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Well, after months of gossip, I have finally reached the end of the road with my long-suffering loved one. Regular subscribers who are kind enough to take pity on this column and read it will recall last week’s disaster, when my addiction to vinyl saw me trying radical therapy which, the scientist in charge told me, could “fix you”. For a while, it worked. I didn’t go on eBay for at least 20 hours. My svelte (ahem) outline could not be clocked at the Music & Goods Exchange at Notting Hill Gate, and unneccessarily fierce charity shop under-manageresses were wondering whether I had died because nobody had asked: “Are there any more records you haven’t put out yet, please?” But my cure’s magic failed: I fell off the wagon yesterday, and now I have parted forever from the one I love most.

Mortifying news, I know. But don’t cry: in many ways, we are now closer than ever. Our separation is not a result of any falling out; it’s more a recognition that, with hearts full of sadness, we needed to move on with our lives as individuals rather than as a couple. It’s not so much a break-up as a conscious uncoupling. We will forever remain united in our hearts; it’s just in every other aspect of our lives that we cannot be together. Although the full conditions of our parting have yet to be decided, I am hoping to keep hold of the records, and desperately hoping that I won’t win custody of our adored semi-housetrained Rottweilers, Ozzy and Shazzy.

You are perhaps wondering what the final straw was. It was a single on the Coxsone label; appropriately Delroy Wilson’s Troubled Man in VG+. I could not resist it. Without even thinking about it, I put my hand in my pocket and that moment was the watershed: I knew it marked the last time I’d see my beloved. I had hoped we would never be parted. Of course, I still have the record to console me, but I shall miss my loved one so much after all these years together. I will be bereft without the sheer confidence it gave me, its sense of style, and the reassuring fact it says “50” in big type on it. When I got home, the missus eyed my 7”-square paper bag and said: “Not more records! I hope it’s not that dreadful Coldplay. The dogs just got your dinner. If you think you’re man enough to snatch it back from them, feel free to try.”

The new issue of the mag is now in the shops: a bright red cover with Marc Bolan on the front and heaps of great stuff inside – see below. I hope you like it.

Thank you for reading RC and this newsletter,
Have a great week,

Best wishes

Ian McCann
Editor, Record Collector

In pictures: The UK top 40 best selling singles of all time

As the 7" vinyl single celebrates its 65th year we take a look back at the UK's top 40 best selling singles of all time. In 40th place...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/10734367/In-pictures-The-UK-top-40-best-selling-singles-of-all-time.html?frame=2867828

 

Monday's Top Three including Pink Floyd, Kiss, UFO

PINK FLOYD Apples & Oranges Rare original 1967 UK 7" vinyl single,  the last to be written by Syd, with intact four-prong centre & 'KT' tax  code on the reverse. The matrix numbers are 7XCA 30453-2 & 7CXA  30454-1, also featuring Paint Box, die-cut company sleeve.

KISS The Casablanca Singles - 1974-1982 Rare 2012 US limited  edition 29 x CD single box set featuring the first twenty-nine  US Kiss Casablanca-era singles digitally remastered and compiled  together into one comprehensive collection for the first time. Features  twenty-six highly collectable picture sleeve from original single  releases around the world. All housed in a superb 5" x 5" x 5" black  box with 'KISS' die-cut logo and silver 'limited edition' plaque plus  contentssheet - still sealed and in mint condition

UFO No Place To Run Scarce 1980 Japanese Chrysalis  10-track white label promotional sample vinyl LP, picture  sleeve with biography/lyric insert and a sample-stickered  silver 'Heavy Metal' discography obi-strip. The sleeve on this  copy shows some corner creasing and wear but has been   AUTOGRAPHED in silver marker pen by Pete Way,  Paul Raymond and Phil Mogg, the vinyl is showing very few  signs of play! WWS-81281

Saturday's Top Three Including Frank Sinatra, Billie Joe Armstrong, Rock On The Range

FRANK SINATRA & ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM Sinatra Jobim (Legendary 1969 US double sided metal based methyl cellulose lacquer acetate for the unreleased 10-track stereo LP [scheduled for release as Reprise FS 1028], with plain type written labels detailing the original track sequence [the order of which has never been replicated on any subsequent releases]. How many of these exist is unconfirmed, but certainly less than five. What's more, the condition is SPECTACULAR FS1028)
See 'more info' for further details of this amazing & possibly unique one-of-a-kind item...

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG Look For Love (This legendary US 1977 7" vinyl single is the earliest recording by the Green Day frontman, pressed by the Fiat label when Billie was just five years old. It is believed that less than fifty copies were pressed. This one comes with the original A4 fold out sheet music which has a picture of Billie on the front. Both the 7" and the sheet music are in immaculate mint condition - See 'More Info' for further details on this, the rarest Green Day item in existence!) more...

ROCK ON THE RANGE Signed Mounted Festival Poster (Rare authentic 2009 US 24" x 37" mounted display poster - One of the most comprehensive collections of authentic rock signatures, collected by the event organizer over the 2 day festival in Columbus, Ohio on the 16th & 17th May 2009. Among the esteemed signers are key members of Alice in Chains including Jerry Cantrell & William DuVall, Motley Crue including Nikki Sixx, Korn including Fieldy & Jonathan Davis, Salivaincluding Joey Scott, Paul Crosby and Wayne Swinny plus members of Duff McKagan's Loaded, Slipknot, Flyleaf, Buckcherry, The Used, Static X, Halestorm, Black Stone Cherry, Clutch, Shinedown, Billy Talent and MANY more! A truly stunning display piece which would look amazing displayed on any fans wall)
**Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity**

Friday's Top Three Including Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music, Andromeda, Queen

BRYAN FERRY & ROXY MUSIC Set Of 10 Test Pressings (Superb Ultra Rare 1986/87 UK EG Records set of single sided white label vinyl test pressings for eight albums, one 12" EP and one double LP. This fantastic collection comprises These Foolish Things, Another Time Another Place, Let's Stick Together & The Bride Stripped Bare by Bryan Ferry, plus Siren, Manifesto, Flesh + Blood & Avalon along with the Street Life double LP & The High Road 12" EP by Roxy Music, all housed in original picture sleevesor date stamped outer sleeves as indicated. Includes 107 tracks in total! Six of the titles are in their commercial picture sleeves - A fantastic, rare opportunity to own this unique set of test pressings!)

ANDROMEDA Andromeda (Superb debut 1969 8-track vinyl LP, transcending the psychedelic & progressive era. The band was formed by John (Du) Cann, previously of The Attack, & blends guitar driven neo classical passages & discordant guitars, an incredible example of hard progressive rock with traces of psych & jazz, front laminated picture sleeve with pinched spine. The sleeve shows a little light creasing to the laminate & both panels remain off white. There is a small sticker tear mark on the back but this is unobtrusive to the print. The labels are clean with no blemishes or spindle marks. The vinyl is super clean & reveals very few signs of play. An excellent copy of this cult rarity! SF8031)

QUEEN Virgin Radio Queen Day Set (Very RARE and complete set of all seven Virgin Radio Queen Day 12" singles comprising individual records for Heaven For Everyone, A Winter's Tale, Mother Love, Let Me Live, You Don't Fool Me, It's A Beautiful Dayand I Was Born To Love You. This set remains in superb MINT condition, having not seen light of day for over a decade. See 'more info' for the full story of this extremely rare and highly prized 'Made In Heaven' collectable...)

Thursday's Top Three Including Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra.

LED ZEPPELIN 1969-1982 Albums (There really is nothing that can be said about this band, simply put they were classic rock's finest pioneers to come out of England in the late 1960s. What we have here is a fantastic set of Ten LPs [twelve disc's in total] comprising the complete studio albums from the self titled masterpiece to the final studio album, Coda, which comprises session outtakes. We have also included the brilliant live release, The Song Remains the Same. All are UK pressings except for Coda which is a German pressing. 
All sleeves remain in at least excellent condition. All vinyl has been professionally cleaned, carefully inspected & remain in at least excellent to 'near as new' grade condition. What more can be said, perfect for the well versed completist or a trip down memory lane for the casual fan to pick up the lot in one swoop!!)
Please see Tracklisting/Additional Information for more details…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (Legendary original 1975 Japanese wide centred 7" vinyl single on the CBS Sony orange label, backed with She's The One. The vinyl is near mint, complete with original company inner bag & unique pictureinsert with Japanese text on the back - the rarest of his Japanese single pressings by far & in near mint condition SOPB350)

FRANK SINATRA The Sinatra Collection (RARE 1983 limited edition, numbered Mobile Fidelity box set containing 16 half-speed mastered audiophille pressing vinyl LPs covering the best of the Capitol years, including 'Swing Easy' which is only available in this box set. Also includes the 'Geo-Disc' alignment system, housed in a very stylish silver coloured box with 'Sinatra' embossed in black on each side. A beautifully presented set with only a few minor signs of storage wear evidentto just one or two of the outer box edges, with intact numbered opening lid with ribbon-pull and all contents in stunning condition with 'as new' vinyl; the jewel in any Sinatra collection - anamazing collectable for a legendary artist!)

Wednesday's Top Three Including Delaney & Bonnie, Prince, Paul Weller

DELANEY & BONNIE Country Life (Ridiculously rare test pressing for Atco's intended 1972 US 12-track LP, scheduled for release under a 'SD33-383' catalogue number, this album was not just withdrawn but never reached the final production stage in this original form [only an 8-track cartridge tape was rushed into final production under this title]. This earliest version features the original mixes, the original running sequence & all eight minutes of TryA Little Harder, not included on D & B Together [Country Life was eventually released in a different form as D & B Together], & also stars Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Duane Allman, Dave Mason, John Hartford, Billy Preston, Tina Turner & Steve Cropper. Please see 'more info' for full details of this one-off, unique rarity... SD33-383)

PRINCE Paisley Park (Rare 1985 UK mispressed 4-track 12" vinyl single which repeats 'She's Always In My Hair' track on the b-side, picture sleeve only credits 3 tracks! The sleeve on this copy shows very little wear and the vinyl is in excellent condition W9052T)

PAUL WELLER The Best Of (2006 UK 2-CD album set issued exclusively with the Sunday Express newspaper over a 2 week period during August '06, containing a total of fourteen classic Weller tracks including eight captured live at The Velvet Rimini, Conrad Sohm Dornbirn, SFB Club Berlin and Shepherds Bush Empire. Also featuring sixteen bonus tracks by other artists on the Independiente label. Each disc is housed in a custom card picture sleeve and comes with its original copy ofthe 'S' magazine - both are still sealed together in original shrinkwrap SEPWCD01/02)

The Thrill Of It All...! Vintage Posters in stock at 991.com

Vintage gig posters, limited edition lithographs, in-store displays, calendars and concert handbills have become an important part of being a fan and collector of you favourtie artists and bands. Our team of buyers will search the four corners in order to bring you the most amazing posters, displays and artwork they can find. 

Here are just a few recent arrivals, or check the full listing here

ROXY MUSIC The Thrill Of It All !!! - 1990 UK 14" by 20" instore display poster for the 'Virgin Value' releases of the Roxy Music & Brian Ferry Albums, also featuring the current 'Top 50' chart for the mid price series on the reverse. This poster has been stored quad folded from new, so still remains as it did over thirty years ago

KYLIE Some Kind Of Bliss - Stunning and original 1997 UK promotional only 60" x 40" billboard or fly poster. Carrying the artwork from the single release and street date of 8th September 1997. This example has been stored rolled since produced and remains in a nearly new condition having never been glued or pinned to a hoarding

ROGER DEAN Greenslade - 1975 UK 19½" by 39" very collectable Big O poster featuring the artwork to the Greenslade album of 1973. This poster, like all the Big O prints, has since become very rare. The poster itself remains in very fine vintagecondition with just a few poster putty stains on the reverse and some very minor creasing. Free from any rips, tears or pin holes, this has been stored rolled ever since it was taken down from display and would look amazing framed

SPICE GIRLS Posh Spice - Super rare 1996/1997 Virgin UK promotional only 60" x 40" fly poster of Victoria kitted out in a leopard skin dress! This is one of a set of billboard posters produced in period for each of the girls. This near vintage poster has been stored rolled for several years and has never been pasted or pinned to a billboard, it remains in an excellent and unused condition

 

 

991.com Wants To Buy Your Mint Condition Vinyl Records & CDs

If you have a collection - of any size - of Mint condition Vinyl Records, CDs or items of pop memorabilia ask us for a free, no obligation, purchase appraisal.

991.com will pay the best prices for your items including:-

The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd

• 60s & 70s Pop & Rock
• Heavy Metal and Classic Rock
• Progressive, Psychedelic, Freakbeat
• Punk, New Wave and Indie
• Blues and Soul
• Folk & Jazz

We're always interested in Rock & Pop Memorabilia, Genuine Sales Awards, Concert Programmes, Posters, Handbills and Tickets, picture discs, coloured vinyl records, boxed sets and limited editions

We can arrange to collect, or bring your items to our offices by appointment

Meet our buyers on our buying days in London 19th April, or Kent on 2 & 3 May 2014

 

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Call (+44) 01474 815 099 or email [email protected]

 

Tuesday's Top Three Including David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix

DAVID GILMOUR Live In Gdansk (2008 UK 4-disc [2CD/2DVD] set comprising a 2-CD set featuring the footage of the last date on his 2006 Summer Tour infront of 50,000 people at the shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, which was the only occasion on which David performed the tour material with an orchestra, using the 40-strong string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra; plus 2 Region 0 PAL DVDs including the Gdansk' concert, the 'Gdansk Diary' documentary, with additional live performances, and 3 brand new tracks performed as live jams by David with Richard Wright, Steve DiStanislao & Guy Pratt, and the entire 'On An Island' album [remastered in 5.1 Surround Sound]; presented in a carbon-neutral card picture sleeve complete with a 12-page booklet including credits & photos)

PAUL McCARTNEY Flowers In The Dirt (1989 UK 12-track vinyl LP, including This One, Don't Be Careless Love & My Brave Face, picture sleeve complete with dayglo yellow inner & fold-out lyric insert. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear& the vinyl is in excellent condition PCSD106)

JIMI HENDRIX / THE WHO Battle Of The Who & Jimi Hendrix (Rare late 60s Japanese-only promotional sample 25-track 2-LP box set, manufactured by Nippon Grammophon. Features one disc of Hendrix material & one disc by The Who, both with custom black onwhite labels & sequenced exclusively for this release, housed in a unique circular metal tin featuring great pictures of each artist, complete with the 12-page Japanese/English tracklisting & biography booklet, backing sponge & bamboon picture insert. The tin has naturally started to discolour & corrode a little at the edges but this is to minimal effect. Both vinyl discs are clean & show few signs of play MP9365/6)

 

 

Monday's Top Three including John Lennon, Oasis & Bert Jansch

JOHN LENNON 70th Birthday Remasters Series (A wonderful collection of no fewer than thirty two 30cm by 42cm pieces of proof artwork for the remasters series, including the artwork for John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Some Time In New York City, Mind Games, Walls And Bridges, Rock 'n' Roll, Double Fantasy & Milk And Honey. The artwork also includes proof art for the Gimme Some Truth four CD collection. Of the thirty two, eleven are pristine, but twenty one of them show an element of water staining to some degree and fifteen of those show some paper loss although in only seven cases does this affect the printed artwork. Being proof art, these are often annotated with notes for the subsequent printing and some also have 'Photo Here' blank place markers. Printed onto thick card stock, unlike the digipack bookets themselves, these have otherwise survived in wonderful condition with bright colours and pure white whites. Given the sheer quantity offered here, there is a significant proportion of the printed 5½" by 5" printed areas that are completely unaffected by the historical water, which appears to have snuck up on one corner of the unsorted pile some time in the past. What you choose to do with these and how you choose to file or display them really depends on you, but none of the main cover artwork appears affected, although some do have hand annotations. A remarkable set to commemorate the equally remarkable solo career of one of the most remarkable songwriters to ever have blessed this third stone from the sun)

OASIS Stop The Clocks (ULTRA RARE 2006 UK promotional-only 'divers' style chunky watch with silver toned casing and watch face featuring the dartboard image taken from 'Stop The Clock' album artwork. The black fabric strap has a rubberised velco fastening and features a black & white 'Oasis' logo just below the watch face. A very limited number of these were manufactured - rumoured to be only 20/25 made! This scarce promo watch must be coolest way to keep time)

BERT JANSCH & JOHN RENBOURN Bert & John (Scarce 1966 UK 12-track mono vinyl LP of beautiful interlocking steel-string guitar by the duo, on the rough textured Transatlantic label with black & purple lettering on white, fully laminated picture sleeve. Both the sleeve & vinyl are in near mint condition. A stunning condition copy! TRA144)

 

 

 

 

991.com brings you excerpts from this weeks R.C. Weekly Newsletter

991.com brings you excerpts from the latest R.C. Weekly Newsletter. To receive the full unedited version with news, reviews, offers and more, contact [email protected]

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While you were out enjoying long tall glasses of black and white stuff to celebrate St Patrick’s Day on Monday, I was undergoing a traumatic psychological treatment. In fact it had been going on since Friday. I’m feeling much better now. Honest. I am. Honest. I am. Honest.

It all started when I woke up at 5.11am on Thursday and reached for the laptop. I’d left it switched on so I could bid on an eBay record at the last minute. My long-suffering wife stirred. “What are you doing?” she groaned. But my missus knew what I was doing; she was simply polite enough to ask questions and then shoot, rather than the other way around. “Nothing, darling,” I said, “it’s just an eBay item. I won’t be long, just go back to sleep.” I’d made a fundamental error here. “Again?” said my missus. Funny how one word can be loaded with so much meaning, which was: “Don’t tell me to go back to sleep. You’ve already woken me at 1.35 to look at eBay. And 3.19, 4.03 and 4.54. Where’s my gun?”

You don’t need the details of the argument that ensued, but it was along the lines of “this can’t go on” and “I’m going back to mother”. The latter is particularly worrying, because even my missus believes my mother-in-law is sent from down below. I was sat there, face like that of Bruce Forsyth’s love child with Jimmy Hill, and fag ash falling down my dressing gown – which was strange because nobody in the house smokes. Anyway, the upshot was, I agreed to go on a course to break my addiction to records. That’s where I was for four days.

It was quite a course. It opened with group therapy, where I had to confess to being addicted to the Pama group of labels, such as Gas, Crab, and Pama Economy on which horrors such as this lurk. There were murmurs of sympathy from my fellow patients; they seemed very nice but some of them, like myself, probably only used a flannel for wiping a 45 found at a charity shop. Having acknowledged my problem, the treatment proper started. I was put in a room, electrodes stuck to my skull, and was shown photos of muscular guys with only old glam 45s to protect their modesty. Every time I peered closer – purely to work out which pressing of John, I’m Only Dancing it was – I received an electric shock of increasing intensity. That evening, I was given a drink that made me feel queasy, and was then forced to bid £993.76 for this record. No need for that drink, I was already feeling upset by the record, but it went on all weekend. Freddie & The Dreamers, Dannii Minogue, anything by Bieber; I was forced to bid fortunes while shouting for Hughie. I couldn’t tell night from day. Apparently, this treatment is called classical conditioning – but it works for pop too. I was cured.

On Monday night, I got home, chucked the laptop into the back yard and introduced it to a hammer. At last, I was in my better half’s good books and we made passionate embrace without my looking over her shoulder at eBay (for once). On Tuesday morning, exhausted, I lay in bed until the morning post turned up at 3.45pm. “I’ll get it,” the missus called brightly. Then I heard an exasperated wail, and the front door slammed. I rushed to the window – and saw my wife bunging a suitcase into the boot of her motor. She drove off at speed.

Baffled, I went downstairs – to find a pile of square, flat parcels: How Much Is That Doggie In the Window, Freddie & The Dreamers, Dannii Minogue, Bieber… yes, I did feel sick.

In the forthcoming issue of Record Collector, out on 27 March: how T.Rex were the first to turn glam into soul; ABBA’s amazing rarities; the life and times of the Marquee Club; ESP-Disk’; hoax bands; Ry Cooder; Smokey Robinson; a Bowie Vinyl Fetish and masses more. If you get hooked on it, it’s at your own risk…

Thank you for reading this newsletter and RC.

Have a great week, best wishes,

Ian McCann
Editor 

OUT NOW!
THE NEW MARCH 2014
ISSUE of RECORD COLLECTOR 

Saturday's Top Three including Nasty Facts, Gong & Paul Carrack

NASTY FACTS Drive My Car Scarce 1981 UK 5th Column label  7" vinyl EP - the sole release by the US punk/powerpop band  from New York, also including Gotta Get To You/Crazy 'Bout  You, picture sleeve. The vinyl and sleeve are both in near  mint condition - a great record, difficult to find and not to be  missed FC2

GONG Flying Teapot - Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1 1974 Australian  first issue of the classic 6-track LP that was the first part of the 'Radio  Gnome' trilogy, gatefold picture sleeve with the original album artwork  & suitably eccentric sleeve notes within. With all performers adopting  pseudonyms, it is easier to tell you that this album also features Tim  Blake, Steve Hillage & Didier Malherbe amongst others and has  become one of the central pivots of the history of Gong

PAUL CARRACK Satisfy My Soul / Groovin Rare official Carrack UK  label in-house silver award presented to a BBC Radio 2 executive in  respect of the 2000 & 2001 albums. The award features a CD for each  title emerging from the relevant sleeve artwork and custom silver  plaque with the dedication 'With Thanks For Your Support For The  Silver Certified Success Of CARRACK UK's First 2 Releases'.  All  mounted on a black background, the award measures 206" x 16" -   framed and glazed. A stunningitem which is ready to hang on your wall

Relive The 90's!

The culture and sound of the 90's has come back in a big way in recent year, with several bands adopting a a sound not too disimilar to some of the Grunge and Alt Rock heroes of the 90's. Now you can relive the REAL 90's with some of the classic Original Pressings we have in stock now.

NIRVANA Unplugged In New York - 1994 German-pressed limited edition 14-track White Vinyl LP, hype stickered picture sleeve with the original picture inner. The sleeve has only minimal wear whilst the vinyl is in 'near as new' condition with very little signs of play GEF24727

TORI AMOS Boys For Pele - 1996 US limited edition 18-track double LP set pressed on Clear Vinyl, hype stickered wide-spined single pocket picture sleeve with gold promotional stamp on the reverse, complete with lyric insert. The sleeve has only minimal wear whilst the vinyl is in 'near as new' condition with very little signs of play

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Stone Temple Pilots - 1994 UK limited edition 11-track Purple Vinyl LP including original lyric inner, hype stickered picture sleeve. The sleeve has only minimal wear whilst the vinyl isin 'near as new' condition with very little signs of play.

For more fantastic 90's releases and collectible items from one of the greatest musical era's head to 991.com

Friday's Top Three including Dream Theater, The Who & No-Man

DREAM THEATER Live At Luna Park 2013 Japanese Deluxe Edition  3-CD/2-DVD/1-Blu Ray set featuring material recorded over two  nights at Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires. The CDs contain 26  tracks and have a total running time of 189 minutes; the DVDs have  running times of 229 minutes and 68 minutes; the Blu-Ray disc also  features a documentary plus Behind The Scenes-footage [with a  running time 297 minutes] The discs are mounted on the inside front  and back covers of a 60-page11½"x 11½" hardback photo book. Also includes three exclusive card sleeves for the CDs, Japanese insert and obi-strip. Limited to 2000 copies only! YMXA-10459

 THE WHO Summer of '74 + Ticket & Review Rare 1974 UK  16-page programme for their gig at The Valley, Charlton  Athletic Football Club on Saturday 18 May 1974. The  programme features a double page feature on the Who with  great 'live' photograph,plus information and pictures of the  support bands who were Lou Reed, Humble Pie, Bad Company,  Lindisfarne & Maggie Bell. This package also includes a double  page review from Sounds magazine of May 25th 1974 and an  incredibly rare ticket stubfor the event.

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND / VARIOUS Double Exposure Ultra rare  original 1987 UK 12-track private press double LP compilation album  pressed in France by S.N.A., assembled by pre-Porcupine Tree Steven  Wilson to promote various musical projects, including his own.  Featuring the No Man Is An Island [soon to be shorted to No-Man]  song Faith's Last Doubt, an early attempt at a moody ballad, this was  one of two tracks written & recorded in the very first session he  worked with Tim Bowness together, this had a short pressing run and  rumoured to be only 700 pressed, it was soon deleted after the  release. Glossy picture sleeve with track details listed across the  inside spread.

British & American Thrash Metal Collection in now at 991.com

We've acquired an extensive collection which includes rare, unique, MFN (Music For Nations) test pressings, white label promos, picture discs & tour programmes by King Diamond, Savatage, Megadeth, Forbidden, Samurai and Celtic Frost to name just a few. 

Either check the latest arrivals page, or search by artist or genre here

 

SAVATAGE Sirens - Rare 1985 UK issue Music For Nations 9-track LP test pressing of the debut album, originally released on the independent Par Records label in 1983. Mayking Records studio labels with handwritten side letter, catalogue number and release date, comes with a wrap-around artwork proof sleeve

 

 

HELLOWEEN Walls Of Jericho - Rare original 1985 German Noise International 9-track 'Unverkäufliche Musterplatte' white label LP test pressing, comes in a standard release glossy picture sleeve with poly lined paper inner with handwritten annotated artist name, album title & catalogue number. The sleeve has only minimal wear whilst the vinyl is in 'near as new' condition with very little signs of play. Stunning & hard to find pressing, the first copy we have ever seen N0032

 

 

ONSLAUGHT The Force - 1986 UK Under One Flag 7-track white label LP test pressing, the second studio album by the English thrash metal group. Plain white labels with just side indicators hand written, comes with a full wrap-around proof sleeveartwork. Aside from a few very light paper scuffs, the vinyl is in excellent condition FLAG1

 

 

 

 

Official Record Industry Sales Awards in today at 991.com

Official Music Industry Sales Awards now at 991.com!

We've had a batch of official BPI Music Industry Sales Awards in just this week as well as a batch of genuine music label in-house awards presented to industry personnel or BBC radio staff

A few notables include:-

CULTURE CLUB Greatest Moments - Rare official 1998 UK BPI certified PLATINUM sales award presented to former manager Tony Gordon, issued to commemorate sales in the UK of more than 300,000 copies of the Virgin double-CD album. The award features two CDs mounted either side of a copy of the album artwork, above a custom engraved BPI dedication plaque. Measures 16" x 21" - framed and glazed. A stunning display item and a superb piece of Culture Club memorabilia

ROXY MUSIC Manifesto - Scarce 1979 UK official BPI certified SILVER LP sales award presented to Roxy's drummer PAUL THOMPSON, to recognise sales in the UK of more than £150,000 worth of the Polydor album. The silver coloured LP is mounted above a miniature image of the album artwork and custom BPI dedication plaque, on a blue background with Union Jack flag in the top left corner. Framed and glazed - measures approximately 20" x 16". A stunning award presented directly to theRoxy Music drummer - magnificent!

EVA CASSIDY Live At Blues Alley / Eva By Heart / Time After Time - Scarce official UK Blix Street/Hot Records in-house gold award presented to a BBC Radio 2 executive to recognise sales in excess of 100,000 copies of each of the three Blix Street albums. The award features the CD artwork for each title with a copy of the disc emerging from the relevant sleeve, plus a small 'Gold Sales Award' plaque and a custom gold dedication plaque, all on a red background with a 'Union 'Jack' flag in the top left corner. This beautifully framed and glazed award measures 19½" x 17" - a stunning collector's item

A Letter Of Complaint... from John Lennon

John Lennon's letter of complaint about Keith Moon and Harry Nilsson - titled 'A Matter of Pee' - is up for auction.

A letter written by John Lennon blaming rockers Keith Moon and Harry Nilsson for urinating on a console at a recording studio is up for sale.

The former Beatle was frustrated by the hellraising pair's behaviour in the studio they all shared in Los Angeles in the early 1970s.
Lennon complained to famed producer Phil Spector, who he was working with at the time, and titled the note 'A matter of pee'.
In it, Lennon stated that Capitol Records wanted to evict the three of them for using their studio as a public toilet.
He said he couldn't be expected to 'mind adult rock stars' and warned he was about to join rival recording studios Record Plant because of the aggravation.

Read the full article herehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/10709018/Unseen-John-Lennon-letter-complains-about-Keith-Moons-rocknroll-behaviour.html

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Thursday's Top Three including Paul Simon, Bryan Ferry & The Beatles

PAUL SIMON Surprise Scarce official 2006 UK Warner  Brothers Records in-house gold award presented to a BBC  Radio 2 executive to recognise sales in excess of 100,000  copies of the album. The award features a copy of the CD and  sleeve artwork mounted above a custom gold dedication  plaque, all on a red background with a Union 'Jack' flag in the  top left corner. This nicely framed and glazed award  measures 16" x 16" - a stunning collector's item

BRYAN FERRY As Time Goes By Scarce official 1999 UK Virgin  in-house gold award presented to a BBC Radio 2 executive to  recognise sales in the UK of more than 100,000 copies of the  album. The award features a copy of the picture CD and  sleeveartwork mounted above a custom gold dedication  plaque, all on a red background with a Union 'Jack' flag in the  top left corner. This nicely framed and glazed award  measures 16" x 16" - a stunning collector's item

THE BEATLES With The Beatles / Please Please Me 2010 UK 28" by  26" full colour proof artwork for the remastered LP releases including  copies of the front and back artwork for both albums printed onto high  quality varnished card stock, bordered by colour bars and alignment  markings. This artwork is in pristine condition and free of any of the  disfiguring barcodes and the like that were often in evidence on the  later presses, so would be ideal to frame