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50 Iconic Album Covers: The Fascinating Stories Behind The Sleeves
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Blue Chip: Investment Grade Jazz Vinyl At Eil
We’ve just added these killer jazz vinyl rarities to our website. You can find them in our Blue Chip Store, which is strictly reserved for the very rarest, investment grade collectables. For the full mouth-watering list, […]
Why Salina, Kansas Is Home To One Of The Biggest Vinyl Pressing Plants In The U.S.A.
It’s almost as unlikely as the vinyl boom itself — the story of how Salina, Kan., population 50,000, home to grain elevators, a tall water tower, and not much else, became a major hub of […]
Record fan collects every UK chart hit in history
Keith Sivyer bought every new release from 1952 until February this year. Now his extraordinary collection is going under the hammer A stunning record collection containing every chart single made has been discovered crammed into […]
The Best And Worst Attempts At Political Careers By Musicians
The general election’s almost upon us again. As the nation prepares to head to the polls, what about the musicians that have stood for office over the years? Here’s eleven of music’s best (and worst) […]
Sell your Vintage Vinyl & CDs here – we will pay great prices for great items!
Did you know our professional buyers have a combined 120 years of music buying experience? Our offices in Kent are open to the Vinyl & CD selling public again on Friday 8th May 2015 so […]
Instagram Announces Music Channel @Music
“…dedicated to exploring music around the globe, from those who create it to the community around it” Instagram has announced @Music, a music-specific channel “dedicated to exploring music around the globe.” In its inaugural post, Instagram […]
About 3000 Vinyl Records Were Soaked…..
….what happens when your record collection goes under in a flood. It’s every record collector’s worst nightmare. Along with the terror of a house fire, the proverbial torment of which has spawned perhaps one of […]
Led Zeppelin’s rarest vinyl record to be auctioned
What is believed to be the rarest Led Zeppelin vinyl record is to be auctioned. The item – Led Zeppelin Past, Present And Future – is an official promotional album that was never released by […]
Diggers Delight: London’s 8 Best Secret Record Shops
Scratch beneath the surface and London has a wealth of diverse and individual record shops that won’t make the Record Store Day headlines. Last week it was announced that there are now more independent record […]
Glastonbury 2015 Line-Up Announced
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Watch This: Record Store Day Short Film
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Bettye Kronstad speaks for the first time about her marriage to Lou Reed: ‘Fame is a fiend. It turns people into monsters’
I was a 19-year-old student at Columbia University in New York when I first met Lou Reed in 1968. I was chatting with Lincoln, a friend of his who had been his college roommate at […]
Watch This! How To Turn a Playstation 1 Into A Turntable…
Dual Analog. A bunch of game addicts have pimped up a PS One; as well as reading dusty copies of Tekken 3, ISS Pro Evolution and Lara Croft Tomb Raider II just like the good […]
The Rise Of The Vinyl Record Cafe…
Like your record-shopping with a side of coffee and cake? Or ale and charcuterie? These places hear your cry. Records spinning in the background, coffee brewing, lovingly prepared snacks on offer, vinyl stacks to browse […]
Secret 7″ Vinyl…….
……Secret 7” is an annual event that combines music and art for a good cause…. We take 7 tracks from 7 of the best-known musicians around and press each one 100 times to 7” vinyl. […]
Frank Zappa’s final album gets June 2015 release date
Cited as his 100th album, Dance Me This, recorded before the artist’s death in 1993, is to be released this summer Dance Me This, the last album Frank Zappa recorded before his death in 1993, […]
Jay Z promotes ‘artist-owned’ music streaming brand
Some of the biggest names in entertainment have re-launched the music subscription service Tidal, which they are billing as the first artist-owned platform for music and video. At an event in New York on Monday, […]
VinylPress.com interview eil.com & talk about vinyl collecting & how we started back in 1986
Our friends at the VinylPress.com recently featured EIL as part of their blog….. I recently got the chance to talk with Robert Croydon, one of the founders of EIL-Esprit, a well known UK-based purveyor of […]
Watch This: The World’s Largest Record Collection Video
This video was originally posted on the Guardian Website
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 […]
The 16 messiest break-ups in music history….
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]