Chris Bond

Publisher of books by D.M. Thomas, Prof Charles Thomas, Jessica Mann, Rod Lyon, and others. Retailer of vintage postcards. Peel Session uploader (linked from NME, The Guardian, Brooklyn Vegan, Louder Than War, etc). Sheffield, UK

Formerly catalogued historical manuscripts at the Royal Institution of Cornwall and Cornwall Record Office

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2024-11-08 19:29:35

#741 West Country Nature Trails. The National Trust, Devon & Cornwall Region, Plympton and The Shell Retail Division, South Western Region, Bristol, 1st June 1972, 1st edition. #TheNationalTrust #Cornwall #Devon #Nature #Rambling #BookOfTheDay
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2024-10-30 22:06:33

Post Punk Classics. No 4 in an occasional series:
The Human League - Empire State Human
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q22na6VkkQ
#TheHumanLeague #PostPunk #PostPunkClassics
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2024-10-29 20:28:12

Recorded #OnThisDay 33 years ago:
PJ Harvey - Peel Session 1991
The complete session recorded by PJ Harvey on 29 October 1991 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3 November 1991.
Tracklist:
1. Oh My Lover (0:07)
2. Victory (3:57)
3. Sheela-Na-Gig (7:27)
4. Water (10:45)
http://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2016/06/pj-harvey-peel-session-1991.html
#PJHarvey #PeelSessions #OTD

2024-10-25 19:26:07

Recorded #OnThisDay 26 years ago:
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Peel Session 1998
The complete session recorded by The Brian Jonestown Massacre on 25 October 1998 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 18 November 1998.
Tracklist:
1. Jennifer (0:07)
2. Who (3:12)
3. Hide & Seek (6:13)
4. Feel It (10:14)
http://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-brian-jonestown-massacre-peel.html
#TheBrianJonestownMassacre #BrianJonestownMassacre #PeelSessions #OTD

2024-10-22 19:25:27

Recorded #OnThisDay 45 years ago:
The Damned - Peel Session 1979
The complete session recorded by The Damned on 22 October 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 29th of that month.
Tracklist:
1. I Just Can't Be Happy Today (0:07)
2. Smash It Up (4:48)
3. Liar (8:51)
4. I'm So Bored (12:52)
http://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-damned-peel-session-1979.html
#TheDamned #PeelSessions #OTD

2024-10-17 15:49:17

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@npub1nn8…8sed He's not usually as serious as that, so I wasn't sure, but yes, very similar.

2024-10-17 15:46:08

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@npub1nn8…8sed Is it Arthur Askey?

2024-10-12 19:30:34

Recorded #OnThisDay 43 years ago:
The Slits - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by The Slits on 12 October 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 26th of that month.
Tracklist:
1. Difficult Fun (0:07)
2. In The Beginning (5:48)
3. Earthbeat & Wedding Song (16:52)
http://vibracobra23.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-slits-peel-session-1981.html
#TheSlits #PeelSessions #OTD

2024-10-06 12:08:56

Printed monochrome postcard showing Le Menhir at Glomel in Côtes d'Armor. Published by Mancel of Binic, № 336. Postally used in 1906. #Glomel #CôtesDArmor #Breizh #Menhirs #CartesPostalesAnciennes #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday
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2024-10-03 19:32:48

Recorded #OnThisDay 43 years ago:
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Peel Session 1981
The complete session recorded by Linton Kwesi Johnson on 3 October 1981 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 27th of that month.
Tracklist:
1. Independent Intavenshan (0:07)
2. Reality Poem (2:40)
3. Reggae Fi' Peach (5:15)
4. All Wi' Doin' Is Defendin' (7:22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnSBFVpqFBA
#LintonKwesiJohnson #LKJ #PeelSessions #OTD
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2024-09-27 15:58:02

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@npub1nn8…8sed Gladys Knight

2024-09-25 16:01:20

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@npub1nn8…8sed Frances McDormand?

2024-09-19 14:47:33

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@npub1nn8…8sed Midnight Express

2024-09-15 12:58:41

Sepia real photographic postcard of "Lanyon Cromlech, Showing Ding Dong Mine". Published by Lethby's Bazaar of Penzance. № 30. Postally unused, but is c.1920. #LanyonQuoit #Cornwall #Kernow #Dolmens #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday
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2024-09-11 15:58:20

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@npub1nn8…8sed Alan Moore

2024-08-29 17:00:16

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@npub1nn8…8sed Son House?

2024-08-14 22:42:18

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@npub1q2t…jr8a "Well, obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products."

2024-08-10 15:18:52

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@npub1te6…zc4l I haven't heard of it, so probably not [just Googled, no we don't but it can be ordered]. Valerian root tastes like what I imagine piss tastes like.

2024-08-10 15:07:50

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Valerian #Poetry
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2024-08-04 08:49:44

The Mên-an-tol holed stone, with flanking menhirs and remnants of the stone circle in West Penwith, Cornwall, photographed from the west-south-west on 8 May 2004. #MênAnTol #Megaliths #WestPenwith #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday
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2024-07-26 22:45:16

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@npub1nn8…8sed
Cerrone - Supernature (Instrumental Original Version)
#MastodonMixtape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSHsOQmK73Y

2024-07-21 08:11:25

The Spinster's Rock dolmen or chambered tomb just north of Chagford on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, photographed on the 28th of ‎July ‎2004. #SpinstersRock #Dartmoor #Dolmens #Megaliths #StandingStoneSunday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/823/463/535/803/819/original/6c2e76332542d6f0.jpg

2024-07-14 21:40:34

#SilentSunday #Sheffield
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2024-07-05 15:51:57

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@npub1nn8…8sed Veronica Lake?

2024-06-16 12:15:04

Real photographic postcard showing anonymous visitors at Stonehenge near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Publisher or photographer not stated, Kodak Ltd photo paper. Not numbered. Postally unused but is c.1920s. #Stonehenge #StoneCircles #StandingStones #Postcards #Photography #StandingStoneSunday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/626/218/545/173/086/original/d84bc59b6e53e57f.jpg

2024-06-09 18:52:45

#596 Eliza Sackett and Julia Skinner (eds) - Ancient Britain: Land of Mystery and Legend. The Francis Frith Collection, Salisbury, 2006, 1st edition. #ElizaSackett #JuliaSkinner #FrancisFrith #Photography #Archaeology #Stonehenge #StandingStoneSunday #BookOfTheDay
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/588/159/016/577/506/original/a1d4b45c18f43230.jpg

2024-05-26 12:54:31

Printed colour postcard of Le Menhir très typique de Bélinac, Environs de Livernon. Published by the Société des Cartes Postales APA-POUX, Albi, As de Couer, № PP 1022. Postally unused, but is c.1960s. #Livernon #Menhirs #Occitanie #CartesPostalesAnciennes #Postcards #StandingStoneSunday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/507/460/268/227/091/original/57c438be9031a310.jpg

2024-05-05 08:51:55

Lanyon Quoit near Madron in West Penwith, Cornwall, photographed from the south-south-east on 4 July 1993. #LanyonQuoit #Cornwall #Penwith #Dolmens #Megaliths #StandingStoneSunday
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2024-04-28 15:06:55

#SilentSunday #Belgrade
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2024-04-24 15:47:44

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@npub1nn8…8sed The Fall Guy

2024-04-22 17:28:19

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@npub1h3n…x5t4 That's looking pretty good. Very easy to tinker with too.

2024-04-21 15:32:13

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@npub1h3n…x5t4 As far as I know Blogger has unlimited storage and it's fairly easy to set up, but it is a fairly basic design, and it is Google.

2024-04-21 08:13:53

The Mên Scryfa Inscribed Stone or menhir on Burnt Downs in West Penwith, Cornwall. Photo taken from the north-north-west on 8 May 2004. #MênScryfa #Menhirs #StandingStones #InscribedStones #Megaliths #Cornwall #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/308/185/224/269/023/original/b9f9a01d9a569069.jpeg

2024-02-15 21:03:49

New upload:
Stereolab - Moogie Wonderland (Peel Session)
Moogie Wonderland by Stereolab, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 28 September 1993.
#Stereolab #PeelSessions
https://youtu.be/X7ubgiJW6do

2023-09-03 08:26:20

The very beautiful and unique quartzite stone circle at Duloe in South-East Cornwall, photographed in 2004. #Duloe #Cornwall #Kernow #StoneCircles #Megaliths #Quartzite #StandingStoneSunday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/000/239/678/922/082/original/4b9a7be3b1677510.jpg