Big hitters through the door this week include Led Zeppelin’s first album with the all important turquoise lettering, David Bowie Red Vinyl comp (only 272 made!), Laura Marling promo bundle, Smashing Pumpkins, super rare Jackie Edwards […]
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……or does it own me? By some measures, my music collection is modest; by others, my stacks are small. To the uninitiated, though, I probably look like some kind of lunatic hoarder, my shelves packed […]
Experiential shops and mixing old and new key to success 8th April 2015: The rate of independent record shop openings is on the rise as more than 40 new shops have opened in UK […]
Killer rarities through the doors this week including Beatles BPI Award, The Doors acetate, Jack White/Third Man Record Vault goodies, Peter Gabriel, signed XTC and more….see the Top Ten here
A Top 41 run-down of sought-after picture discs, doggedly compiled and annotated by Tim Naylor The bane of audiophiles everywhere but beloved by many collectors, picture discs have been around since the 20s, utilising a […]
Like your record-shopping with a side of coffee and cake? Or ale and charcuterie? These places hear your cry. Records spinning in the background, coffee brewing, lovingly prepared snacks on offer, vinyl stacks to browse […]
Since it’s inception in 2007, Record Store Day has become a holiday of sorts among the music buying public. Not only has it caught on with vinyl enthusiasts, it’s flourished, going from the few and […]
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 […]
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 […]
……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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
……more top quality items through the doors this week, including personal Morrissey items, U2 promo suitcase, original mono Small Faces Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake, Beatles and more…see the full Top Ten here
…another superb selection of rare and collectible goodies through the doors this week including Rolling Stones, U2 promotional items, signed Pink Floyd, Johnny Griffin Blue Note jazz vinyl with Andy Warhol designed sleeve, autographed Gentle Giant […]
….and more, with prices to suit all pockets. Here’s a few to whet the appetite, full list can be seen here
……great new collection of Grateful Dead CDs through the doors this week, including lots of hard-to-find ‘Dicks Picks’ albums and the Rare Cuts & Oddities US comp…many of the releases are High Definition CDs too, meaning […]
We buy more rare records and CDs than anyone else in the world, and have done for twenty plus years, so each month, we clear some stock at great sale prices of up to 75% […]
What’s a longbox you ask? A longbox is a form of exterior paper packaging for CDs in widespread use in the 1980s and early 1990s in North America. When compact discs first began to appear in […]
We’ve had a huge collection of CD albums arrive at the eil.com offices this week and we are putting together these fabulous lots of studio albums. The perfect way to complete a collection, or introduce […]
….hot-footing it (or should that be Moonwalking?) through the doors at Eil Towers late Friday came this incredible Michael Jackson collection, here’s a few ‘nosing in the back of the van’ shots to whet your […]
UK music industry bodies criticised a bill that finally made it legal for music fans to make copies of music, including ripping their own CDs, for failing to give compensation to the owners of the […]
Thanks to the Huffington Post for this great article by Iain McNav Chairman of top UK indie Cherry Red Records. When I started Cherry Red Records back in 1978 it was the beginning of an […]
We’ve had a cracker of a shipment delivered from our man in Japan. All the usual mixture of rare vinyl LPs complete with obi-strips and lyric inserts plus a bumper haul of promotional/sample copy CD […]
Promo versions are often more collectable than the standard release Tend to feature custom printed sleeves/discs Not available to general public Produced solely to promote release In some cases may feature an exclusive track/mix not […]
Our man in Japan has been super busy as always and several boxes have just landed in our lobby. We’ve a bumper crop of sample and promotional CD albums, with obi-strips and lyric inserts – […]
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