Darryl Wilks
@dgwilks.bsky.social
Former host of @NoParlezClub.
Some excellent research for an eclectic #vinylsanta! Thanks so much.
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Some excellent research for an eclectic #vinylsanta! Thanks so much.
Reposted by Darryl Wilks
We're almost there!
Unwrapping begins at 7pm GMT tomorrow.
In the meantime, pop the following into the Bluesky search box to see what went down last year:
#vinylsanta since:2024-12-23 and until:2024-12-25
Unwrapping begins at 7pm GMT tomorrow.
In the meantime, pop the following into the Bluesky search box to see what went down last year:
#vinylsanta since:2024-12-23 and until:2024-12-25
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We're almost there!
Unwrapping begins at 7pm GMT tomorrow.
In the meantime, pop the following into the Bluesky search box to see what went down last year:
#vinylsanta since:2024-12-23 and until:2024-12-25
Unwrapping begins at 7pm GMT tomorrow.
In the meantime, pop the following into the Bluesky search box to see what went down last year:
#vinylsanta since:2024-12-23 and until:2024-12-25
Reposted by Darryl Wilks
Please remember this evening to tag the account and use the hashtag #VinylSanta
That will make it a little easier for us to find and share your posts at go live.
🎅
That will make it a little easier for us to find and share your posts at go live.
🎅
December 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Please remember this evening to tag the account and use the hashtag #VinylSanta
That will make it a little easier for us to find and share your posts at go live.
🎅
That will make it a little easier for us to find and share your posts at go live.
🎅
Reposted by Darryl Wilks
It's the announcement you’ve all been waiting for!
For the first time in #VinylSanta history, neither the Simons nor the Steves have claimed top spot.
This year we have a tie between the Andys and the Matts.
However, as one of the Matts declared as a Matthew, the Andys win on a technicality. 🎅
For the first time in #VinylSanta history, neither the Simons nor the Steves have claimed top spot.
This year we have a tie between the Andys and the Matts.
However, as one of the Matts declared as a Matthew, the Andys win on a technicality. 🎅
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's the announcement you’ve all been waiting for!
For the first time in #VinylSanta history, neither the Simons nor the Steves have claimed top spot.
This year we have a tie between the Andys and the Matts.
However, as one of the Matts declared as a Matthew, the Andys win on a technicality. 🎅
For the first time in #VinylSanta history, neither the Simons nor the Steves have claimed top spot.
This year we have a tie between the Andys and the Matts.
However, as one of the Matts declared as a Matthew, the Andys win on a technicality. 🎅
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It's our 10th #VinylSanta and we wanted to include a charity option.
We've set up a fundraiser in memory of VS & #weekendsingles regular, well loved member of our community and background actor Vince Williams @golfyfun.bsky.social.
Please donate here:
actingforothers.enthuse.com/pf/vincewill...
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We've set up a fundraiser in memory of VS & #weekendsingles regular, well loved member of our community and background actor Vince Williams @golfyfun.bsky.social.
Please donate here:
actingforothers.enthuse.com/pf/vincewill...
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Vinyl Santa for Vince
Vince was a frequent participant in Vinyl Santa and friend to many who participate in the annual festivities. Sadly Vince passed away this year and the Vinyl Santa organizers wanted to acknowledge thi
actingforothers.enthuse.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's our 10th #VinylSanta and we wanted to include a charity option.
We've set up a fundraiser in memory of VS & #weekendsingles regular, well loved member of our community and background actor Vince Williams @golfyfun.bsky.social.
Please donate here:
actingforothers.enthuse.com/pf/vincewill...
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We've set up a fundraiser in memory of VS & #weekendsingles regular, well loved member of our community and background actor Vince Williams @golfyfun.bsky.social.
Please donate here:
actingforothers.enthuse.com/pf/vincewill...
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Just came home to find my #VinylSanta package on my doorstep. Fair play to the trustworthy people of my neighbourhood as it's been there for nearly three hours! 👍
December 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just came home to find my #VinylSanta package on my doorstep. Fair play to the trustworthy people of my neighbourhood as it's been there for nearly three hours! 👍
Reposted by Darryl Wilks
Nice to see so many photos of #VinylSanta packages arriving! A special nod to those of you who put them straight under the tree. 🎄 Please keep them coming. We (and your senders) appreciate seeing them in situ. 🎅
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nice to see so many photos of #VinylSanta packages arriving! A special nod to those of you who put them straight under the tree. 🎄 Please keep them coming. We (and your senders) appreciate seeing them in situ. 🎅
Any fans of iconic jazz/swing band The Craps might want to get themselves over to eBay.
December 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Any fans of iconic jazz/swing band The Craps might want to get themselves over to eBay.
Reposted by Darryl Wilks
Just popping this back up as some of the last posting dates aren't far off now. Thanks again to everyone who has let us know they've shipped already. #VinylSanta🎅
Payday weekend incoming! Draw out those tenners and see what you can find for #VinylSanta.
Here are the cut-off dates for Royal Mail, USPS & An Post - but please don't leave it until the last possible day! And keep hold of your postal receipts so that you can monitor the tracking.
🎅
Here are the cut-off dates for Royal Mail, USPS & An Post - but please don't leave it until the last possible day! And keep hold of your postal receipts so that you can monitor the tracking.
🎅
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Just popping this back up as some of the last posting dates aren't far off now. Thanks again to everyone who has let us know they've shipped already. #VinylSanta🎅
@thenighttrain.co.uk Spotted at the Junction, Cambridge last night.
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
@thenighttrain.co.uk Spotted at the Junction, Cambridge last night.
I'm glad my own band made it onto my Spotify top songs playlist but maybe I should have played it a few more times than that.
open.spotify.com/track/1vqwhR...
open.spotify.com/track/1vqwhR...
December 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm glad my own band made it onto my Spotify top songs playlist but maybe I should have played it a few more times than that.
open.spotify.com/track/1vqwhR...
open.spotify.com/track/1vqwhR...
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Had a small amount of time between trains at Birmingham New Street earlier and inadvertently stumbled across "the birthplace of heavy metal".
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Had a small amount of time between trains at Birmingham New Street earlier and inadvertently stumbled across "the birthplace of heavy metal".
Hi @chrisseventeen.bsky.social - are you aware of this book, due out next year? It popped up on a saved search on eBay. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pin-your-h...
Pin Your Heart To Me - Telling Jacobean Tales with Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth|Paperback
Personal recollections of time spent with the musicians Nikki Sudden and Dave Kusworth.Separately, they did many things. Together, they were the Jacobites.Sudden and Kusworth's songs have been lauded ...
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hi @chrisseventeen.bsky.social - are you aware of this book, due out next year? It popped up on a saved search on eBay. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pin-your-h...
I'm pretty sure I just saw John Deacon from Queen on a train in Cambridge. Looking exactly like these photos.
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I'm pretty sure I just saw John Deacon from Queen on a train in Cambridge. Looking exactly like these photos.
Uh-oh, I appear to have a new version of the Discogs app. I'm sure it'll be fine. 😬
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Uh-oh, I appear to have a new version of the Discogs app. I'm sure it'll be fine. 😬
Looking through some new-in records in a chazza today when a really annoying guy squeezed into a non-existent gap between me & someone else to flick through some others before standing over me while I went through the ones I'd picked out to review. So obviously I bought the lot just to piss him off.
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Looking through some new-in records in a chazza today when a really annoying guy squeezed into a non-existent gap between me & someone else to flick through some others before standing over me while I went through the ones I'd picked out to review. So obviously I bought the lot just to piss him off.
Some spammy Discogs activity happening today. Same 2 users being discussed in a forum. Beware! www.discogs.com/forum/thread...
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Some spammy Discogs activity happening today. Same 2 users being discussed in a forum. Beware! www.discogs.com/forum/thread...
A numbered White Album in a chazza for a quid? Don't mind if I do. (It's the CD, but still ...).
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A numbered White Album in a chazza for a quid? Don't mind if I do. (It's the CD, but still ...).
The Blues Brothers on BBC4. I first saw this at a late night screening in Swindon after being turned away from The Brunel Rooms, where Tigertailz were playing. It was a nightclub and we were all 16. I think I got the better deal. Though I did go on to see Tigertailz a couple of times ...
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Blues Brothers on BBC4. I first saw this at a late night screening in Swindon after being turned away from The Brunel Rooms, where Tigertailz were playing. It was a nightclub and we were all 16. I think I got the better deal. Though I did go on to see Tigertailz a couple of times ...
Overheard: "The Charlatans, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays ... They all sound the same". Feel free to discuss.
October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Overheard: "The Charlatans, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays ... They all sound the same". Feel free to discuss.
Well, that certainly escalated. 🤷
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Well, that certainly escalated. 🤷
Have just discovered that my 16yo was unaware of the saying "Red sky at night, shepherds delight".
September 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Have just discovered that my 16yo was unaware of the saying "Red sky at night, shepherds delight".
Flukily timed return to the scene of the crime. Feel unreasonably disappointed that Totally Wired 1 wasn't there. Plus some more #VinylSanta potentials that I haven't photographed.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Flukily timed return to the scene of the crime. Feel unreasonably disappointed that Totally Wired 1 wasn't there. Plus some more #VinylSanta potentials that I haven't photographed.
My 16yo has been asking for a copy of Transformer. Hit upon a naff looking reissue on eBay with bonus Berlin. No-one else bidded on it.
September 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My 16yo has been asking for a copy of Transformer. Hit upon a naff looking reissue on eBay with bonus Berlin. No-one else bidded on it.