THE VINYL SQUIRREL – WORDS ABOUT MUSIC (MOSTLY)

What can you get for a Tenner? Rough Trade Container Chuck Out and Wobblers.

Mr Squirrel November 27, 2025 No Comments

Ok this bunch cost £12..4 in 2 £3 for a fiver deal and rest £1 from remnants of the great…

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What can you get for a Tenner?: Fac1968 45s

Mr Squirrel November 26, 2025 No Comments

I am known as Tenner in Fac1968 my local independent record emporium for my tendency not to push the boat…

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3 FOR A FIVER: THE RECORD FAIR CONUNDRUM

Mr Squirrel November 22, 2025 No Comments

Record Fairs have become strange ritualistic sites of male obsessiveness, competition and downright stupidity in almost equal proportion. They also…

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Classical: Beethoven Outliers -VOX and Rudy Van Gelder!

Mr Squirrel January 14, 2024 No Comments

On my weekly pilgrimages around the charity shops of Nottingham I have noticed an increasingly prevelant trend. There are NO…

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Going to the Carnival (Mordaunt Shorts)

Mr Squirrel December 9, 2023 No Comments

Picked up a pair of these Mordaunt Short Carnival 2 bookshelf speakers from mid 1970s in perfect nick from local…

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Mono Record Players X2

Mr Squirrel November 21, 2023 No Comments

I am the proud owner of a 1978 Toshiba Music Centre ( thank you Terry) and after replacing the belt…

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Amy LaVere – Painting Blue

Mr Squirrel November 21, 2023 No Comments

https://amylavere.bandcamp.com/album/painting-blue I came across Amy Lavere by chance through Johnny Dowd’s new record which is produced by her husband Will…

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Trail of Tears: Mark Eitzel and the Great American Songbook

Mr Squirrel February 27, 2023 No Comments

Writing a music blog is a little like masturbation, it generally something one does on one’s own and if it…

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Canadee-I-O in Nottingham: Del Barber and Sarah Jane Scouten

Mr Squirrel January 30, 2023 1 Comment

My last post was a tad downbeat about music futures in Nottingham and indeed in general as the outlook for…

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Dirty Realists – Touring a fixed bout?

Mr Squirrel June 30, 2022 No Comments

Last night I attended the Rod Picott gig at The Running Horse Nottingham which was enjoyable but also raised more…

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