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Perfect Pop Trivia: The top 40 best-selling UK singles of all time
Test out your music knowledge skills here. How many of these all time top 40 sellers did you guess right? View the full list here at The Telegraph
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Vinyl Records Pressed On X-Rays
No it’s not the latest release on Jack White’s Third Man label but the true story of how….”In 50s Soviet Union, western records such as Rock Around the Clock and Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy were banned. […]
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Vintage Vinyl Record Shop Bags – Who Remembers Any Of These?
These images originally appeared in the Daily Mail in connection with a story about the decline of the UK High Street (yawn), but let’s skip to the good bit and take a trip down memory […]
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He died in 1974—but Nick Drake’s legend continues to grow
You can find Nick Drake releases at eil.com “Nick Drake is about attraction as opposed to promotion,” Cally Callomon, who manages the estate of the late English folk singer, told me when we caught up […]
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Japanese Jazz Vinyl In Stock
Superb range of original and reissued Japanese Jazz vinyl, lots of Audiophile 180g editions boasting incredible sound quality and prices to suit all pockets, full list available here
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Freak Out! Top Psych/Folk/Prog/Rock LPs In Stock
Very tasty selection of psych, folk, prog, rock LPs – all recent additions to our catalogue – from cult rarities like Sunforest, Jade, Equinox to Zappa, Beefheart, The Doors, Velvets & More…..prices to suit all […]
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Beer and Record Store Day Combined – What’s Not To Like?
Brewery teams up with marketing expert to launch official beer of Record Store Day Read the full story here Sadly no beer here at eil.com but we do have lots of Record Store Day releases […]
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HMV beats Amazon and reclaims top spot as Britain’s biggest retailer of physical music
HMV is making a comeback on the high street, reclaiming the top spot as the UK’s biggest seller of physical music, with vinyl sales soaring to their highest in over 20 years. Total sales climbed […]
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New Iron Maiden Vinyl Rarities In Stock!
Three tasty Iron Maiden Vinyl Rarities, just landed at eil.com More Iron Maiden vinyl, merchandise, rarities and more can be found at eil.com
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Manna for fans: the history of the hidden track in music
From inner groove loops to absurd backmasking, artists have long found ways to embed secret songs, cryptic writings and coded messages in their albums, if you can think of any others that aren’t in this […]
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How I taught my son to love vinyl records
Watching Almost Famous was the starting point of a renewed passion for Tony Myers, and a road to discovery for his son Recently I watched the film Almost Famous with my two teenage children, Ariella, […]
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The Ten Best Protest Songs
Great songs in this list no question, but it all seems a bit err old, who’s protesting now? Tell us, we’d love to know…. Thanks to the Telegraph Newspaper for this article […]
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Most of the top selling vinyl albums from 2014……
……were not released in 2014….the Digital Trends website seems to see this as a problem, have a look at the article below – we’d love to know what you think? In 2014, the world of […]
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The Smiths: 10 of the Best
From a landmark debut single to the epics of love and loss, here are 10 classic Smiths songs to warm you up for Morrissey’s forthcoming UK tour….. 1. Hand in Glove The Smiths’ first single […]
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Michael Jackson Vinyl, CDs, Memorabilia, Merchandise & More….
…..here’s yet more tasty items from our Michael Jackson collection….be sure to check the full range of MJ goodies at eil.com too!
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Vinyl records are far from dead, now you can 3D-print your own
No this isn’t April Fools I checked – in recent weeks we’ve had the Net Flix Of Vinyl, The Desk Top Record Cutter, The Blue Tooth Converter and now this….incredible… You can use 3D printers […]
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Helen Green’s reinventions of David Bowie – in pictures
A lifelong fan of David Bowie, illustrator Helen Green has captured the star’s many reinventions with 29 mini-portraits. The images, which span 50 years from 1964, were put together for Bowie’s 68th birthday this month. […]
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Are Vinyl Subscription Clubs the Future of Analog Listening?
Nick Alt anticipated the recent resurgence of vinyl pretty early on. For years, the Los Angeles-based musician and producer (he counts St. Paul Peterson ofPrince‘s bands the Family and the Time as an acquaintance and […]
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Vinyl collecting 101: Collectors give the essentials to getting started
Matt Felegy, 32, of Berea, Ohio, has more than 2,700 digital downloads on an external hard drive that fits in his pocket. He says no one is impressed with that, but plenty of people are […]
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Whiplash: the cult of the drummer
From Keith Moon to John Bonham, they have a reputation for wild behaviour. But, as new film Whiplash suggests, there’s a reason drummers are different There is a story recounted in Whiplash, the electrifying new […]
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The Eight Most Eccentric Turntables Ever Created….
We posted a couple of handy guides to help you choose a turntable in recent weeks – how about this, courtesy of FACT Magazine, some super-cool looking designs in here… For years, turntable design has […]
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BBC Radio 4’s The Single Life revealed the romance of vinyl
Great feature here from The New Statesman discussing a recent BBC Radio 4 article about those long-lost bands that made one (or possibly two) 7″ singles back in the ’70s/’80s before going on to do […]
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David Bowie Rare CDs, DVDs and More….
We’ve just had a wonderful collection of Bowie rarities through the doors, all in pristine condition, here’s a few highlights to whet the appetite….be sure to check eil.com for the full list… […]
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The Spin Doctor: Vinyl Expert & DJ Mike Greene Tries Out Five Of The Best Turntables
As a live DJ, songwriter and producer, Greene, aka Fort Romeau, works exclusively in vinyl. Here, he puts top decks through their paces 2014 was a bumper year for vinyl sales thanks to a new […]
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Michael Jackson Vinyl, Memorabilia, Merchandise, Posters and More…
More goodies from our Michael Jackson collection….. More to follow over the next week or so, check eil.com as the collection gets added to the site….
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The 10 Best Jazz Films starting with The Jazz Singer1927
THE JAZZ SINGER is a landmark of American cinema: it was the first full-length Hollywood feature film in which dialogue was spoken as part of the film’s action. Eddie Cantor turned down the lead […]
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Play The Record Cover As You Listen To Your Vinyl
Remember the golden days of album art? Album art was a medium perfected during the days when big vinyl LPs were the delivery method of choice for recorded music. Because they were large, covers could accommodate […]
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Press Your Own Vinyl With the Desktop Record Cutter
With every other means of producing, recording, and sharing music completely democratized and firmly in the hands of anyone with a beat and a dream, the ability to cut your own vinyl record from a […]
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Bob Dylan and the Subterranean Homesick Blues revolution
Today is the 50th Anniversary of Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues – you may or may not care. Richard Williams of The Guardian argues that this “two-minute, rickety-rackety masterpiece recorded in a single take changed music for ever”…..did […]