Record Collector

Record Collector is the UK's longest-established monthly music magazine for the fans who want to dig a little deeper into the subject of rare and collectable records. Founded in 1979, Record Collector is buzzing with features about music, with artist interviews, discographies and all the inside knowledge that only this highly respected title can deliver. Filled with comprehensive and trusted reviews, in which modern gems nestle alongside classic reissues. There’s also a Diggin’ For Gold and Value Added Facts sections, which sift the musical treasures from retro rubbish, gives readers the inside scoop on what’s happening in the world of music auctions and let’s you know which vinyl sitting in your attic could mean you’re sitting on a gold mine. And, of course, there’s all the news that any discerning music fan could want delivered directly to your device with a Record Collector digital edition.

Record Collector

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For The Record

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS

If I were a Richer man • High street audio/video retailer offers new vinyl for the first time, as Steve Burniston reports

What’s Happening?!?! • Collecting’s roads less travelled

Jason Perry

NEWS

Memorabilia lane • Auction houses around the world

Pictures At An Exhibition • Artwork, photos and ephemera on public display

Altogether Now • Noteworthy guest-spots this month

Wanna spice up your wonga? • Thirty years of Spice Girls records celebrated in Mint style

The physical format resurgence continues • Sales of new vinyl albums hit $1 billion for the first time in 40-plus years

Blues brought to book (again) • The fifth edition of the massive pre-war blues and gospel recordings discography, Blues & Gospel Records, 1890-1943, is due before Christmas. Tony Burke interrogated blues expert/discographer Chris Smith about it

Live forever • Oasis official live tour photobooks are due in four editions this month

The word on Bowie, and more • More David Bowie books and exhibitions in the offing

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

IMAGE MAKERS • Photographers are integral to the design of many record sleeves. Designer Paul Bowler puts us in the picture

The Collector • This month: Johnny D

VALUE ADDED FACTS • Ian Shirley, esteemed alumnus of the Rare Record Price Guide, answers your questions

Diggin’ For GOLD • Our regular look at the more arcane comers of record collecting. Includes Label Of Love

LABEL OF LOVE • CAPITANE RECORDS

MOST Wanted • From Apples and Oranges to Pumpkins Paul Rigby serves up a fruity selection of top collectables, this month, this month Includes Whole Love Of Lots

WHOLE LOVE OF LOTS • This month’s big scorers online

Not Forgotten

david quantick likes • …to write a column for Record Collector. Yay Rock folios

TALKING HEADS • On the couch with RC’s resident shrink, Dr Tim

33⅓ minutes with… Marty Wilde

“YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT BETRAYAL” • When 28-year-old American singer-songwriter Tori Amos debuted in the UK with 1991’s Me And A Gun - an a cappella account of surviving rape - it was clear she was a brave, unflinching artist. The albums that followed explored piano balladry, harpsichord freak-outs, trip hop and electronica, yielding hits Cornflake Girl, Pretty Good Year and the surprise tech-house No 1 Professional Widow. Along the way, she redefined the piano as a rock’n’roll instrument. Rejecting the “quiet elimination” imposed on older women, on her 18th album she confronts US politics, as she tells Charles Donovan

HIDDEN KEYS • Five Tori Amos album you might have missed

BLOODY TOURISTS • They were loathed by critics yet,...