(and why The Old Spitalfields Record Fair Is London’s Best Kept Secret…) Look, I know some people enjoy trawling around boot fairs and charity shops and spend hours wearing out shoe leather, waking up at 5am in order to be first… Read More ›
Vinyl
Buying The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and The Kinks on Vinyl
Update: I’m trying to buy the largest record collection possible with £116.99, which just happens to be the amount of hard earned cash you would have to part with were you to covet the new Oasis box set of (What’s… Read More ›
Things To Buy Instead of the £116.99 Oasis Box Set – Part 2
Over the next month, I have set myself a challenge: The new “What’s The Story” Oasis Box Set costs £116.99. I want to find out what kind of record collection that money could buy instead. You can join in too……. Read More ›
Time For Another Vinyl Challenge: The New Oasis Box Set Costs £116.99. What Could You Buy Instead?
White vinyl. Limited edition of 300 copies. Ultra-vinyl. Picture disc. All wonderful. All valuable (well, sometimes. That Bon Jovi picture disc might just be past it’s sell by date – and you’ll never shift those Gary Glitter and Rolf Harris records… Read More ›
How To Buy A Set of David Bowie’s Classic Albums on Vinyl For Less Than £100
The story so far: I have made a bet that I can buy a full set of Bowie‘s albums (in their original vinyl versions – and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World… Read More ›
The David Bowie Bet: Pin Ups, Low and…The Fonz?
The story so far: I have made a bet that I can buy a full set of Bowie‘s albums (in their original vinyl versions – and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World… Read More ›
David Bowie’s Live Albums – on Vinyl
The story so far: I have made a bet that I can buy a full set of Bowie‘s albums (in their original vinyl versions – and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World… Read More ›
How To Buy David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane on Vinyl
The Challenge: Buy a full set of Bowie‘s vinyl albums (in excellent condition with all the inserts) from “The Man Who Sold The World“ to “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)“. That’s fourteen albums in fourteen days. Total budget: £100. The… Read More ›
David Bowie’s Vinyl Albums: The Man Who Sold The World, Scary Monsters and Lodger
part 4… The Challenge: I have bet that I can buy a full set of David Bowie‘s albums (in their original vinyl and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The Man Who Sold The World to Scary Monsters (and… Read More ›
How To Buy David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust on Vinyl
How To Buy Ziggy Stardust The story so far: I have made a bet that I can buy a full set of Bowie’s albums (in their original vinyl versions – and in excellent condition with all the inserts) from The… Read More ›
How I Tried To Buy David Bowie’s Classic Albums on Vinyl For Less Than £100
Just how cheaply can you buy a full set of Bowie‘s ’70’s vinyl records? “The trouble with buying old records” said my friend Chris after several pints of Adnams, (if I can paint you a brief picture) “is that everyone… Read More ›
Richard Hawley’s Cole’s Corner: £150 on Vinyl, 99p on CD…
One of the by-products of iTunes, mp3s, downloads, streaming and so on is that the price of second hand CDs has fallen lower than the spirits of Brazilian football supporters. Music fans on a budget, or tight-wads generally, are able… Read More ›
How To Mend A Record That Skips And Jumps…With A Toothpick
It is possible to mend a scratched record – and I’ve done it! Mending a broken record is the holy grail for many record collectors. It also gives you a tremendous feeling of satisfaction when you succeed. When I say… Read More ›
Don’t Panic! The Secret To Investing On Record Store Day
Don’t Panic! Those “hot” new Record Store Day releases may not be as essential as you think…. As Record Store Day looms ominously like a looming, ominous thingy, and the first flurry of tents begin forming queues outside the nation’s… Read More ›
Bowie, Nirvana, Tame Impala, Damon Albarn: The Pick of Record Store Day 2014 Releases
So what do you make of this year’s Record Store Day List of Releases? There are already a few lists doing the rounds, and the official announcement is at 4pm today. (the official announcement will be found here at RSD… Read More ›
