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Richard Phillips-Jones
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#Writer & Deputy Editor at spookyisles.com

#Horror, #Psychedelic #Music, #SouthamptonFC. #AberdeenFC. #vegetarian. #Fiat500 owner. #RecordCollector. Typical #Pisces. Raising two fingers at #HodgkinsLymphoma since 1993.
Never underestimate the healing powers of chocolate digestive biscuits.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy to say that education has moved on somewhat since this UK government pamphet was published in 1937.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I know it's not an #AlbumAlmanac this week, but it seems an appropriate sleeve for today (and it does compile some great #WeekendSingles)

The Alarm - Standards (1981-90)

#MusicSky #VinylSky #NowPlaying
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Apropos of nothing, here's two from The Belle Stars and two from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions.

#WeekendSingles #MusicSky #VinylSky
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Between defrosting the freezer and my wife emptying the remains from her jar of beetroot, the kitchen sink now looks like the crime scene in a Scandinavian thriller.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Early 1970's TV themes: Van Der Valk (the final number one from EMI's Columbia label, trivia fans), The Adventures Of Black Beauty, The Rockford Files and Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads.

#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The UK top 20, today in 1967. Where psych-pop classics meet head-on with easy family favourites.

(I would illustrate with a few singles but they're mostly packed away for now 😔)

#WeekendSingles
November 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Duff tracks ruining great albums, you say?

Beach Boys: "Wow, this album we just finished is amazing and will restore our cultural reputation no end!"

Mike Love: "Wait, you haven't heard this yet..."

Student Demonstration Time, blighting Surf's Up (1971)

#WeekendSingles #AlbumAlmanac
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And to think of the stuff Bryan MacLean had sitting around at the time, songs that wouldn't see the light of day for years...
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Scary #Halloween costume for #WeekendSingles types?
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Is it a bit more #Halloween -ish now I'm eating one of these beauties?
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A lost love replaced, courtesy of an early chazza visit this morning.

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven On Earth (1987)

(No Halloween theme here, but what the hell)
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The leaves are finally coming down, and in one go apparently.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Final #WeekendSingles floor-fillers before I get on with humdrum stuff: Freda Payne, Otis Redding & Carla Thomas, Ramsey Lewis Trio and Gloria Jones (early-mid 70's bootleg - I'm not made of money 😂)

#VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #SoulMusic
October 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Certified #WeekendSingles floor-fillers: Gladys Knight & The Pips, Millie Jackson, The Flirtations and Gayle McCormick (slightly longer mono mix with alternate end vocal, exclusive to this promo issue).

#VinylSky #MusicSky #NowPlaying #SoulMusic
October 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The last light in the sky we'll see after 6pm for a while.

I'll be back with more cheering and inspirational thoughts later. You're welcome.
October 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When you finally discard that beloved item of clothing after many, many years of service... 😭 #declutter #lifelaundry
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For the run-up to #Halloween, four discs which involve a fatal encounter with the grim reaper:

John Leyton, The Shangri-Las and Twinkle all got a BBC ban (Auntie Beeb didn't approve of such things). Bobbie Gentry got away with it. 🎃💀⚰️🪦

#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky #HalloweenMusic
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
David MacCallum, Joanna Lumley and Gerald James in séance mode for the Sapphire & Steel assignment, The Railway Station.

Read more at:

www.spookyisles.com/sapphire-ste...
October 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Last ones from me (before I get some tea on), spanning 1970-72: Three Dog Night, another Badfinger belter (its lack of a UK release sums up the disarray Apple was in by then), Lindisfarne and a Fortunes ditty which suits the day nicely. Have a good week y'all.

#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Four more from 1970/71: T.Rex's first top 10 smash, a Badfinger banger, Gilbert O'Sullivan (not sure he ever topped this one) and a very belated 2004 7" release from Nick Drake. Still tipping it down in Dorset.

#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
October 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Four from 1970/71 for a wet Dorset Sunday morning: Cat Stevens, Electric Light Orchestra (not a single until mid '72, but let's not split hairs), Brewer & Shipley (loving that label design) and The Marmalade.

#WeekendSingles #VinylSky #MusicSky
October 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Oh, and we just found another one... 😂 #Blackberry
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM