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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Hello, and welcome to RC563

I Was There • A reader's recollection of a key music event

THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS

Playing the long game • National Album Day returns for its seventh year, spotlighting ‘Great British Groups'

The Price Guide is right! • Daryl Easlea explains the methodology and motivations behind the latest Rare Record Price Guide

What's Happening?!?! Collecting's roads less travelled

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

RAIDERS OF THE LOST RACKS • Many record shop store-rooms house hidden treasures that clients rarely get to see. Steve Burniston took several peeks behind the counter

The Collector • This month: DJ and label owner, Martin Christoph

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

Diggin' For GOLD • Our regular look at the more arcane corners of record collecting. Includes Vintage Venue & Label Of Love

LABEL OF LOVE ONOMATOPOEIA RECORDS

MOST Wanted • From Lead Belly and WC Handy to Mötorhead Paul Rigby offers Frankenstein levels of quality collectables, this month Now includes Whole Love Of Lots

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

Not Forgotten

auteur to author • Luke Haines writes the shuk out of rock'n'roll RC loves The Residents

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

33⅓ minutes with… Mark ‘E' Everett

“I'M A TINKERER, NOT AN INVENTOR” • With a new album about celebrated aviator Amelia Earhart just released, and an upcoming multimedia show in Manchester in November, Laurie Anderson is having a busy 2024. RC catches up with the musician, storyteller, filmmaker, performance artist, technologist and multimedia avant-garde legend for an overview of a gloriously eccentric, eclectic career. “There are already a lot of Laurie Andersons in my own head,” she warns Jeremy Allen.

O LAURIE • Highlights from a career less ordinary

THE LIGHT POURED OUT OF THEM • Almost singlehandedly ushering in the post-punk era, Magazine were, on their emergence in 1978, hailed as gods, particularly frontman Howard Devoto, who the NME once proclaimed The Most Important Man Alive. With a spate of reissues imminent, Johnnie Johnstone meets former members to discuss the meaning of real life, while on p61, John Coleman compiles a complete up-to-date discography

YODE TO JOY • Dutch instrumental quartet, Focus, achieved overnight fame via The Old Grey Whistle Test over half a century ago with a song, Hocus Pocus, featuring industrial amounts of...