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Revival Records
@revivalrecords.co.uk
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Record collector with a small online shop, music blog & review site, set up in 1996.

Crossposting from mastodon sometimes using #xp

Web: https://revivalrecords.co.uk

LastFM: https://www.last.fm/user/JonnyRevival
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Well that was a lovely game. Wasn’t sure what to expect but it was way more platformy and explory (both gaming terms, come on) than I thought it was going to be. Fairly short, but very well done by obvious cat lovers 🐈
#Stray #Playstation5 #PS5 #xp
Our hero (the cat) having a sleep by its companion The cat looking out over the city as the roof top is open letting in the sunlight. Our cat walking out into the sunshine. Profile of our cat looking very pleased with itself.
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 5 Dec 2025 and auto posted to the fediverse!

🎸 The Seahorses
🎵 Love Is the Law
💿 Do It Yourself

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Love Is The Law by The Seahorses
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December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The Beatles shelf is now being cleaned and this will be it now until the New Year. A long way to go still 🙄 #HumminGuru #TheBeatles #vinyl #xp
A copy of Rubber Soul being cleaned in the ultrasonic cleaner.
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Been doing these Exit escape game advent calendars for the last 4 years now. They are great fun. A little puzzle each morning with your breakfast.

#AdventCalendar #ExitTheGame #xp
An open Exit The Game advent calendar showing 4 open windows. The scene is a galaxy with planets and stars.
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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A Modern Mod Revival? Sharp Class of ‘25

I take a look at some modern day mod revival music from Sharp Class, Food Fight and Block 33 #vinyl #reviews #ModRevival
A Modern Mod Revival? Sharp Class of ’25
As I write this we are coming to the end of 2025, a quarter of the way through the 21st Century, and it seems mod revival, the mod scene, power pop, brit pop and the like are refusing to lie down.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Seen a few people talking about this so thought I’d watch it this morning. It’s brilliant. A slice of 1969 that proves nothing much has changed. Apart from the inordinate amount of cigarettes being smoked! #ManAlive #TheOfficeParty

NB it expires tonight so last chance to see!
Man Alive - The Office Party
Documentary, first transmitted in 1970, that visits a typical office and films the preparations for the annual Christmas party, the event itself and the aftermath.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Not sure this belongs with my prog stuff really, but will keep it there. A great compilation/tribute to Syd from The Shamen, TVPs and Soup Dragons among others. They all do a great job. #vinyl #SydBarrett #xp
Front cover of Beyond The Wildwood, a tribute to Syd Barrett. The record playing on the turntable. A flyer from the album advertising The Mock Turtles debut 12 inch E.P.
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Not ‘prog enough’ for some, plenty prog enough for me. A very well produced (as you’d expect from a former Abbey Road sound engineer) LP from Alan Parsons, 1978. #xp #vinyl #prog #AlanParsons
Front cover of Pyramid by The Alan Parsons Project. The record playing on the turntable.
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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That’s better. This is a 1972 US Gloversville plant pressing and (after the clean) sounds incredible. Getting fewer and further between but bargains can still be found! #vinyl #xp #JohnEntwistle
Front cover of Whistle Rymes by John Entwistle. Features a hand drawn fantasy scene with an owl, a turtle, a pig in a policeman’s uniform, hedgehogs and a young girl. The cleaned vinyl looking spotless and playing on the turntable.
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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🎶 #NowListening 🎶 on 1 Dec 2025 and auto posted to the fediverse!

Le Volume Courbe - Fourteen Years, from the album Planet Ping Pong

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Fourteen Years by Le Volume Courbe
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December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Picked up a copy of John Entwistle’s “Whistle Rymes” recently for just £3 and boy does it need a clean! Other than that it looks pretty good, so a bargain I’d say. Cleaning time…. #vinyl #CharityShop #xp
A very dirty black vinyl record.
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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If I’ve reviewed a record I’m currently playing I’ll usually link to it - read more about Dollar Brand here:

https://revivalrecords.co.uk/2022/05/30/dbrand-anatomy/

#SundayJazz #vinyl #xp #jazz
Dollar Brand Trio – Anatomy Of A South African Village
Just a shade under 15 minutes, Anatomy starts off with a single piano playing traditional jazz style over the thrumb of mingling voices in the audience. You can almost smell the cigarette smoke.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Can squeeze another in before we have to get ready to leave. This is The Dollar Brand (aka Abdullah Ibrahim) Trio, live from 1965. Wonderful South African jazz piano from one of the best. #SundayJazz #vinyl #xp
Front cover of Anatomy Of A South African Village by Dollar Brand Trio. The record playing on the turntable.
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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This is where I probably get loads of ‘where have you been?’ replies and I find out of course that everybody else has heard of them! Anyway, link to one of the tracks off their ‘New Seed Saga’ here:

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October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#SundayJazz this morning courtesy of Donald Byrd, and a third double ristretto. I need the caffeine. Off to an advent market today so might even start to feel a little bit Christmassy. #vinyl #jazz #xp
Front cover of Byrd’s Eye View by Donald Byrd and company. Next to the record spinning on the turntable.
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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#NowListening 🎶 on 29 Nov 2025 and auto posted to the fediverse!

Paul McCartney & Wings - Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five, from the album WINGS (Deluxe)

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Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five by Paul McCartney & Wings
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November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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My copy of Houses Of The Holy isn’t perfect, but a it’s a hell of a lot better after a deep clean. First UK pressing from 1973. #vinyl #xp #LedZeppelin
Front cover of Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin next to the record being played on the turntable.
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Described by some as ‘one of the last great prog albums from the 70s’. The Roaring Silence covers Springsteen’s Blinded By The Light as its opener, although Waiter, There's a Yawn in My Ear is much more to my taste. #vinyl #MMEB #xp #prog
Cover of The Roaring Silence. A large ear with a mouth. Of course. The record playing on the turntable.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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It’s the Led Zepp collection’s turn for the bath. Starting with this one from 1976 which I ignore way too often. It’s a good album, just not as good as the others. I will play it more. #xp #vinyl #LedZeppelin
The album of Led Zeppelin’s Presence next to the record playing on the turntable.
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Been cleaning and progging it right up all day. This is Man with Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics from 1974 which gets a solid 3.8 over on Progarchives. #vinyl #man #xp #progressive
Front cover of Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics from Man. The band are all sitting in what looks like a chaotic living room with, on the far left, a Welsh flag (as they are a Welsh band) draped over a life sized model of a Rhino. The record playing on a turntable.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Found a couple more #UriahHeep records in the prog rock shelf to clean and play. Will start with Abominog from 1982 as the cover is so cool! #vinyl #xp #progressive
LP cover for Abominog by Uriah Heep. It prominently features a demons head with horns and pointy ears and a wide open mouth bearing sharp teeth, drooling. The background is red and the band’s name and LP title are written in black. Cover of Fallen Angel by Uriah Heep. It’s open wide to show the full image of a Valkyrie type woman standing over a demon, with bloodied swords in her hands.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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A huge bonus of this cleaning marathon is it has reminded me of records I’d forgotten I had. This is an extraordinary record for 1969, Can’s debut and (arguably) the birth of Krautrock. #vinyl #can #krautrock #xp #progressive
The image features a stylized album cover depicting a humanoid figure with no face, wearing a black and colored armor, holding a gun or similar in one hand. The background includes clouds and mountains, with text stating "MONSTER MOVIE” by “THE CAN”. A close-up of a spinning vinyl record on a turntable, with a visible tonearm and stylus. The record has a black label at the center, and the turntable is on a dark surface.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Enjoyed that more than I thought I would. Lots of cowbells. I approve.

Continuing with Wonderworld from 1974 - a lot dirtier this one so fingers crossed it cleans up ok. #UriahHeep #vinyl #xp #prog
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Bit of heavy prog (not that heavy really) this morning. I’ve had a couple of Uriah Heep albums in the collection for years but still not entirely sure if I like them. Cleaned them anyway…. #vinyl #prog #xp #UriahHeep
Album cover for "Return to Fantasy" by Uriah Heep, featuring vibrant artwork of a figure with flowing wings against a dark background. The title and band name are prominently displayed in bold, stylized lettering. A close-up view of a spinning vinyl record on a turntable. The record has a yellow label, and the turntable features a sleek design with a stylus positioned over the grooves.
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM