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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….
You can read the rest of this article on the Telegraph Newspaper Website
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Top Ten Defaced Vinyl LP Sleeves…..
…..in no particular order…. Thanks to flavorwire.com
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mother’s Day: the 10 best songs about mothers
With musical contributions from Mr T to Dolly Parton, Björk to Kanye West, join us in our celebration of mums everywhere Treat Your Mother Right Mr T (1984) Gushing songs about mums take many forms, […]
Classic Clip: The Jam Speed Up To Slow Down, 1977
Paul Weller’s retro-Modernists plaster go-faster stripes over Beatles B-side. Watch it now! Have you forgotten – if only for a nanosecond – the brilliance of The Jam? Then return with us to 1977, when in […]
Daevid Allen: The original anti-establishment hippie remembered
The founder of Gong and Soft Machine was a man who beat his own path, regardless of the bizarre directions in which he found himself travelling How best to explain Daevid Allen to an outsider? […]
Here’s how much each artist earned from playing Woodstock
Hendrix topped all of the festival’s performers, pulling in about $18,000 Woodstock is widely regarded as one of the most important events in music history. The festival, which took place in August 1969, drew about half […]
The Resurgence of Vinyl in Seven Graphics: A Breakdown
This article is taken from the Billboard website If you’re looking for vinyl, be sure to check eil.com for an incredible range of original LPs, reissues, imports, rarities and more, for full list click here […]
Digital May Dominate Music Consumption, But Majority of Vinyl Buyers Are 35 and Under
In an era where digital dominates music consumption, 72 percent of vinyl buyers are 35 and under as fans flock to the format’s “comforting pops and clicks.” At Amoeba Music, the hangar-size rock ‘n’ roll […]
Kim Gordon: “Lana Del Rey Is A Female Chris Isaak”
The former Sonic Youth icon takes aim at the “weird and affected” singer, and a host of other topics in The MOJO Interview. LANA DEL REY has probably been called worse, but according to Kim […]
Girls Like Records Too! A Journey Through The World Of ’60s Girl Pop With Sheila Burgel
…..as today is International Women’s Day 2015 we thought you might like to read this article/interview by Eilon Paz from his Dust & Grooves website with renowned ’60s Girl Group record collector Sheila Burgel.. I walk down […]
Kurt Cobain’s childhood home has sale price cut by $100,000
The house in Abderdeen, Washington – featuring a hole in the wall punched by young Kurt – can now be yours for just $400,000 Do you hanker to live like Kurt Cobain? Now you can […]
All You Need To Know About Vinyl Records…..
…….great article from the Feedbands website that gets right into the nitty-gritty of exactly what makes vinyl err vinyl…. The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the […]