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 RC 547

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

THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS

The vinyl cuts • The ongoing cost of living crisis means many of us are hard-pressed. But are we getting short-changed by record labels? Joe Geesin weighs in on cost-cutting

Sophie B. Hawkins

Acoustic

Wish they all could be Dolby Atmos • Mike Oldfield and The Beach Boys classics get the full surround treatment, as Paul Davies reports

Swift justice • Frenchman pinched for pinching Taylor Swift

Cat collectors • The Cherry Red stable expands with more labels and their wares

Kat collector • Katy Perry marks debut LP anniversary with expanded set and more

Sylvian linings playbook • David Sylvian compiles 10 albums from 11 years

The Abbey habit • The Beatles’ Abbey Road reinterpreted

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

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

MY PRECIOUS

MUSEUM PIECES • We've visited US popular music museums in a previous RCI. This time around, Tim Jones takes a virtual trip around the rest of the Americas

The Collector • This month: musician/ producer Chasms

CANDID CANDI • The Southern soul, disco and gospel queen tells Ian Shirley about her acclaimed Fame recordings and how real-life pain helped her deliver those heartrending vocals

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

Vintage Vinyl • A regular look at record shops from the past

LADY OF THE NIGHT

CAR TROUBLE

Most Wanted • Pulp fiction of a different sort now as Paul Rigby offers toppermost of the poppermost poster rarities… mostly Now includes Whole Love Of Lots

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

Not Forgotten

davidqua ntiek likes • …to write a column for Record Collector. Yay Latter-day landmarks

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

33⅓ minutes with… Glen Matlock

“WE WANTED TO SOUND LIKE SINATRA WITH A EAIRLIGHT” • As the UK synthpop scene gathered momentum at the turn of the 80s, a bunch of ambitious modernists from South Yorkshire were thinking bigger. ABC, in a very different yet not entirely unrelated post-punk way to The Human League, Soft Cell, Haircut One Hundred et al, would create a vision of shiny, post-modern pop that endures on their finest recorded hour: The Lexicon Of Love. Leader Martin Fry remembers how, for a short, surreal period, it all went so gloriously...