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Top Rock Metal Vinyl LPs For £10 Or Less……
….all in stock at eil.com, for full list click here
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New Exhibition: Art & Vinyl Records…..
New exhibition exploring art’s fascination with vinyl records opening next week….. The Curves Of The Needle to profile artists and musicians who’ve pushed the boundaries of vinyl. The art world can’t keep its hands off […]
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Extreme Vinyl Record Collecting…..
……and you thought you liked ‘digging in the crates’….! Have a look at the incredible Voodoo Funk website which shows you the lengths some collectors will go to to source rare music… Read more on […]
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Watch This: The World’s Largest Record Collection Video
This video was originally posted on the Guardian Website
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If Money Were No Object, What Vinyl Record Would You Buy?
…love this question posed on the Vinyl Factory website (see below for some of their responses), it would have to be God Save The Queen on A&M for me…..what about you? You can read the […]
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The 16 messiest break-ups in music history….
You can read the rest of this article on the Telegraph Newspaper Website
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Vinyl Revival? Well, I’m More of a Cassette Man Myself
Are cassettes making a comeback? Well, no. Not really. It is true that Disney recently went out of its way to release the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack on cassette tape, and that, relatively, the […]
Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs
A Conversation with Olav Wyper – Creator of the Vertigo Swirl Records
Wonderful article with Olav Wyper of the mega-collectible Vertigo Records from our friends at the Vinyl Press Website Vertigo Records, in the era of the ‘Vertigo Swirl,’ is legendary- from its unique ‘swirl’ label, to its […]
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Black Sabbath announce farewell concert
The legendary heavy metal band’s final live performance will be at Ozzfest in Tokyo, and an invite to drummer Bill Ward is pending Black Sabbath have announced one final show before the band bid farewell […]
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Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
More goodies through the doors this week which include a collection of U2 fanclub magazines, super-rare ’60s freak-out vinyl from Pete Brown on Harvest Records, archive quality Beatles vinyl, sealed White Stripes/Third Man business and […]
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A Conversation with Olav Wyper – Creator of the Vertigo Swirl Records
Wonderful article with Olav Wyper of the mega-collectible Vertigo Records from our friends at the Vinyl Press Website Vertigo Records, in the era of the ‘Vertigo Swirl,’ is legendary- from its unique ‘swirl’ label, to its […]
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The Rise & Fall Of The Pocket Record, Music’s Attempt At Portable Vinyl
As we discovered in our interactive timeline, the evolution of physical music formats has always tended towards the portable. Yet no-one ever managed to crack the portable vinyl record. Thankfully it was not for want […]
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24 Legendary Soccer Players as Vinyl LP Covers
Footballers today are very much on the same level as rock stars. But what if the connection were more explicit? Designer James Campbell Taylor explores this idea through a series of vinyl album covers inspired […]
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Post Punk Indie Bands Re-imagined as Marvel Super Heroes
What’s cooler than Siouxsie Sioux? Nothing, really, but Siouxsie as Marvel Comics‘ the Scarlet Witch is a whole new level of awesome. Thanks to artist Butcher Billy we don’t have to imagine what that would […]
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Indie Record Stores Explain Why a Global Album Release Day Is a Bad Idea
A few weeks back, it was announced that the record industry had decided that from August, all albums around the globe will be released on Fridays. Well, some of the record industry had decided. For independent record stores […]
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Top Ten Defaced Vinyl LP Sleeves…..
…..in no particular order…. Thanks to flavorwire.com
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Record Store Day is thriving – but could it kill our independent shops?
What began as an event for indie labels and stores to flourish has been hijacked by major labels. Now, shops and customers suffer jacked-up prices, says Sonic Cathedral label boss, Nathaniel Cramp Last week, after […]
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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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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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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. […]