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Séamus Reilly

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Séamus Reilly @ewzername.bsky.social · Jun 23

A chronological, as complete as Spotify allows, Quarrymen to Threetles, Beatles playlist.
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a splendid time is guaranteed for all

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Post something random or you'll have an awful December

November 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM

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Cowley skyline

November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM

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Billboard hot soul singles, 27 November 1971
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM

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Andrew Male

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If you’ve ever longed for super-rare ££££ LPs I suggest you follow Galactic Ramble on Instagram where the writer Richard Morton Jack shows off his super-hard-to-find vinyl and gives the impression that none of it brings him any joy. A curious enterprise and all seemingly done without humour.

Bright
City
Miller Anderson
DERAM

Bright City by Miller Anderson came out in September 1971.
It's a buffet of familiar early 70s sounds, with some nice moments and a variety of interesting contributors (Harold Beckett, Gary Thain, Madeline Bell and more), but his songwriting and singing are undistinctive to my ears, and he keeps his guitar on a short leash most of the time.
For me the best track is the long acoustic closer,
'Shadows 'cross My Wall', which has a faint Eastern flavour and some lovely fingerpicking. I'd have preferred a whole album in that style.

HEARKEN TO THE WITCHES
RUNE
DAVE AND
TONI
ARTHUR
Trailer

Hearken To The Witches' Rune by Dave and Toni Arthur came out in February 1971.
Rather than Comus-style intensity, it's sparse trad folk, with only occasional backing from fiddle and whistle, and a broadly supernatural theme. There's even some earnest spoken word. It's an interesting artefact but I must admit I don't find it much fun to listen to.

Tim Hollier's second LP came out in July 1970.
For me the colourful cover writes a cheque that the music doesn't cash. A few songs are pretty good (the folk-rocker 'Seagull's Song', the atmospheric
'Llanstephan Hill' and eerie 'Evening Song'), but others are weedy or overblown, and the mixing on the tracks with rock backing is bizarrely amateurish.
At times - most notably 'It's Raining And It's Cold' - his voice strains and quavers so much that he sounds like a goat. If Brother Bluto had overheard him at a party, he'd almost certainly have smashed his guitar.

The Flame's album came out in November 1970.
It's 'power pop', I guess, but I don't find it especially powerful. It has a nice sound, but comes across to me like a pastiche of the Beatles, Badfinger, the Nazz and others, rather than owning the style. For me the high point is also the heaviest: the long ending to 'Another Day Like Heaven.

November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM

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Mojo's 1971 Nuggets.
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mojo 1971 nuggets

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November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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Mojo's 1972 Nuggets. Tracks from 49 of the 50 albums in the feature.
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mojo 1972 nuggets

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November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Séamus Reilly

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Billboard hot soul singles, 27 November 1971
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billboard hot soul singles 27/11/71

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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM

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Car park puddle

November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Séamus Reilly

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US & UK top 20, 26 November 1966
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26 november 1966

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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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A collection of postcards
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postcards

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November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Séamus Reilly

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US & UK top 20, 26 November 1966
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26 november 1966

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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM

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Andrew Hickey

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OK, "cutout or puppet of the bass player who couldn't be bothered to show up" is officially a genre.

Lonepilgrim @lonepilgrim.bsky.social · 1d

The Faces included a cutout of Ronnie Lane for this perfect of Angel on TOTP

The Faces - 'Angel', T.O.T.P., November 15, 1972

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November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM

Séamus Reilly

@ewzername.bsky.social

A collection of postcards
open.spotify.com/playlist/3hN...

postcards

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November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM

Séamus Reilly

@ewzername.bsky.social

You're kidnapped. The characters from the last show you watched are coming to rescue you.

November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM

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"You'll be visited by three spirits."

November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM

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Car park puddle

November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM

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Stella Sacco

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The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:

ABC announced the cancellation of Police
Squad! after four of its six episodes had aired in March 1982. The final two episodes were aired that summer. In an interview for the DVD release of the series, Nielsen said ABC entertainment president Tony Thomopoulos asserted Police Squad! was canceled because viewers had to pay close attention to the show in order to get much of the humor: "the viewer had to watch it in order to appreciate it"

November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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Rafael Behr

@rafaelbehr.bsky.social

I have a limitless appetite for Beatles alt takes and outtakes anyway, but in era of AI-generated music I’m finding the new Anthology release especially poignant as reminder of how humans create things, collaboratively, iteratively, being silly, making mistakes …

November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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Rob Chapman

@scribblerrob.bsky.social

No, but you're on to something. The Beatles phenomenal development at their peak is totally skewed by the two 'half albums' of MMT and YS. There's an epic bridging album in there between Pepper and The White album that makes a mockery of all the contrived narratives about 'development'.

November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM