Hazily remembered early 80’s. An Abington Street wander, from Albert J Ramsbottom, where, with family, a Fish & Chip special (fish, chips, mushy peas, slice of buttered bread, cup of tea, and a scoop of ice cream in stainless steel), to Spinadisc. A candy shop of aural delight. The dauntingly cool indie in our town. On my return. I carry, greyish cardboard sleeve. Still. Money pocket burn. Vinyl. So begins a Spinadisc love affair. Some staff became friends, and house shares. And one, the mother of my two children.

1973-2005, 19/02/2005 18:07:25 TILL: 37. YOU WERE SERVED BY NIC

Nothing lasts forever. And so. Handpicked. 45s. Played: Duke Of Edinburgh; Slurps; Roadmenders; Interwaffle; Sunnyside; Bass Clef; Madisons. Leftfield, Abstract, Experimental, Lo-Fi. At wrong speed. Backwards, hand spun. Odd named. Sleeve, photocopied. Message, hand trimmed. Europe East, poor pressed. Surface noise. Pop. Click. Crackle. DIY. & Commingled by Paul Hillery. Oct. 2019


Monkey Jelly by Stereolab


Cache Cœur Naïf by Mouse On Mars


L’ephemère Est Eternel by Mahogany


Techno Light by Füxa


Sets and Rises by Tarentel


All Time by January


¡Free Arthur Lee! by Hopkirk & Lee


The Broken Fall by Gnac

Gnac ‎– A Tangle With...

Key-Point Of Zen by Osaka


Stevie by Slum


Music For Rolex by Piano Magic

Music For Rolex by Piano Magic

Girl Cat (So Thin On Love And Barley) by From Red Down


Exquisite Honeyed Tart by ISAN


123 by Ted & Ray


Otonomy by Sybarite


Folk (Instrumental) by National Forest


Tender Buttons by Broadcast

Came out the same year Spinadisc closed but too late to have been purchased from there


X Screen by Wisdom Of Harry


Pink Green by Parisian Cowboy


Suivez La Piste by Saloon



Sleeve image taken from page 258 of ‘Le Nil Blanc et le Soudan. Études sur l’Afrique centrale, etc. [With plates, including a portrait, and with a map.]’

Author: BRUN-ROLLET, Antoine.
Shelfmark: “British Library HMNTS 10096.ff.22.”
Place of Publishing: Paris
Date of Publishing: 1855
Issuance: monographic
Identifier: 000506409



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