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Max the Dog commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:35:15 +0000

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Vincent commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:31:09 +0000

As heard in “The Troggs tape” a sacred text, I’m sure you’ll agree:

fatima Xberg commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:24:07 +0000

No effort at all – the expression has practically joined the German language. They even use it in those »senior citizen« sit-coms on TV! 😉

dai commented on the post, Splat - marketing gone mad?

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:20:33 +0000

I just bought a ticket to see them for ……..$30

DrJ commented on the post, The Fat Lady Sings

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:16:27 +0000

Went to see Nick Kelly’s documentary last week where he spends a week cycling from Dublin to Glastonbury, playing gigs along the way in order to celebrate his 60th birthday and question the climate-friendliness of […]

Bargepole commented on the post, Splat - marketing gone mad?

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:11:58 +0000

Or the cost… DP Splat! Revox reel-to-reel (complete with Studio Master tape) €19,995 (limited to 25) DP Splat! Revox Turntable (complete with Studio Master Vinyl) €6,995 (limited to 50) DP Splat! A200 Rev […]

hubert rawlinson commented on the post, Music-related logos

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:53:48 +0000

@sarah it was the best colouring though some just produced a muddy yellow and brown.

fentonsteve commented on the post, Splat - marketing gone mad?

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:43:53 +0000

I’d love a Revox B77, but I’m not keen on the tape.

sarah commented on the post, Music-related logos

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:38:55 +0000

Ah yes it has, just slightly.

Bargepole wrote a new post

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:33:30 +0000

Splat – marketing gone mad?As welcome as a new Deep Purple record is, they’re really going to town with this collaboration with Revox…click on buy for the prices!!

dai commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:20:12 +0000

If you need to ask you can’t go in there

niallb commented on the post, Tedeschi Trucks do Sly & The Family Stone

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:19:17 +0000

@SteveT Bollocks. It’s really good.

fentonsteve wrote a new post

Mon, 11 May 2026 11:16:16 +0000

The Fat Lady Sings 30/11/2026 Record label Last Night From Glasgow is re-releasing both albums by late-80s/early-90s nearly-rans The Fat Lady Sings. To […]

slotbadger commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:59:08 +0000

Junior – more expensive rarities, some real nuggets. I found a very early pressing of “Unknown Pleasures” and an original “Trans Europe Express” in there

slotbadger commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:57:38 +0000

It’s a fantastic store, I really like it and the owner is a lovely guy. I was in there a few weeks ago and unfortunately he is having to close soon, thanks to the landlord. Its a real shame as you say, its 100% a […]

David Kendal commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:54:11 +0000

Pranny – there’s a word I haven’t heard for a long while. It’s great to have these words in the back of your mind when someone has been irritating you and you can sum them up like that. More effective than the mor […]

Boneshaker commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:53:27 +0000

Perhaps ‘fuck you’ means ‘have a nice day’ in German.

Pyramid commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:44:42 +0000

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dai commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:35:20 +0000

I wonder what Paul would make of “Brian’s Record Option” in beautiful Kingston, Ontario. It was a bit too much for me when I went there once. Brian is nice enough but the store is crazy

Captain Darling commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:33:18 +0000

Same here. Yes, he clearly had a terrible experience and the shop’s whole attitude is wrong, but I’m not sure a post that could provoke an internet pile-on (as his has) is very helpful. If I go in a shop and […]

fatima Xberg commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:29:41 +0000

Galactic Superstore – now that’s a proper Plattenladen. The owner once lent me a whole crate of 30 or so ultra-rare albums from the secret room (including a concept album about the inner feelings of plants!) to l […]

niallb wrote a new post

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:27:59 +0000

I 'eard that. pardon?Here’s a link to a very good hearing test provided by the National Institute for Deaf People. Headphones will help.

Junior Wells commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:20:55 +0000

What is in the secret room?

Junior Wells commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:18:59 +0000

Well at least the proprietor had the good manners to say FUCK OFF in English.

fitterstoke commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:17:14 +0000

Now there’s an insight into a fellow poster!

fitterstoke commented on the post, King Crimson - Penn State University 1974 / XTC - Live Boots

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:15:40 +0000

This is why I didn’t buy the RSD version – LP or not, I don’t need to own it twice.

dwightstrut commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:14:40 +0000

Anybody else remember that tremendously grumpy woman in the Terrapin Trucking Company in Crouch End? I was in love.

Leffe Gin commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:58:19 +0000

Indeed. Why take the bad behaviour of a local pranny onto the global stage..? Everyone in Berlin knows this place, if they need to know (source: me. I worked there for a while.) Stick to the rare Johnny Hates Jazz […]

Leffe Gin commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:55:23 +0000

That’s nothing compared to the (long gone) Cyclops Sound in Birmingham. You were actively prevented from browsing the middle racks (S-Z), bafflingly covered up. The owner was a strange man who had no obvious r […]

DrJ commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:52:08 +0000

I spent Easter in Berlin, visited a number of record stores (thanks to recommendations from @slotbadger in another thread) and had a very pleasant experience in all of them. I have to admit though, something […]

Leffe Gin commented on the post, King Crimson - Penn State University 1974 / XTC - Live Boots

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:51:13 +0000

The KC album is indeed disc 16 of The Road to Red. Excellent gig throughout. A couple of the best improvs from the tour…

DrJ commented on the post, King Crimson - Penn State University 1974 / XTC - Live Boots

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:46:18 +0000

I picked up the KC album on RSD, even though I had the same performance on the Road to Red box. It really is a fantastic performance, and the vinyl sounds immaculate. Can’t recommend it enough. It’s good to […]

davebigpicture commented on the post, A River Red With Blood

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:40:06 +0000

I always read these as soon as they come out and echo everything you’ve said. Finally, after three or so books standing still on Parker’s own story, some loose ends are being tied up and the narrative is being […]

Bargepole wrote a new post

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:05:33 +0000

King Crimson – Penn State University 1974 / XTC – Live Boots What does it sound like?: A look at two RSD releases, both double vinyl albums. If memory serves, […]

davebigpicture commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:58:56 +0000

I guess you didn’t really need those 5 copies of No Parlez after all. I find this sort of attitude baffling. Take the money and congratulate yourself on a decent profit.

duco01 commented on the post, Music-related logos

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:45:37 +0000

Let’s have a small shout-out to Paul Whitehead’s early logo for Genesis, which was used on the Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot and Geneis Live albums:

Mike_H commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:36:57 +0000

Only a step or two removed from Harry Enfield’s “See You Coming” shop.

slotbadger commented on the post, Israel at Eurovision? What do you think?

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:23:11 +0000

Thanks – I hope it made some sense. With the exception of Okwui Enwezor’s 2015 curation which was transformative, terrific – seems a lifetime ago now in terms of optimism, plurality and positivity – I wouldn’t say […]

slotbadger commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:10:28 +0000

I’ve been there a few times and while I didn’t have a bad experience myself, I noticed the guy on the till wasn’t exactly bonhomous. I’m meeting with Paul in a week and taking him to Galactic Superstore in […]

Vincent commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 08:03:49 +0000

Hipster shit. Who knew? Take your money elsewhere, cunts like this don’t deserve it.

fentonsteve commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:55:10 +0000

A few years ago I was browsing a small record fair at a posh (I’d just paid £2.50 for a 99 ice cream) seaside resort. There was also a small art & craft fair at the other end of the hall. It wasn’t cheap, but […]

fitterstoke commented on the post, Music-related logos

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:31:25 +0000

This one – best music logo ever! And every time they’ve tried to replace it with something more modern and edgy, it’s fallen flat by comparison and the 1972 classic is reinstated pdq. See also:

Carl commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:16:52 +0000

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fatima Xberg commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:11:05 +0000

That shop is a well-known candidate for Berlin’s annual asshole-list. And the practise described is actually illegal in Germany – there’s a law that requires to label every item in a shop with a price ( […]

Sound hound commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:07:58 +0000

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SteveT commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:07:50 +0000

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salwarpe commented on the post, The Berlin Record Buying Experience

Mon, 11 May 2026 07:04:52 +0000

I wonder if it is a Berlin thing? The last time I was there (ages ago), there were some stalls on Museum Island, including a second hand bookstall. We were in a bit of a hurry to catch a train, but we had a few […]

Leedsboy commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 06:48:14 +0000

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badartdog commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 06:32:44 +0000

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pencilsqueezer commented on the post, Now is the month of Wordling

Mon, 11 May 2026 06:31:03 +0000

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