Music and Concert Reviews
Text by Phil Ashdown. September 3rd, 1984: Iron Maiden released Powerslave, their fifth studio album and the third straight recording with vocalist Bruce Dickinson. Can it really be 35 years? For me Powerslave is a […]
The ‘80s were filled with post-punk and gothic rock bands, generally catering to a niche market. While several acts crossed over into mainstream pop, some were destined to stay unknown, garnering little more than cult […]
This is a very are UK exclusive 10-track limited edition promotional-only picture disc LP of Psycho Circus, the 18th studio album from the rock ‘n’ roll icons. This copy is the mispressed version that is […]
Extremely rare 1978 US wide centre 7″ vinyl single on the Car Records label. This is the one and only single from the Big Star guitarist, and widely regarded as one of the greatest power-pop […]
Frank Turner is currently one of the biggest, most respected singer songwriters in the UK. The folk punk troubadour has garnered a huge following both here and across the Atlantic, with each album expanding his […]
Punk may well have started in the UK, but Washington D.C hardcore band, Minor Threat, took it to another level with their debut 7”, Filler. Released in 1981, they took the attitude of British punk […]
By Jean-Paul Cartwright Being a fan mostly of all things rock and metal, finding something unique and different has always been a challenge, with so many sound alike acts around. A few years ago I […]
The debut album from Julian’s Treatment, A Time Before This, is a Monster Rare 1970 UK 12-chapter double LP in Sci-Fi Stereo, It is a very intriguing Art Rock debut written by Julian Jay Savarin. Julian […]
New Horizons is some of the rarest of the rare British jazz from Tommy Whittle. Released in 1960. this UK 9-track mono LP was on the Tempo label, also starring Eddie Thompson, Harry Klein, Ken Sprang […]
This is a mega rare, autographed, 1977 UK promotional vinyl 7″ of Stretcher Case Baby. This was never available for retail sale, but instead originally given away at a series of London gigs and through […]
By Phil Ashdown. Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album from Australian rock band AC/DC, released on 27 July 1979. It was the band’s fifth studio album released internationally and the sixth to be […]
This is an archive quality copy of the rare 1969 UK 11-track self-titled second album from Idle Race. Released on the Liberty blue label Stereo vinyl LP, it was the groups second album featuring pre-ELO […]
Yodelling by The Exits is a holy grail 7” for punk collectors. It was privately pressed in the UK 1978, and is the sole release by this super obscure five-piece that met at Keele University, Newcastle. […]
By Phil Ashdown. Kiss are finally calling it a day. Billed as the ‘Final Tour Ever’ this tour is The End Of The Road. Many rock purists mock them as being a brand rather than […]
This highly coveted edition of Marillion’s FEAR box set (F*** Everyone And Run) is the Rare 2016 UK FULLY AUTOGRAPHED ‘Ultimate Edition Box Set’ It contains a 17-track double LP pressed on 180 gram vinyl, […]
This copy of Nick Drake’s parting gift, Pink Moon is an extremely rare 1972 UK first press 11-track vinyl LP on the pink rim Island ‘palm tree’ label with machine stamped A1-U/B1-U matrices in the […]
One of the most famous Jimi Hendrix performances is his own take on The Star Spangled banner. A super rare & official US promotional-only 1-track 10″ was released in 1994, pressed on Translucent blue vinyl. It […]
A long long time ago, Uncle Frank & The Mothers released one of only two Verve singles in Japan. This one, with sleeve dated ‘TO 6711’ [Nov 67 Tokyo] was the first & has since […]
As the shtick of glam metal and classic rock began to wear thin in the late ’80s, there was a new scene coming up from the Pacific Northwest, particularly Seattle. The band who would gain […]
This copy of Angel of Harlem is an Ultra-Rare 1988 Australian-only limited edition 3-track 12″ single with picture labels, pressed exclusively on RED VINYL & released by Festival Records. Also features A Room At The […]
Theis is an extremely rare 1971 UK 10-track mono LP by one of the leading lights of the sixties acoustic/folk boom, along with Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Wizz Jones, Shelagh McDonald, Roy Harper, […]
Very rare and essential 1967 Velvet Underground and Nico album. US East Coast press blue & silver Verve label 11-track stereo LP, housed in the legendary Andy Warhol pasted gatefold sleeve with unpeeled banana sticker […]
This is a rare 2004 US Deluxe Edition 10-track audiophile triple LP box set, Greendale, by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Pressed on 200gm Vinyl with each part in its own picture sleeve, complete with […]
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that Pink Floyd’s 1973 opus, Dark Side of the Moon, is one of the most iconic albums of all time. The Hipgnosis designed sleeve, A prism refracting white light […]
Rare and collectable British psych from Blossom Toes on their album, We Are Ever So Clean. Original 1967 UK rough textured Marmalade label 15-track stereo LP, released at the height of ‘flower power’ in 1967 […]
Released in March 1980 on the tiny French imprint Sordide Sentimental run by Jean-Pierre Turmel and Yves von Bonteean, this is an absolute classic single and the first release of Atmosphere on seven inch as […]
Trees Without Leaves is a rare private press vinyl LP, released in 1984 on the silver Exhibit One Records label. It has a monochorme picture sleeve with full tracklisting on the reverse. This example has […]
The famous Vinyl Factory edition of their 2009 album, Yes. Hand-crafted smoked transparent Perspex box with gold plated metal tick mounted on outer front, containing 11 super-heavyweight 200-gram vinyl records pressed on theclassic EMI 1400 […]
Factory record were on of the most iconic label during the ‘80s, releasing classic records from Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ration, Happy Mondays, and countless others. One of the releases that has gained […]
Text by Phil Ashdown. Released on April 11th 1988 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son is the seventh studio album by British heavy rock band Iron Maiden which really confirmed their place in rock’s hierarchy. Arguably their finest hour […]
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