns is a brilliant, unsettling mix of piano and synth.
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
@stuartmaconie.bsky.social one for the Xmas Freakzone?
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Elvis Costello’s first ever TV interview, September 1977. Full show including two songs. Audio only soundcloud.com/hidingunderc...
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Elvis Costello’s first ever TV interview, September 1977. Full show including two songs. Audio only soundcloud.com/hidingunderc...
Elvis Costello competition, NME 1979. Too late to enter? I know all the answers 😆
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Elvis Costello competition, NME 1979. Too late to enter? I know all the answers 😆
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These letters in NME from March 1977 are a reminder of how little known Nick Drake’s name was less than three years after his death. When did this change?
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
These letters in NME from March 1977 are a reminder of how little known Nick Drake’s name was less than three years after his death. When did this change?
These letters in NME from March 1977 are a reminder of how little known Nick Drake’s name was less than three years after his death. When did this change?
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
These letters in NME from March 1977 are a reminder of how little known Nick Drake’s name was less than three years after his death. When did this change?
@delonsblues.bsky.social short NME interview with Scott Walker from early 1977 on p.12 here you might like? www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Music...
www.worldradiohistory.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@delonsblues.bsky.social short NME interview with Scott Walker from early 1977 on p.12 here you might like? www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Music...
21st century Cohen is a rich and wonderful thing
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
21st century Cohen is a rich and wonderful thing
Elvis Costello’s first ever TV interview, September 1977. Full show including two songs. Audio only soundcloud.com/hidingunderc...
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Elvis Costello’s first ever TV interview, September 1977. Full show including two songs. Audio only soundcloud.com/hidingunderc...
Judee Sill would have been 81 today. Sadly she never made it out of the 70s, but what a legacy. Here’s a post on her UK appearances.
hidingundercovrs.blogspot.com/2023/11/lost...
hidingundercovrs.blogspot.com/2023/11/lost...
JUDEE SILL IN THE U.K. (1971–1973)
A blog about music writing, cover versions, books and vinyl.
hidingundercovrs.blogspot.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Judee Sill would have been 81 today. Sadly she never made it out of the 70s, but what a legacy. Here’s a post on her UK appearances.
hidingundercovrs.blogspot.com/2023/11/lost...
hidingundercovrs.blogspot.com/2023/11/lost...
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For Elvis Costello deep-divers, his cover of Mr Moon, recorded with Clover in 2018.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4T...
Clover Mr Moon with Elvis Costello
YouTube video by Alex Call
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For Elvis Costello deep-divers, his cover of Mr Moon, recorded with Clover in 2018.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4T...