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Thursday's Top Three! Including A Pet Shop Boys Radio Show, A Classic Collectable For Mr Dylan And Pete Townshend In Glorious SHM Format!

PET SHOP BOYS Hot Rocks - The Story Of The Pet Shop Boys

Rare US United Stations Programming Network 3-sided double LP radio show, featuring an exclusive interview with Neil & Chris with 14 songs including West End Girls, Two Divided By Zero, Opportunities, It's A Sin, Heart and more. First broadcast on the weekend of 10th December 1988, comes in a custom pasted sleeve complete with 3-page cue sheet. The sleeve has some minor storage wear with a split on the bottom seam otherwise superb, the vinyl is flawless.

 

BOB DYLAN Bringing It All Back Home

Late 60s US third label variant 11-track stereo vinyl LP with white text '360 Sound' labels but without 'Nonbreakable' text, second variant pasted picture sleeve with '<--STEREO-->' logos front & back. The sleeve shows barely any shelfwear, as it remains in the original [opened] shrinkwrap. The vinyl also remains in excellent condition with just a few light paper scuffs to show for nearly fifty years.

 

PETE TOWNSHEND Another Scoop

2010 Japanese exclusive limited edition 27-track digitally remastered 2-disc SHM-CD [Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players] album set, originally released in 1987, presented in a gatefold mini LP-style card picture sleeve with replica mini-inner sleeves, Japanese sleevenotes insert and obi-strip.

 

 

This weeks top selections from our Pet Shop Boys mega collection!

PET SHOP BOYS/ATOMIZER Hooked On Radiation

Rare original 2003 UK limited edition Spagetti Records/Olde English Vinyl 4-track remix 12", released exclusively through the fan club. Features mixes unavailable on any commercial release. Die-cut cardsleeve. Limited pressing of only 500 copies, all of which sold out within days of being pressed!

 

PET SHOP BOYS/KIKI KOKOVA Love To Love You, Baby

Very Rare 2003 UK 2-mix promotional-only Fan Club 12" pressed on heavyweight audiophile vinyl & limited to just 500 copies, featuring 2 exclusive mixes with Sam Taylor-Wood on vocalswho perfomed at the Disco 3 album launch party. Released on Lucky Kunst Records and housed in a unique and superb custom picture sleeve, the vinyl is mint and unplayed.

 

PET SHOP BOYS One More Chance

 Rare 1984 Benelux limited edition ARS Records 2-track 12" single, featuring the Remix 6:18s, alongside the markedly shorted 3:57s Version, rare picture sleeve.
The sleeve on this copy has a few signs of age anda very light sticker mark on the front but otherwise superb, the vinyl is excellent with only a couple of light surface marks. A very respectable copy.

Our Head Buyer Has Just Returned From Another Successful Buying Trip To The USA, Come Take A Look At This Incredible Haul Of Collectables!

After a whistle stop tour, hunting high and low, our head buyer Julian has returned to the office with arm fulls of fantastic rarities and collectables. With barely time to sit and slurp a good old Blighty brew, we are proud to present our latest haul:

You can browse what's come in from these links (or find it in your favourite artists catalogue) :-

• USA Vinyl LPs – Including A withdrawn white vinyl rarity For Led Zeppelin, A 3rd State Beatles’ ‘Butcher’ sleeve, a stunning Bob Dylan ‘65 First Pressing, Kate Bush’s A Kick Inside and Cat Stevens’ Harold And Maude picture disc.
http://991.com/Buy/PresetList.aspx?pageID=10230

• USA 7" singles – A veritable feast, including; a Monster Elvis Presley Sun Records Original, The Beatles’ Fan Club Christmas EP, A Blue Vinyl Fan Club-Only Pressing for REM and a fine selection of Hardcore/Alternative Acts such as Black Flag And Big Chief.
http://991.com/Buy/PresetList.aspx?pageID=10228

• USA Books, Programmes, Passes & Paper Goods such as a Tour Itineraries for Def Leppard, Roger Waters and The Cure as well as a whole host of tour programmes for Queen, Stevie Nicks, The Rolling Stones and beyond!
http://991.com/Buy/PresetList.aspx?pageID=10233

• USA Promos - Radio Station, DJ, Industry Publishing Only - including Alice Cooper’s Killer, Frank Zappa’s Grand Wazoo, Madonna’s Erotica and a cracking selection for Queen.
http://991.com/Buy/PresetList.aspx?pageID=10234

• USA Maxi CDs & CD Singles - Physical Format Promos and regular CDs including a festive promotional treat from Paul McCartney and a fantastic array of collectables for the Pet Shop Boys.
http://991.com/Buy/PresetList.aspx?pageID=10231

And to clear some space on our shelves, we are offering 20%-75% off many of our existing USA imports, rare USA vinyl records, USA CDs & USA memorabilia for a VERY limited time only. Browse our stock at http://991.com

Plus you can now save up to 75% in our May sale - search here: http://991.com/Offer/Offer.aspx


 

Wednesday's Top Three! Including A Queen Test Pressing, A U2 Lemon Promo And A Sublime Charles Mingus Live Set!

QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS The Cosmos Rocks

2008 US white title label test pressing for the 14-track double LP, written, performed & co-produced by Brian May, Roger Taylor & Paul Rodgers, dedicated to Freddie Mercury. The album was recorded & mixed atTaylor's 'The Priory' studio between November 2007 & August 2008 and marks the first Queen studio album since 1995, including the single 'C-lebrity'. Hand annotated label and die-cut card sleeve.

 

U2 Lemon Remixes

Rare 1993 UK Island 8-track promotional-only vinyl 12" double pack which includes Perfecto Mix, Bad Yard Club Mix, Momo Beats, Serious Def Dub, Version Dub & Trance Mix - limited edition of 1000 copies only! Custom picture sleeve + numbered press release sheet.

 

CHARLES MINGUS Mingus At Monterey

1968 US issue of the 1966 6-track double LP, pressed on heavyweight vinyl & recorded live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival, gatefold picture sleeve with contemporary news reports printed inside and Mingus' ownnotes on the reverse. This copy also includes a one page reproduction 'open letter' insert from Charles Mingus. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with some creasing to the corners & the vinyl is flawless - Seldom found complete with the 'letter' insert!

T'is Time To Roll Your Sleeves Up And Prepare Yourself For Another Musical Gem In DICK's PICKS!

ELVIS PRESLEY Baby Let's Play House

Extremely rare 1955 US wide centred 7" vinyl single, also including I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone [although the label appears to state I'mLeft, You'reRight, She'sGone]. Elvis' Sun singles have reached legendary status and they are seldom found in as sweet condition as this one.

The rarity & legendary collectability of the early Elvis Sun singles is well known and needs no further explanation here.
What you really need to know is how you can be sure it's for real & what sort of condition it is in.

Let's start with the identifying marks:

This 7" was pressed in Memphis by Plastic Products as part of a batch run of probably as little as five hundred. The way to tell this is by evidence of three locating circular pressing lugs that can be seen and felt under the label. All Elvis Sun singles that were pressed in Memphis have these marks, which were impressions from the master stamper alignment lugs.
If a single needed to be pressed in greater quantities when it became a local or national hit, then the pressings were sent away to other plants, normally the big ones in Los Angeles. These copies do not have the three impressions under the label but are still original Sun issues.
So, without the impressions under the label, it might be an original. With the impressions under the label, it IS an original.

The labels themselves remain in lovely condition, even though they were not the best printed labels in the world. All the text is still clear & sharp with very little wear evident. There is no writing or any evidence of historical sticker marks to be seen. The matrices are hand scratched into the run off area.

The vinyl remains in astonishing condition, free from any but the lightest paper scuff and completely free of any scratches.
The final clincher to the certainty of this being an original Sun single and not a counterfeit or seventies re-issue is the presence of the famous 'Sun Hiss' when listening.

How much better can it get ?

Tuesday's Top Three! Including A Cool Elvis '57 Pressing, A First Press For Led Zeppelin And A U2 Picture Disc Set!

ELVIS PRESLEY All Shook Up

Very rare 1957 UK second issue 7" vinyl single, with intact four prong push-out centre & silver label lettering, also featuring That's When Your Heartaches Begin, His Master's Voice company die cut paper sleeve. The vinyl on this copy remains in a wonderful EX/-EX condition with only minor surface paper scuffs to show for its fifty five years - A great copy of this rare Elvis original UK single!

 

LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin III

Rare 1970 UK first press 10-track stereo LP on the plum & red Atlantic label with 'Peter Grant' label credit below the album title, 'Do What Thou Wilt' / 'So Mote It Be' hand-scratched into the run-outs, plus die-cut laminated gatefold sleeve with the unusual front panel top & bottom opening [later issues discarded this]. The Peter Grant credit [the band's executive producer] is a very tough pressing to find, this text was absent from all later issues. The sleeve is strictly graded VG/VG+, with some minor shelfwear, the rotating picture wheel is in full working order. The previous owner has also written their initials on the back. The vinyl is also VG/VG+ with just a few surface marks which do not affect play, we have professionally cleaned & play tested the whole album and it still sounds stunning with only the odd pop/click. A respectable copy of this 40 year old pressing at an advantageous price.

 

U2 Zoo Station

Rare 1992 US promotional 3-track 12" PICTURE DISC, issued to promote the North American Tour in Spring '92, listing all US tour dates on the reverse side with the tracklisting on Side 1, also including Lady With The Spinning Head - 3:54 Version and 6:06 Extended Dance Mix.

 

Monday's Top Three! Including A Japanese Pressing For The Velvet Underground, A Rare First For Magna Carta And A Cool Led Zeppelin Programme!

VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground & Nico

Rare 1973 Japanese 11-track stereo LP issue of the astonishing 1967 debut, vastly influential and justifiably legendary, housed in the classic Andy Warhol designed pasted sleeve with glossy finish, unpeeled banana, Japanese/lyric insert and obi-strip. There are a couple of small hairline splits in the obi but otherwise the condition is excellent and the vinyl looks barely played.

 

MAGNA CARTA Seasons

Rare 1970 UK very first issue 15-track vinyl LP on the large Vertigo 'swirl' label, produced by Gus Dudgeon & featuring an all-star supporting cast of musicians including Rick Wakeman, Tim Renwick, Davy Johnstone & Tony Visconti, gatefold matt picture sleeve with die-cut 'swirl' inner. The sleeve shows just a few light storage marks but is otherwise in excellent condition with all print perfectly legible & no creasing. What's spectacular about this exampleis the vinyl retains its original sheen, & may have only been played once or twice in its life, in other words near mint! A stunning archive copy.

 

LED ZEPPELIN At Knebworth 1979

Original 1979 official UK 28-page programme for the concerts held at Knebworth House on the 4th and 11th of August 1979, with photographs and biographies of all the artists featured on the bill including Fairport Convention, Todd Rundgren And Utopia, Southside Johnny and Chas And Dave. The front cover shows few signs of age with only minimal wear & is free from rips or tears - a superb copy!

Saturday's Top Three! Including A Rare US Promo For Iron Maiden, A Hype Stickered RARE Bob Dylan And A Macca Festive Treat!

IRON MAIDEN The Final Frontier

Super rare 2010 US UMe promotional-only 2-track enhanced picture CD-R featuring The Video Director's Cut and The Soundtrack audio. Complete with comic-book style Sci-Fi artwork picture insert by Melvyn Grant. Inside the cover can be personalised to each recipient and this one remains undedicated and unused.

 

BOB DYLAN Bringing It All Back Home

Incredibly rare 1965 US first pressing 11-track STEREO vinyl LP on the red Columbia '<-- 360 Sound -->' 'nonbreakable' label with text in black - very few stereo copies were manufactured and issued withthis label as most pressings were mono. The pasted picture sleeve remains in superb condition in the original shrink with Subterranean Homesick Blues 'song hype' sticker. The vinyl is immaculate and has obviously been cared for very carefullyover the past near on fifty years. A staggering copy that you would be extremely unlikely to better, however many years you search.

 

PAUL MCCARTNEY The Christmas Song

Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire] (2012 US 1-track promotional only CD, featuring the great song recorded exclusively for the 'Holidays Rule' festive compilation album, custom printed disc with matching back insert.

Friday's Top Three! Including An Autographed Offering From Bruce Dickinson, A '67 Gem From The 'Floyd And Hendrix's Smash Hits!

BRUCE DICKINSON Signed Torpedo Tube Plaque

Ok the story goes.... Bruce made a surprise visit to the nuclear submarine HMS Victorious [stationed at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh in Scotland] by way of a special invitation from the vessel'sCaptain, Bruce a self-confessed fan of submarines, spent three days [27th-30th January 2012] experiencing first-hand what it was like to live and work on board. Whilst touring the vessel he signed autographs for the crew, one of the itemswas this unusual and unique piece. A plaque taken from torpedo tube number 6, Bruce has signed the back with the message 'Farewell cruel world' & 'Armageddin it.' plus dated '27-30 2012' all in black marker pen. This sure is a one-of-a-kind item, one not to missed and sure to be a highlight and talking point in any collection.

 

THE PINK FLOYD Arnold Layne

It's 1967, you're walking down Carnaby Street in your blue velvet trousers & you hear a strange song about somebody stealing washing echoing out of the nearest boutique. Upon investigation you discover the debut 7" ofa new band called 'The Pink Floyd' with Candy And A Current Bun on the b-side, tucked nicely into a die cut die-cut Columbia paper sleeve. This copy looks lovely with just a few light surface scuffs to prevent a mint grading. 'I'll never findone like this again', you think, so you buy it - I would too.

 

 

JIMI HENDRIX Smash Hits

1968 UK 12-track stereo LP, featuring the classic tracks Purple Haze, Fire, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary & more, front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve has creasing to the laminate yet the print on the back is still off-white & the spine perfectly legible. The previous owner has also stamped their name on the back. The vinyl reveals just a couple of light surface scuffs but these are not deep enough to affect play, otherwise an excellent copy!

Thursday's Top Three! Including A Rare Bealtes Pressing On RED Vinyl, A Beautiful Japanese Issue For Hendrix And A Humdinger Of A Spainish Promo For The Mighty Iron Maiden!

THE BEATLES Abbey Road

Very rare original 1969 Japanese first issue 16-track LP pressed on Red 'Everclean' vinyl, picture sleeve which has a tracklisting order error with 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' swapped with 'Something'; complete with black inner sleeve, lyric insert and the rare 'medallion' obi-strip. The sleeve has some light wear to the edges, the labels have a small amount of foxing and the vinyl has just a couple of light inaudible surface scuffs which has no effect on play. A superb, complete and rare edition of this great album.

 

JIMI HENDRIX Hey Joe

Rare original 1968 Japanese Polydor label 2-track 7" vinyl single manufactured by Nippon Grammophon, also including Stone Free, comes in a unique flipback picture sleeve with Japanese text biography and lyrics printed on the reverse. The sleeve has only a few light signs of shelfwear with light creases, a little foxing and general light signs of age, however this does not detract from the striking cover design & there are no splits with secure flipbacks. The vinyl is in superb condition retaining a beautiful shine nearly 40 years on - a great copy of this hard to find issue at an advantageous price!

 

IRON MAIDEN Corre A Las Colinas

Rare 1982 Spanish issue promotional wide centred 7" for 'Run To The Hills', also includes Eclipse Total 'Total Eclipse'. The labels are clearly printed with 'promoción' promo text, comes in a superb Spanish & English titled textured picture sleeve with a promo stamp on theback. The sleeve on this copy has only a few light signs of storage wear on the edges & corners which you would normaly expect to see but has no tears. The vinyl is in a remarkable 'near as new' outstanding condition. A stunning copy of thishighly collectable single, the first copy we have ever seen.

This week selection from our Pet Shop Boys mega collection!

PET SHOP BOYS Before

Rare 1996 UK promotional only extra large sized grey cotton, round neck, short sleeved T-shirt featuring a picture of a human males manhood printed in black on the front and 'Pet Shop Boys Before' black text on the back. This is in an unworn condition showing hardly any signs of age or wear

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PET SHOP BOYS Pop Art

2003 UK promotional-only round-neck short-sleeved white cotton T-shirt, featuring ironed-on 'PopArt' transfer logo across the chest & small black 'Pet Shop Boys' logo just below the neck on the back. This is in an unworn condition showing hardly any signs of age or wear.

 

 

 

PET SHOP BOYS Discography

1991 UK Screen Stars official fan-club only extra large sized white cotton, round neck, short sleeved T-shirt, featuring the black & white 'Chris & Neil' album artwork style image on the front, discreet blue and white artist/titleboxed logo on the back, just below the neck. This is in an unworn condition showing hardly any signs of age or wear.

 

Sinatra - The Reprise Years

Ring-A-Ding Ding!

1961 UK 12-track mono LP on the green & yellow tri-segmented Reprise label with Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwearand the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a few light surface scuffs to show for its fifty years

Come Swing With Me!

1961 UK 12-track stereo vinyl LP on the Capitol 'rainbow rim' label, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. This is a superb near mint archive copy!SW1594

I Remember Tommy...

1961 UK 12-track mono LP on the green & yellow tri-segmented Reprise label with Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment, housed in a die-cut silk laminated gatefold sleeve with integral booklet. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely touched R1003

Sinatra & Strings

1962 UK 10-track stereo LP on the green & yellow tri-segmented Reprise label that has Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment. Both the front laminated flipback sleeve and vinyl are faultless R9-1004

Sinatra & Swingin' Brass

1962 UK 12-track mono vinyl LP on the tri-segmented Reprise label with Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little shelfwear & thevinyl remains in excellent condition with just a few light surface scuffs to show for its fifty years R-1005

Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain

1962 UK 10-track mono LP on the green & blue tri-segmented Reprise label with Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. Both the sleeve and vinyl are in superb near 'as new' condition with few signs of being fifty years old R1006

Sinatra-Basie

1963 UK 10-track mono LP on the yellow & green tri-segmented Reprise label with Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little laminate creasing & mild shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with just a few light surface scuffs to show for its fifty years R1008

The Concert Sinatra

1963 UK 8-track mono LP on the green & yellow tri-segmented Reprise label that has Frank's 'serious' head in the other segment, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. This is an amazing archive copy, bought from new and stored in pristine condition ever since! R1009

Wednesday's Top Three! Including A Superb Box Set For The Beatles, A French-Only Set For Oasis And A Japanese Elvis 7"!

THE BEATLES The Beatles Forever

Rare 1973 Japanese-only limited edition vinyl 4-LP box set, containing The Beatles 1962-1966 & The Beatles 1967-1970 double LPs, each complete with their own inner sleeves, 14-page lyric booklet, 10-page discography booklet, obi-strip & a superb fold-out full colour poster. The 13" square picture box reproduces the album artwork front & back and was available for a very limited time to initial purchasers of both LP sets. The box has just some light edge scuffing and both LP sets are in superb condition, having been protected by the box for over thirty-five years!

 

OASIS Coffret Collector/Singles Collection

1994 French-only 20-track 5-CD box set featuring the singles 'Shakermaker', 'Supersonic', 'Live Forever', 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' plus the exclusive 'Live Footage' CD single. In unique outer picture slipcase box which is still factory sealed from new and very hard to find in such superb condition! 

 

ELVIS PRESLEY Flaming Star EP

Rare Japanese HMV Victor 'Compact Double 33' series 4-track vinyl 7" EP with blue and silver solid label, includes Flaming Star [from the eponymous film], Summer Kisses Winter Tears, Are You Lonesome Tonight and It's Now Or Never. 'Cowboy Elvis' portrait picture insert with lyrics printed on the reverse with original company die-cut paper sleeve.

Tighten Your Eyeballs And Loosen Your Jaws, For The Time Has Come For Another Venture Into Dick's Picks!

KATE BUSH Handwritten Letter From Australia

Way back when, a certain songbird was winging her way to Australia to promote her second album, which she had literally just finished. During her promotional visit, she was to appear as a presenter onthe tenth annual 'TV Week King Of Pop' awards show on the 14th October that year. What we have here is a hand written letter to Tony Myatt of Capital Radio, who was the first DJ to ever play Kate's music over the air & had become a personal friend. The letter is postmarked 12th October at 5PM, so it must have been mailed on the first day of her trip & written after her first visits to some Australian radio stations that morning, as it refers to them in the letter. She obviously started the letter the day before as she's dated it 11-10-78 & it's on a Quantas photo letter with fold out scenes from Oz. Folding out to a good A4 size, this is a lovely souvenir of the early days in Kate Bush's career, after the mammoth worldwide successes of the singles of 'Wuthering Heights' & 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes', along with the album 'The Kick Inside', but before 'Lionheart' & the one & only 'Tour Of Life' in 1979. A remarkable item and an insight into the genuinely nice person Kate obviously is, all as observed in this letter from Australia to a friend.

Tuesday's Top Three! Including A Hendrix Limited 3-CD Set, A Dutch Pressing For REM And A Ten Years After Must-Have!

JIMI HENDRIX Winterland

2011 UK 36-track triple CD set - Drawn from six shows recorded over three days [10-12th October 1968] at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. These performances celebrated the second anniversary of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and came just as the groundbreaking album Electric Ladyland was released. The bonus disc features extra material from the last night along with an exclusive backstage interview with Jimi at the Boston Garden a few weeks after the Winterland performances. Comes in a glossy hardback bookstyle pack with an integral 36-page booklet with rare photographs & liner notes by David Fricke.

 

 

REM Chronic Town

Scarce 1982 Dutch 5-track 12" vinyl EP, featuring 1,000,000, Stumble, Wolves Lower, Gardening At Night & Carnival Of Sorts [Box Cars], picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light signs of shelf wear & the vinyl looks barely played.

 

TEN YEARS AFTER Alvin Lee & Company

1972 UK 6-track LP, on the red and white Deram label, with front laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light shelfwear & minor laminate creasing, however the vinyl remains in excellent conditon withbarely any signs of play. A great example of this classic record.

Monday's Top Three! Including French Press For Gong, A First Press For Genesis And A Limited Picture Disc For Iron Maiden!

GONG Gong Est Mort Vive Gong

Scarce French only 10-track Tapioca label double vinyl LP album of the 1977 reunion concert recorded live at the Hippodrome in Paris on 28th May. Housed in a unique laminated gatefold picture sleeve featuring a bandpicture on the inside which has had the face of Steve Hillage removed due to legal problems with Virgin records & resulting in him being credited as Bert Camenbert!. Both the vinyl and sleeve are in excellent condition.

 

GENESIS Foxtrot

1972 UK first press large 'Mad Hatter' Charisma label 6-track LP with A1U/B1U matrices, 'Porky' & 'Peko' text in the runoff area & 'B&C Records' perimeter text on the label. The textured gatefold sleeve has the B&C marketing address at the bottom inside left panel & E.J. Day credit bottom right, complete with the rarely seen red advertising inner. The sleeve has a few storage marks evident & shows just a little shelfwear with age. The vinyl is clean with just a few light hairline scuffs indicating only minimal play - an excellent grade copy overall!

 

IRON MAIDEN Powerslave

Rare 1984 UK limited edition 8-track PICTURE DISC LP including the classic tracks '2 Minutes To Midnight' and the epic 'Rime Of The Ancient Mariner'. This copy has the known pressing error where near the end of thetitle track it speeds up to 45rpm. The disc features the superb sphinx 'Eddie' pyramid artwork on the front and band members in a tomb image on the back. Although picture discs are not known to have great sound quality, this one actually playsand sounds great [we know as we played it], Side B does have a few light signs of being played more but is still a great item.

Saturday's Top Three! Including The Mighty John Martyn, The Super-Cool Zoot Sims And The Brilliant Radiohead!

JOHN MARTYN Sunday's Child

1974 UK 11-track promotional vinyl LP with 'Promotion Copy Only' pink rim labels, complete with Island inner, plain die cut sleeve. The vinyl on this copy remains in excellent condition with little sign of play.

 

 

ZOOT SIMS Trotting!

1963 US 10-track mono LP on the dark blue Prestige label, also featuring Harry Biss or John Lewis on Piano, Clyde Lombardi or Curly Russell on Bass, Art Blakey or Don Lamond on Drums, pasted picture sleeve with tape reinforced edges. Thanks to the wise move by the original purchaser, the sleeve does not show the usual seam or spine splits that are so common on this design of sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little shelfwear & the vinyl remains excellent with just afew light surface scuffs to show for its fifty years - A nice copy of this hard to find album.

 

RADIOHEAD In Rainbows

Rare 2007 UK limited edition pre-order box set only available through the official inrainbows.com & waste.uk.com websites. This stunning box set features the album pressed on heavyweight 45 rpm vinyl 2-LP set and CD, the second compact disc is enhanced and features eight additional tracks as well as digital photos and artwork - not available with the normal release of the album and runs for 26:53 minutes. Presented in a 13" x 13" hardback book with lyrics insideand also includes a separate picture booklet, all housed in a outer picture slipcase - a must have for any fan!

Friday's Top Three! Including A Frank Zappa Booty Box Set, A Kylie Award CD And A Slab O'Jazz From Chico O'Farrill!

FRANK ZAPPA Beat The Boots

1991 US limited EIGHT vinyl LP boxed set, a collection of bootleg recordings which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially as part of Zappa's campaign to dissuade his fans from buyingillegal recordings of his concerts. The whole set is digitally remastered from the original sources & spans a fifteen-year period from September 30, 1967 ('Tis the Season to Be Jelly) to May 21, 1982 (two tracks from As an Am). The custom printed cardboard box opens up to reveal a superb full colour stage pop-up, with each album housed in its own respective picture sleeve. The outer box shows minimal wear, the inner sleeves are in excellent condition & the vinyl looks barely played.

 

KYLIE MINOGUE Music & Moments

 Fabulous 2007 UK 'Music Industry Trusts' Award' exclusive CD for the ceremony to honour award recipient Kylie which comprises a 25-track 'Music & Moments' compilation 2-CD album set featuring FIVE Kylie tracks: 'Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head', 'Love At First Sight', 'Spinning Around', 'No More Rain' & 'Slow' alongside recordings by Amy Winehouse, Blondie, Madonna, Coldplay, INXS, Scissor Sisters, Ennio Morricone and more. Housed in a fold-out digipak picture sleeve, this stunning collector's set was exclusively issued only to VIP / guests of this event at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London on 29th October 2007!

 

CHICO O'FARRILL Jazz North Of The Border And South Of The Border

1957 US 14-track LP on a black 'deep groove' trumpeter label, fully silk laminated pasted picture sleeve with tape reinforced top & spine. The sleeve has started to split at the spine, but otherwise remains in nice condition with just light shelfwear & minor creasing commensurate with its age. The vinyl still remains in excellent condition with just a couple of light surface scuffs to show for its fifty five years.A nice copy of this hard to find original.

Iron Maiden beer doubles demand at family brewery

A family-run brewery in Stockport has moved to an unprecedented six-day week to meet a stampede of demand from its newest customer base - Iron Maiden fans.

Five months ago the brewery, best known for its 'Old Tom' strong ale, couldn't believe its luck when it was approached by the British heavy metal veterans to collaborate on a new tipple.

'Trooper', an Iron-Maiden designed real ale, will not launch until next month but already 300,000 pints have been pre-ordered by avid fans around the world and retailers from more than 100 countries have applied to stock it.

"For the first time in our history we’re brewing three times a day and six days a week," said David Bremner, marketing director at 175-year-old brewer Robinsons. That's more than double the normal two batches a day, four days a week brewing schedule.

The top-secret project was revealed to fans in March through a post on Iron Maiden's Facebook page and within three hours Trooper became the third most followed beer on Facebook with 22,000 fans. It now has more than 42,000 'likes' on the social networking site.

"I’ve never known anything like it for a band's following globally," said Mr Bremner, who added that Robinsons has spent nothing on marketing the beer.

Read the full article at The Telegraph

Thursday's Top Three! Including A Limited Pressing For Jack White, A Rare Box Set For Mylene Farmer And The Legendary Madonna Sex Book!

JACK WHITE Blunderbuss

2012 US limited edition 13-track vinyl LP pressed on INVERTED LIGHTNING BOLT VINYL [blue with a flash of black], includes the singles 'Freedom At 21' and 'I'm Shakin', gatefold picturesleeve with fold-out picture / lyric inner - still in original opened shrinkwrap.

 

MYLENE FARMER Monkey Me

2012 French Strictly Limited Edition box set containing the fantastic follow up to Mylene's sublime Bleu Noir. Includes the CD album presented in a large booklet with lenticular cover with a Bonus pure audioBlu Ray [PCM 2.0, DTS 2.0 and Dolby True HD 2.0 - for all the audiophiles!] version of the album and a 12" x 12" custom framed collectors edition picture of the fabulous chateuse with display stand, housed in a limited numbered deluxe box.

 

MADONNA Sex

Original legendary and long deleted 1992 UK large spiral bound book featuring Madonna in many erotic poses! Superb metal cover with title stamped on the front, in [opened] foil outer wrapper and also includes the bonus Erotica promotional CD which has the re-sealable foil sleeve! - not for the faint-hearted!