Pete Doherty and Carl Barât’s volatile relationship imploded at the peak of their success in 2004. As the Libertines return with new album Anthems for Doomed Youth, can the old friends win people over once […]
ROLLING STONES Rolling With The Stones: Limited 2002 UK 512-page Deluxe hardback book, hand-numbered edition of just 1400 copies by Bill Wyman and co-author Richard Havers & autographed by Bill Wyman – unopened & still in the […]
Iconic inflatable stage props – including Pink Floyd’s famous pig “Algie” – are to be sold at auction. Halesworth-based Air Artists is selling 30 years’ of its work, used by the likes of the Rolling […]
…..big hitters this week at eil towers include a monster-rare German mail order only Rolling Stones LP, plus a 1st press of the Stones second album, and even a Chilean press of Beggar’s Banquet I […]
Bruce Dickinson to pilot the band on a round world tour! More info on the Maiden website here
DJ and producer Prime Cuts from the Scratch Perverts explains why he’s using a new music format called Stems, which has been developed by Native Instruments. Stems software splits a track into four separate musical […]
Fansite True to You announces that the book will be published by Penguin Morrissey may have had a troubled couple of years, with health issues forcing the cancellation of gigs, but as he pointed out […]
A “ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business” in 70s New York A teaser trailer has been released for Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger‘s forthcoming HBO series, Vinyl. You can watch it below, and […]
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 […]
Nissan’s Datsun 810 Maxima had a three inch vinyl record under the dashboard. A while ago we pulled together a gallery of the golden era when cars had record players. That was glamorous and unbelievably […]
….would have been 63 today, happy birthday Joe….
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction was released in the UK on August 20 1965. Here are our five favourite facts about the Rolling Stones’s famous hymn to restlessness, frustration, and ennui. 1. It’s Johnny Marr’s […]
Jason Derulo is just the latest musician to find that flying commercial brings out the worst in him. Here are five other examples of when pop stars meet planes … with disastrous consequences When did […]
Special limited editions are set to accompany Groninger Museum’s hosting of the David Bowie Is… exhibition this December. DAVID BOWIE IS… encouraging his fans to visit The Netherlands this December, thanks to a round of […]
The history of that thing we call ‘pop’ would be very different were it not for the humble 7″ vinyl single, a design classic that fulfilled its initial remit; namely a higher fidelity format that would allow for […]
….pheeww, it’s been a bumper week here at eil towers, no merchandise, memorabilia or anything else in this week’s Top 10 as there’s just not enough room, instead it’s an all-out vinyl porn-fest with Vertigo […]
Professor Will Brooker will spend months at a time experiencing the star’s life at different points through his 40-year career – from Ziggy Stardust to Let’s Dance From Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to the […]
…….that Blur Vs Oasis battled it out for the number one spot in the Brit-Pop wars….. Okay, technically it was twenty years ago this week that two pop bands, albeit indie bands, battled it out […]
New Dutch company Vinylify that will…..”make personalized vinyl records on demand. You decide what music you want on your record and create your own cover art. We cut, label, package and deliver your vinyl to […]
Here’s one to get the juices flowing, original 1969 1st press of the mega-rare Brit Prog Psych LP by Blossom Toes, full info here British Prog-Psych Milestone 1969 first UK issue 8-track stereo vinyl LP […]
Kurt Cobain and Aaliyah have new posthumous releases due, featuring unheard material. Is this fair to any musician? Dorian Lynskey is a music writer I love Aaliyah and Kurt Cobain, and one of the reasons […]
Stony Island Arts Bank, a former bank on Chicago’s South Side recently transformed into a center for African-American culture, will house the late Frankie Knuckles‘ vinyl collection, asArt News points out (via FACT). The arts center will open […]
Just landed at Eil Towers is the monster-rare Vertigo Records LP from the short-lived Affinity featuring Linda Hoyle on vocals. This fantastic album is best described as a cross between The Trinity & Jefferson Airplane, […]
Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub has gone down in history as the epicentre of ecstatic youth culture in the 80s and 90s. The club was demolished 15 years ago. But its contents – from the dancefloor to […]
When you strip away all the fancy bits, here’s what’s left. It might look like a wooden chopping board, some plastic and a piece of string but this is actually a stripped down turntable. With […]
The pair are currently touring together in North America Marilyn Manson and Billy Corgan recently covered ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ at a live show in Nashville. The two artists are currently in the […]
….biggies this week at eil towers, include a super-hard-to-find ‘Black Sabbath Masters Of Reality’ 1st press with the ever-elusive poster, mega-rare Japanese Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother, also look out for a killer metal rarity from Norwegian death-metallers Enslaved, a […]
Long hours in vans and solitary hotel rooms. Screaming fans when you’re on stage, then back home to feed the cat. Musicians talk about the psychological dangers of life on tour While many may envisage […]
A quarter of young adults buy records they never listen to, a survey of British music fans discovered last year. Some might take this as baffling or pretentious behavior, but the future of vinyl may […]
Keith Richards recalls the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s as a ‘mishmash of rubbish’. Which lauded albums do you think are overrated? Vent your anger here…. According to Keith Richards’s tell-all autobiography, on the night of the […]
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