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Month: May 2016

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

Monster Rare Jethro Tull Vinyl Collection Just In……imports, rare vinyl, promos, memorabilia & more…

May 31, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

…..we recently bought a Jethro Tull vinyl collection that was jaw-dropping in its scope to say the least, encompassing foreign pressed rarities from all over the world, unique picture sleeves, promotional items, uncut picture discs, 1st presses and more! Here’s our Top 5 rarities currently in stock and to see […read more…]

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Look At Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’ Vinyl Packaging That Never Happened

May 31, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Label LuckyMe reveal that they “were asked to look into a vinyl spec for Yeezus” U.K.-based LuckyMe Records shared what would have been the vinyl packaging for Kanye West’s Yeezusrecord (via Pitchfork). Only released as a CD, the original album art for Yeezus was of a clear CD case that had […read more…]

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The British pop talent crash: where have all the new acts gone?

May 31, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

With the charts dominated by North American titans such as Beyoncé and Drake, it is getting harder and harder for the UK’s rising stars to break in. Will we ever see another Adele? Imagine a UK music chart with almost no UK acts in it. A Top 40 comprising North […read more…]

Music News

Royal Mail To Issue Limited Edition Pink Floyd Stamps

May 30, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Pink Floyd Special Stamps Limited edition souvenirs and gifts We’re celebrating Pink Floyd, one of the most influential and successful British bands of all time, with a superb range of stamps, limited edition souvenirs and gifts. Renowned for creating some of rock music’s most acclaimed albums and iconic imagery, Pink […read more…]

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia added this week

May 29, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

…big hitters at 991.com, include some top Brit prog rarities in the shape of ‘Orgasm’ by Head Machine, a highly sought after 1970 Brit-prog LP, a rare 1st issue Black Sabbath ‘Sabotage’, a highly coveted Vertigo Swirl LP from Freedom entitled ‘Through The Years’, a rather tasty Damon Albarn/Gorillaz promo pack, an Australian […read more…]

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

A Bumper Shipment from Japan: Rare Vinyl LPs and CDs inc SHM-CDs

May 28, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

The cream of the crop arrives from Japan about a bumper buying tour by our resident-in-Japan Buyer and our head UK Buyer. We’ve only just opened the boxes but there’s some top rarities on both Vinyl and CD and SHM-CDs waiting to be discovered and we’ll be adding these to […read more…]

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Glastonbury 1971: when the stars aligned for David Bowie and Michael Eavis

May 26, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

In June 1971, Andrew Kerr was thirty-eight. Well born and privately educated, Kerr had spent ten years working with Randolph Churchill, spendthrift eldest son of the wartime Prime Minister, as he penned his father’s official biography. Kerr was far from the standard clubman. Coming from farming stock himself, he was […read more…]

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John Lydon slams son of Sex Pistols manager for burning £5million of punk memorabilia

May 26, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Joe Corré – son of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood – will burn punk memorabilia on 40th anniversary of ‘Anarchy in the UK’ John Lydon has criticised Joe Corré – the son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and designer Vivienne Westwood – who is to hold a ceremonial burning […read more…]

Collectables

Dick’s Picks: Rare Blues 10″ Vinyl From Big Bill Broonzy

May 25, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Dick’s Picks: Not some super obscure artist this week but a weird release that’s for sure! A 10″ vinyl white label with hand-written labels from blues legend Big Bill Broonzy….. Big Bill Who? Lee Conley Bradley a.k.a Big Bill Broonzy (1983-1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. Over […read more…]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea says today’s rock music is dead

May 24, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

“I look at rock music as kind of a dead form in a lot of ways” Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has bemoaned the state of rock music today, after being interviewed by Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready on SiriusXM’s Pearl Jam Radio. During the interview, Flea talks about […read more…]

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Noel Gallagher ‘would play one more Oasis gig for £20 million’

May 22, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Former Oasis member also explains why a reunion is further away than ever Noel Gallagher has again ruled out an Oasis reunion, insisting he would only reform the band for £20 million for one gig. Gallagher’s latest quotes come after details of the Oasis documentary ‘Supersonic’ were confirmed this week. […read more…]

Music News

EMI: The Inside Story – One To Watch

May 20, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

One record company has been a constant presence in popular music throughout our lives. EMI brought the Beatles to the world and in every decade since has been instrumental in producing some of Britain’s most celebrated and enduring music. But behind the success lay a very British institution often at […read more…]

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Sniffin’ Glue: A fanzine that epitomized punk

May 20, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

It’s UK punk’s 40th anniversary year – sort of – and among the work being celebrated is ‘Sniffin’ Glue’, the photocopied publication that embodied the movement’s high, heroic era. Founder and editor Mark Perry shares his memories Dateline: sometime in London 1977, in a basement club on a corner site at […read more…]

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Vinyl sales bigger than YouTube for British artists

May 20, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Sales of vinyl records grow for eighth year in row, but labels attack ‘meagre’ payouts from advert-funded streaming websites Resurgent sales of music on vinyl generated more income for UK artists than YouTube last year, with British acts including Adele and Ed Sheeran accounting for a record one in six […read more…]

Record Collecting News

Yearning to go back to the vinyl days? Here are the six rules of record collecting

May 19, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

So you want to get into records but you don’t know where to start. And your motives are pure, not merely a nostalgic pining for a weathered copy of “Mothership Connection” or that Linda Ronstadt record with her on the beach at twilight. Well, it is about that – and […read more…]

Music News

How we made Manic Street Preachers’ Everything Must Go

May 19, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

James Dean Bradfield: ‘One minute we were backstage with Arthur Scargill. The next we were on stage with Kylie’ James Dean Bradfield, singer-guitarist In early 1995, we went to a place called House in the Woods to record demos. Richey [Edwards], our lyricist and guitarist, wanted to continue with the […read more…]

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

808 State: 808:90 And Ex:El Double Vinyl LP Reissue

May 18, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

808 State reissue 808:90 (or simply Ninety), with bonus tracks, and Ex:El on Vinyl. 808 State started out as a hip-hop trio called Hit Squad Manchester, featuring Martin Price, Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson who all met at Price’s record store. They soon changed direction into house/techno, morphed into 808 State […read more…]

Music News

Classic Rick Wakeman – CD Reissues & Original Vinyl Records

May 17, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

There’s a new reissue of five classic Rick Wakeman studio albums out now, and on the back of the recently super deluxe box of the iconic and must have Journey To The Centre of the Earth 4 x CD set If you collect rare, original and back catalogue vinyl from Rick Wakeman and […read more…]

Music News

The British Library’s punk exhibition celebrates punk’s 40th anniversary

May 16, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Starting with the impact of the Sex Pistols in 1976, the exhibition explores punk’s early days in the capital and reveals how its remarkable influence spread across music, fashion, print and graphic styles nationwide. Showcasing a range of fanzines, flyers, recordings and record sleeves from the British Library’s collections alongside rare material […read more…]

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

Top 10 Collectible Vinyl, CDs, Merchandise and Music Memorabilia

May 16, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

…big hitters at 991.com this week, include a 1988 Beatles CD Singles boxset, more Abba than you can shake a stick at with a 2014 limited edition Abba boxset featuring no less than 40 x 7″ vinyl singles, a rare 1979 Cure promo 12″, a top UK collectable in the shape of an […read more…]

Music News

Re Selling Vinyl Records & CDs In Kent – Thanks To All Visitors!

May 16, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Thanks to everyone who came to our buying day on Friday. We’ll be open again next month, 10th June 2016, and again every second Friday in every month. ***** We welcome sellers of rare, used & collectable records, compact discs and music memorabilia from the 1950’s to the current date. […read more…]

Music News

Other Music’s closure after two decades is a tragedy for New York’s crate-diggers

May 16, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

It’s no surprise to see another small business fall prey to gentrification, but the loss of this record store and its knowledegable staff is a particularly bitter blow “When Other Music closes, I’m going to move to LA.” That’s the refrain my friends would hear me say from time to […read more…]

New Releases

Jean-Michel Jarre collaborates with Pet Shop Boys and Primal Scream – Out Now

May 15, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

OUT NOW French music legend Jean Michel Jarre’s follow up to last year’s Electronica album is Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise, out in May, and it sees him collaborating with some high profile artists, including the Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan and Primal Scream. The Pet Shop Boys track is called […read more…]

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

Dick’s Pick: ‘Space’ Rare KLF Ambient Vinyl LP

May 14, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Dick’s Picks: Take a trip with Dick (in his Gemini spaceship) with this little-known 1990 KLF offshoot ambient LP ‘Space’…… Space / Space LP – What Is It? Released in July 1990, just four months after the seminal ‘Chill Out’ album credited to the KLF, the eponymously titled ‘Space’ was […read more…]

Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs

Roy Harper: New Collection Just In, Rare Vinyl, Memorabilia & More

May 13, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Roy Harper is something of an English music enigma, sure he could pick a mean guitar like his early ‘60s British folk contemporaries Bert Jansch, Davey Graham and Anne Briggs. However, a love of jazz, the beat poets, modern classical and earthy US blues and folk would always set him […read more…]

Music News

Bobby Gillespie: ‘The days of somebody culturally important hitting the mainstream are gone’

May 12, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

The Primal Scream frontman also said Rihanna is the pop star that defines this generation Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie has said he thinks the “days of somebody as culturally important as Bob Dylan hitting the mainstream are gone”. Speaking to The Beat in a new interview, the frontman discussed which […read more…]

Record Collecting News

Vinyl Culture: Photographer meets the people who collect, sell and love vinyl records

May 12, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

The joy of purchasing a record with a beautifully designed sleeve. The care and attention placed on removing said record from its protective case. The satisfaction of placing a needle on a record and hearing that first crackling sound. These were all the wonderful things about vinyl that we experienced […read more…]

Collectables

Super New Rarities On CD & Vinyl From The Pet Shop Boys – In Now

May 12, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

We’ve picked up a handful of new and future rarities from The Pet Shop Boys. Get ’em whilst they’re hot… Twenty Something – 2016 UK promotional-only 1-track CD-R featuring the Radio Edit version, taken from their thirteenth studio album, Super. Housed inside a clear plastic sleeve with picture inlay X2007CD1-P4 […read more…]

Record Collecting News

Most Expensive Items Sold In Discogs Marketplace For March 2016: David Bowie

May 11, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

Ladies and gentlemen, the terribly glorious (gloriously terrible?) reign of Chung King Can Suck It is over. We have a new heavyweight Discogs marketplace champion. Before we get ahead of ourselves, though, it’s important to take a moment to remember that Discogs isn’t just a place where high-priced records are sold. […read more…]

Music News

These Stone Roses Fans Reckon A New Single Is Coming Out This Week

May 11, 2016 Cathryn Draper 0

A series of billboards featuring The Stone Roses’ iconic lemon logo have today appeared around Manchester, fuelling speculation that an announcement of some kind is now imminent. The last time a similar thing happened, in November 2015, the band announced a surprise series of homecoming gigs to take place this […read more…]

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