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Andy Hort

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#morningcoffeealbum with a chocolate cookie!

Blueprint - Rory Gallagher

Released on this day 18th February 1973, Rory's 4th album after the break up of Taste 3 years earlier.

#nowplaying #rorygallagher #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a black and white photo of Rory leaning on some scaffolding. The photo is against a circuit diagram on a blue background.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player is a delicious chocolate cookie.

February 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with #HotCrossBun

Bop Till You Drop - Ry Cooder

Released in 1979 on Warner Bros, Ry Cooder's 8th album is mainly (brilliant) covers. TIL that this was the first album from a major label to be digitally recorded.

#nowplaying #RyCooder #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover showing Ry Cooder standing against a pink background and holding a blue electric guitar. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On one corner of the player is a delicious buttered hot cross bun.

January 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum plus #mincepie

The Gift - The Jam

A feature of this album, and of so much of The Jam's music, is Bruce Foxton's immaculate bass playing.

#nowplaying #thejam #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover featuring three vertical stripes, red, orange and teal, on a white background, with a member of the band in in each. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker and a delicious mince pie rests on the corner of the player.

December 11, 2024 at 11:56 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with biscuits!

Live in Europe - Rory Gallagher

I first saw Rory in 1972, when I was 17, at the Lincoln/Bardney "Great Western Express" festival. He played two sets, on Friday and Saturday, and he blew me away.
As soon as I was home, I […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with Rory Gallagher playing on stage.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker and on the corner of the player are three delicious cream crunch biscuits.

February 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Ellie Greenwich - Composes, Produces, and Sings

I posted an album from this artist a few weeks ago, and since then have been trying hard to get my hands on this, her other album, at a reasonable cost. This arrived this morning from New […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a photograph of a woman looking at the camera from behind a wooden post. She has blond hair in a sixties fringed bob, and her mouth is open in a wide smile.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

June 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Cosmic Thing - The B-52s

#nowplaying #TheB52s #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a black and white photo of The B-52s. The photo is overlaid with stripes of colour, changing from red at the top, through yellow and green to blue at the bottom. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

November 27, 2024 at 12:06 PM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Released on this day yesterday - 25 November 1974

There's The Rub - Wishbone Ash

Their fifth studio album, and the first after Laurie Wisefield replaced Ted Turner on joint lead guitar, the first of many personnel changes over the years.

#nowplaying #WishboneAsh #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover showing the mid-section of a cricketer, rubbing a cricket ball on his trousers. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

November 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM Everybody can reply

Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with a mini Danish

Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

One of several albums bought on the the strength of a hit single, in this case the title track, it has a powerful electric bluegrass feel, particularly on side 1.

#nowplaying #SteveEarle #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a close up of a fabric skull and crossbones sew-on patch.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
On the corner of the player is a delicious pastry plait.

July 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

New Boots & Panties!! - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Already with a cult following from his pub rock band, the wonderfully named Kilburn & the High Roads, this was Ian Dury's first and, many say, best album.
The album's title refers to the […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover showing Ian Dury and a young boy leaning against the front of a second hand shop. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

January 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

This had me confused as a 16 year old when it was issued. Opening with a heavy riff reminiscent of Deep Purple, and quickly segueing into Fairport style folk rock, all with cleverly written lyrics.
Tull were a […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a drawing of a bearded vagrant with long hair, leaning forward in a sinister manner.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

May 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with a pastry!

Live Dates - Wishbone Ash

Their fifth album, and last with the original lineup until 1987

#nowplaying #WishboneAsh #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover. The cover has the band's name over a motif of a desert scene featuring date trees (geddit?). To the left of this is a swarm of flying insects, and to the right three magpies. Below is the shadow over sand of an aircraft which itself flies above the band's name.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker and on the corner of the player is a delicious maple and pecan pastry.

January 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

The 2nd album I ever bought, shortly after release in 1970. As can be seen from the condition of the cover, it as had a lot of playing!

#nowplaying #SimonAndGarfunkel #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with Paul Simon standing directly in front of Art Garfunkel. Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

November 20, 2024 at 12:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

By The Light Of The Moon - Los Lobos

This band had a hit in 1984 with How Will The Wolf Survive, and another on 1987 with their cover of La Bamba. The latter is not on this album from the same year, but is a wonderful listen for fans of […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a black and white photo of the band in front of a weatherboard house under a full moon.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

July 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with Cornish Gingerbread biscuits

Moanin' and Stompin' Blues - John Lee Hooker, Paul Howard and Ralph Willis

The first disc in this imported two disc set contains the unmistakable heavy rhythmic industrial sound of John Lee Hooker.
The […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with drawings of boots and clapping hands
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player are two delicious gingerbread biscuits.

April 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with a crumble topped mince pie!

Something Else by The Kinks

Decent copies of this from 1967 are silly money, so I've picked up a 2022 pressing from BMG, and it's an absolute delight.

#nowplaying #thekinks #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with four sepia photograph portraits of the band members.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.
On the corner of the player is a delicious mince pie.

October 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with buttered crumpets!

No. 2 - The Rolling Stones

Featuring a broody cover photo of the band by David Bailey, this is the Stones' 2nd UK album. Mainly covers of R & B numbers, it also has three Jagger/Richards songs, up from one on […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a colour photo of the band, the right side of their faces in deep shadow, and all staring unsmiling directly at the camera.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player is a plate with two delicious buttered crumpets.

March 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum with a Wagon Wheel!

Fathoms Deep - Linda Lewis

Featuring her first hit single, "Rock-a-Doodle-Doo", this, Lewis's third album, was not as successful hoped, in spite of a positive critical reception, possibly because of the label, Raft […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record. In the foreground is an album cover with a diving helmet, with Linda Lewis's face (on an inner sleeve) visible through a cut-out.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker. On the corner of the player is a delicious (although smaller than they were in my student days) Wagon Wheel.

January 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

One of Dylan's very best albums, and one of the most personal.

#nowplaying #bobdylan #music #vinyl

July 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Please Please Me - The Beatles

I recall that my parents had a copy of this, The Beatles first album, when we lived in Otorohanga, Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 60s. My father disliked "pop music", and probably only bought this out of […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a photograph looking up the staircase in a high-rise building, and the four Beatles leaning on a railing, smiling down at the camera.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

May 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

# 8 - J J Cale

Unsurprisingly, this is Cale's 8th album. It is a new acquisition for me, and I'm giving it a first listen. Unmistakably Cale, this album wasn't a great commercial success, and it would be 6 years before his next release.

#nowplaying #JJCale #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a high contrast black and white photo of JJ Cale playing guitar.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

May 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Naturally - J J Cale

JJ Cale had been knocking around the music industry in Los Angeles through the mid 60s, putting out a small number of singles and scraping a living as an engineer. He eventually returned home to Tulsa where he was […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a painting of a raccoon, seated upright wearing a red tailed jacket, a blue wide rimmed hat on his knee, and his front paws resting on a stick. A hound sleeps at his feet.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

May 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM Everybody can reply

Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Taste - Live Taste

Recorded #OnThisDay 31st August 1969 at the Montreux Casino, Switzerland, by the time this album was released the following February, Taste had split.

#nowplaying #taste #rorygallagher #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with two photos of Rory Gallagher playing guitar superimposed of a photo of Richard McCracken on bass guitar and John Wilson on drums.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

August 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Anticipation - Carly Simon

Another from the late Mrs M's collection.
Recorded in London in 1971, the title track is a reference to the singer's feelings whilst waiting to go on a date with Cat Stevens (not a pairing I'd have thought of!).

#nowplaying #carlysimon #music #vinyl

Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a black and white photo of Carly Simon standing, with her feet apart, between two iron park gates.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

February 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Led Zeppelin - untitled (Led Zeppelin IV)

Perhaps the archetypal early 70s rock album, Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, known as Led Zeppelin IV, was recorded in the relaxed surroundings of Headley Grange in Hampshire.
The mixture […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover showing a picture hanging on a distressed wall. The picture is of an old man bent forward on a walking stick, with a large bundle of sticks on his back.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

February 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM Everybody can reply

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Andy Hort

@devonkiwi.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy

#morningcoffeealbum

Reggae Got Soul - Toots & The Maytals

A true pioneer of the genre, Frederick "Toots" Hibbert is said to have given reggae its name, with his 1968 record, Do The Reggay, taking the word from slang for an unkempt or scruffy individual […]

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Record player with a 12" black vinyl record.
In the foreground is an album cover with a photo of Toots Hibbert on stage, his shirt opens and his arms stretched out as he lets out a joyous roar.
Behind the player is a mug of coffee on a speaker.

March 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM Everybody can reply

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