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Phil Collins ‘No Jacket Required’ and ‘Testify’ Deluxe Editions Out April
Phil Collins ‘Take A Look At Me Now’ retrospective campaign is now set to reissue deluxe editions of 1985’s No Jacket Required and 2002’s Testify coming in April, including bags of bonus content, vinyl editions and revamped artwork […]
Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
….some major finds through the doors at eil towers this week, with a very rarely seen set of 53 Russian Queen Flexi-discs, a 1st press of Yes’s 1971 Fragile LP, not one, but two 1978 Doors acetates, the first 21 […]
How Phil Lynott became rock’s most notorious hellraiser
Rock star Phil Lynott was recording his second solo album in a studio in Soho and, as usual, the control room was overflowing with hangers-on. Lynott made a show of conducting a headcount – 12 people. Gazing […]
Dick’s Picks: ‘Odyssey’ Rare Soul Funk Nugget On Short-Lived Motown Offshoot Mo-West
Dick’s Picks: This week’s pick from our man Dick is this seldom-seen slice of soul/funk with a dash of Californian sunshine-pop-sike from the short-lived Odyssey….. MoWest At the dawn of the ‘70s Motown was flushed with […]
Rough Trade 40th Anniversary Journal Launch
The legendary UK shop/indie label are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, look out for a special event on March 8th at the Rough Trade East shop hosted by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore…..see below for […]
Adele tickets selling for upwards of £24,000 on resale websites! Would you buy from a tout?
The 25 singer had attempted to stop touts buying tickets If you were one of the few who managed to get a ticket to Adele’s upcoming tour, count yourself lucky as millions of fans were left […]
Out Now: Morrissey ‘Bona Drag’ Deluxe Vinyl Reissue
Morrissey’s classic 1990 compilation album Bona Drag has just been reissued as a deluxe double vinyl edition, featuring the revised tracklisting and cover art from the much improved 2010 reissue (are you keeping up at the […]
Out This Week: Michael Jackson ‘Off The Wall’ Reissued With Spike Lee Documentary Film
Michael Jackson’s classic 1979 album Off The Wall has just been reissued as a CD+Blu-ray (or CD+DVD) edition, featuring the album in its original form with Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, a new documentary directed […]
Our New eil.com Buying Office Is Open For Business in Devon
Our new West Country Buying Office, based in Devon, is open for business! Ever been told that it’s ‘too far to travel’? Want to sell your record collection but told you’ll have to wait until […]
‘Holy Grail’ Beatles record to be auctioned
An extremely rare and valuable Beatles record that was found languishing in a loft is to be auctioned next month. Described as “a Holy Grail item”, the 10-inch pressing of Till There Was You and […]
10 things we learned from the 2016 Brit awards
The music industry’s annual celebration of itself took place in London last night – but what were the talking points? 1. Adele is impregnable Best British solo artist, British single, Mastercard British album of the […]
Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
….it’s all going a bit Beatles crazy at eil towers this week, with some very rarely seen items of Beatles ’60s memorabilia, plus a SEALED (!) 1964 US copy of Meet The Beatles, a mega-rare withdrawn Japanese […]
Out This Week: David Bowie ‘Bowie at the Beeb’ 4LP Vinyl Box Set
Bowie’s classic BBC Radio Sessions 68-72 released 15 years ago is now being reissued as a 4LP 180g set If you want to fill in the gaps in your David Bowie collection on vinyl or […]
Did you know that on the 22nd Feb 1970 David Bowie…..
…..played his first gig under the short-lived name ‘The Hype’ at the Roundhouse Spring Festival? The line-up also featured Mick Ronson (playing his first ever gig with Bowie no less) and Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey (who […]
Tell Us About Your Record Collection & Win £50 Store Credit At eil.com!!!
Okay, here’s the deal – if you’re a dedicated music hound, we’d love to know about your record collection, we don’t care whether your preferred format is vinyl, CD, or perhaps 8-track cassette is […]
Top 10 US/Canadian Rare Promo 12″ Vinyl In Stock at eil.com
…..here at eil towers we have a huge range of rare and hard-to-find US/Canadian promo 12″ vinyl in stock, here’s our current Top 10 – to see more click here
Duran Duran Reissue Diamonds In The Mind DVD
If you passed on this the first time, Duran Duran‘s 2012 DVD of their concert in Manchester in late 2011 on the All You Need Is Now tour is being reissued as a budget release. If you’re still […]
Seven Cunning Ikea Hacks For Vinyl Lovers
Say hej to IKEA Hackers – the mavericks that modify and repurpose IKEA products in the name of personality. Some of their cunning ‘hacks’ can be rolled out like Swedish meatballs whilst others require power […]
From Kanye West to The 1975, the dos and don’ts of naming your album
Albums like Kanye’s The Life Of Pablo and The 1975’s I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It suggest our stars need some direction with the names […]
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s The Revenant Soundtrack Out This Week On Vinyl
After the enormous success at the BAFTAs, the double LP vinyl soundtrack to Aejandro G Inarritu’s The Revenant is issued on Friday. The score — which was mostly written and performed by Sakamoto, with additional […]
Record Store Day 2016 Exclusives Leak; RSD Issues Statement
A list purporting to detail this year’s Record Store Day special releases appeared yesterday on record collector forum Vinyl Collective. Reported by Modern Vinyl who were hesitant to put their full weight behind the claim, […]
Out This Week: 5 Classic Albums By Dusty Springfield
5 classic ’60s album by Dusty Springfield reissued this week (A Girl Called Dusty, Ev’rything’s Coming Up Dusty, Dusty… Definitely, Dusty in Memphis and A Brand New Me) . If you want to fill in […]
Dick’s Picks: Eugene McDaniels ‘Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse’ Rare ’70s Agit-Pop Soul Funk LP
Dick’s Picks: Superb slice of political soul/funk from Eugene McDaniels originally released in 1971 ‘Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse’ Whoah…..’Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse’ what’s that all about? Released in 1971 this little known political soul/funk […]
Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
….big hitters through the doors this week at eil towers , include a top Brit jazz rarity in the shape of Ian Carr’s and Don Rendell’s 1966 ‘Dusk Fire’ LP, monster rare Peter Gabriel 44CD (yes 44CD) live […]
Fun Lovin’ Criminals Come Find Yourself Deluxe Edition Out This Week
Originally released in 1996 and spending over 100 weeks in the UK album charts, Come Find Yourself is now reissued this week as a 3-CD set expanded edition and a Collectors Deluxe Edition box set. […]
Classic albums given new life at Abbey Road Studios with ‘half-speed’ vinyl treatment
The Rolling Stones and Cream records among six being given half-speed mastering to reveal a new depth to the recordings From 78s to CDs and the MP3, popular music has enjoyed countless revolutions. Now acoustic experts claim the […]
New Arrivals Of Vinyl LPs, CDs, Promo 12″s and 7″s From Our Man In Japan
This months delivery from our man in Japan includes a huge array of original promotional and sample CD albums, with obi strips as usual. Rare promotional only 12″s from Kim Wilde, Atomic Kitten, Sheena Easton […]
Future Collectables: David Bowie Blackstar Second Issue Vinyl LP in stock now
David Bowie – Blackstar 2016 UK second issue 7-track LP pressed on 180 gram vinyl, including the 9:59 title track and Lazarus. Housed in a die-cut ‘star’ gatefold picture sleeve with booklet and digital download […]
Reggae, riots and record shops – a brief history of Bristol’s music scene
As the BBC 6 Music festival begins, broadcaster and DJ Gilles Peterson looks at why Bristol has produced such a wealth of underground sounds BBC Radio 6 Music decamps to Bristol this weekend for its […]