On this day in 1962….
….Bob Dylan recorded ‘Blowin’ In the Wind’ at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City during an afternoon session. Dylan originally wrote and performed a two-verse version of the song, as in its first public […]
….Bob Dylan recorded ‘Blowin’ In the Wind’ at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City during an afternoon session. Dylan originally wrote and performed a two-verse version of the song, as in its first public […]
Out in September is this huge 7CD boxset retrospective charting the years between 1968 and 1972 from the ground-breaking UK folk act Pentangle. Formed in 1967 the band had an embarrassment of riches (musically speaking), […]
From the Guardian Major label’s Japanese arm to build new vinyl-pressing plant to keep up with growing demand for reissues and new releases on retro format It has been dismissed as the niche domain of […]
From NME This is the one without the sound problems Radiohead have shared footage of their Coachella set – from the second weekend without sound problems. When the band played on the first weekend of […]
Universal have scheduled for September release a super deluxe remastered 5CD/DVD box set and 6LP vinyl box set of the Verve’s ’90s classic ‘Urban Hymns’ to celebrate its 20th Anniversary. Both editions will feature unheard […]
From Rolling Stone Nielsen Music reveals streaming totals have exploded while albums sales, both physical and digital, are down Nielsen Music has revealed their mid-year report, and six months into 2015, streaming and vinyl sales […]
From the Official Chart Company “We are so excited that the exhibition is just a few short steps away from Waterloo.” Get your platform boots at the ready! A new ABBA exhibition is coming to […]
…some absolute corkers through the Eil Tower doors this week, how about one of THE top Paul McCartney rarities (or is it THE top Macca rarity?), that’s the monster rare picture disc version of the […]
From Loudwire Imagine being in the biggest band in the world and then having it all end in an instant. Add in the fact that you’ve just lost one of your closest friends and someone […]
Now there’s no excuse for missing out on that rare piece of vinyl, import, CD or item of memorabilia from whoever or whatever floats your musical boat. Here at eil.com we are sourcing new record […]
From the Independent We compiled all the best-selling albums dating back to 1956, so you can see, and hear, which album was the soundtrack to your birth year Each year, one album taps into the […]
Here at eil.com we realise not everyone’s pockets are sooo deep they can stump up the readies for that uber-collectable slab of vinyl, CD boxset, vintage memorabilia etc etc….with that in mind we’ve put together this new […]
Dick’s Picks: “If you’re looking for a littlle ’70s vintage ambient-ethno-jazz-fusion – then Jon Hassell’s ‘Earthquake Island’ is your one-stop shop”…. Jon Hassell? A highly acclaimed American trumpet player and composer who you may already be […]
Ain’t nothing but a jazz thing here at eil Towers with some top jazz rare vinyl and CDs coming through the doors over the past week, here’s a few to whet your jazz whistle, see […]
From the Independent Dave Grohl fuels rumours of an Adele appearance on new Foo Fighters album Frontman previously said that the ‘biggest popstar in the world’ makes an appearance Dave Grohl is still teasing fans about which […]
..Sony introduced the Walkman, the world’s first portable audio cassette player – in the UK it was initially called the ‘Stowaway’, elsewhere it was known variously as the ‘Soundabout’ or ‘Freestyle’, and over the next […]
From BBC Sir Paul McCartney and Sony have a reached a deal in a battle over who owns publishing rights to The Beatles’ songs, The Hollywood Reporter says. The musician had gone to a US […]
…..we’ve just bought a killer collection of rare jazz – obtained from the private collection of an ex-employee of the legendary London jazz record shop ‘Dobells’. We are currently working through the collection but eagle-eyed […]
From the Guardian A rule change in the singles charts means that Ed Sheeran will for ever have the record for the most songs in the Top 20 – so here’s a welter of chart […]
From the BBC Sony Music, one of the big three global record companies, says it will start pressing its own vinyl releases again for the first time since 1989. The firm will resume in-house domestic […]
…more monster rarities through the eil Towers doors this week include two (quite possibly) unique pieces of Smiths artwork, they are original Rough Trade era artwork boards for a Queen Is Dead Melody Maker/Flyposter and […]
From the Independent The duo who have released a self-titled LP are currently touring the US before the Fleetwood Mac global tour next year Before Christine McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac in 2014 after a 16-year hiatus, […]
Superb Rolling Stones collection just in at eil Towers, includes rare posters, hard-to-find nineties/noughties vinyl, promos, solo albums and more, here’s a short clip giving you a virtual tour, use this link to see more […]
From the Official Chart Company Ian Brown suggests the band have broken up after Glasgow gig Many Stones Roses fans are convinced the band have split up again after Ian Brown suggested their Glasgow show […]
Here at eil.com we realise not everyone’s pockets are sooo deep they can stump up the readies for that uber-collectable slab of vinyl, CD boxset, vintage memorabilia etc etc….with that in mind we’ve put together […]
Dick’s Picks: “I don’t know, you wait around for one vintage cold-wave synth classic and then…..” Paul Nova – what do we know? Hailing from the West Midlands, Paul Nova (possibly not his real name) […]
From SuperDeluxeEdition.com Mute will release Can: The Singles in June, a new collection of the German experimental rock band’s single releases Crucially, all the tracks are the actual original single versions, many of which have been unavailable […]
Ain’t nothing but a jazz thing here at eil Towers with some top jazz rare vinyl and CDs coming through the doors over the past week, here’s a few to whet your jazz whistle, see […]
From the Independent Through hazy memory, drug-fuelled recollections and names changed to protect the guilty, our anonymous veteran of the 1990s Worthy Farm campaigns reminisces over the days when you could pick up a ticket in a nearby […]
….350 million people saw The Beatles perform ‘All You Need Is Love’, live via satellite as part of the TV global link- up, ‘Our World’, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton Graham Nash, Keith Moon and Gary Leeds provided […]
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