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Player of #vinylrecords, watcher of old #films and #television, reader of #books, taker of #photographs, drinker of #coffee, builder of #Lego, walker of #beaches, and lover of the niche, arcane curios of yesteryear. Can be recycled at a large supermarket.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · Apr 22

Welcome to those who have opted to keep an eye on my rambles. THANKS! 👋🏻 🙌🏻 😀

I’m Mark. The Vinyl Constituency is about my love of music on vinyl, and much more. I share what I’m buying, playing, watching, and reading.

#vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #musicsky #books #film #television #coffee

The photo shows photo one of four of The Room
Of Many Things. From the entrance to the room there is to the right Kallax cube units, on top of which sits a record player, amp, and old big HMV speakers. To the centre and right there are two chairs (a large wing chair and an Ikea Poang chair), behind which is bespoke shelves full of DVDs and blu rays. On tops of the shelves are old toys.

Photo two of four is taken from the centre of The Room of Many Things and faces a tall thin window with mid-brown curtains. In front of the window is several Ikea Kallax units on top of which is a record player (a Project Debut Carbon in black with an Ortofon Blue 2mm stylus). To the left and right are large vintage HMV wooden speakers. There is a patterned footstool in front of the units. To the left and right of the record player, there are separate red drawer units, on top of each there is a smaller speaker and a lamp.

Photo three of four of The Room of Many things is taken from the centre of the room and faces the right hand side of the room. There are bespoke shelving units in cubicle format from the floor to two feet from the high ceiling. The cubicles are five high and nine wide at the highest and widest point and they sit on a wooden plinth. The ceiling slopes upwards. The cubicles, which are in an oak finish, are full of records.

The fourth of foor photos of The Room
Of Many Things is taken from the centre of the room towards the back and left aide of the room. Bespoke shelving in an oak finish goes completely around the walls, and the shelves are full of books, DVDs, blu rays, old VHS videos, and small toys. There is a circa two-foot gap between the top of the shelves and the high ceiling, on which sits many old toys, figures, Lego and handheld games. In from of the shelves there is a patterned wing-back chair and a plain Ikea Poang chair, in between which there is a small table.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 3h

Scotland, my love. ♥️

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 1d

#Nowplaying a newly released compilation double album - ‘Unlock Your Mind With Morning Glory: Compiled By James Endeacott’.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #nowspinning

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 1d

First bit of business dealt with this morning - ‘Public Works and Utilities’, the latest release by @warringtonruncorn.com is snagged! 😀🙌🏻👇🏻

warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/public...

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 2d

This month’s edition of ‘Electronic Sound’ is in the bag, with a lovely red 7-inch featuring two tracks from Gary Numan’s 1980 album ‘Telekon’. 😀👇🏻

Electronic Sound @electronicsound.bsky.social · 2d

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We have GARY NUMAN on the cover of this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the magazine with an exclusive red vinyl seven-inch featuring two tracks from ‘Telekon’ chosen for us by the great man himself. Get your copy now at electronicsound.co.uk/issue130garynuman

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 2d

#NowPlaying the 1973 eponymous debut, and thus far only, album by Buckingham Nicks. This is the very nice 2025 remaster on baby blue vinyl. 😀🙌🏻

#nowspinning #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #buckinghamnicks

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 2d

Playing Glasgow the one week of the year that I won’t be in Glasgow was of course going to happen. 😂

Please come back soon! 🙂

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 2d

F**king mental.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 2d

I would love to tell you just how much I HATE Nick Clegg, but even I, with my abundant imagination, cannot find the words. It’s intensely annoying.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 3d

#NowWatching the 1974 disaster film ‘Airport 1975’ (aka ‘Airport ‘75).

I’m only 10 minutes in and every conceivable lazy stereotype has been ticked off with ease.

OH JESUS - THERE’S A GUITAR ONBOARD!! 😮😬

I have a feeling this is going to be a LONG flight.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 3d

A fairly normal text conversation with my mother. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤪😂👇🏻

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 3d

Just got off the train home.

In the distance is the little town I stay in.

Why is it in the distance?

Because, ONCE AGAIN, I got on the wrong f**king train. 😡🤬

Time to start walking.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 3d

This may at first seem somewhat intolerant, but I would happily see anybody who responds in this manner fritzed with a high voltage taser.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, that’s an irksome one.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 5d

This is something I’ve been really struggling with over the last year - terrible things happening to great people, while C**NTS happily make our world immeasurably worse - cheered on by imbeciles.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 5d

Would you just look at this STUNNING #doctorwho #tardis birthday cake my sister has had specially made for my birthday!!

It’s BIG too (no, not bigger inside than out)!

This is SO amazing. ♥️😀👏🏻🙌🏻

As is my sister.

#doctorwhocake #tardiscake #doctorwhotardis #50thbirthday #birthdaycake

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 6d

♥️

Just WAIT until you see my birthday cake. You won’t believe it.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 6d

Morning, everybody!

‘The Beatles 1967-1970’ is on my #recordplayer.

This is one of the earliest records I remember my dad playing on his days off.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning #thebeatles

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 6d

ABBA’s 1981 masterpiece ‘The Visitors’ is on the #recordplayer and, as always, sounds sublime - as you would expect of one of the all-time greatest pop albums.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylsky #ABBA #nowplaying #nowspinning

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 7d

The last day of my 40s - the most brutal and unforgiving decade - is being spent eyeball deep in albums that hold nostalgic value for me.

#Nowplaying ‘Going For The One’, released in 1977 by Yes.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #vinylcollection #prog #progrock

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 7d

Yet another grifter to relieve cosseted roasters of their content-creation dollars.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 8d

Beautifully futuristic.

The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve not been listening to much music recently, Ron. I have a monumental backlog to start working my way through, so hoping to make a dent in it over the next week.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 9d

I’m on my holidays! I finished yesterday and Lin finishes this afternoon.

I’ve looked out a few records to listen to this afternoon, and for the moment I’m sitting in our local coffee shop, sipping coffee and waiting for my scrambled eggs on toast to arrive.

Almost THREE weeks off. And breathe …

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 10d

Lovely to see this ray of sunshine at this time of year.

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The Vinyl Constituency @vinylconstituency.bsky.social · 10d

Thin-skinned, dish-faced, Roald Dahldi creep.