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

For The Record

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

THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS

Still The Boss • Bruce Springsteen deluxe photobook due, including unpublished 70s shots

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

Kenny Thomas • Kenny Thomas on his first studio outing for a dozen years

Acoustic

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

The Third way • Jack White's stable hosts independent record label fair in London

Memorabilia lane • Auction houses around the world

Altogether Now Noteworthy guest-spots this month

Mars vault • At The Drive-In linchpin Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's 20-year solo collection

Back to black • Exhibitions covering half a millennia and a century-plus, respectively, of black British music

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

MY PRECIOUS

PRESSING MATTERS • Recent limited-run vinyl releases to look out for

LEADERS OF THE PACK • As part of our ongoing survey of unusual formats, Jim Allen gets to grips with Loss Leaders sampler albums

The Collector • This month: Steely Dan collector, Pete Rand

VALUE ADDED FACTS

Diggin’ For GOLD • A look at the more arcane corners of Christmas record collecting

MOST Wanted • Green, Pink and Red Hot, Paul Rigby covers all the colours of the collectable rainbow, this month

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

Not Forgotten • Dwight Twilley 1951-2023

musictovisit • Bob Stanley carries pop's baggage everywhere Roy Wood – why wouldn't you?

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

33 1/3 minutes with… Pete Townshend

“WE JUST CAUGHT LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE” • From a distance, The Monkees seem ever more audacious. Actors and musicians who became fictional musicians who then became real musicians. By the time he'd auditioned for The Monkees in late 1965, Micky Dolenz was already a veteran Hollywood performer, having been, as Mickey Braddock, Corky in Circus Boy. Daryl Easlea catches up with the last Monkee swinging, on the day a tropical storm has ravaged parts of LA, fortunately bypassing chez Dolenz…

DOLENZ'S DELIGHTS

Roar Power • Forty-five years ago this month, Kate Bush released Lionheart. Regarded by some critics as a weak follow-up to her debut album, The Kick Inside, it is now considered the crucial next step on her journey towards total creative self-sufficiency. Neil Hussey reassesses Bush's symphonies in blue

ERIC Idol • Wreckless Eric emerged in 1977, part of the Stiff posse, a peer of Costello and Dury with his classic semi-hit, Whole Wide World. Several decades, a few changes of continent and a near-death experience later, the still boyishly charming...