Your weekly best of premium collectable ideas including Pixies, David Bowie, Simple Minds and more

It isn’t always the cheapest passion to have but being a record collector means you are often prepared to put your hand your pocked for that one-off rarity you’ve always wanted. Its worth it, because some records and rarities don’t always appear on the market, but you can bet that when they do, we will have them and can help you get them in your collection.

Take a look at some of the premium highlights we’ve got in stock below, and the full range can be seen on eil.com.

PIXIES Minotaur (Extremely rare 2009 US Deluxe Edition limited numbered and autographed box set containing five 24k gold plated CDs and five 180 gram vinyl LPs of the albums – Come On Pilgrim [originally released in 1987], Surfer Rosa [1988], Doolittle [1989], Bossanova [1990] and Trompe le Monde [1991]. Also includes the albums on a DVD Audio disc. The box also contains a 37-track DVD video disc featuring seven videos and thirty tracks recorded live at Brixton Academy, London in 1992[previously unreleased], plus a BluRay disc featuring all the albums and videos. Also includes two big posters, lyrics, books/artwork, one giclee print, bookmark signed by band members and Vaughan Oliver [designer of the box]. Housed in a heavy deep red flocked cardboard box with ‘Pixies’ imprinted on the top of the lid and numbered on the inside rim – this box is numbered 2000/3000 and is still in its original cardboard mailer!).

DAVID BOWIE Loving The Alien [1983-1988] – 180gm (2018 UK limited edition 125-track FIFTEEN LP set comprising four original studio albums, two classic live albums, a newly compiled 12-track compilation of rare remixes plus the brand new exclusive ‘Re:Call 4’ compilation. Housed in a 13″ x 12.5″ x 3″ picture box which comes complete with a 128-pagehardback companion book featuring rare & unseen photos and more! This item has remained sealed and is in MINT condition DBXL4).

SIMPLE MINDS New Gold Dream [81-82-83-84] (Rare 2016 UK Deluxe Edition Six-Disc boxset comprising five digitally remastered CDs containing the original album, B-Sides, Extended Mixes, BBC Sessions and unreleased tracks; plus a Bonus DVD including the 5.1 Audio Mix, two music videos and two television appearances. All six discs come in individual card wallet sleeves and are housed together in a sealed & custom stickered 6″ x 8″ x 2″ two-piece picture box complete with booklets featuring rare photos and new interviews with Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill!).

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