Unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like his shelves have been built the ‘wrong’ way, with the short piece on the horizontal rather than vertical. There are lots of photos on the net of what can happen if shelves are constructed in this way.
I notice his copy of There Goes Rhymin’ Simon is in approximately the same position as mine, so I’m guessing he’s got those arranged alphabetically as well.
I wonder what he’s got in those protective dust sleeves just to the right of it though?
Yes, I was asking myself the same thing. Not far enough along from the Paul Simon for them to be Yes gatefolds or triple albums… so could be Sly and the Family? Or maybe The Smiths? The light blue spine at the right hand end of the section with the There Goes Rhymin’ Simon copy could be the eponymous Rough Trade LP. Or perhaps the sleeved albums are some rare Brooce boots? Or even ‘ver Dan? We may never know.
I also have a nagging fear that the album with the blue, white and grey colour elements to its spine, in the section above the Paul Simon and to the left by a few inches, might be the Yes LP Going For The One, which, if correct, brings the whole alphabeticisation into doubt. Furthermore, what is even more disturbing, is that it raises the possibility that the albums are sorted in some perverse kind of “genre” sequence. I shudder at the very thought.
Here’s a further observation; the albums are not all in order of release within the alphabetic artist sequence. Which makes it unlikely that he’s a full Afternerd.
I’ll give you an example; in the shelf section immediately to the left of his noggin, as we look at him, are his Genesis LPs. He seems to have two copies of Nursery Cryme, nothing wrong with that, but here’s the rub, his copy of Trespass looks to be to the right of it! Schoolboy sorting error, I’m afraid.
I did rather poo-poo the suggestion that @rigid-digit made above about identifying albums on the shelf, but that didn’t stop me from having a go.
I am sure that on the bottom left shelf (as you look at the picture), there is a copy of Mike Oldfield’s live album, Exposed. It’s the one about 9 or 10 in, with the white spine – the writing in the middle and the dark patch towards the bottom, which is a continuation of the exposed negative film that appears in the bottom left of the front of the album sleeve.
I bought a copy of Exposed in Boots in Bournemouth when I was about 15 or 16. That would have been 1979/80 … *checks Wikipedia* … right. I used to listen to it a lot at the time, mostly in the dark. The album went the way of most of my vinyl – left at my parents for too long, so much so that they gave all bar the singles to a charity shop.
Last year, I came across Exposed on CD in (another) charity shop, so I bought it. I think I’ve listened to it once or twice since, but maybe I need to give it a bit more of a serous listen to rekindle the feelings I had as a 16 year-old. *shudders*
If he isn’t he should be, Steve
I’m now zooming in trying to identify albums
(this is normal behaviour isn’t it?)
Can’t recognise any on my phone, need to fire up the big desktop
** adds task to tomorrows To Do list **
Okay. You’ve got me. Damn you internet! (Please don’t tell my wife, she thinks I’m working on a vaccine!)
Unless my eyes deceive me, it looks like his shelves have been built the ‘wrong’ way, with the short piece on the horizontal rather than vertical. There are lots of photos on the net of what can happen if shelves are constructed in this way.
Yeah, I think you are right. So he’s not an engineer.
Cripes! Someone get a message to Phil before his shelving collapses!
Obligatory Star Wars memorabilia to prove beyond any doubt that he isn’t a nerd.
The chessboard and the guitar tab(tablature) for ‘Wish You Were Here’ wouldn’t be out of place in my house.
I notice his copy of There Goes Rhymin’ Simon is in approximately the same position as mine, so I’m guessing he’s got those arranged alphabetically as well.
I wonder what he’s got in those protective dust sleeves just to the right of it though?
Yes, I was asking myself the same thing. Not far enough along from the Paul Simon for them to be Yes gatefolds or triple albums… so could be Sly and the Family? Or maybe The Smiths? The light blue spine at the right hand end of the section with the There Goes Rhymin’ Simon copy could be the eponymous Rough Trade LP. Or perhaps the sleeved albums are some rare Brooce boots? Or even ‘ver Dan? We may never know.
I also have a nagging fear that the album with the blue, white and grey colour elements to its spine, in the section above the Paul Simon and to the left by a few inches, might be the Yes LP Going For The One, which, if correct, brings the whole alphabeticisation into doubt. Furthermore, what is even more disturbing, is that it raises the possibility that the albums are sorted in some perverse kind of “genre” sequence. I shudder at the very thought.
Here’s a further observation; the albums are not all in order of release within the alphabetic artist sequence. Which makes it unlikely that he’s a full Afternerd.
I’ll give you an example; in the shelf section immediately to the left of his noggin, as we look at him, are his Genesis LPs. He seems to have two copies of Nursery Cryme, nothing wrong with that, but here’s the rub, his copy of Trespass looks to be to the right of it! Schoolboy sorting error, I’m afraid.
I did rather poo-poo the suggestion that @rigid-digit made above about identifying albums on the shelf, but that didn’t stop me from having a go.
I am sure that on the bottom left shelf (as you look at the picture), there is a copy of Mike Oldfield’s live album, Exposed. It’s the one about 9 or 10 in, with the white spine – the writing in the middle and the dark patch towards the bottom, which is a continuation of the exposed negative film that appears in the bottom left of the front of the album sleeve.
I bought a copy of Exposed in Boots in Bournemouth when I was about 15 or 16. That would have been 1979/80 … *checks Wikipedia* … right. I used to listen to it a lot at the time, mostly in the dark. The album went the way of most of my vinyl – left at my parents for too long, so much so that they gave all bar the singles to a charity shop.
Last year, I came across Exposed on CD in (another) charity shop, so I bought it. I think I’ve listened to it once or twice since, but maybe I need to give it a bit more of a serous listen to rekindle the feelings I had as a 16 year-old. *shudders*
So … zooming in to look at the spines is normal behaviour after all.
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow top right (surely that should be under R?)
Can’t see a copy of No Parlez.