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John Spithead

@johnspithead.bsky.social

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Working class, vegan FTA, runner (parkrun, marathon, ultra), lefty, Leyton Orient FC, granddad. London - Birmingham - Adelaide. I like to scream my unsolicited opinions about the tunes I'm playing into the void.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 1d

Now playing Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg – The Threepenny Opera / The Berlin Theatre Songs
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#KurtWeill
#LotteLenya
#BertoldBrecht
#TheThreepennyOpera
#TheBerlinTheatreSongs
#Opera
#Music
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Box set cover of Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg – The Threepenny Opera / The Berlin Theatre Songs propped behind a turntable which is playing one of the records.

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 1d

Now playing Larry Young - Larry Young's Fuel
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#LarryYoung
#LarryYoungsFuel
#JazzFusion
#Music
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LP sleeve of Larry Young's Fuel propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 2d

There's a great Cocaine & Rhinestones podcast episode about this tune.

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 2d

Now playing Airto - I'm Fine, How Are You?
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#Airto
#airtomoreira
#ImFineHowAreYou
#CelebrationSuite
#Brazilian
#JazzFusion
#Music

LP sleeve of Airto _ I'm Fine, How Are You? propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 3d

Now Playing Various Artists - Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83
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#Vinyl
#Rastafari
#VariousArtists
#SoulJazzRecords
#Reggae
#HaileSelassie
#LaurelAitken
#Music

LP sleeve of Various Artists - Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 3d

Now playing
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#BobbyWomack
#ThePoetII
#Soul
#Music

LP sleeve of Bobby Womack - The Poet II propped behind a turntable, which is playing the album.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 3d

Now playing Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#SteeleyeSpan
#HarkTheVillageWait
#Folk
#Music

LP sleeve of Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

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Ian McDougall @ianmcdougall.bsky.social · 3d

Robert Jenrick when he's attending a game of Association Football.

a group of men are sitting in a stadium and one of them is wearing a red jvc jersey

ALT: a group of men are sitting in a stadium and one of them is wearing a red jvc jersey

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 3d

Did he take his girlfriend who goes to another school?

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 4d

Now playing John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#JohnColtrane
#BothDirectionsAtOnce
#Jazz
#Music

LP sleeve of John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 4d

Now playing D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#DAngelo
#BrownSugar
#NeoSoul
#Music

LP sleeve of D'Angelo - Brown Sugar propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 6d

Sad to hear D'Angelo has died. An incredible talent.

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The Leyton Orientear @leytonorientear.com · 7d

Club For a Fiver was 30 years old yesterday! And ever since it's done so much to shape how #LOFC is perceived, both from outside the club and within it.

So come and celebrate that birthday with us now. Thanks so much to the Ear Editor of the era for re-visiting the trauma @tomdaviese17.bsky.social

Still Crazy After All These Years

Cult classic documentary "Club For a Fiver" has just turned 30 years old. The man editing the 'Ear at the time salutes the longevity of a memorable, chaotic chronicle of a memorable, chaotic time.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 7d

Now playing McCarthy - Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#McCarthy
#Indie
#BankingViolenceAndTheInnerLifeToday
#Music

LP sleeve of McCarthy - Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 7d

Now playing Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#ScottWalkerandSunnO
#Soused
#ScottWalker
#SunnO
#Music

LP sleeve of Scott Walker + Sunn O))) - Soused propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 8d

Now playing Vin Garbutt - Tossin' A Wobbler
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#VinGarbutt
#TossinAWobbler
#RedLionFolkClub
#Renmark
#Folk
#Music
#🎧

LP sleeve of Vin Garbutt - Tossin' A Wobbler propped behind a turntable which is playing the album

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 9d

*put obviously

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 9d

4-0 Orient win and Ian Watkins dead. That's purely a spring in my step this morning.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

Now playing Scott Walker - The Drift
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#Vinyl
#ScottWalker
#TheDrift
#Music

LP sleeve of Scott Walker - The Drift propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

Now playing Miles Davis - Milestones
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#MilesDavis
#Milestones
#Jazz
#Music
#🎧

LP sleeve of Miles Davis - Milestones propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

The sleeve photo makes it look like he's saying, "Come back! I'll play some of the old stuff, I promise."

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

🎶Seven Days Too Jong🎶 #NorthKoreanSoul

John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

Diana Ross & the Supreme People's Assembly #NorthKoreanSoul

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

🎶What's Going-Un🎶 #NorthKoreanSoul

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John Spithead @johnspithead.bsky.social · 13d

Now playing Tubby Hayes with Clark Terry - The New York Sessions
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#NowPlaying
#Vinyl
#TubbyHayes
#TheNewYorkSessions
#Jazz
#ClarkTerry
#Music
#🎧

LP sleeve of Tubby Hayes with Clark Terry - The New York Sessions propped behind a turntable which is playing the album.