Gareth

@justplayed.bsky.social

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Music obsessive. Record shop frequenter. Occasional self-elected gatekeeper. Clash Magazine’s vinyl nerd. @justplayed on Twitter, @justplayedvinyl on Threads & IG.

The Bath branch of TG Jones where, presumably, incredibly, the landlords aren’t falling for the 3 years of free rent nonsense.
Some new bollocks from Rough Trade. Four black and white photos as a sort of OBI being added to a record to make it artificially collectible
A recommended playlist featuring the ‘music’ of Muse.
The new album by The Coral, ‘388’
‘Hollow Ponds’ from Damon Albarn’s 2014 masterpiece, ‘Everyday Robots’
Manic Street Preachers - ‘Everything Must Go’
Miles Davis ‘Birth Of The Cool’ Tone Poet
Weller’s ‘Sonik Kicks’ LP
Graham Coxon ‘The Spinning Top’
Laura Marling - Live in Manchester 2 LP - RSD
A pile of RSD titles for this Saturday’s big event
The Cardigans ‘First Band On The Moon’ LP
‘Dylan’s Gospel’ by The Brothers And Sisters
Nina Simone’s incredible ‘Here Comes The Sun’ album. Gold dust from start to finish.
Joe Hicks’ ‘Before It Gets Dark’
A category divider for vinyl records labelled, simply - in every sense - ‘girls’
Keep Calm and Carré On sign for Welsh rugby
A new song by Michael Stipe!
High quality pundit Matt Dawson predicting the final quarter of Italy versus England: “Italy have run themselves ragged. They have played really well but there isn't a lot left in their tank.”
The standard 2LP, white label indie store 2LP and deluxe 2CD edition of the new Gorillaz album, ‘The Mountain’.
McCartney ‘Man On The Run’ soundtrack vinyl
A picture with no caption or credit in today’s The Observer
Jon Lucien ‘Search For The Inner Self’ from Kent Soul
‘A Stranger I May Be - Savoy Gospel 1954-1966’ - 2LP compilation on Honest Jon’s
An Honest Jon’s record bag
A Welsh rugby shirt, worn by a supporter with very little hope and quite a serving of trepidation.
David Bowie - ‘Montreux Jazz Festival 2002’ 4LP set
David Bowie ‘A Reality Tour’ 3LP - 2025 edition
‘Station To Station’ from the 2010 box set
Paul Weller ‘Days Of Speed’ 2LP
The Velvet Underground ‘Loaded’
Bowie ‘No Plan’ EP
The 2025 DSS One Step edition of ‘Murmur’ by R.E.M.
An IRS pressing of ‘Murmur’ by R.E.M.
Blur ‘The Great Eacape’ 2LP reissue - 2025 - with a hate crime as the new artwork
R.E.M. ‘Radio Free Europe’ 2025 10”
Bowie’s Blackstar LP
David Bowie ‘Ready, Set, Go!’ RSD25 release
A lot of Bowie vinyl box sets
A lot of books about David Bowie
Alexander Larman’s ‘Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie’ book
Pulp ‘More’ - 2x45rpm Rough Trade vinyl release
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) zoetrope 12” playing and looking underwhelming
Bag of Dental Sea Jerky Fish Whoppers
The latest Cherry Tree vinyl release from The National
Warchild ‘Help’ compilation as a 7” vinyl box set
Acid Jazz’s ‘Spring Revisited’ compilation
New Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 album
The wonderful new Ivan Moult album, ‘Stood Out In The Storm’