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New Thorens Entry Level Turntable
TD 203 – The New Reference For The Entry Level The TD 203 is a high quality out of the box solution from THORENS®. The turntable comes fully assembled and is factory-set. It takes […]
Year: 2015
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Record Store Day 2015 Rare Vinyl In Stock!!
We’ve managed to source some very small quantities of Record Store Day 2015 releases, they’re selling out fast, so be quick! Here’s a few to whet the appetite, for full list click here […]
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The Man Who Broke The Music Business: The Dawn Of Online Piracy
One Saturday in 1994, Bennie Lydell Glover, a temporary employee at the PolyGram compact-disk manufacturing plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, went to a party at the house of a co-worker. He was angling for […]
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Eil/991 To Appear On Academy FM Thanet, Wednesday 29th April
Be sure to tune into Thanet’s Academy FM this coming Wednesday (29th) where Eil/991’s very own Jon Ashby will be appearing as their ‘resident vinyl expert’. This vinyl section is set to be a new monthly […]
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David Bowie, Manic Street Preachers top this week’s Official Vinyl Charts
Plus find out where a slew of new entries landed on this week’s vinyl charts By Rob Copsey David Bowie and Manic Street Preachers lead this week’s Official Vinyl Charts following this year’s Record Store […]
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New Site Qrates Offers Crowd-Funded Vinyl Pressing Service
Despite the resurgence in vinyl sales, pressing records can be financially risky business for small and independent labels. Hoping to offer a solution to this is Japanese start-up Qrates, which allows artists and labels to […]
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Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs
Record Store Day Sets 12 Year Sales High For Indie Stores
Now that the annual Record Store Day has wrapped up, sales figures are pouring in, and it looks like this year has set a 12 year high for sales among independent stores. Sales data following […]
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14 best jazz albums of 2015
Your guide to the best jazz albums of 2015. Updated weekly The best jazz albums of 2015 will be regularly updated with picks from jazz critic Ivan Hewett and culture editor Martin Chilton. You […]
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Global Vinyl Sales Up 54% in 2014…..
…..biggest selling records of the millennium announced On the eve of Record Store Day, an avalanche of statistics heralding the universal growth of vinyl sales have been announced. Worldwide recording industry watchdog IFPI kicked things […]
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Is VHS Making a Comeback?
Never mind the vinyl revival. Collectors, horror fiends, and even academics are fighting to save VHS movies from the dustbin of history – and not just because of nostalgia Since the mid-Eighties, Vulcan Video has […]
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Ramones: the godfathers of punk rock
With their long hair, tight jeans and tighter songs laced with relentlessly catchy riffs, the Ramones left an indelible stamp on pop music the minute they burst onto the New York punk scene in […]
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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s former apartment listed on Airbnb
Los Angeles apartment shared by the couple in 1991 and 1992 available for short-term rent through website Airbnb, for £760 per month If you want to live like Kurt Cobain but don’t have the spare […]
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Classic album covers in Google Street View – in pictures
From Pink Floyd to PJ Harvey, our Street View specialist shows us the world’s cities through the lens of famous album covers See the rest on the Guardian Website here
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Rare, Vintage & Promotional ex-industry owned T-Shirts & Jackets
We are working our way through an amazing collection of vintage, promotional, t-shirts, jackets and other items of clothing. Many items we have never acquired before, and in some cases, never even seen! Most have […]
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Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
…..top rarities through the door this week include a mega-limited signed Van Morrison book, Japanese 10″ Elvis vinyl, highly sought after freakbeat/psych classic from Thane Russal, Northern Soul demo 7″ from The Elgins, tasty Beatles vinyl […]
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Led Zeppelin’s rarest vinyl record to be auctioned
What is believed to be the rarest Led Zeppelin vinyl record is to be auctioned. The item – Led Zeppelin Past, Present And Future – is an official promotional album that was never released by […]
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HMV reclaims position as Britain’s biggest music retailer
Hilco-owned company is back to number one in the music charts after British artists spark revival in physical music sales HMV has reclaimed its position as Britain’s biggest music retailer after a surge in physical […]
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25 best record stores in films
To celebrate Record Store Day 2015, Peter Yeung charts the best record shops in the movies, from High Fidelity to A Clockwork Orange -see the full list here at The Telegraph. High Fidelity (2000) […]
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Why Does Record Store Day Matter? Let an Actual Record Store Owner Explain
Judy Mills owns and operates Mills Record Company in Kansas City, Missouri. It’s fun when you discover a band before their first record comes out, before they get signed and they’re making demos on used […]
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Strong “resurgence in appetite for vinyl” but…..
….one in three people don’t actually listen to their records! A report released by research firm ICM confirms 18-24 year olds continue to drive the renewed interest in vinyl but that older fans are rediscovering […]
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Oasis to reform, definitely maybe
Noel and Liam Gallagher rumoured to have buried the hatchet, heralding revival of Britpop wars as Blur release new album The British music scene could be on the verge of a return to the Britpop […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]