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Why Do All Pop Records Sound The Same?
This article makes for some pretty depressing reading re: the current state of pop (especially if you’re a Maroon 5 fan!)….is it true though? Sure some pop is made by committee but it does feel […]
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Super rare, near Vintage, 1989 EMI promotional only CD box set from Cross
Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know Mega rare 1989 German promotional only box set featuring a video, an exclusive 4-track promotional CD album sampler with a custom picture sleeve, a cross-shaped ‘Mad Bad’ sticker, a […]
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Sell your Vinyl Records & CDs here tomorrow, Friday 13th March
The eil.com offices are open again tomorrow to sellers of mint Vinyl Records, CDs and items of Pop ‘n Rock Memorabilia: posters, tour programmes, tickets and more! Pop along from 9:30 onwards and let our […]
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Jazz Musician Charlie Parker had an intoxicating freedom
Jazz musician Charlie Parker, one of the greatest talents in 20th-century music, died 60 years ago aged only 34. A host of young musicians have released tribute albums Jazz is full of shooting stars, great […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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More Michael Jackson: Rare Vintage Posters – promotional. concert and official collector editions
We let you know that we recently acquired an incredible, all-encompassing, Michael Jackson collection that includes rare vinyl, foreign pressings, promotional items, merchandise, memorabilia and more – in fact if it had MJ’s image/name on […]
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10 Best Synth Pop Tracks Of The 1980s
Australian 80s synth pop revivalist solo act Beat Ratio chooses his 10 favourite synth pop songs ever The 10 Best Synth Pop tracks of the 1980s, as chosen by Australian synth pop solo act Beat Ratio Melbourne-based Beat […]
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The Jam’s Strange Town/Collecting Butterflies super rare 7″ Pye Studios acetate from 1979
THE JAM Strange Town / Collecting Butterflies A reasonably difficult to find whimsy from the past here, one of the few Jam acetates to reach the outside world. Seven inches of beauty, this double sided […]
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Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week
….what have we got for you this week? How’s about a mega-rare first export release of PinkFloyd’s Saucerful Of Secrets, a minty fresh example too no less, an acetate of The Jam’s classic Strange Town/Butterfly […]
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We’re open this Friday in Kent, 13th March, to sellers of Vinyl Records, CDs & Music Memorabilia
Our warehouse in Kent is open to sellers of mint Vinyl Records, CDs, Pop & Rock Memorabilia this Friday 13th March 2015. Come along between 9:30am and 4pm and let our buyers give you a […]
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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 […]
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Crate diggers: The rarefied world of 78 rpm collectors
Only the 78 rpm record collector can rescue key moments in American music from oblivion…. In recent years, there has been a spurt of interest in vinyl records. This resurgence can be seen as a […]
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Former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, Gilby Clarke reunite onstage
Former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Gilby Clarke reunited onstage in Argentina on Saturday night (March 7). Watch footage of them performing ‘Paradise City’ below, now. Blabbermouth reports that the former bandmates […]
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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 […]
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Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready launches vinyl-only label
Mike McCready is a vinyl nerd. “I love, love, love it,” the Pearl Jam guitarist said the other night. “I just went to Sonic Boom and bought a Joey Ramone single, an MC5 .45 and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘Dicks Picks’: Rare Vinyl, CDs, Music Memorabilia, Merchandise Chosen By Our Very Own ‘Mr A’
Each week our very own ‘Mr A’ a.k..a ‘The Vinyl Overlord’ a.k.a Richard a.k.a Dick will be blogging a chosen record, piece of music memorabilia, merchandise, or indeed any other music related ephemera that takes his fancy. Whilst […]
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Vinyl Records and CDs to sell? Come to our Kent buying day next Friday, 13th March 2015
Our Kent offices are open again next Friday, the 13th March 2015, to sellers of mint condition vinyl records, CDs and items of Pop ‘n Rock Memorabilia. Pop in and let us give you a […]
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Rare Jazz Vinyl Albums and CDs in now including Zoot Sims Cookin’, Mono LP from 1962
Find the latest Jazz arrivals here at eil.com – including this super rare Cookin’ LP from Zoot Sims… love that cover! Very scarce 1962 UK 6-track mono LP on the rough textured steel blue & […]
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Jack White was mystery buyer who paid $300,000 for first Elvis recording
White’s Third Man Records is to reissue the acetate of My Happiness and That’s When Your Heartaches begin on vinyl for Record Store Day When an acetate of Elvis Presley’s first ever recording was auctioned […]
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Watch This Film Of Daphne Oram: An Unsung Electronic Music Pioneer
…..she co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, developed the ‘Oramics Drawn Sound Technique’ and was a visionary electronic music pioneer….
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David Gilmour announces first tour and album in nine years
The Pink Floyd frontman will play London in September, around the time his new album is due for release David Gilmour, the frontman of Pink Floyd, is to release his first solo album in nine […]
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Bruce Dickinson Iron Maiden Management Update
In case you were unaware Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden was recently diagnosed with cancer, we thought we’d share this update from his manager…. BRUCE UPDATE Published: Mar 05, 2015 Bruce has asked me to […]
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Is Rod Stewart the new Ozzy Osbourne?
A new fly-on-the-mansion-wall reality series looks set to make the 70-year-old rasping rocker into a TV star, says Michael Hogan As we all know, comedy is the new rock’n’roll, Thursdays are the new Fridays and […]
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Buddy Holly plane crash : officials consider reopening 1959 probe
US transportation safety board reviewing a request to reopen the inquiry into 1959 crash that killed Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly and pilot Roger Peterson In the 56 years since the day Buddy […]
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US Vinyl Factory Finds 13 Abandoned Presses……
…..to become one of the country’s biggest pressing plants! After discovering thirteen presses in a Chicago warehouse, Quality Record Pressings double their capacity to become one of America’s largest vinyl factories With vinyl sales at a […]