Richard Atkinson

MD/Composer
Current: Music Supervisor for PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT UK Tour
Recent: Arranger for Aladdin @BuxtonOpHouse, MD for @HairsprayUKTour & @Shrek_UK

[Richard Atkinson @RichAtkinsonMD]

Thought it was about time for the Priscilla Queen of the Desert UK Tour EPK to have added conductor cam!
#ConductorCam

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

The Beatles "Hey Jude" had it's world premiere on David Frost's "Frost On Sunday" show on September 8th, 1968.

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

I’m going for some good old fashioned slapstick this morning, courtesy of the genius that was Rod Hull - and Emu, of course. It was made for Canada’s Hudson Brother’s Razzle Dazzle Show and will hopefully provide you all with a bit of a lift. It's one of my favourite things.

Good day.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Here it is: my 2026 manifesto for the #Makerfield By-Election. Makerfield Great Again! #VoteBinface #MakeYourVoteCount

[The Musical Box Record Shop @TheMusicalBoxRS]

Out today from fellow scouser @PaulMcCartney!

Macca's 18th studio album, named after the road in Speke where he visited as a boy. The Boys Of Dungeon Lane captures the days of nostalgic memories growing up in Liverpool and represents Paul never forgetting his roots.

Out now on vinyl & CD!

[Poppies Trust KTFC @poppiestrust]

🚨TRUST STATEMENT🚨

[Frank Zappa @zappa]

Rest in peace, Ike Willis.

[Andrew Greenaway @idiotbastard]

An @IkeIsThingFish playlist
https://t.co/FDnKlXlEse

[Richard Atkinson @RichAtkinsonMD]

RIP Ike Willis AKA the Thing-Fish 💔

@IkeIsThingFish was a huge part of @zappa’s later output. Saw him play live with The Muffin Men in Liverpool in the early 90’s. A sad loss. 🥲

https://t.co/uJDG3MYP5p

[Jeff Boyardee @Jerkstorecaller]

RIP to the incomparable Ike Willis. I was fortunate enough to see him once with Ugly Radio Rebellion. They had done a show states away earlier on the day and were obv. exhausted. Ike couldn't have been a nicer guy to all the Zappa heads who came up to him before the show.

[The Beatles @thebeatles]

Get back to 3 Savile Row

The first ever official Beatles fan experience. Opening 2027

Sign up at https://t.co/mFk0OHmymE

[Frank Zappa @zappa]

August 5th, 1966: The Los Angeles Free Press publishes the Mothers Freak Out event flyer, dreamed up and designed by Zappa himself! Glorious, unfiltered Zappa at just $2.50 a pop.

[Record Store Day UK @RSDUK]

That’s a wrap on #RSD26! We hope you had a great day celebrating with your local indie record shop 🧡

It might be Record Store Day today, but indie record shops are forever. Support your local indie record shops, community and high street every day of the year 🙌

📸
@eelpierecords
@TheLPCafe
@Crash_Records
Good Vibes, Leith

[Record Store Day UK @RSDUK]

The day is vinyl-ly here! Happy Record Store Day to indie record shops and record lovers everywhere 😍

Whether you're in the queue, on the way to your local shop or planning to celebrate later, we hope you have the 👏 BEST 👏 day

#RSD26

📸
Hey Joe Music and Coffee
@PiccadillyRecs
@ThorneRecords
@assai_edinburgh

[Steve Vai @stevevai]

40 years ago today, Crossroads was released! And whammy bars were never the same.

[Frank Zappa @zappa]

Vaultmeister Joe Travers here, marking the return of Vaulternative Records with its first release: Zappa ’66 Vol. 1: Live At TTG Studios – featuring unreleased 1966 recordings from Zappa and the early Mothers of Invention.

Pre-order now. Out May 15th.

https://t.co/uVltJ3KJdT

[Líam Rudden 🧢 @LiamRudden]

https://t.co/x67ioKkBI6
⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Andrew Greenaway @idiotbastard]

At Zappa News this week: Chanan Hanspal plays Zappa, @Dunnery pulls one off about @chadwackerman, more on @FestivalMOOAH, @mikekeneally coming to the UK, plus other new dates in the Diary.
https://t.co/j7KANMpW1Z
The Idiot Bastard: championing all things @zappa 4 over 35 years

[The Musical Box Record Shop @TheMusicalBoxRS]

It’s with a heavy heart we have to announce that my Nan Diane Cain, co-owner of The Musical has passed away at the age of 88.

Just like her Mother before her, Diane dedicated her entire life to music. Diane begun working at her Mother Dorothy’s shop aged 13 and only retired due to the pandemic at the age of 83 after being forced to self isolate. Her encyclopaedic musical knowledge was second to none.

More than anything, Diane’s happiness lied within her family and her shop. Both myself and my Mum Paula only became involved when Diane retired initially just to help out Tony, then started the monumental task of the shops restoration in 2020.

We’re all just so happy that Diane got to see the shops transformation, and the result of a labour of love these last 6 years. Diane was able to see the whole building restored, the shop front restored and her former Mothers living room transformed into a beautiful second shop floor. We’ve unearthed so much of the shops history, solved 60 year old mysteries and were even recognised with a Blue Plaque for being England’s oldest independent record shop.

We really have poured our heart and soul into this little old record shop and for that we know how proud she was, as she’d often tell us.

Record Store Day this Saturday will continue as planned as that is what Diane would have wanted and we will continue to post news regarding the day as normal tomorrow.

[Jane Milligan🦸‍♀️ @goonchild4]

Happy Birthday Dad. 108 today if you had made it this far. Glad you are resting in a more peaceful spot. We are opening up the archive today and eating your favourite cake to celebrate you. 🍰@stephenshouse 🌷