…..more rarest of the rare vinyl & CDs through the doors this week – including the debut (and super-iconic) U.K LP from Elvis Presley (not a bad record either!), mega-rare Beatles ‘From Then To You’ Christmas LP on Apple, a Mexican issue of Jimi Hendrix Axis Bold As Love (we kid you not) with unique sleeve – yikes! – a very hard-to-find Siouxsie & The Banshees fanclub only 7″ single, Also look out for rare West Coast Psych from the cult US act Clearwater, rare prog from King Crimson, Procol Harum, a superb Orange Juice acetate and much, much more….Here’s a few to whet the whistle, see them all here
ELVIS PRESLEY Rock ‘n’ Roll: Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame 1956 UK original 12-track mono vinyl LP on the maroon & gold HMV ‘Nipper’ label, the King’s sensational debut & the first million-selling album of its kind, fully laminated scalloped flipback picture sleeve. Pop music as we know it started here folks! More info hereTHE BEATLES From Then To You: Rare original 1970 UK 7-track Apple LP issued exclusively to UK fan club members. This fantastic album is a compilation of all seven of the flexi-discs issued between 1963 & 1969 in a unique front laminated picture sleeve with the original flexi art on the back – phwoaarr!!! More info hereJIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Eje: Ardiente Como El Amor: Rare 1970 Mexican 13-track deep groove stereo LP for Axis: Bold As Love with Spanish song titles on the cover & labels, housed in a unique silk laminated picture sleeve. More info here
Dick’s Picks: Not some super obscure artist this week but a weird release that’s for sure! A 10″ vinyl white label with hand-written labels from blues legend Big Bill Broonzy….. Big Bill Who? Lee Conley Bradley a.k.a Big Bill Broonzy (1983-1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. Over […]
It’s that time of year again, and by means of celebrating we took a tour around some of the darkest recesses of eil.com warehouse and found this superb collection of New Years Eve-Hootenanny-Hogmany-inspired vinyl records – chosen for their all-round grooviness first and for their New Years link (however tenuous, […]
The Specialist is a short film from the Vinyl Factory series profiling record collectors and one aspect of their collection that’s particularly important to them. First up, DJ, producer, serial label founder and accidental collector Andrew Weatherall gives us an insight into his love for the ghostly otherworld of rockabilly.
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