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Vinyl Records and CDs to sell? Visit our buyers in both Kent & London during April
Our professional team of buyers have a busy April lined up! Our Kent offices are open again next Friday, the 10th April 2015 and we’ll be in Soho, Central London on Saturday the 18th April [Record […]
Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
More top notch goodies through the doors at Eil Towers this week – look out for a mega-rare copy of ex-Yes guitarist Peter Banks’s Flash LP, a Japanese only 17CD Bruce Springsteen boxset, a Bjork […]
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 […]
Top Rock Metal Vinyl LPs For £10 Or Less……
….all in stock at eil.com, for full list click here
New Exhibition: Art & Vinyl Records…..
New exhibition exploring art’s fascination with vinyl records opening next week….. The Curves Of The Needle to profile artists and musicians who’ve pushed the boundaries of vinyl. The art world can’t keep its hands off […]
Extreme Vinyl Record Collecting…..
……and you thought you liked ‘digging in the crates’….! Have a look at the incredible Voodoo Funk website which shows you the lengths some collectors will go to to source rare music… Read more on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vinyl Records & CDs to Sell? Get in touch or come along to our regular buying days
Thanks to everyone who came to our buying day last week. Our professional buyers don’t stop, and we’re still looking for mint condition vinyl records, CDs and items of Pop ‘n Rock Memorabilia. Our Kent offices […]
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 […]
Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
More goodies through the doors this week which include a collection of U2 fanclub magazines, super-rare ’60s freak-out vinyl from Pete Brown on Harvest Records, archive quality Beatles vinyl, sealed White Stripes/Third Man business and […]
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 […]
Get 15% off rare Vinyl, CDs and items of Pop’n Rock Memorabilia, for a limited time only.
Get 15% off rare Vinyl, CDs and items of Pop’n Rock Memorabilia, for a limited time only. Enter Voucher code EXX2015 at our checkout and get 15% off your basket value at eil.com No minimum spend […]
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 […]
Indie Record Stores Explain Why a Global Album Release Day Is a Bad Idea
A few weeks back, it was announced that the record industry had decided that from August, all albums around the globe will be released on Fridays. Well, some of the record industry had decided. For independent record stores […]
Top Ten Defaced Vinyl LP Sleeves…..
…..in no particular order…. Thanks to flavorwire.com
Rare & Sought After Apple Paperweight 1971
Brass Apple Paperweight – Extremely rare original UK promotional-only brass Apple paperweight – one of only 100 believed to have been made and given out as gifts to those attending the opening of Apple Studios […]
Record Store Day is thriving – but could it kill our independent shops?
What began as an event for indie labels and stores to flourish has been hijacked by major labels. Now, shops and customers suffer jacked-up prices, says Sonic Cathedral label boss, Nathaniel Cramp Last week, after […]
I would hide 4 U: what’s in Prince’s secret vault?
The stash in the basement of Paisley Park contains a legendary collection of unreleased songs – reputedly enough material for Prince to keep releasing albums long after his death We all know the Purple Rain, […]
It Was Thirty Years Ago Today: Randy Rhodes
A Tragic Accident Took The Life Of A Legendary Guitarist The 1980s did not start well for Ozzy Osbourne. After being kicked out of Black Sabbath, the Prince of Darkness holed up in an L.A. […]
Watch This: Rare Prog, Psych, Blues, Rock Vinyl LPs…….
…..just landed at eil.com, includes killer original LPs from Pete Brown & Piblokto, Blue Cheer, Hapshash & The Coloured Coat, The Byrds, Cecil McCartney, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Spooky Tooth and more, watch this clip to […]