Honkytonk Angel

06/10/2021

The Selecter released ‘On My Radio’ on this day in 1979 🖤

08/03/2021

Ad campaign for a failed 1960s media format ☺️

08/03/2021

The spirit of Rock & Roll! 🎸

Probably the most unusual record in my collection! In post WWII Russia, Stalin banned the possession of any western music. All records allowed in the country had to be of Russian composers. But there was an underground hungry for Western popular music—everything from jazz and blues to rock & roll. But smuggling vinyl was dangerous, and acquiring the scarce material to make copies of those records that did make it into the country was expensive and very risky.

An ingenuous solution to this problem began to emerge in the form of “bone music," or sometimes called "bones 'n' ribs" music, or simply Ribs.

A young 19 year-old sound engineer Ruslan Bogoslowski in Leningrad changed the game when he created a device to bootleg western albums so he could distribute them across Russia. Problem was he couldn't find material to bootleg his pressings onto, vinyl was scare as were all petroleum products after the war. Then, one day he stumbled upon a pile of discarded X-rays. It worked. At the time, Russian law mandated that all X-rays had to be destroyed after 1 year of storage because they were flammable so he dug through trash bins and paid off orderlies for x-rays and for 20 years he handmade about 1,000,000 bootlegs onto X-ray film of everything from classical to the Beach Boys, eventually spending five years imprisoned in Siberia for this rebellion.

For over 20 years, Bone Music was the only way Russian music lovers could get western music, which they played at "music and coffee parties" in their kitchens, away from the KGB ears and eyes.

So I had to find one. This is a 78 rpm recording of the Indian Song "Awaara" by Raj Kapoor on an exposed Chest X-ray. Probably around 1951. Each Rib, was handmade, and one of a kind.

Bone Music. A testament to the underground courage to subvert authority, rebellion, and the love of music. The spirit of rock n roll.

05/01/2021

😎

04/12/2020

🤣 but also - IT ME 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

26/11/2020

Happy 81st birthday Tina Turner! An amazing musical career lasting over a century, plus her look in the 70s is GOALS 🔥💋

13/10/2020

Nailing it

28/09/2020

😎

23/09/2020

❤️

23/09/2020

❤️

You can also listen to classic Peel Sessions from David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Smiths, The Fall, Echo & The Bunnymen, Hole, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Cocteau Twins and tons more.

21/09/2020

Everybody LOVES ‘Kung Fu Fighting’! On this day in 1974 the song shot straight to No.1 on the UK singles chart. It was the first & only hit for Jamaican singer Carl Douglas, was written in 10 minutes, started off as a B side, & went on to sell 11 million copies worldwide, making it one of the greatest hits of all time. Even now, not many people can resist that opening oriental riff! It’s great for getting everyone dancing at weddings!

20/09/2020

Happy birthday Nile Rodgers. I love this pic of him hanging out with Madonna in the 80s. One of his only regrets is not writing a pop sing for Miles Davis, who repeatedly asked him to do so. Rodgers though he was joking 😁

17/09/2020

🖤

15/09/2020

Amongst the chaos of the world, this makes me happy

10/09/2020

RIP the great , founder member of, & producer & songwriter for 🧡

02/08/2020

❤️

01/08/2020

I’m DJing online this eve 5.30-6.30pm for the Staycation live stream, with Sam Able Sam Allen & Levski DJ Mark Lev & more! Playing a mix of summer festi tunes, everything from 50s rock & roll to disco 🔊

25/07/2020

RIP of One of the greatest guitarists of all time

06/07/2020

New record through the post! 🎉 🔊

04/07/2020

🤠

20/06/2020

D.I.S.C.O 🥳

20/06/2020

Obsessed with this album at the moment, especially ‘You’re Goin’ Miss Your Candyman.’ Just - wow... ❤️

15/06/2020

The best way to survive lockdown 🔊

30/05/2020

« Well it’s crime... to be black in America » 😞 lyrics from the wonderful Franti album ´Home’ which ring truer then ever these last few days. I am appalled, saddened & outraged.

25/05/2020

15/05/2020

🤷🏻‍♀️

11/05/2020

Celebrating the legend that is Bob Marley, on the anniversary of his death

09/05/2020

The loss of a legend who has massively influenced so many popular music genres including funk, soul, & rhythm & blues. He also helped end the racial divide in the American pop scene in the 50s, changing American culture significantly. A true innovator. RIP Little Richard 💔

07/05/2020

🎶🎹🎧🔊🖤

07/05/2020

RIP Florian Schneider