#NowPlaying DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell (Encore) (2008) First play for this recent turntablist acquisition. Amazing encyclopedic music knowledge coupled with stunning technical skills to he enjoyed in a different way to music. Like comparing freestyle footballers with the Premier League.

#5debutalbumsSF4 Coldplay - Parachutes (2000) Bright and breezy melodic pop rock. Another band that seemed to arrive in adult form. They get so much grief these days, but songs like Spies illustrate that the early hype was justified. Brilliantly visceral production. #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#GigOfTheDay #VictoriousFestival On and off drizzle coupled with gusty wind made for a damp and chilly late August experience. Happy Mondays and Chic were both excellent. I still don't get White Lies, though. Jessie J, not my bag, but what a set of pipes that woman has. Play Up Pompey.

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Sapphire Pontings.

#5debutalbumsSF4 @maximopark.bsky.social - A Certain Trigger (2005) My only visit to Maxïmo Park, but I should really visit more often. Pithy post punk that leans a bit on the earlier singles. Vocalist Smith has a barbed turn of phrase that keeps the retro feel fresh. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984) Arrived fully formed with a set of literate songs and nods to the fourth wall. Best track - Forest Fire has to have the best snare drum fill in 80's pop. Should do really well if there's any justice at all. #VinylCommunity

#albumoftheday #5debutalbumsSF4 Amyl And The Sniffers - S/T (2019) Full on punk rock, the primal scream of rock. A call to arms for the mosh pit. Unlike many contemporaries, they have stood the test of time. Best track - Gacked On Anger #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1990) The pure English voice of Harriet Wheeler takes centre stage accompanied by layered, ringing guitars. Their influences are clear, but they use them as a springboard to produce a debut of spacious, clear pop tuneage. #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 Sugar - Copper Blue (1992) The perfect pop punk album. I've never heard acoustic versions of these songs, but you know they'd stand up in their own right due to the strength of the melodies, lyrics, and harmonies. Superb. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 NAS - Illmatic (1994) Highly literate East Coast rap which I'm really enjoying with its downtempo beats and intricate wordplay. It goes to show how little I know about rap that this album has passed me by for 3 decades and this is just its second run out. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 Alt-J - An Awesome Wave (2012) So, I've had this since release and have only now realised it has a bonus DVD secreted in the sleeve's origami nightmare innards. Who knew? Fortunately, the art pop music carries the day. Quirky and wilfully eccentric electro-folk. #NowPlaying

I had two, and they were Walkmen, I will not be taking questions at this time

Classic Sony Walkman Portable Cassette Player

ALT: Classic Sony Walkman Portable Cassette Player

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Hmm. That's one for the Bluesky music family to chip in on.

Nick Gusset@nickgusset.bsky.social · last wk.

What's the plural of Sony Walkman?

#5debutalbumsSF4 U2 - Boy (1980) Ambitious and full of youthful confidence. The differentiator and disruptor here is the ringing layered guitar sound of The Edge, which lifts the songs to new heights, pointing the way to that stadium sound. #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 #albumoftheday The Cars - The Cars (1978) Here's a band that has grown in status over the years. This great debut is an odd balance of classic US rock & new wave. Producer Roy Thomas Baker even squeezes in Queen harmonies. Best track - Just What I Needed #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 #albumoftheday Television - Marquee Moon (1977) Stone cold classic debut rock album. The foundation for REM, alternative rock, and so much more. Amazing rhythm section, lead guitar (those solos!), and lyrics. World class all round. Best track - Friction #NowPIaying #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly (1990) With VU/JAMC guitars and garage drums, the sultry vocals of Hope Sandoval find their leftfield niche. There is a Twins Peaks, half empty bar, dancing drunk couples feel about this album. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (1969) A literally revolutionary introduction is followed by a visceral call to arms. Perfect soundtrack for the times. All that is good about live rock and roll music. #MusicSky #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 Belly - Star (1993) Oddly subdued track to open with rather than the mighty Angel but that quibble aside this a strong set with more hooks than a butcher's shop. TanyaDonelly has a cool detachment that suits this airy dreampop well. Strong contender. #NowPlaying

#albumoftheday #5debutalbumsSF4 Gene - Olympian (1995) Brilliant debut by Steve Marriot indebted (rather than Smiths) Gene. Even better albums were to follow, but this and their first few singles were magnificent slices of heaven. Best track - Sleep Well Tonight #NowPlaying #MusicSky

#5debutalbumsSF4 Grinderman - S/T (2007) Nick Cave's Tin Machine. A cathartic throwback to very early Bad Seeds. Eardrum shredding wahwah guitar periodically clears the room. I get the feeling this was written and recorded very quickly. Off kilter and very interesting career move. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (2007) Firstly, how can this be almost 20 years old? This is sure to figure high in the poll, and it's easy to see why. Era defining psychedelic pop music. Earworms aplenty and not a duff track on the album. Very strong contender, IMHO. #NowPlaying

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#5debutalbumsSF4 Queen - Queen (1973) It's all here; overdubbed guitars, the suites, baroque orchestral touches, etc but it's all a bit formative on this debut. But there's a sense of irresistible inevitability about their eventual stardom. Get out of the way! #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) An excellent debut that melded pop and electric folk rock. Leaning on Dylan and Seeger showed their influences. It wasn't possible without The Beatles, but The Byrds were nudging 60s rock into yet new areas. #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg (2021) Rivetting, muscular post punk as modern art installation. The banal and random taken out of context became the non-sequitur album of the year. #Geophys Best track - Scratched Lanyard #VinylCommunity @4ad.com

#5debutalbumsSF4 @lThe House Of Love - The House Of Love (1988) For an album or two, backed up by some blistering singles, the HOL seemed to be the rightful heirs to The Smiths. Exhilarating live. This is their best - just about as the canon is full of strong releases. #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity

#5debutalbumsSF4 N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988) Seminal gangsta rap album. Its nihilistic and feral approach is genuinely frightening even nearly 4 decades on. This is a window into a world that most of us never experience. For sure, this Compton isn't the delightful village in West Sussex.

#5debutalbumsSF4 Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (1996) An intoxicating and heady mix of pop, punk, and psychedelia To be honest, they passed me by at the time, but revisiting this album now I feel I have FOMO'd really, really badly. #NowPlaying

#5debutalbumsSF4 The Decline Of British @SeaPowerBand (2003) HMS British Sea Powers' ambitious debut starts off at pace but then eases off a tad with no loss of (sea)power. Something Wicked is a particularly strong tune. Indie rock at its imaginative and varied best. All aboard! #NowPlaying