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The first edition of Groovy Times has finally rolled off the digital presses. It’s a semi-regular online magazine about #vinyl and the culture that surrounds it

Click on the link in the bio (above) to give the labour of our #vinylrecords love a spin

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Here’s a satisfied reader

“Baz is a massive part of this club’s history and he has a story to tell”
John Mousinho

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Pompey legend Barry Harris has been linked with the club for over 70 years, and has a lot of stories to tell

You can read them in his autobiography - True Blue: The Barry Harris Story

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https://t.co/FQ3wc0KQGD

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HAPPY VINYL-VERSARY

The Pretty Things eponymous debut (Fontana TL5239) was released on March 12, 1965

David Bowie was a fan & two of its tracks appear on Pin-Ups (Rosalyn & Don’t Bring Me Down

£100-&120 ought to secure you a mono first press of this influential R&B rocker

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HAPPY VINYL-VERSARY

Another Music In A Different Kitchen (United Artists, UAG 30159) by Buzzcocks was released on March 10, 1978.

A first press of the punk-pop classic will cost you £25-£30. If you want the promotional carrier bag as well you’ll need to dig deeper (£75ish)

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HAPPY VINYL-VERSARY

Young Americans (RCA, RS100) by David Bowie released in the UK on March 7, 1975

A first press of this plastic soul classic ought to set you back in the region of £20-£25.

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Groovy Times loves a costly post-punk collectable - and it seems as though Joy Division has the market cornered.

You’ll need some cash to become a vinyl completist of Manchester’s finest

#vinyl #postpunk

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Looking forward to reading this! True Blue: The Barry Harris Story is now out. That’s a lot of Fratton Park years to cover!! Available from 👉 https://t.co/bSmNLghHE6 #eBay via @eBay_UK
#Pompey

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Sad, but I have been known to check out the posh property mags for photos of turntable setups

This one from the latest Elle Decoration is a good looker - but I can’t fail to be intrigued by the choice of display albums (Darts, Jagger, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver)

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Stumbled across a Jamaican press of Gregory Isaacs’ 1974 debut in a charity shop (£4) - worth it for the Ford Capri on the cover alone

They are still out there
#vinyl #charityshopvinyl #vinylcollection

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The HARVEST record label’s back catalogue is awash with costly collectables

Groovy Times digs through and pulls out the rare, rarer and rarest of them

https://t.co/h7pr7uCeRS

You may need to start saving

#vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords

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Groovy Times has shuffled on over to BlueSky - hence the inactivity

However, just wanted to say issue 3 has opened up strongly with a David Keenan interview. Join us over there?

https://t.co/M50PA0bjZm

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From early ska and rocksteady through to prog rock and psych via acid folk and blues, Island Records’ vinyl back catalogue is full to bursting with unimpeachable gems. But what are the label’s costliest collectables?

On @GroovyTimes45: https://t.co/KoO7mnAWCA #islandrecords

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Groovy Times is a magazine about vinyl. Issue two is online now

Click on the link
https://t.co/KCURAkk67c

Thanks to (among others)
@JonSavage1966 @strangebrewpod
@PrecRecs @thejonoscott @dinkededition @hipshaker_uk @XeaglepissX @grtnorthernpr @unionmusicstore

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WH Smith stores are set to stock vinyl for the first time since 1990. Would be nice to see the return of these carriers as well

#vinylrecords

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Vinylpedia
45 game-changing 45s

Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Polydor
18 August 1978

Siouxsie’s punk credentials were unimpeachable - but the band’s music quickly outstripped the genre.

Is this the UK’s first post-punk Top 40 hit?

#vinyl #postpunk #45s

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Music and the movies got in on in the 60s to create any number of swinging soundtrack albums - Groovy Times rounds up the best and puts a price on them

Place finger on link below and push down - if you want to
https://t.co/6SlwJy6mBs

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Vinylpedia: 45 game-changing 45s

No. 28
Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
Island WIP 6144
Released: 4 August 1972

Roxy ushered in a bright new age of art-pop with their ultra-stylised debut 45. Artful, glamorous and otherworldly in all the right proportions

[Andy Cowan @vinylslam]

The first co-write between John Cale and Lou Reed, Why Don’t You Smile (B-side of the All Night Workers’ only single) suggested the Velvet Underground’s sonic blueprint with its sinister drones and plodding rhythm. New blog: https://t.co/IrAros0Dli

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Putting a price tag on your on your own records - to sell or just for your own info - is a trickier process than you think

@groovytimes45 had an in-depth chat with @CharityVinyl - a man who knows a thing or two about valuing vinyl

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https://t.co/YJobEREK6D

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Author Andy Cowan @vinylslam presents Groovy Times with 10 classic B-sides that famously broke on through to the other side

Click on the link for the article
https://t.co/yDkbbCke6N