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Month: April 2015
Collecting Advice
Steve Strange Blitzed! A rare hardback autobiography from 2002
Read this? Blitzed! The Autobiography Of Steve Strange Scarce 2002 UK 224 page hardback book, the candid autobiography of night club impresario, pop star and founding father of New Romanticism, Steve Strange. For a nanosecond in […]
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Record Store Day 2015: The Best Places Across the UK to Pick Up Some Sweet Grooves
Here’s some of the best Record Shops to go on Record Store Day 2015 London The epicentre of Record Store Day activity, there’s plenty to get your teeth into in the capital. Head to Berwick […]
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Sell your Vinyl Records & CDs in Soho, London tomorrow: Saturday 18th April 2015
Our buyers, Syd & Glen, will be in Soho tomorrow Saturday 18th April [also Record Store Day] to buy your Mint Vinyl Records, CDs & items of Pop ‘n Rock Memorabilia. Find us at the Sohost […]
Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs
For The Record: The Most Elegant Contemporary Record Players
Break out the vinyl once more; Jeremy White selects the most elegant contemporary record playing systems With the rise of high-quality Bluetooth speakers and comprehensive wireless music systems, such as Naim’s superb Mu-so kit, one […]
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More new arrivals of rare and original Japanese Vinyl LPs and CDs
We’ve had another bumper delivery of rare and original Japanese Vinyl LPs, 7″s, 12″s and CDs to the office this week . The obligatory obi-strips are included on most pressing as you’d expect, and we’ve […]
Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs
Diggers Delight: London’s 8 Best Secret Record Shops
Scratch beneath the surface and London has a wealth of diverse and individual record shops that won’t make the Record Store Day headlines. Last week it was announced that there are now more independent record […]
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Sell your Vinyl Records & CDs in Soho, London this Saturday 18th April 2015
Our buyers, Syd & Glen, will be in Soho this Saturday 18th April [also Record Store Day] to buy your Mint Vinyl Records, CDs & items of Pop ‘n Rock Memorabilia. Find us at the Sohost […]
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Vinyl revival: is it back for good?
The Official Charts Company is launching new Top 40s for singles and albums, signalling that the vinyl revival is well under way When BBC Music went looking for a TV ident last year, they settled […]
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Glastonbury 2015 Line-Up Announced
Full info here
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Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
Big hitters through the door this week include Led Zeppelin’s first album with the all important turquoise lettering, David Bowie Red Vinyl comp (only 272 made!), Laura Marling promo bundle, Smashing Pumpkins, super rare Jackie Edwards […]
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The perfect investment Vinyl LP – Led Zeppelin 1969 Original First Issue LP, Turquoise Sleeve
Dig deep Vinyl investors, this is the perfect piece for your collection… Led Zeppelin – Extremely rare 1969 UK 9-track first issue stereo LP with ‘Superhype’ publishing credit on the labels, legendary fully laminated sleeve […]
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Meet the vinyl lovers at Mumbai’s Revolver Club
Ahead of Record Store Day 2015, we meet the Indian independent with the wax factor. Lazy, long afternoons spent listening to vinyl, talking to other record enthusiasts and having endless conversations about the glories of […]
New Releases
Record Store Day Taking Off In Japan
Record Store Day promises some hits It has taken a few years to catch on in Japan, but Record Store Day (RSD) is now well-known among music fans. This year’s edition falls on April 18, […]
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UK’s first official vinyl chart launched as sales rise
The UK’s first weekly vinyl chart has been launched by the Official Charts Company as sales of vinyl albums and singles continue to soar. Despite predictions that CDs – then MP3s and streaming – would […]
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Watch This: Record Store Day Short Film
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Bettye Kronstad speaks for the first time about her marriage to Lou Reed: ‘Fame is a fiend. It turns people into monsters’
I was a 19-year-old student at Columbia University in New York when I first met Lou Reed in 1968. I was chatting with Lincoln, a friend of his who had been his college roommate at […]
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Metallica are ’25 per cent’ done with new album, says guitarist
Metallica are only a quarter of the way into making their new album, according to guitarist Kirk Hammett. The metal giants are currently in the early stages of what will be the follow-up to 2008’s […]
Collecting Advice
Do I Own My Record Collection…..
……or does it own me? By some measures, my music collection is modest; by others, my stacks are small. To the uninitiated, though, I probably look like some kind of lunatic hoarder, my shelves packed […]
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Vinyl Record Storage Solutions….
Kickstarter campaign to revolutionise vinyl record storage, looks good…watch the clip here
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The 50 best cover versions
The Telegraph pick the best covers of songs that shine a new light on the originals, from Jimi Hendrix to the Happy Mondays, there’s a few goodies in here but surely they’ve missed a few? […]
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Crate Digger FM: Discogs Styled New Music Streaming App
DIG BABY DIG. Cratedigger is the first music streaming site that lets you discover new and old record releases from Cassette to 45s by artist or label. Backed by Discog’s 5.5 million releases and […]
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Sell your Vinyl Records & CDs here in Kent this Friday, 10th April
Our Kent offices are open again this Friday, the 10th April 2015 plus next week we’ll be in Soho, Central London on Saturday the 18th April [Record Store Day] for all sellers of mint condition vinyl records, […]
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Number of independent record shops reaches a 5 year high
Experiential shops and mixing old and new key to success 8th April 2015: The rate of independent record shop openings is on the rise as more than 40 new shops have opened in UK […]
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The 50 best covers?
We pick the best covers of songs that shine a new light on the originals, from Jimi Hendrix to the Happy Mondays By Neil McCormick, Helen Brown, Bernadette McNulty, Thomas H Green at the Telegraph […]
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Third Man Records Unveils Details for Record Store Day, Including Elvis Presley Reissue
Jack White‘s always-ambitious Third Man Records announced today (April 6) that they have no plans to take it easy on Record Store Day 2015, which this year falls on April 18. Elvis Presley’s first-ever recording, […]
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American Pie: 6 crazy conspiracy theories
Don McLean has finally revealed the meaning of his song American Pie. But will conspiracy theorists ever abandon these interpretations? Forty-four years after American Pie was released, Don McLean has finally revealed what those […]
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Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
Killer rarities through the doors this week including Beatles BPI Award, The Doors acetate, Jack White/Third Man Record Vault goodies, Peter Gabriel, signed XTC and more….see the Top Ten here
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Watch This! How To Turn a Playstation 1 Into A Turntable…
Dual Analog. A bunch of game addicts have pimped up a PS One; as well as reading dusty copies of Tekken 3, ISS Pro Evolution and Lara Croft Tomb Raider II just like the good […]
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Picture This! The Best Picture Disc Vinyl Records
A Top 41 run-down of sought-after picture discs, doggedly compiled and annotated by Tim Naylor The bane of audiophiles everywhere but beloved by many collectors, picture discs have been around since the 20s, utilising a […]