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

LOST LENNON FILM fragments - found! • John Lennon art collaboration unearthed and displayed for the first time

Amy Grant • The singer-songwriter on her first studio set in 13 years

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

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

NEWS

Memorabilia lane • Auction houses around the world

Altogether Now • Noteworthy guest-spots this month

Green vinyl variants • Major label trials eco-friendly vinyl recycling with success

What goes around comes around • Indie labels in France broaden their physical format recycling campaign, inviting the public to offer up their unwanted discs

Making vinyl greener than ever • A new industry report has been published outlining efforts to make vinyl manufacturing even more sustainable

Ant Music, plus • Ex-Adam & The Ants' Dave Barbarossa launches singles club

You seen Syd? • Syd Barrett's putative 80th birthday is marked by an album, gig and more

The Fall: Futures And Pasts, 1976-2026 • Few weekends feature 10 ex-The Fall members, an artist, comedian and Poet Laureate. RC's Daryl Easlea compered and interviewed the great and the good

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

BEND ME, SHAPE ME • Shaped picture discs have been issued on vinyl for decades, as well as other more recent formats. Joe Geesin gets in shape

The Collector • This month: Jon Radford

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 corners of record collecting. Includes Sound And Vision

VARIOUS ARTISTS

SOUND AND VISION • RC revisits a classic music TV or film moment Mud, Peter Straker, Blue Mink, Design, Continuum, Deep Purple

MOST Wanted • Run as fast as Dexys along The Moving Sidewalks to Paul Rigby and hear his tale of top collectables, this month Includes Whole Love Of Lots

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

Not Forgotten

auteurtoauthor • Luke Haines writes the shuk out of rock’n’roll The one duff track on a classic album

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

33⅓ minutes with… Jarboe

Q: WHO’S THE BIGGEST ROCK STAR IN THE WORLD? I CAN’T HEAR YOU! A: YOU ARE!! • Of all the career-defining live albums released in the 70s, Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive! had the biggest impact, on its January 1976 release. It was everywhere that year - not bad for a corkscrew-curled kid from Beckenham. Fifty years on, the beat-era heartthrob turned Humble Pie guitar maestro and solo superstar retraces the road to a...