Wiz Ball
@wizball50.bsky.social
Well versed in both the politics of dancing and the art of parties. Songwriter and vinyl bore. Wild #LFC fanatic and chant-crafter. Proud nephew to two beautiful uncles.
Well this has just annoyed the hell out of me...
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Well this has just annoyed the hell out of me...
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
10—U Got the Look
In his continuing attempt to corrupt sweet lass Sheena Easton, Prince delivers maybe his best duet, propelled by a Linn drum track and some wild percussion from Sheila E (no relation). Slammin'!
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
10—U Got the Look
In his continuing attempt to corrupt sweet lass Sheena Easton, Prince delivers maybe his best duet, propelled by a Linn drum track and some wild percussion from Sheila E (no relation). Slammin'!
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
10—U Got the Look
In his continuing attempt to corrupt sweet lass Sheena Easton, Prince delivers maybe his best duet, propelled by a Linn drum track and some wild percussion from Sheila E (no relation). Slammin'!
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
Sign O the Times
#MusicChallenge
10—U Got the Look
In his continuing attempt to corrupt sweet lass Sheena Easton, Prince delivers maybe his best duet, propelled by a Linn drum track and some wild percussion from Sheila E (no relation). Slammin'!
#nowplaying #musicsky #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Telephone Call from Istanbul
Silence is one of the most powerful tools a songwriter has, and Waits uses it to great atmospheric effect on this staccato masterpiece. And the organ at the end proves he can use noise just as well
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Telephone Call from Istanbul
Silence is one of the most powerful tools a songwriter has, and Waits uses it to great atmospheric effect on this staccato masterpiece. And the organ at the end proves he can use noise just as well
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Telephone Call from Istanbul
Silence is one of the most powerful tools a songwriter has, and Waits uses it to great atmospheric effect on this staccato masterpiece. And the organ at the end proves he can use noise just as well
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Telephone Call from Istanbul
Silence is one of the most powerful tools a songwriter has, and Waits uses it to great atmospheric effect on this staccato masterpiece. And the organ at the end proves he can use noise just as well
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Only Shallow—My Bloody Valentine
In truth, I could have picked any track off this incredible album (except for Soon, which first released in 1990.) I've chosen its hypnotic opener, with a divine Bilinda vocal: one of her very best.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Only Shallow—My Bloody Valentine
In truth, I could have picked any track off this incredible album (except for Soon, which first released in 1990.) I've chosen its hypnotic opener, with a divine Bilinda vocal: one of her very best.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Only Shallow—My Bloody Valentine
In truth, I could have picked any track off this incredible album (except for Soon, which first released in 1990.) I've chosen its hypnotic opener, with a divine Bilinda vocal: one of her very best.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Only Shallow—My Bloody Valentine
In truth, I could have picked any track off this incredible album (except for Soon, which first released in 1990.) I've chosen its hypnotic opener, with a divine Bilinda vocal: one of her very best.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
For #ArtistFaveLP this month I shall be dissecting what I believe to be the greatest double album ever recorded.
(Yes, it's even better than that one...)
#musicsky
(Yes, it's even better than that one...)
#musicsky
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For #ArtistFaveLP this month I shall be dissecting what I believe to be the greatest double album ever recorded.
(Yes, it's even better than that one...)
#musicsky
(Yes, it's even better than that one...)
#musicsky
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Movin' on up—Primal Scream
As close as they ever got to capturing the Stones magic, with a vocal Mick would have killed. Yes it's been played to death, but never forget the way it made you feel that first time back in '91.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Movin' on up—Primal Scream
As close as they ever got to capturing the Stones magic, with a vocal Mick would have killed. Yes it's been played to death, but never forget the way it made you feel that first time back in '91.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Movin' on up—Primal Scream
As close as they ever got to capturing the Stones magic, with a vocal Mick would have killed. Yes it's been played to death, but never forget the way it made you feel that first time back in '91.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Movin' on up—Primal Scream
As close as they ever got to capturing the Stones magic, with a vocal Mick would have killed. Yes it's been played to death, but never forget the way it made you feel that first time back in '91.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#musicinmusic
#MusicChallenge
June Salutes You—Guided by Voices
'Hey! June salutes you!
From the fundamental champs
And Tammy and the Amps were singing…'
(And that's Kim Deal, lead singer of the Amps on the final refrain too.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
June Salutes You—Guided by Voices
'Hey! June salutes you!
From the fundamental champs
And Tammy and the Amps were singing…'
(And that's Kim Deal, lead singer of the Amps on the final refrain too.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#musicinmusic
#MusicChallenge
June Salutes You—Guided by Voices
'Hey! June salutes you!
From the fundamental champs
And Tammy and the Amps were singing…'
(And that's Kim Deal, lead singer of the Amps on the final refrain too.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
June Salutes You—Guided by Voices
'Hey! June salutes you!
From the fundamental champs
And Tammy and the Amps were singing…'
(And that's Kim Deal, lead singer of the Amps on the final refrain too.)
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
The Black Rider
With arch campness and a decidedly Brechtian flair, Waits delivers a brilliant cabaret performance on this title track, quite unlike anything he’d done before. Yet despite all this it unmistakably, irresistibly Waits.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
The Black Rider
With arch campness and a decidedly Brechtian flair, Waits delivers a brilliant cabaret performance on this title track, quite unlike anything he’d done before. Yet despite all this it unmistakably, irresistibly Waits.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Top30TomWaits
#MusicChallenge
The Black Rider
With arch campness and a decidedly Brechtian flair, Waits delivers a brilliant cabaret performance on this title track, quite unlike anything he’d done before. Yet despite all this it unmistakably, irresistibly Waits.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
The Black Rider
With arch campness and a decidedly Brechtian flair, Waits delivers a brilliant cabaret performance on this title track, quite unlike anything he’d done before. Yet despite all this it unmistakably, irresistibly Waits.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Tango Till They're Sore
They take apart their nightmares and they leave them by the door.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Tango Till They're Sore
They take apart their nightmares and they leave them by the door.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Tango Till They're Sore
They take apart their nightmares and they leave them by the door.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Tango Till They're Sore
They take apart their nightmares and they leave them by the door.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Motorway to Roswell—Pixies
It's a lament about a crashlanding UFO, written to a batshit crazy rhyming scheme, so it's surprising just how emotionally resonant a song this is. Its glorious coda can reduce this human to tears.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Motorway to Roswell—Pixies
It's a lament about a crashlanding UFO, written to a batshit crazy rhyming scheme, so it's surprising just how emotionally resonant a song this is. Its glorious coda can reduce this human to tears.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Motorway to Roswell—Pixies
It's a lament about a crashlanding UFO, written to a batshit crazy rhyming scheme, so it's surprising just how emotionally resonant a song this is. Its glorious coda can reduce this human to tears.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Motorway to Roswell—Pixies
It's a lament about a crashlanding UFO, written to a batshit crazy rhyming scheme, so it's surprising just how emotionally resonant a song this is. Its glorious coda can reduce this human to tears.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Bingo!
Also re: the drain (your old post disappeared), the first pressing of the UK version included this unsightly drain just at the bottom of the pic below Lennon's foot.
All subsequent ones have a tighter crop (and it does look a tad neater.) It makes for a very handy way of IDing it
Also re: the drain (your old post disappeared), the first pressing of the UK version included this unsightly drain just at the bottom of the pic below Lennon's foot.
All subsequent ones have a tighter crop (and it does look a tad neater.) It makes for a very handy way of IDing it
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bingo!
Also re: the drain (your old post disappeared), the first pressing of the UK version included this unsightly drain just at the bottom of the pic below Lennon's foot.
All subsequent ones have a tighter crop (and it does look a tad neater.) It makes for a very handy way of IDing it
Also re: the drain (your old post disappeared), the first pressing of the UK version included this unsightly drain just at the bottom of the pic below Lennon's foot.
All subsequent ones have a tighter crop (and it does look a tad neater.) It makes for a very handy way of IDing it
Okay, so I've never owned or, I think, played an Xbox. And I've never played this game before either. But my cousin raved about it in the pub and my gut tells me you'd love it:
(See if you can get a demo of it, because the price of a game is probably a lot to go in on on one of my 'hunches'…)
(See if you can get a demo of it, because the price of a game is probably a lot to go in on on one of my 'hunches'…)
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Okay, so I've never owned or, I think, played an Xbox. And I've never played this game before either. But my cousin raved about it in the pub and my gut tells me you'd love it:
(See if you can get a demo of it, because the price of a game is probably a lot to go in on on one of my 'hunches'…)
(See if you can get a demo of it, because the price of a game is probably a lot to go in on on one of my 'hunches'…)
Yep, mine's a first pressing: has the drain on the cover and everything. But it's not listed on the sleeve (which probably went to print beforehand)
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yep, mine's a first pressing: has the drain on the cover and everything. But it's not listed on the sleeve (which probably went to print beforehand)
I just thought of that too, but I don't think you could call it a track. Also, while it's not mentioned on the sleeve, I notice it is listed on the label which might disqualify it entirely if we're working to a severe definition of 'hidden'.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I just thought of that too, but I don't think you could call it a track. Also, while it's not mentioned on the sleeve, I notice it is listed on the label which might disqualify it entirely if we're working to a severe definition of 'hidden'.
A question for #musicsky — was 'Her Majesty' on Abbey Road the first 'hidden track' ever released? I suspect it might be, because it happened by sheer chance, but I'd love to know if somebody had pulled the same trick off earlier.
#beatles #nowplaying #vinyl
#beatles #nowplaying #vinyl
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A question for #musicsky — was 'Her Majesty' on Abbey Road the first 'hidden track' ever released? I suspect it might be, because it happened by sheer chance, but I'd love to know if somebody had pulled the same trick off earlier.
#beatles #nowplaying #vinyl
#beatles #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
1—Farmer in the City
It's about the brutal murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini, but you wouldn't need to know that to find this masterpiece affecting. Once heard, the haunting cattle-auction refrain never leaves you: Do I hear 21?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
1—Farmer in the City
It's about the brutal murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini, but you wouldn't need to know that to find this masterpiece affecting. Once heard, the haunting cattle-auction refrain never leaves you: Do I hear 21?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
1—Farmer in the City
It's about the brutal murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini, but you wouldn't need to know that to find this masterpiece affecting. Once heard, the haunting cattle-auction refrain never leaves you: Do I hear 21?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
1—Farmer in the City
It's about the brutal murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini, but you wouldn't need to know that to find this masterpiece affecting. Once heard, the haunting cattle-auction refrain never leaves you: Do I hear 21?
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
2—Duchess
One of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, with Browning-flavoured lyrics that observe so lovingly, set to a sweet, delicate melody. But not so sweet that it can puncture the poignancy of his dying duchess.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
2—Duchess
One of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, with Browning-flavoured lyrics that observe so lovingly, set to a sweet, delicate melody. But not so sweet that it can puncture the poignancy of his dying duchess.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
2—Duchess
One of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, with Browning-flavoured lyrics that observe so lovingly, set to a sweet, delicate melody. But not so sweet that it can puncture the poignancy of his dying duchess.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
2—Duchess
One of the most beautiful songs he ever wrote, with Browning-flavoured lyrics that observe so lovingly, set to a sweet, delicate melody. But not so sweet that it can puncture the poignancy of his dying duchess.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
16 Shells from a 30.6
Sparse and tight as a clothesline, with buckshot-ricochet percussion and a growled falsetto vocal that could whittle a man into kindling. A battlecry of a song.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
16 Shells from a 30.6
Sparse and tight as a clothesline, with buckshot-ricochet percussion and a growled falsetto vocal that could whittle a man into kindling. A battlecry of a song.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
16 Shells from a 30.6
Sparse and tight as a clothesline, with buckshot-ricochet percussion and a growled falsetto vocal that could whittle a man into kindling. A battlecry of a song.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
16 Shells from a 30.6
Sparse and tight as a clothesline, with buckshot-ricochet percussion and a growled falsetto vocal that could whittle a man into kindling. A battlecry of a song.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicinMusic
#MusicChallenge
Thirteen—Big Star
"Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout Painted Black"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Thirteen—Big Star
"Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout Painted Black"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
#MusicinMusic
#MusicChallenge
Thirteen—Big Star
"Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout Painted Black"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#MusicChallenge
Thirteen—Big Star
"Won't you tell your dad get off my back?
Tell him what we said 'bout Painted Black"
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Ol' 55
Cleverly, this isn't a song about a romantic conquest: we have loads of those already. Instead, it's set in the aftermath, with Waits driving home at 6am, basking in the post-coital glow as the sun comes up. Triumphant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Ol' 55
Cleverly, this isn't a song about a romantic conquest: we have loads of those already. Instead, it's set in the aftermath, with Waits driving home at 6am, basking in the post-coital glow as the sun comes up. Triumphant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Ol' 55
Cleverly, this isn't a song about a romantic conquest: we have loads of those already. Instead, it's set in the aftermath, with Waits driving home at 6am, basking in the post-coital glow as the sun comes up. Triumphant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Ol' 55
Cleverly, this isn't a song about a romantic conquest: we have loads of those already. Instead, it's set in the aftermath, with Waits driving home at 6am, basking in the post-coital glow as the sun comes up. Triumphant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday'
De La Soul
The wittiness of the sampling: the 'Saturday' from Chicago, the 'Roller skates' from Chic. Q-Tip drops in to ensure that first verse is a killer. And De La Soul are alive and kicking.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday'
De La Soul
The wittiness of the sampling: the 'Saturday' from Chicago, the 'Roller skates' from Chic. Q-Tip drops in to ensure that first verse is a killer. And De La Soul are alive and kicking.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday'
De La Soul
The wittiness of the sampling: the 'Saturday' from Chicago, the 'Roller skates' from Chic. Q-Tip drops in to ensure that first verse is a killer. And De La Soul are alive and kicking.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturday'
De La Soul
The wittiness of the sampling: the 'Saturday' from Chicago, the 'Roller skates' from Chic. Q-Tip drops in to ensure that first verse is a killer. And De La Soul are alive and kicking.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
4—The old man's back again (4)
Only Scott could write a song for the neo-Stalinist regime and scat on it. (Ok, only him and Joni). But it is up to its lofty task: lyrically brilliant, musically assured. And what a bass line!
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
4—The old man's back again (4)
Only Scott could write a song for the neo-Stalinist regime and scat on it. (Ok, only him and Joni). But it is up to its lofty task: lyrically brilliant, musically assured. And what a bass line!
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
4—The old man's back again (4)
Only Scott could write a song for the neo-Stalinist regime and scat on it. (Ok, only him and Joni). But it is up to its lofty task: lyrically brilliant, musically assured. And what a bass line!
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
4—The old man's back again (4)
Only Scott could write a song for the neo-Stalinist regime and scat on it. (Ok, only him and Joni). But it is up to its lofty task: lyrically brilliant, musically assured. And what a bass line!
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Lucky Day
A sort of 'Shiver me Timbers' by way of 'In the Neighbourhood', Lucky Day had everything a great farewell song needs: nostalgic lyrics, a big sing-along chorus and a ton of personality.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Lucky Day
A sort of 'Shiver me Timbers' by way of 'In the Neighbourhood', Lucky Day had everything a great farewell song needs: nostalgic lyrics, a big sing-along chorus and a ton of personality.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#Top30TomWaits
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Lucky Day
A sort of 'Shiver me Timbers' by way of 'In the Neighbourhood', Lucky Day had everything a great farewell song needs: nostalgic lyrics, a big sing-along chorus and a ton of personality.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Unranked
#MusicChallenge
Lucky Day
A sort of 'Shiver me Timbers' by way of 'In the Neighbourhood', Lucky Day had everything a great farewell song needs: nostalgic lyrics, a big sing-along chorus and a ton of personality.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
5—Patriot
"The good news you cannot refuse
The bad news is there is no news."
Could be about journalism in the contemporary US, or the current scandal at the BBC. Like the album it comes from, still supremely relevant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
5—Patriot
"The good news you cannot refuse
The bad news is there is no news."
Could be about journalism in the contemporary US, or the current scandal at the BBC. Like the album it comes from, still supremely relevant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#ArtistFave15
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
5—Patriot
"The good news you cannot refuse
The bad news is there is no news."
Could be about journalism in the contemporary US, or the current scandal at the BBC. Like the album it comes from, still supremely relevant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
Scott Walker
#MusicChallenge
5—Patriot
"The good news you cannot refuse
The bad news is there is no news."
Could be about journalism in the contemporary US, or the current scandal at the BBC. Like the album it comes from, still supremely relevant.
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Wagon—Dinosaur Jr.
I love an opening track that throws you in the back of a car and drags you off on an adventure. Of course, it's only after you're in there J starts asking why you don't see him so much any more… A blast of a track
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Wagon—Dinosaur Jr.
I love an opening track that throws you in the back of a car and drags you off on an adventure. Of course, it's only after you're in there J starts asking why you don't see him so much any more… A blast of a track
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Wagon—Dinosaur Jr.
I love an opening track that throws you in the back of a car and drags you off on an adventure. Of course, it's only after you're in there J starts asking why you don't see him so much any more… A blast of a track
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl
1991
#MusicChallenge
Wagon—Dinosaur Jr.
I love an opening track that throws you in the back of a car and drags you off on an adventure. Of course, it's only after you're in there J starts asking why you don't see him so much any more… A blast of a track
#musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl