R.G.

@pitcarity.bsky.social

Yorkshire Dales, vinyl records that nobody wants to hear, Wildlife, especially birds, HiFi.

Without realising it’s 46 years since Closer was released, I pulled these out to play today. I don’t remember much from 46 years ago but I do remember buying this and Unknown Pleasures.

Vinyl records by Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures and Closer.

I’ve shown this record before but I really love it. A Swedish band that I only recently discovered, a true double album on the Gates of Dawn label from 1995.

Vinyl record by The Spacious Mind.
Rear cover of the same record.

Wandering in Apedale this morning, Dents Houses in the distance. Now a gamekeepers lodge for entertaining grouse shooting parties. Also open to all for rest and recuperation.

A view down Apedale with Dents Houses in the distance.

It’s the annual hedge cutting and the traditional cutting of the washing line. Strangely, my wife doesn’t share my enthusiasm for this tradition. 😇

A trimmed Privet hedge covered with ivy and a severed washing line casualty.

Morning wander along Bishopdale Beck, wonderful light but only an iPhone to record. Still haven’t seen Otters but I keep trying and living in hope.

Bishopdale Beck in dappled sunlight.

Still raiding the overspill box from the early 2000’s. Journey to the Centre of Electroscope by, you guessed. This has only two loose leaf halves as a sleeve, hence the wobbly photo 😆

Vinyl record by Electroscope.

New arrival - Liquid Donnon by Jeffrey Alexander and The Heavy Lidders. Love the random guitar work on this record plus the bonus of a John McBain master. But, who designed the bloody awful cover, looks like something in the Charity Shop £1 bin.

New record arrived by Jeffrey Alexander and The Heavy Lidders.

Everything now fits in the new unit plus the added luxury of more record space. I’ve levelled the turntable, reset the tracking force. Ready to go…

New stereo unit complete with hifi and records

New hifi unit day so everything has to be dismantled. The old one was only a stop gap but it’s worked quite well considering there is 50kg on the top shelf 😳

Photo showing the dismantling of a stereo unit.