Secret Treaties
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Here for the music 🎶👍 Collected vinyl since 1972. Large collection of LPs CDs and cassettes of radio shows plus archive memorabilia. Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Prog Rock, Classical, Jazz, Fusion. First live gig was Hawkwind in June 1973
This arrived yesterday👌 'Theusz Hamtaakh' Trilogie Au Trianon- live in 2000 by the mighty Magma. Newly released Ltd edition 4LP of 1000 on clear vinyl. Sounds fabulous #ChristianVander #MagmaBand #ZeuhlMusic #nowplaying #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #VinylCommunity #BlueSkyVinyl
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This arrived yesterday👌 'Theusz Hamtaakh' Trilogie Au Trianon- live in 2000 by the mighty Magma. Newly released Ltd edition 4LP of 1000 on clear vinyl. Sounds fabulous #ChristianVander #MagmaBand #ZeuhlMusic #nowplaying #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #VinylCommunity #BlueSkyVinyl
'Chocolate Kings' my favourite PFM album 👍 Classic Italian prog. I also recorded them from BBC in concert back in 76 too. Heard so much good music there. Such superb cover art too across the four sides. #ProgressivoItaliano #PremiataForneriaMarconi #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #ProgRock #vinylcommunity
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
'Chocolate Kings' my favourite PFM album 👍 Classic Italian prog. I also recorded them from BBC in concert back in 76 too. Heard so much good music there. Such superb cover art too across the four sides. #ProgressivoItaliano #PremiataForneriaMarconi #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #ProgRock #vinylcommunity
ECM jazz time with 'The Razors Edge's by the. Dave Holland Quintet from 1987. So many good solid albums from him. This one featuring #KennyWheeler 🎺 #DaveHolland #ECMjazz #ECMrecords #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylCollector #JazzMusic #nowspinning
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
ECM jazz time with 'The Razors Edge's by the. Dave Holland Quintet from 1987. So many good solid albums from him. This one featuring #KennyWheeler 🎺 #DaveHolland #ECMjazz #ECMrecords #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylCollector #JazzMusic #nowspinning
Robert John Godfrey's first solo album 'The Fall of Hypherion' from 1973. I'm a big fan of #TheEnid and used to belong to their fanclub The Stand. This album is symphonic prog with vocals #RobertJohnGodfrey #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylCollector #ProgRock #vinylover
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Robert John Godfrey's first solo album 'The Fall of Hypherion' from 1973. I'm a big fan of #TheEnid and used to belong to their fanclub The Stand. This album is symphonic prog with vocals #RobertJohnGodfrey #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylCollector #ProgRock #vinylover
'Astral Weeks' 1968 - arguably the best album by Van Morrison 🤔 Those early ones were so damn good up to 'Veedon Fleece' 1974 #nowplaying #VanMorrison #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #nowspining #VinylCollector #VinylBlueSky
December 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
'Astral Weeks' 1968 - arguably the best album by Van Morrison 🤔 Those early ones were so damn good up to 'Veedon Fleece' 1974 #nowplaying #VanMorrison #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #nowspining #VinylCollector #VinylBlueSky
'Split' the classic Groundhogs album from 1971. I've had a £1.30 s/h copy for 50 years with a small scratch on it. This NM replacement was £15 👍 #TonyMcPhee 🎸 #TheGroundhogs #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #VinylCollector #VinylBlueSky #nowspinning
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
'Split' the classic Groundhogs album from 1971. I've had a £1.30 s/h copy for 50 years with a small scratch on it. This NM replacement was £15 👍 #TonyMcPhee 🎸 #TheGroundhogs #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #VinylCollector #VinylBlueSky #nowspinning
'Sheik Yerbouti a fantastic Frank Zappa double album from 1979. Some great guitar workouts here especially the awesome 'Yo Mama' 🎸👌 Theres always time to play some Zappa 👍 #FrankZappa #NowPlaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky #VinylCollector
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
'Sheik Yerbouti a fantastic Frank Zappa double album from 1979. Some great guitar workouts here especially the awesome 'Yo Mama' 🎸👌 Theres always time to play some Zappa 👍 #FrankZappa #NowPlaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky #VinylCollector
The beautiful impressionistic sound World of #ClaudeDebussy in this excellent 3LP boxset of his orchestral works. The #ConcertgebouwOrchestra conducted by #BernardHaitink #nowplaying 'La Mer' #ClassicalMusic #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky #VinylCollector
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The beautiful impressionistic sound World of #ClaudeDebussy in this excellent 3LP boxset of his orchestral works. The #ConcertgebouwOrchestra conducted by #BernardHaitink #nowplaying 'La Mer' #ClassicalMusic #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky #VinylCollector
Beautiful Sunday morning music with Renaissance 'Live at Carnegie Hall'. Another album 50 years old. With the sublime and ethereal 5 octave range of #AnnieHaslam #nowplaying 'Ashes are Burning' with #JonCamp amazing bass playing #DailyVinyl #ProgRock #vinylcommunity #VinylBlueSky #VinylCollector
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Beautiful Sunday morning music with Renaissance 'Live at Carnegie Hall'. Another album 50 years old. With the sublime and ethereal 5 octave range of #AnnieHaslam #nowplaying 'Ashes are Burning' with #JonCamp amazing bass playing #DailyVinyl #ProgRock #vinylcommunity #VinylBlueSky #VinylCollector
'Ilusions on a Double Dimple' by Triumvirat from 1973 Enjoying hearing this again with it's #EmersonLake&Palmer influences. Jürgen Fritz being the main man 🎹 of this band from Cologne. Also love the 'Spartacus' and 'Old Loves Die Hard' albums #ProgRock #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #vinylcommunity
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
'Ilusions on a Double Dimple' by Triumvirat from 1973 Enjoying hearing this again with it's #EmersonLake&Palmer influences. Jürgen Fritz being the main man 🎹 of this band from Cologne. Also love the 'Spartacus' and 'Old Loves Die Hard' albums #ProgRock #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #vinylcommunity
Pics from the excellent Rushed gig last night at the Thunderbolt in Bristol. 2½ hour setlist went from the first album 'Rush' up to 'Moving Pictures' Check them out if they play near you 👍🎸🎤🥁 #RushedBand #RushBand #RushFans #LiveMusic
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Pics from the excellent Rushed gig last night at the Thunderbolt in Bristol. 2½ hour setlist went from the first album 'Rush' up to 'Moving Pictures' Check them out if they play near you 👍🎸🎤🥁 #RushedBand #RushBand #RushFans #LiveMusic
Off to see #Rush tribute band Rushed tonight. Giving this great live album a spin 👍 Got the import version on pre UK release, cost me £8 back in 1976 in Sunshine records Oxford. Had to pay in 3 installments as only taking home £30 week in my first job. #RushedBand #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #vinylLP
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Off to see #Rush tribute band Rushed tonight. Giving this great live album a spin 👍 Got the import version on pre UK release, cost me £8 back in 1976 in Sunshine records Oxford. Had to pay in 3 installments as only taking home £30 week in my first job. #RushedBand #nowspinning #DailyVinyl #vinylLP
The excellent 'Shades of Two Worlds' by #TheAllmanBrothersBand from 1991. Some great music here especially 'Nobody Knows' & 'Kind of Bird' with #DickeyBetts 🎸 and #WarrenHaynes 🎸 #GregAllman 🎹 #AllenWoody 🎸 #Jaimoe 🥁 #ButchTrucks 🥁 #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #vinylcommunity #JamBands #VinylBlueSky
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The excellent 'Shades of Two Worlds' by #TheAllmanBrothersBand from 1991. Some great music here especially 'Nobody Knows' & 'Kind of Bird' with #DickeyBetts 🎸 and #WarrenHaynes 🎸 #GregAllman 🎹 #AllenWoody 🎸 #Jaimoe 🥁 #ButchTrucks 🥁 #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #vinylcommunity #JamBands #VinylBlueSky
The ever essential Grateful Dead Live album containing arguably the greatest 'Dark Star' Those February 69 Fillmore West shows are so damn good . I have the 3CD set 👍🎸 #GratefulDead #LiveDead #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #DeadHeads #LiveDoubleAlbums #nowspinning #GratefulDeadCommunity
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The ever essential Grateful Dead Live album containing arguably the greatest 'Dark Star' Those February 69 Fillmore West shows are so damn good . I have the 3CD set 👍🎸 #GratefulDead #LiveDead #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #DeadHeads #LiveDoubleAlbums #nowspinning #GratefulDeadCommunity
'The Paris Concert's is one of the greatest displays of musicianship I've ever heard 🎶 this trio of #OscarPeterson #JoePass and #NielsPedersen are at the top of their game. 'Sweet Georgia Brown' is simply awesome 👏 #nowplaying #Jazztrio #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #JazzLover #VinylBlueSky
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
'The Paris Concert's is one of the greatest displays of musicianship I've ever heard 🎶 this trio of #OscarPeterson #JoePass and #NielsPedersen are at the top of their game. 'Sweet Georgia Brown' is simply awesome 👏 #nowplaying #Jazztrio #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #JazzLover #VinylBlueSky
'Space Shanty' by Khan an early #SteveHillage psych space rock classic from 1972 with #DaveStewart One of those rare albums that is actually really good music #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #nowspinning
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
'Space Shanty' by Khan an early #SteveHillage psych space rock classic from 1972 with #DaveStewart One of those rare albums that is actually really good music #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #nowspinning
Following the recent death of #RickDavies 🙏 of Supertramp i have just played their brilliant 'Crime of the Century' from 74. Perfect album with every track a classic. Luckily I saw them in 1975 at the Reading Festival. #nowplaying #Supertramp #ProgRock #DailyVinyl #VinylCommunity #nowspining
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Following the recent death of #RickDavies 🙏 of Supertramp i have just played their brilliant 'Crime of the Century' from 74. Perfect album with every track a classic. Luckily I saw them in 1975 at the Reading Festival. #nowplaying #Supertramp #ProgRock #DailyVinyl #VinylCommunity #nowspining
Another shot from last night's Soft Machine gig at the Jam Jar in Bristol #JohnEtheridge #FredTheloniusBaker #TheoTravis with #AsifSirkus out of shot 🥁 #SoftMachine
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another shot from last night's Soft Machine gig at the Jam Jar in Bristol #JohnEtheridge #FredTheloniusBaker #TheoTravis with #AsifSirkus out of shot 🥁 #SoftMachine
Sunday night and the excellent Soft Machine at the Jam Jar in Bristol. Here during encore of Backwards and Noisette. So good to know their going strong and have a new album out in 2026. #JohnEtheridge first joined 50years ago 🎸 #SoftMachine #LiveMusic #LiveJazz
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sunday night and the excellent Soft Machine at the Jam Jar in Bristol. Here during encore of Backwards and Noisette. So good to know their going strong and have a new album out in 2026. #JohnEtheridge first joined 50years ago 🎸 #SoftMachine #LiveMusic #LiveJazz
Off to see Soft Machine tonight. Here's the excellent 'Softs' from 76. First saw them Reading Festival 1975 when #JohnEtheridge joined and is now the constant member with them. Softs lineups changed every album. So another 50th anniversary today #nowplaying
#vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky
#vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Off to see Soft Machine tonight. Here's the excellent 'Softs' from 76. First saw them Reading Festival 1975 when #JohnEtheridge joined and is now the constant member with them. Softs lineups changed every album. So another 50th anniversary today #nowplaying
#vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky
#vinylcommunity #DailyVinyl #VinylBlueSky
It was excellent of course and they played mostly the set that's on On your feet live album. But started with Stairway to the Stars. Here's the setlist which I wrote down the day after
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It was excellent of course and they played mostly the set that's on On your feet live album. But started with Stairway to the Stars. Here's the setlist which I wrote down the day after
50 years ago today I went see the amazing #BlueÖysterCult at Hammersmith Odeon. Here's the opening page of my BÖC scrapbook with ticket and advert. Along with the return train ticket for £5.17. I posted photos from the 75 gig back in May. The autographs are from Bristol 2019
#LiveGigs #ticketstubs
#LiveGigs #ticketstubs
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
50 years ago today I went see the amazing #BlueÖysterCult at Hammersmith Odeon. Here's the opening page of my BÖC scrapbook with ticket and advert. Along with the return train ticket for £5.17. I posted photos from the 75 gig back in May. The autographs are from Bristol 2019
#LiveGigs #ticketstubs
#LiveGigs #ticketstubs
1975 Diary says I bought this double s/h 50 years ago today for a bargain £1.50. Two classic albums by #WishboneAsh especially 'Argus' which is a rock masterpiece 🎸🎸 from 1972. Every track is brilliant #nowplaying #vinylcomunity #DailVinyl #ClassicRock #VinylCollector#vinyllover
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
1975 Diary says I bought this double s/h 50 years ago today for a bargain £1.50. Two classic albums by #WishboneAsh especially 'Argus' which is a rock masterpiece 🎸🎸 from 1972. Every track is brilliant #nowplaying #vinylcomunity #DailVinyl #ClassicRock #VinylCollector#vinyllover
Currently listening to lots of Magma. And the 'Studio Zünd' 12CD box set is a treasure trove. Such a unique band lead by the enigmatic #ChristianVander 🥁 I have seen them live three times and it's an experience to behold the power they create #ZeuhlMusic #nowplaying #MagmaBand #CDBoxset #ProgRock
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Currently listening to lots of Magma. And the 'Studio Zünd' 12CD box set is a treasure trove. Such a unique band lead by the enigmatic #ChristianVander 🥁 I have seen them live three times and it's an experience to behold the power they create #ZeuhlMusic #nowplaying #MagmaBand #CDBoxset #ProgRock
Classic live double album by Kraan. Recorded in Berlin 1974. I bought this in a sale in Threshold records Oxford in 1976 for £2.50. Knew nothing of them but it looked good. I was blown away by the bass playing of #HelmutHattler #KraanBand #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #vinylcommunity #VinylCollector
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Classic live double album by Kraan. Recorded in Berlin 1974. I bought this in a sale in Threshold records Oxford in 1976 for £2.50. Knew nothing of them but it looked good. I was blown away by the bass playing of #HelmutHattler #KraanBand #nowplaying #DailyVinyl #vinylcommunity #VinylCollector