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RECORD
COLLECTOR'S RARE VINYL SERIES
Welcome
to our range of rare vinyl, produced exclusively for Record
Collector
readers.
Why
is a magazine pressing albums? It’s a logical move for us.
Like you, we know what we like. And we know how hard it is to find
what we like. We too have been burnt by inferior reissues of rare
records which turned out to be badly mastered, badly pressed junk.
Our staff are fully aware of the risks of shelling out a fortune
for an original copy of an album that either turns out to be the
wrong thing, a bootleg or in a condition that’s “not
as described”. Well, we got sick of it. And it seemed to us
that if there’s a better way of doing things, we ought to be
doing it. Hence our Rare
Vinyl
Series.
Our
first step was the release of Pussy’s Pussy Plays, in
September 2009. Our readers liked it and it sold out in a matter
of months. It set a precedent for the Rare
Vinyl
Series. The idea is simple: do it right. Select a stupidly rare,
highly-sought-after album – often a private pressing. Sign a
deal with the original band or owners of the rights – this
is all above board, not a dodgy pirate deal. Reproduce the
original sleeve and label perfectly, right down to the paper
quality – if there was no sleeve or no label, that’s
how it will have to be. Seek out the best-possible source to
master from, usually the original master tape if it survives.
Produce a high-quality pressing to the highest standards. Talk to
the artists concerned to get the full story behind the making of
the record. And strictly limit the edition’s numbers so that
when it’s all sold, there are no more to mysteriously appear
on the market – when you buy a Record Collector album, it is
not going to lose its value. Each album is sent out with a
certificate of authenticity signed by Ian Shirley, the Editor of
the Rare
Record Price Guide,
so you know it’s the real deal.
Our
Rare
Vinyl
Series has gone from strength to strength over the past four
years. We’ve pressed original material that was never issued
– such as Wellington’s Wellington and Cressida’s
Trapped In Time – The Lost Tapes – and found an equal
hunger for this amazing, missing-in-action music. We’ve
released a rare reggae LP which sold out in less than a month, and
even given away a punk EP to new subscribers. In June 2013 we
launched Plankton, which marks the opening of our Modern
Collectables
Series, which will bring you the best of sought-after music from
recent years. The response to our records has been amazing, with
the early albums fast becoming collectors’ items in their
own right.
Why
is a magazine pressing albums? Because we’re serious about
music – and we know that you are serious about music too. So
let’s do it the right way, and finally allow you – and
us – to delight in some of this truly great music that’s
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The
records in our Rare
Vinyl
series shown above are still available so buy a copy quick
before they run out…The Rare
Vinyl
series is…
Pussy
–
Pussy Plays (Oct 2009)
Red
Dirt (Jan
2010)
Wil
Malone
(May 2010) SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Ambrose
Slade -
Beginnings (Aug 2010)
Orange
Bicycle (Dec
2010)
The
Smoke –
It’s Smoke Time (Mar 11)
The
Hippy Boys
– Reggae with The Hippy Boys (Jun 2011)
Agincourt
–
Fly Away (Sept 2011) RCLP001
Cressida
–
The Lost Tapes (Dec 2011) RCLP002
Grannie
(Mar 2012) RCLP003
Leviathan
–
Unleashed (Jul 2012) RCLP004
Wellington
(Oct
2012) RCLP005
The
Riot Squad –
Making Up for Lost Time (Jan 2013) RCLP006
The
Stereotypes EP (May
2013) SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Backhouse
James’ Blues Band (Jun
2013) RCLP007
Fruits
de Mer –Plankton
(Jul 2013) MODERN COLLECTABLES 1 RCLP008
Rise
Above –
Something in the Water (Nov 2013) MODERN COLLECTABLES 2
RCLP009
Aubrey
Small (Christmas
2013) RCLP010
Deena
Webster -
is Tuesday's Child (Feb 2014) RCLP011
Motherlight
(May
2014)
The
Rockabilly Acetates Collection (Aug
2014) RCLP012
Ken
Saul –
Seashells (Nov 2014) RCLP013
Poppa
Ben Hook / Museum (Jan
2015) RCLP014
Keith
Emerson -
Keith Emerson Trio 10"(Apr 2015) RCLP015
The
Zipps
– Ever Stoned & Live (July 2015) RCLP017
The
Seeds –
Satisfy You 7” single (August 2015) RCSEED1
Strange
Stone (Sep
2015) RCLP016
Syd
Banger's Wally Smashing Big Roll Band (Steve Marriott) – Jimi's
Tune 7" single (Nov 2015) SYD BANGER 1
The Earth
(Alan Parsons) – Elemental
(December 2015) RCLP019
Small
Town Scenery: Lost Indie Gems 1985-1995 (Feb
2016) MODERN COLLECTABLES 3 RCLP018
Allen
Pound's Get Rich – Searchin'
In The Wilderness 7" single (April 2016) POUND
ONE
The Artwoods – Live
At Klooks Kleek (June 2016) RCLP020
Dane
Hunter - The
Drifter 7" (October 2016)
Indian
Summer
(November 2016) RCLP022
Don
Rendell
- Live at Klooks Kleek (March 2017) RCLP023
Frozen
Tear - The
Hunter
7" single
(May
2017)
FROZEN001
Flare
– (July
2017) RCLP021
One
Way Ticket
– Return Journey (October
2017) RCLP024
Washington
Rucker
– Jennie 7” single
(January
2018)
The
Whippets from Nowhere
– Concrete
Academy
(March 2018)
RCLP025
F-X
-
Souths Gonna Rise Again 7” Single
(March
2018)
FX001
Soliloquy
(June
2018)
RCLP026
Factory
– Castle
on the Hill
7” single
(January
2018)
Ptolemy
Psycon
– Loose Capacitor (December 2018) RCEPSPLINT001
"What's
next? Only the future will tell."
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