Ray Culkin
@rayculkin.bsky.social
Grumpy old man. Vinyl and CD accumulator. MCFC season ticket holder. Married to the long suffering @citytrish.bsky.social
Yes. This and Allo Darlin’ are the only certs on my list. Pretty thin on the ground after the 1980-1984 fest.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Yes. This and Allo Darlin’ are the only certs on my list. Pretty thin on the ground after the 1980-1984 fest.
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Tranmere Rovers away?
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tranmere Rovers away?
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Hello Richard
Very tough choices again!
1) Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
2) It’ll End In Tears - This Mortal Coil
3) Lexicon Of Love - ABC
4) Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
5) Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunnymen
Hello Richard
Very tough choices again!
1) Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
2) It’ll End In Tears - This Mortal Coil
3) Lexicon Of Love - ABC
4) Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
5) Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunnymen
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#5debutalbums8084
Hello Richard
Very tough choices again!
1) Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
2) It’ll End In Tears - This Mortal Coil
3) Lexicon Of Love - ABC
4) Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
5) Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunnymen
Hello Richard
Very tough choices again!
1) Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
2) It’ll End In Tears - This Mortal Coil
3) Lexicon Of Love - ABC
4) Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
5) Crocodiles - Echo & The Bunnymen
Hi Richard
My top 5
1. God Bless Miss Black America by Miss Black America
2. The Noises Made By People by Broadcast
3. Not The Tremblin’ Kind by Laura Cantrell
4. Lost Souls by Doves
5. Since I Left You by The Avalanches
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My top 5
1. God Bless Miss Black America by Miss Black America
2. The Noises Made By People by Broadcast
3. Not The Tremblin’ Kind by Laura Cantrell
4. Lost Souls by Doves
5. Since I Left You by The Avalanches
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October 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hi Richard
My top 5
1. God Bless Miss Black America by Miss Black America
2. The Noises Made By People by Broadcast
3. Not The Tremblin’ Kind by Laura Cantrell
4. Lost Souls by Doves
5. Since I Left You by The Avalanches
#5debutalbums0004
My top 5
1. God Bless Miss Black America by Miss Black America
2. The Noises Made By People by Broadcast
3. Not The Tremblin’ Kind by Laura Cantrell
4. Lost Souls by Doves
5. Since I Left You by The Avalanches
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It was 0-4 last season, so must be an improvement?
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It was 0-4 last season, so must be an improvement?
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Hi Richard
I have resisted the urge to go full on Bowie!
1) Low - David Bowie
2) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
3) Marquee Moon - Television
4) Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
5) Never Mind The Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
Thanks you for organising.
Hi Richard
I have resisted the urge to go full on Bowie!
1) Low - David Bowie
2) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
3) Marquee Moon - Television
4) Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
5) Never Mind The Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
Thanks you for organising.
May 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Hi Richard
I have resisted the urge to go full on Bowie!
1) Low - David Bowie
2) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
3) Marquee Moon - Television
4) Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
5) Never Mind The Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
Thanks you for organising.
Hi Richard
I have resisted the urge to go full on Bowie!
1) Low - David Bowie
2) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
3) Marquee Moon - Television
4) Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
5) Never Mind The Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
Thanks you for organising.
Afternoon Richard.
Just recovering from my RSD excursion!
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Here goes:
1) David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2) Carole King - Tapestry
3) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
4) XTC - Drums & Wires
5) Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Just recovering from my RSD excursion!
#5albums70s5
Here goes:
1) David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2) Carole King - Tapestry
3) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
4) XTC - Drums & Wires
5) Tim Buckley - Starsailor
April 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Afternoon Richard.
Just recovering from my RSD excursion!
#5albums70s5
Here goes:
1) David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2) Carole King - Tapestry
3) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
4) XTC - Drums & Wires
5) Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Just recovering from my RSD excursion!
#5albums70s5
Here goes:
1) David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
2) Carole King - Tapestry
3) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
4) XTC - Drums & Wires
5) Tim Buckley - Starsailor
Hi Richard
Here goes
1) David Bowie - Heroes
2) Television - Marquee Moon
3) David Bowie - Young Americans
4) The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
5) X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Here goes
1) David Bowie - Heroes
2) Television - Marquee Moon
3) David Bowie - Young Americans
4) The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
5) X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
March 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Hi Richard
Here goes
1) David Bowie - Heroes
2) Television - Marquee Moon
3) David Bowie - Young Americans
4) The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
5) X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Here goes
1) David Bowie - Heroes
2) Television - Marquee Moon
3) David Bowie - Young Americans
4) The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
5) X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
Evening Richard
#5albums70s3
This could be so different tomorrow!
1) David Bowie - Low
2) Japan - Quiet Life
3) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
4) Nick Drake - Bryter Later
5) Queen - Queen II
Hoping the next semi is a little easier, but I doubt it.
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This could be so different tomorrow!
1) David Bowie - Low
2) Japan - Quiet Life
3) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
4) Nick Drake - Bryter Later
5) Queen - Queen II
Hoping the next semi is a little easier, but I doubt it.
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Evening Richard
#5albums70s3
This could be so different tomorrow!
1) David Bowie - Low
2) Japan - Quiet Life
3) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
4) Nick Drake - Bryter Later
5) Queen - Queen II
Hoping the next semi is a little easier, but I doubt it.
#5albums70s3
This could be so different tomorrow!
1) David Bowie - Low
2) Japan - Quiet Life
3) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
4) Nick Drake - Bryter Later
5) Queen - Queen II
Hoping the next semi is a little easier, but I doubt it.
Ian, It’s probably my favourite Bowie album. I still remember John Peel playing it in its entirety in January 77 just before it was released.
February 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ian, It’s probably my favourite Bowie album. I still remember John Peel playing it in its entirety in January 77 just before it was released.
I was so tempted to include MWSTW.
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I was so tempted to include MWSTW.
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Evening Richard
After much deliberation my 5 are as follows:-
1) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
2) Station to Station - David Bowie
3) Stranded - Roxy Music
4) Even Serpents Shine - The Only Ones
5) Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Looking forward to semi-final 3
Evening Richard
After much deliberation my 5 are as follows:-
1) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
2) Station to Station - David Bowie
3) Stranded - Roxy Music
4) Even Serpents Shine - The Only Ones
5) Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Looking forward to semi-final 3
February 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Evening Richard
After much deliberation my 5 are as follows:-
1) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
2) Station to Station - David Bowie
3) Stranded - Roxy Music
4) Even Serpents Shine - The Only Ones
5) Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Looking forward to semi-final 3
Evening Richard
After much deliberation my 5 are as follows:-
1) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
2) Station to Station - David Bowie
3) Stranded - Roxy Music
4) Even Serpents Shine - The Only Ones
5) Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Looking forward to semi-final 3
Totally agree. Stranded was the first Roxy album I bought on release. Not a bad track on it. Country Life I found a little patchy.
January 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Totally agree. Stranded was the first Roxy album I bought on release. Not a bad track on it. Country Life I found a little patchy.
It’s up there. It was the second Bowie I saved my pocket money for after Ziggy. All my friends were into Yes, Floyd, Purple and Sabbath but they were impressed with Ronson’s guitar playing on it. Greatly underrated musician.
January 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s up there. It was the second Bowie I saved my pocket money for after Ziggy. All my friends were into Yes, Floyd, Purple and Sabbath but they were impressed with Ronson’s guitar playing on it. Greatly underrated musician.
Top of my list followed by Station to Station. Picking numbers 3 to 5 is going to take some work.
January 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Top of my list followed by Station to Station. Picking numbers 3 to 5 is going to take some work.
Wow. I thought the first semi final was tough. Really going to be difficult to get it down to just five.
January 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Wow. I thought the first semi final was tough. Really going to be difficult to get it down to just five.
Evening Richard
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1) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
3) Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
4) Only Ones - Only Ones
5) Neil Young - After the Goldrush
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1) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
3) Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
4) Only Ones - Only Ones
5) Neil Young - After the Goldrush
January 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Evening Richard
#5albums70s1
1) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
3) Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
4) Only Ones - Only Ones
5) Neil Young - After the Goldrush
#5albums70s1
1) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
2) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
3) Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
4) Only Ones - Only Ones
5) Neil Young - After the Goldrush
#5albums24
1) Warrington-Runcorn New Development Plan - Your Community Hub
2) The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
3) Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
4) Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
5) Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
1) Warrington-Runcorn New Development Plan - Your Community Hub
2) The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
3) Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
4) Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
5) Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
January 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#5albums24
1) Warrington-Runcorn New Development Plan - Your Community Hub
2) The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
3) Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
4) Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
5) Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
1) Warrington-Runcorn New Development Plan - Your Community Hub
2) The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
3) Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
4) Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
5) Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Autocorrect has done for poor Kate! 😂
December 14, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Autocorrect has done for poor Kate! 😂