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Bought for a dollar in a New York thrift shop - Mark O’Shaughnessy of Resolution Records reveals the identity of the most expensive 45 he has ever sold #vinyl #vinylrecords #45s Click on link to discover its identity groovy-times.com/resolution-r...

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Discover why a trip to a thrift store in Manhattan caused record shop owner Mark O’Shaughnessy’s heart to skip a beat… The question I get asked the most as a record shop owner is what is the most expe...

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When it comes to costly post-punk rarities, Joy Division has the market cornered Click below for the band’s top 10 collectibles on vinyl #vinyl #post-punk #joydivision groovy-times.com/joy-division/

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When it comes to pricey post-punk rarities, Manchester’s premier exponents seemingly have the market cornered. Here’s Joy Division’s top 10 vinyl collectables   With just two studio albums and a clutc...

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NEW POMPEY BOOK Pompey club legend Barry Harris has been linked closely to the club he loves for over 70 years+ and has a few stories to tell Discover them in his brand new autobiography - available now #pompey www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18779766...

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Barry Harris is a Portsmouth Football legend. He went to his first game at Fratton Park in February 1952 aged eight. From boy mascot to Pompey sailor’ from youth team physio to assistant kitman and ma...

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NEW POMPEY BOOK Pompey club legend Barry Harris has been linked closely to the club he loves for over 70 years+ and has a few stories to tell Discover them in his brand new autobiography - available now #pompey www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18779766...

True Blue: The Barry Harris Story | eBay UK

Barry Harris is a Portsmouth Football legend. He went to his first game at Fratton Park in February 1952 aged eight. From boy mascot to Pompey sailor’ from youth team physio to assistant kitman and ma...

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COMING SOON Back from the printers later this week hopefully True Blue The Barry Harris Story

True Blue: The Barry Harris Story has gone to the printers today The Pompey stalwart’s autobiography covers his 70+ years association with the club Soon to be available from eBay, the club shop, and a number of launch events. Barry will also be selling copies in the lounges before home games

A rare psych folk album from 1972 is going well on eBay It was recently unearthed in a Dorset charity shop They are still out there #vinyl #vinylrecords

Barry Harris first went to a Pompey game in 1952 - and he had been involved with the club ever since Here’s a sneaky peek of the back cover of his forthcoming book I will post details about how you can get a copy over the following weeks

Barry Harris first went to a Pompey game in 1952 - and he had been involved with the club ever since Here’s a sneaky peek of the back cover of his forthcoming book I will post details about how you can get a copy over the following weeks

EMI’s budget label (MFP) piled them high and sold them cheap Groovy Times digs deep to pick out the spinworthy vinyl gems from Music For Pleasure’s vast back catalogue. #vinyl #vinylrecords Click the link for our selection groovy-times.com/music-for-pl...

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EMI’s Music For Pleasure budget label was responsible for a mountainous stack of flavourless vinyl, but scratch the surface and there are spinworthy gems to be found A quick rifle through the vinyl bi...

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RIP Danny Thompson (1939-2025). He leaves behind an astonishing discography of wonderful vinyl. Here’s a favourite among many, many favourites that we will be spinning today

The HARVEST record label’s back catalogue is awash with costly collectable #vinyl Groovy Times digs through and pulls out the rare, rarer and rarest groovy-times.com/harvest/ You may need to start saving

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Harvest made light of its affiliations with straight-laced, big boys EMI to become one of the most loved of the corporate progressive offshoots. A quick inspection of the label’s costliest collectable...

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For every Human League and OMD there’s a bargain bin counterpart Groovy Times talks to vinyl curator Philip King about Junkshop Synth Pop, his new compilation, and the 45s the charts forgot Junkshopper.bsky.social Nightschoolrecords.bsky.social Zoezopf.bsky.social groovy-times.com/philip-king

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An expertly curated compilation celebrates the beautiful failure of the synth pop artists that chart fame eluded. The wannabe hitmakers who remained working in a cocktail bar Before the availability o...

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There’s a pleasing circularity about owning the actual vinyl that turned you onto the music in the first place What are you bidding on? bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/deta...

Very close to sending a book about #Pompey legend Barry Harris to the printers Sailor mascot. Youth team physio. Kitman. Football retriever. Barry’s association with PFC spans 70 plus years and he has many stories to tell More details about the book and where to buy it on here later

Issue 3 of Groovy Times opens with an interview author David Keenan He talks first gigs, record reviewing and Volcanic Tongue (record shop, book & compilation) @reversediorama.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social @disciples.bsky.social @unsunghunger.bsky.social groovy-times.com/david-keenan/

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The acclaimed novelist, journalist and former record shop owner tells us how his love of outsider music has shaped his work As he recalls in his spectacular collection of music writing, Volcanic Tongu...

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Seen this ad? A denim jacket that proudly displays the album of your choice. It’s got to be the ideal way of showing the world that you own a Nick Drake first press… hasn’t it?

Unearthed a nice Chris Farlowe album. Paint it Farlowe. 1966. On Immediate, bright pink label, produced by Mick Jagger. Canadian press Just one thing - there’s a hole punched out of the top left hand corner. Is there anything more savage in the world of collecting vinyl than a drill hole deletion?

Found a few copies of my Robert Prosinecki book in a cupboard under the stairs The book chronicles the Croatian wizard’s eventful season at Fratton Park in 2001-02 It’s still available to buy if you’re curious. You’ll need to search for Prosinecki In Blue on eBay (link far too long to type)

With the remix album on the horizon - Joe Thompson, of Hey Colossus and Wrong Speed records fame, argues that the Cure’s Lost World ought to be available to buy on every high street in the UK @xeaglepissx.bsky.social And who are we to argue? Click link groovy-times.com/joe-thompson/

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Joe Thompson, of Sabbath-heavy psych-rock experimentalists Hey Colossus and Wrong Speed Records fame, is convinced the Cure’s new album ought to be available to buy on every high street in the UK We’v...

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Groovy Times caught up with UK indie record shop collective Dinked Editions to talk about seven plus years of carefully curated, exclusive vinyl editions @dinkededition.bsky.social @driftrecords.com @resident-music.com @monorailmusic.bsky.social groovy-times.com/dinked/

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Rupert Morrison, owner of Totnes music emporium Drift, delves into the history of an indie record shop initiative with deep roots in a love of vinyl Sometime around 2018, in a pre-pandemic world, Rupe...

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Del Day of Union Music Store tells Groovy Times about the time on a packed bus ride home that he surrendered his brain to the riotous world of FREE JAZZ @unionmusicstore.bsky.social groovy-times.com/free-jazz/

Free Jazz - Groovy Times

After experiencing a sonic epiphany on the bus, Groovy Times guest writer Del Day of Union Music Store opened up his brain and allowed the riotous world of free jazz to flood in Somewhat optimisticall...

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RIP David Thomas of Pere Ubu A great moment on vinyl: Side 1, track 1: Non-alignment pact

Groovy Times quizzed Jon Savage about the fine art of putting a vinyl compilation together - and how the peerless Nuggets changed the game @jonsavage.bsky.social @acerecords.bsky.social @jonathanleft@bsky.social Click the link for the full article https://:groovy-times.com/jon.savage/

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Music journalist and cultural historian Jon Savage tells Groovy Times about how he went from making mix-CDs for friends to curating much loved compilations for labels such as Caroline True and Ace Rec...

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KALLAX ON FIRE no. 2 Jason Barnard’s house is on fire. Loved ones have been evacuated - but which one of his many records does the Strange Brew podcaster go back into the burning building to save? @strangebrewpod.bsky.social groovy-times.com/jason-barnard/

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Strange Brew podcaster Jason Barnard‘s house is on fire. His loved ones have been safely evacuated, but which record does he run back into the burning building to save? Strange Brew is the real deal w...

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The Deram label’s back catalogue is full of weird, wonderful and highly desirable records Click the link to discover the label’s rare, rarer and rarest vinyl Anything we missed? #vinyl #vinylrecords #decca #deram groovy-times.com/deram/

Deram - Groovy Times

The Decca offshoot’s back catalogue contains some weird, wonderful and highly desirable records. Groovy Times seeks out the label’s costliest collectables An in-house imprint of establishment giant De...

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