The Vinyl Arrears
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The Vinyl Arrears
@thevinylarrears.bsky.social
A daily look at music milestones (birthdays,deaths,release dates etc) with a weekly mix.

All done using my own vinyl collection

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2005 LCD Soundsytem - LCD Soundsystem released

On DFA Records(Death From Above from helicopters in apocalypse now)

Aged 22 Murphy was offered a job writing for the upcoming sitcom Seinfeld (he declined so he could continue with music)

Free mix below👇

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January 24, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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1958 The Squeeze pianist Jools Holland born

His first foray into the studio was with Wayne County and the electric chairs for their song F*** Off

He also did a magnificent piano solo on Uncertain Smile by The The

Free mix below with Uncertain Smile👇

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January 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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2018 Mark E Smith died

The only permanent member of The Fall (who have had 60+ members) once said “if it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's The Fall."

Smith named the band after a novel by Albert Camus

Free mix below with Mountain Energei👇

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January 24, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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1976 Station to Station - David Bowie

This was David Bowies 10th Studio Album

The cover is from a Steve Shapiro photo while on the set of The man who fell to earth (altered by George Underwood and he also used a still from the same movie on Bowies next album… Low)
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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2006 Whatever people say I am,that’s what I’m not - Arctic Monkeys

The debut album by the Arctic Monkeys

The person on the cover is Chris McClure (brother of Reverend and the Makers Jon McClure)
January 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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1981 Reward - Teardrop Explodes released

The song started with the music by guitarist Alan Gill (Dalek I love you)

It was not included on the original Kilimanjaro album but was added to the re-release

By the time this single came out Alan Gill had already left the band
The Vinyl Arrears Week In Music 18th Jan - 25th Jan
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January 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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1959 Tamla Records was started

A precursor to Motown was set up by Berry Gordy Jr.

Gordy wanted to call the label Tammy Records after the Debbie Reynolds but due to legal threats he couldn’t

Free mix below with He was really sayin’ somethin’ 👇

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January 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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1946 Malcolm McLaren born

McLaren started in music as a promoter and manager for bands like The New York Dolls. Sex Pistols,Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow (Anyone remember Honey Bane too?)

Free mix below with Double Dutch👇

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January 22, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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1931 Sam Cooke born

In a 2008 Rolling Stone poll the “King of Soul” was voted as the 4th best singer of all-time

On the 11th Dec 64 Cooke was shot dead

In his 8 year career he had 29 singles on the Billboard top 40

Free mix below inc The Chain Gang👇

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January 22, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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1989 That’s the way Love is by Ten City entered the uk chart

The single was off the Foundation album and reached no 8 on the uk singles chart

From Chicago they were Deep House pioneers

Free mix below with That’s the way love is👇

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January 21, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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1965 Robert Del Naja was born

A founder and only consistent member of Massive Attack

Robert was a spray can graffiti artist from Bristol and at one time was thought to be Banksy (but that is now unlikely)

Free mix below with Teardrop 👇

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January 21, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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2022 The Overload - Yard Act released

Yard Act are from Leeds and vocalist used to be in the Post War Glamour Girls and the bassist was in Menace Beach

The album was nominated for the 2022 Mercury Music Prize

Free mix below with Rich 👇

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January 21, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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1978 White Music by Xtc released

The debut album by Xtc

The first single off the album was Statue of Liberty was banned by BBC Radio 1 because of the lyric “ In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt"

Free mix below with Statue of Liberty 👇

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January 20, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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1945 Eric Stewart born

Born in Droylsden,Manchester he was in the Mindbenders and later 10cc

He also part funded the iconic Strawberry Studios (named after his favourite Beatles song.. Strawberry fields forever)

Free mix below with Art for Arts sake 👇

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January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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1983 Oblivious by Aztec Camera released

The second single from Hard Land,Hard Rain failed to break into the uk top 40

It was re-released later in the year and reached no 18

Free mix below with Oblivious 👇

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January 20, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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1994 Bob Marley Inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

Robert Nesta Marley is the most famous Reggae singer ever and his 1984 greatest hits Legend is the best selling Reggae album of all time

Free mix below with Stir it up👇

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January 19, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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1952 Dewey Bunnell born (lead singer of the band America)

A horse with no name was originally called Desert Song and was written in Puddleton,Dorset (the home of Arthur Brown who’s big hit was Fire)

Free mix below with A horse with no name👇

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January 19, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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1994 The Animals were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

The iconic line up of the Animals was :-
Eric Burden,Chas Chandler,Alan Price and Hilton Valentine

Free mix below with Don’t let me be misunderstood👇

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January 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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1911 Danny Kaye born

David Bowie said The Inchworm from the 1953 Hans Christian Andersen movie was a huge influence on Ashes to Ashes (due to its melancholic and Childlike Tone)

Playlist below with The inchworm 👇

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January 18, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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1941 David Ruffin born

The Temptations singer was twice voted in the top 100 singers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine but Ruffin started as a backing singer (Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams were leads)

Playlist below with Cloud Nine 👇
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January 18, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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1989 Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

Stevland Hardaway Judkins was born 6 weeks premature which caused retinopathy of prematurity which led to blindness

Playlist below with Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing👇

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January 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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1945 William Hart Born

The Delfonics lead singer and songwriter

Produced by legendary Philly producer Thom Bell and on Philly Groove Records

In Tarantino and Sopranos soundtracks

Playlist below with Didn’t I (Blow your mind this time)👇

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January 17, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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1944 Françoise Hardy was born

Françoise was one of the original French ye-ye singers

Although born in Paris Françoise represented Monaco in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest

Playlist below with Tous les garçons et les filles 👇

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January 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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1964 Andy Rourke (bassist with the Smiths) born

Andy and Johnny Marr first became friends at school aged 11

Andy was a joint founder of the Manchester versus Cancer charity gig series

Playlist below with Cemetry Gates 👇

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January 17, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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2015 How to die in the north album by BC Camplight released

Brian Christinzio moved to Manchester from Philadelphia (where he played live with War on drugs and as a piano player with Sharon Von Etten)

Playlist below with You should’ve gone to school 👇

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January 16, 2026 at 11:03 AM