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Year: 2015
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I would hide 4 U: what’s in Prince’s secret vault?
The stash in the basement of Paisley Park contains a legendary collection of unreleased songs – reputedly enough material for Prince to keep releasing albums long after his death We all know the Purple Rain, […]
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It Was Thirty Years Ago Today: Randy Rhodes
A Tragic Accident Took The Life Of A Legendary Guitarist The 1980s did not start well for Ozzy Osbourne. After being kicked out of Black Sabbath, the Prince of Darkness holed up in an L.A. […]
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Watch This: Rare Prog, Psych, Blues, Rock Vinyl LPs…….
…..just landed at eil.com, includes killer original LPs from Pete Brown & Piblokto, Blue Cheer, Hapshash & The Coloured Coat, The Byrds, Cecil McCartney, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Spooky Tooth and more, watch this clip to […]
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Rockers International Records on Orange Street, Kingston: reggae playlist
Orange Street, also known as ‘beat street’, was the birthplace of many reggae, ska and rocksteady artists, as well as the area where these genres were championed – especially in the 1960s and 70s. We […]
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‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ tops NME’s list of greatest Beatles songs ever….
Agree/disagree? Couldn’t care less? Let us know….. Be sure to check eil.com for an incrdedible range of Beatles rarities, vinyl, merchandise, memorabilia and just about anything else Beatles related, for full info click here To […]
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Modern Day Vinyl Record Collectables: Bjork, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds & Sigur Ros
These new vinyl releases out just recently are perfect modern day collectables. Buy one to play and the other to keep pristine, factory sealed from new and as a potential investment. Von – 2015 UK […]
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Record Store Day Is Damaging Small labels…..
……say small labels…. UK indie labels Howling Owl and Sonic Cathedral will drop a new split single on April 18th i.e. Record Store Day. Except you won’t find their release in the mega list of RSD exclusives. The labels have […]
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Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
……we’re spoiling you! No text needed with these little beauties, for full list/info click here
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World’s Biggest Record Collection To Become Audio Archive
More details surrounding the world’s biggest record collection have emerged. Ever since Zero Freitas emerged as the world’s most active record collector last year, there’s been a degree of confusion about what he plans to […]
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Mirror Mirror On The Wall… Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure – rare & vintage promotional only mirror
We’d rather like to keep this on our wall, but we’ve no space! Here’s a fabulous Roxy Music For Your Pleasure Mirror… …rare & ultra stylish circa 1973 UK promotional-only framed black & silver mirror […]
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Invest in The Beatles: Please Please Me Black & Gold Stereo Vinyl LP from 1963
Few and far between, this is one for the investor or serious collector: Please Please Me – Rare 1963 UK STEREO 14-track vinyl LP on the legendary black & gold Parlophone label. This is the […]
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Five things I discovered by avoiding music…..
……now we at eil.com are not recommending you copy Professor Trevor Cox’s antics (it may cause lasting damage!) but it does make for some interesting reading that’s for sure…. In preparation for a BBC Radio […]
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Jack White on the Mississippi blues artists: ‘They changed the world’
Jack White learned his craft listening to the blues legends of the 20s and 30s on albums released by a tiny Scottish label. And now he’s rereleasing Document Records’ archive on vinyl It was shortly […]
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What Goes Into Making a Record Store Day Release ‘Official’?
After performing on classical and punk rock records and collecting many more, Chris Brown settled into a career at Bull Moose, an eleven-store music, movie, video game, and book store chain based in Portland, Maine. […]
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Mother’s Day: the 10 best songs about mothers
With musical contributions from Mr T to Dolly Parton, Björk to Kanye West, join us in our celebration of mums everywhere Treat Your Mother Right Mr T (1984) Gushing songs about mums take many forms, […]
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Original Rare 1st Press Beatles Vinyl LPs…..
…..watch this short clip of a new collection of Beatles LPs and Xmas Fan Club Flexi Discs that swung through the doors at Eil Towers yesterday, most of the LPs are first press copies and […]
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Classic Clip: The Jam Speed Up To Slow Down, 1977
Paul Weller’s retro-Modernists plaster go-faster stripes over Beatles B-side. Watch it now! Have you forgotten – if only for a nanosecond – the brilliance of The Jam? Then return with us to 1977, when in […]
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Daevid Allen: The original anti-establishment hippie remembered
The founder of Gong and Soft Machine was a man who beat his own path, regardless of the bizarre directions in which he found himself travelling How best to explain Daevid Allen to an outsider? […]
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We’re open today to Vinyl and CD Sellers!
Our buyers are ready to appraise and assess your unwanted collectable, mint condition, Vinyl Records, CDs and items of Music Memorabilia. No need to bang elbows at record fairs, or spend your time battling auction […]
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A bumper shipment of rare Vinyl LPs, 12″s, 7″s and CDs has arrived from Japan
Our buyers were busy hot-footing it around Japan recently and the result is a bumper lot of rare vinyl and CDs now being sorted and added to the site. You can find it all here […]
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Why Do All Pop Records Sound The Same?
This article makes for some pretty depressing reading re: the current state of pop (especially if you’re a Maroon 5 fan!)….is it true though? Sure some pop is made by committee but it does feel […]
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Super rare, near Vintage, 1989 EMI promotional only CD box set from Cross
Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know Mega rare 1989 German promotional only box set featuring a video, an exclusive 4-track promotional CD album sampler with a custom picture sleeve, a cross-shaped ‘Mad Bad’ sticker, a […]
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Sell your Vinyl Records & CDs here tomorrow, Friday 13th March
The eil.com offices are open again tomorrow to sellers of mint Vinyl Records, CDs and items of Pop ‘n Rock Memorabilia: posters, tour programmes, tickets and more! Pop along from 9:30 onwards and let our […]
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Jazz Musician Charlie Parker had an intoxicating freedom
Jazz musician Charlie Parker, one of the greatest talents in 20th-century music, died 60 years ago aged only 34. A host of young musicians have released tribute albums Jazz is full of shooting stars, great […]
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Here’s how much each artist earned from playing Woodstock
Hendrix topped all of the festival’s performers, pulling in about $18,000 Woodstock is widely regarded as one of the most important events in music history. The festival, which took place in August 1969, drew about half […]
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The Resurgence of Vinyl in Seven Graphics: A Breakdown
This article is taken from the Billboard website If you’re looking for vinyl, be sure to check eil.com for an incredible range of original LPs, reissues, imports, rarities and more, for full list click here […]
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Digital May Dominate Music Consumption, But Majority of Vinyl Buyers Are 35 and Under
In an era where digital dominates music consumption, 72 percent of vinyl buyers are 35 and under as fans flock to the format’s “comforting pops and clicks.” At Amoeba Music, the hangar-size rock ‘n’ roll […]
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More Michael Jackson: Rare Vintage Posters – promotional. concert and official collector editions
We let you know that we recently acquired an incredible, all-encompassing, Michael Jackson collection that includes rare vinyl, foreign pressings, promotional items, merchandise, memorabilia and more – in fact if it had MJ’s image/name on […]