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 RC546

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

THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS

The days of his life • Freddie Mercury’s unseen personal collection set to be exhibited and auctioned, darlings!

Tracy Nelson • Mother Earth singer on her latest guest-packed solo set

Acoustic

Duckin’ and drivin’ • Hank Davis, author of Ducktails, Drive-ins And Broken Hearts, talks 50s music with Tony Burke

We’re shopping • Study reveals the best recordshopping towns across the UK

Hell-o’ Dolly • Dolly Parton rock album with host of guests due

Not really gone • Deacon Blue best-of and career-spanning box set in the offing

UPCOMING VINYL RELEASES • News and views from the world of vinyl

MY PRECIOUS

POP ART • Numerous rock’n’pop artistes have proven dab hands with other artforms over the decades. RC artist Paul Bowler paints a picture of some of those who work on other canvases

The Collector • This month: wine writer Neal Martin

VALUE ADDED FACTS

Diggin’ For GOLD • Our regular look at the more arcane corners of record collecting. Includes Vintage Venue

SPIT AND POLE-ISH

HE DRINKS A SCHLAGER DRINK

MOST Wanted • From Lil houses to Monster Movies to the Pig City, this month's collectables from Paul Rigby come in all sizes Now includes Whole Love Of Lots

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

Tina Turner 1939-2023

Not Forgotten

auteur to author • Luke Haines writes the shuk out of rock'n'roll Britain's favourite rock'n'roll bad boy

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

33⅓ minutes with… Lora Logic

“WE LIKE SEX PISTOLS AND PINK FLOYD” • Across four decades and countless madcap ideas, The Flaming Lips have evolved from indie noiseniks to purveyors of Disneyesque symphonia to multi-media art ensemble, each new album expanding the group's sonic world and conceptual ambitions. Accidental hits (She Don't Use Jelly; Do You Realize??) have pulled them into the mainstream on occasion, and yet the Lips have consistently refused to court commercial success - and often seemed to actively shun it, with a string of extra-curricular projects, including a homemade sci-fi movie and a line in deconstructive covers albums, defying even the most hardened Lips fan to make sense of it all. Frontman Wayne Coyne tells Jason Draper why the extreme-embracing unit will always remain a "weirdo studio band".

THE LIPS BATTLE THE ROCK MONOLITHS • UNCOVERING THE FLAMING LIPS' COVERS ALBUMS

WIND OF CHANGE • It is...