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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 4h

In Search Of The Lost Chord
The Moody Blues
1968 - Deram Records
In memory of John Lodge who's death was announced today.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 2d

Robbin' The Grave
Sonny Terry
2014 - Fat Possum Records
A blues legend.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 4d

#TDIH - October 6, 1977 - First flight of the Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum), a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union.
Photo: MiG-29UB piloted by astronaut and entrepreneur Jared ‘Rook’ Isaacman accompanied by 2 Alpha Jets at Oshkosh 2022.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 5d

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
1973 - MCA Records
Released October 5, 1973. Opening with Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, a masterpiece! Another artist I was lucky to see perform live around the time this was released.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 6d

#TDIH - October 4, 1957 - The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow is introduced to the world when RL-201 rolled out of the factory in Malton, Ontario. On the same day, Sputnik was launched.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 9d

The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
1982 - Warner Bros
Released October 1, 1982. One of my top 5 albums that I would definitely want on a desert island.
#vinyl #nowspinning #WOYTT

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 10d

#TDIH - September 30, 1975 - First flight of the AH-64 Apache.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 10d

September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.⁠

The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. ⁠

#ndtr #TruthAndReconciliation #EveryChildMatters

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 11d

Christmas, 2055.

Cartoon about a grandfather reading to his grandkids about Trump.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 12d

Quick visit to a record sale. I'm happy.
#vinyl

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 12d

Self Titled
Led Zeppelin
1969 - Atlantic Records
The debut album. Mind blowing. Good morning neighbors.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 13d

Deja Vu and Blue. I don't follow rules.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 14d

Yesterday we lost one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, Lieutenant Colonel George Hardy. I knew George for over 10 years.

George Hardy - Ken Mist

Aviation Photography by Ken Mist

www.kenmist.com

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 14d

Abbey Road
The Beatles
1969 - Apple Records
Released September 26, 1969.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 15d

Strange Days
The Doors
1967 - Elektra Records
The Doors second album released on September 25, 1967 - 58 years ago today.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 15d

#TDIH - September 25, 1932 – Lewis Yancey sets an autogiro altitude record of 21,500 ft (6,553 m) in a Pitcairn PCA-2. He broke the previous record of 18,000 feet that had been set a year earlier by Amelia Earhart.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 15d

#TDIH - September 25, 1945 - First flight of the de Havilland DH.104 Dove, a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. The design was a monoplane successor to the pre-war Dragon Rapide biplane.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 15d

Revolver.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 16d

#TDIH - 1946 - Cathay Pacific airlines is founded.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 16d

That's a tough one. I'm going with the Wilson sisters.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 16d

#TDIH - September 24, 1949 - First flight of the North American Aviation T-28 Trojan, a radial-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by North American Aviation and used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 17d

Closer Together
The Box
1987 - Alert Records
Great old Franco-Canadian rock. Led by Jean-Marc Pisapia with Sass Jordan on backing vocals. The title song was originally commissioned for a fundraiser for an anti-leukemia foundation.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

Album cover for Closer Together by Montreal band The Box

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 17d

Aja
Steely Dan
1977 - ABC Records
Released September 23, 1977. The production values on this are incredible. A sonic treat.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

Album cover for Steely Dan's Aja released on September 23, 1977

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent album with fantastic production. Sounds so clean.

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SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 18d

Self Titled
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
1975 - Storyville Records
I don't know how many hundreds of different recordings by these 2 blues giants are out there but I grab everyone I see.
#blues #vinyl ##WOYTT #nowspinning

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