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

Taylor made for success • Sales of new vinyl LPs in UK rise for the 16th consecutive year, led by the ubiquitous Taylor Swift

Memorabilia lane Auction houses around the world

Tony Christie • Sheffield hardy perennial returns with his first studio set in a dozen years

Spice for life • Spice Girls' 30th anniversary marked with a set of Royal Mail stamps, and much more

Boxing clever • One of the UK's longest-running record shops has undergone a major renovation, as Steve Burniston reports

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

RADIO TIMES • BBC Radiophonic Workshop pioneer Delia Derbyshire's archive is in the custodianship of a prestige Manchester archive. Steve Burniston visited in his tardis

The Collector • This month: musician Alex From Tokyo

VALUE ADDEDE FACTS

Digggin' For GOLD • A look at the more arcane corners of record collecting. Includes Vintage Vinyl

MOST Wanted • From the SAS Group to The Groop, Paul Rigby collects this month's collectibles into a sparkling collective

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

Not Forgotten

auteurtoauthor • Luke Haines writes the shuk out of rock'n'roll In search of the antithesis of ambient

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

33⅓ minutes with… Carmine Appice

“1,200 PAGES? WHAT WAS I THINKING?” • Frontman of the much-missed Rush, child of Holocaust survivors, veteran of 40-plus years in progressive rock, self-confessed germophobe and details obsessive – and arguably the Greatest Living Canadian – there's a lot for Geddy Lee, 70, to talk about. Fortunately, he's been able to squeeze it all into his new autobiography, My Effin' Life, in which he explores the perils of fame, the pleasures of retirement, and an unexpected dalliance with Peruvian marching powder. Asked to name Rush's best album by Joel McIver, he warns, “Millions of fans are going to disagree with me on this…”

RUSH-RELEASED! • FIVE GEDDY-RELATED LPS TO TREASURE

RUSH SELECTED UK DISCOGRAPHY

Stairway to Avon • Record label Sarah was almost militantly sensitive. The next logical step after Postcard Records' “worldliness must keep apart from me” defiantly innocent ethos, its roster (The Field Mice, Heavenly, The Sea Urchins) had a quietly punk-fuelled ethos – feminist, socialist, anti-capitalist – yet was widely mocked and disparaged by the music press. Located in the heart of Bristol, Sarah were as far removed from “baggy” and Britpop as you could get. Jane Duffus, author of a new book about the label's enduring legacy, explains its appeal in the introduction below, then selects 14 “hits” from its catalogue.

DUO LIPPY • Just as the second act of...