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19/08/2026

On this day in 1996 - Shed Seven release On Standby.

Music video by Shed Seven performing On Standby (Stereo).© 1996 Pol...

13/08/2026

Nice one fellas!

08/08/2026

27/07/2026

Released on this day in 1992: Your Arsenal by Morrissey. Produced by Hull-Born Mick Ronson, who brought a much heavier glam-rock and rockabilly-influenced sound to the album, drawing on the style he had developed with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars.

Ronson also produced the singles from that album, including:
• “We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful”
• “You’re the One for Me, Fatty”
• “Certain People I Know” 

Sadly, Your Arsenal was Ronson’s final major production project before his death in 1993. Morrissey later described working with him as “the greatest privilege of my life.”

08/07/2026

21/06/2026

On this day in June 1948, Columbia Records unveiled the 33⅓ RPM LP, a format that completely transformed how we listen to music. Before that, albums weren’t really albums at all. If you wanted to hear a full collection of songs, you’d buy a bulky book filled with fragile 78 RPM records, each holding just a few minutes of music.

The LP changed everything.

By squeezing more music into smaller grooves and slowing the speed to 33⅓ RPM, a single vinyl record could hold over 20 minutes per side. Suddenly artists had room to create complete musical statements rather than just collections of singles.

Without the LP, there would be no classic album era. No sitting in your bedroom studying sleeve notes. No listening to an entire record from start to finish. No concept albums. No “difficult second albums”. And for indie fans, no chance to experience masterpieces like The Queen Is Dead, Definitely Maybe, Different Class or OK Computer the way they were intended.

The label that invented the LP eventually became home to landmark albums by The Stone Roses, Oasis, Radiohead and The Strokes - four bands that helped define alternative music across three decades.

It’s easy to take vinyl for granted now that records are back in fashion, but the format’s original arrival was every bit as revolutionary as streaming was decades later.

So here’s a question for fellow vinyl lovers: what’s the one album you think absolutely has to be heard from beginning to end, rather than as a playlist of individual tracks?

Drop your choice below 👇🎶

18/06/2026

What a top 20!

This is the Melody Maker Chart of the best selling indie singles of 1990! I'll post the bigger picture in the comments. Good innit!
Nice one Sean!

04/06/2026

Released on this day in 1990 - Gold Mother by James. What a great summer that was! Featuring the singles Come Home and How Was It for You, it reached No.16 in the charts on original release but was re-formatted to include Lose Control and Sit Down (replacing "Crescendo" and "Hang On"), and re-released in 1991, reaching No.2.

03/06/2026

It was always going to happen with that line up. See you in November at Shiiine On - Britain’s biggest and best indie festival!

Well thats it SOLD OUT kids !!!

(There may be a couple of returns over the coming months so keep checking)

Skegness is selling well .Don't miss out one as well by booking soon. The deposit scheme is still open. The line up is looking ace !!