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The Reds, Pinks & Purples

@glenndonaldson.bsky.social

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San Francisco musician, writer, photographer, appreciator https://theredspinksandpurples.bandcamp.com/ https://open.substack.com/pub/glenndonaldson?r=1q2gq2&utm_medium=ios

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 1d

one of the labels I just buy everything from...(Ivo-era)

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 1d

Heidi Berry catalog is a dream.

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 1d

If I were to curate an international underground comp, it would look a lot like this, lucky to be on it. Drunk Elk and The Gabys! etc. stellar track selection by A Colourful Storm acolourfulstorm.bandcamp.com/album/going-...

Going back to sleep..., by A Colourful Storm

12 track album

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 1d

four SF bands on this vinyl comp (incl me) from the excellent Tough Love toughloverecords.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-to...

V/A - Tough Love 20: Don't Do Anything Important With Anybody Else, by Tough Love

10 track album

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 2d

check the track "Fire and Roses", made with Hahn Rowe...

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 2d

one of the best! I just got Mimi's solo CD, has some great tracks.

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 2d

#cdfriday hitting me

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

new reviews, no a.i. open.substack.com/pub/glenndon...

Failure of all Psychedelia

Reviews of Paura, Obscuress/Christina Carter, Uton, and Zmnwa

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

I am not on it. I have a writing credit for one guitar riff.

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Wire Train+Velvet Crush, 🤘

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 3d

Watching A.I. creep in on the fringes of everything is nauseating, like a sickening dark cloud of psychosis.

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 8d

the best Kraftwerk band that is not Kraftwerk is Chris & Cosey.

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 9d

#cdfriday

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Tall Texan @talltexanrecords.bsky.social · Apr 1

Matthew Smith Group LP out this summer on Tall Texan by the ex-Outrageous Cherry songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist.

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 10d

90s Jan is a sweet spot

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 10d

now I've slipped into 90's ECM, I might like this era even better. digital reverb sax over religious choir, loving this one. music.apple.com/us/album/off...

Officium by Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek on Apple Music

Album · 1994 · 15 Songs

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 10d

will check it! so many to hear, it's endless

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 10d

in an ECM phase...I feel like a Berkeley professor circa 1982, elbow patches on my shabby blazer.

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shapes like people @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social · 11d

#nowplaying

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - You Might Be Happy Someday

Any album of Glenn’s never fails to restore peace and calm after a hectic day. 👌

#musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity #janglepop

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 11d

Unpretentious stage banter though, as well as awesome mystical hand jazz…

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 11d

The JAMES show was a beautiful side-trip out of negative times. Go see them.

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Eiderdown Records @eiderdownrecords.bsky.social · 14d

Stuck in my head this morning: Steven R Smith and Glenn Donaldson with a track that would sit well with those early Cure albums

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BYRST URN, by 43ODES

from the album HWN UN AMN

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 14d

thread of very pleasant album cover designs...

The Reds, Pinks & Purples @glenndonaldson.bsky.social · 16d

#cdfriday take me away from this reality

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Steve @wilbo66.bsky.social · 17d

#np
#nowplaying

The Reds, Pinks & Purples: the past is a garden i never fed

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