The Sound - Will & Testament (Sounds Haarlem Likes Vinyl, 2022). The album sleeve features the 1902 painting 'Aphrodite' by Briton Rivière.

Gene - Be My Light, Be My Guide (Costermonger/Deceptive Records, 1994). The picture sleeve features a Justin Leighton photograph of a London taxi rank.

The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights (A&M Records promo, 1989). Cover location is Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

The Nectarine No. 9. The band are named after a brothel in Yokohama, Japan.

Microdisney - Birthday Girl (Rough Trade Records, 1985). Cover location is Wroclaw, Poland (Klub Nauczyciela building).

My latest charity shop finds (all 50p each). Really pleased to pick up Sugar Town, & Roll Away the Stone on 45rpm.

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (Elektra Records, 1987). The album cover features an image from a vintage archery book.

Here's another homemade Smiths record sleeve. Cover star is Hayley Mills during the filming of Sky West & Crooked (1965).

The Smiths - Ask (Zensor/Teldec, 1986). Front & rear sleeve cover star, on this German release, is Colin Campbell in the 1964 film The Leather Boys.

Gene - As Good As It Gets: The Best Of (Polydor Records, 2001). The album cover location is Cardiff, Wales from a 1954 series of photographs by Bert Hardy.

BMX Bandits - Down at the Hop (Shoeshine Records, 2003). The album artwork is based on a vintage photo of Brigitte Bardot.

Stockholm Monsters - Miss Moonlight (Factory Benelux, 1983). The picture sleeve features a propaganda poster from the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Gene - For the Dead (Costermonger Records, 1996). Cover star is Joan Crawford in a still from the 1937 film The Bride Wore Red.

A nice find at the charity shop today. An album I have on CD, but great to finally pick up a nice vinyl copy.

Underrated albums: The Left Banke - Too (Smash Records, 1968).

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (Rough Trade Records, 1985). Cover star is Seán Barrett, alongside Bernard Lee & John Mills, in a still from the 1958 film Dunkirk.

Various Artists - Beauty (The Pink Label, 1987). Cover star is a vintage Vauxhall Cresta.

I treated myself to a stylish set of button badges from eBay.

(Badges via soundchoice24 on eBay).

A 1983 promotional poster for Rip It Up by Orange Juice.

Avril Angers & Wilfred Pickles in a still from the 1966 film, The Family Way. A cropped version of the photo features on the picture sleeve of I Started Something I Couldn't Finish by The Smiths (Rough Trade Records, 1987).