Classic Rock LPs 60s & 70s

Artists like The Animals, Syd Barrett, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, The Byrds, Black Sabbath, Captain Beefheart, Caravan, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Spencer Davis, Deep Purple, Doors, Bob Dylan, Eno, The Faces, Fairport Convention, Chris Farlowe, Fleetwood Mac, Free, Genesis, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Jimi Hendrix, Hollies, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Kinks, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Love, Manfred Mann, John Mayall, The MC5, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, Queen, Rolling Stones, Small Faces, Soft Machine, The Sweet, Ten Years After, Them, Traffic, Troggs, T-Rex, Uriah Heep, Velvet Underground, The Who, Yardbirds, Yes, Neil Young, Frank Zappa plus 1000’s more obscure artists on labels like Apple, Blue Horizon, Brunswick, CBS, Charisma, Columbia, Dandelion, Decca, Deram, Direction, Elektra, Fontana, Harvest, HMV, Immediate, Island, Liberty, London, Marmalade, Mercury, MGM, Nepentha, Page One, Parlophone, Philips, Planet, Polydor, Pye, RCA, RCA Neon, Regal Zonophone, Reprise, Spark, Straight, Track, Transatlantic, United Artists, Vertigo, Virgin, Warner Bros, Young Blood, etc.

60s & 70s Ska & Reggae
7" Singles and LPs

We buy both UK and Jamaican issues, but here are some UK labels of interest. Amalgamated, Attack, Bamboo, Big Shot, Black Swan, Bluebeat, Bluecat, Bullet, Caltone, Camel, Carnival, Clandisc, Coxsone, Crab, Crystal, Dice, Doctor Bird, Downtown, Duke, Escort, Explosion, Fab, Gas, Gayfeet, Giant, Grape, Green Door, High Note, Island, Jackpot, Jolly, Newbeat, Nu-Beat, Pama, Punch, Pyramid, R&B, Ska Beat, Songbird, Spinning Wheel, Studio One, Technique, Treasure Isle, Trojan, Unity, Upsetter and many more.

70s & 80s Punk/Mod Revival/2-Tone
7" Singles and LPs

By artists like The Adverts, Angelic Upstarts, Anti-Nowhere League, Buzzcocks, The Chords, Chron Gen, The Clash, Cockney Rejects, Crass, The Damned, Disorder, Eater, Exploited, The Fall, The Freshies, Generation X, Gorillas, The Jam, Johnny Moped, The Lambrettas, Magazine, The Only Ones, The Professionals, Purple Hearts, Ramones, Revillos, Rezillos, Riot Squad, The Ruts, Secret Affair, Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Slaughter & The Dogs, The Slits, The Specials, Stiff Little Fingers, Television, UK Subs, The Undertones, The Vibrators, Vice Squad, Wire, XTC, X-Ray Spex plus 1000s of obscurer acts both British and American.

60s Soul
7" Singles and EPs

We buy both UK and USA issues, but here are some UK labels of interest. Action, Aladdin, Argo, Atco, Atlantic, Beacon, Bell, Brunswick, Buddah, Cameo Parkway, Capitol, CBS, Chess, Columbia, Coral, Deep Soul, Direction, Fontana, HMV, Island, Jay Boy, King, Liberty, London, Mercury, MGM, Oriole, Parlophone, Phillips, Piccadilly, Polydor, Pye, RCA, Redbird, Soul City, Stateside, Stax, Sue, Tamla Motown, United Artists, Vocalion, Warner Bros

60s Beat, R&B,
Mod and Psych
7" Singles and EPs

UK artists like The Action, Apple, The Artwoods, The Beat Merchants, The Beat Stalkers, The Birds, Blossom Toes, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, The Creation, Downliners Sect, Deep Purple, The Eyes, Eyes Of Blue, The Fairies, The Factory, Fleur De Lys, The Game, The Idle Race, John’s Children, Kaleidoscope, The Koobas, The Loot, The Misunderstood, One In A Million, The Pretty Things, The Poets, The Primitives, Pandemonium, Pink Floyd, Richard Kent Style, The Sorrows, Small Faces, The Syndicats, St Louis Union, The Spectres, The Sons Of Fred, Timebox, Sharon Tandy, Tomorrow, Them, Wimple Winch, Wynder K. Frog, The Who, The Yardbirds, The Zombies plus 100’s more obscure and not so obscure artists! Labels that are always of interest are Alp, Go, Oak, Eyemark, Instant, Jewel, Middle Earth, Purdah, Python, Planet and S.N.B. Artists listed above and others like them can be found on Brit, Blue Horizon, Brunswick, Carnaby, CBS, Chapter One, Columbia, Decca, Deram, Direction, Ember, Evolution, Fontana, HMV, Immediate, Island, Liberty, Major Minor, Marmalade, Mercury, MGM, Morgan, NEMS, Oriole, Page One, Parlophone, Penny Farthing, Philips, Piccadilly, Plexium, RCA, Reaction, Regal Zonophone, Spark, Track, Trend, United Artists, Vocalion, Warner Bros.

Jazz LPs 50s - 70s

We do not buy traditional jazz, which means artists like Chris Barber, Louis Armstrong, Acker Bilk and similar are not wanted. Artists of interest are people like Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Don Rendell, Tubby Hayes, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Michael Garrick, Ian Carr, Neil Ardley, Stan Tracey, Mike Westbrook, Bill Evans etc. Labels always of interest are Blue Note, Decca Nova, Deram, and Riverside.

Post Punk/Indie/Brit Pop etc. 80's - 90s 7", 12" and LPs

Artists like Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Morrissey, Green Day, New Order, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, The Verve, Paul Weller, Stone Roses, Radio Head, Nirvana, The Cure, R.E.M, and 100’s more. Labels always of interest are Rough Trade, 4 A.D, and Factory

70s. 80s & 90s Metal/Rock

Artists like AC-DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Guns & Roses, Slayer, Limp Bizkit, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam etc

Rock 'n' Roll/Rockabilly
7" Singles and EPs

Both USA and UK releases are wanted. Artists like The Johnny Burnette Trio, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, Johnny Carroll, Bo Diddley, Vince Taylor, Charlie Feathers, Mac Curtis, Ronnie Self, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates etc. Pretty much anything on the Sun label, and UK labels like Vogue, plus 1000s more artists and labels too numerous to mention here!

Rock 'n' Roll/Blues 78s

We’re pretty selective on 78s as some early Bill Haley, Fats Domino and Platters releases, are nigh impossible to sell. There are exceptions like everything, but generally we don’t buy these examples. However, artists like Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins, John Lee Hooker, Cliff Richard are always bought. It’s best to ring or email first to see if your collection has any sellable items, as they’re heavy and fragile to cart about.

Classical LPs

We do buy classical albums but requirements are very specific. Condition is uppermost and in general the ones of interest are the ‘SXL’ series issued on Decca, The ‘SAX’ series issued on Columbia, The ‘ASD’ series issued on HMV The ‘Hi-Fi Stereo’ series issued on Philips and the ‘SB Living Stereo’ series issued on RCA.

Pop Memorabilia

Programmes, handbills/flyers, gig posters, autographs and promotional material from the 50’s 60’s and 70s.

What We Don't Buy!

Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Doris Day, Mantovani, Harry Secombe, Val Doonican, Foster & Allen, Herb Alpert, Boy Bands, Bert Kampfert, James Last, Country & Western, Budget LPs on labels like K-Tel and Arcade, Soundtracks like Oklahoma and Kiss Me Kate, Mrs Mills, Ed Shearan, Sammy Davis Jr. Easy listening in general, Trad Jazz, Big Bands, Brass Bands, 5 Star, Bagpipe music, Dance music from the 90s till present, Felicity Kendall exercise LPs, Classical 78s, and last but by no means least…… Readers Digest Box Sets Aaaahhhhhhh!!!