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

Hello, and welcome to RC 580

For The Record

I Was There • Readers report on revolutionary (for them, or everyone) gigs

THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS

The Melbourne Supremacy • Researchers reveal Australian city as global vinyl hot-spot

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

Juanita Stein • Juanita Stein of Howling Bells on their first studio set in 10 years

NEWS

Memorabilia lane • Auction houses around the world

Altogether Now • Noteworthy guest-spots this month

Live Sensation • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band live box set due

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

Purple days • Deep Purple spin-offs get the expanded treatment

The public gets what the public wants • US music from 1925 now free for all

Taylor (and vinyl) on top again • UK record industry body reveals 2025 album sales, format winners and losers

The Vinylist • News and views from the world of vinyl

JET! • We've recently taken a tour of rock star houses. Now Paul Bowler hops on board some famous band aeroplanes

The Collector • This month: Joe Geesin

VALUE ADDED FACTS

REUNITED STATES • Jemma Paton talks to prog rockers Art In America, whose 1983 debut is being joined by a follow-up 43 years on

Vintage Vinyl • A regular look at unsung haunts near you

LABEL OF LOVE DEVILDUCK

SOUND AND VISION • RC revisits a classic music TV or film moment

MOST Wanted • From Lil Gangsta to Little Red Corvette, there's nothing knee high about Paul Rigby's massively mammoth collectables

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

Not Forgotten

anchoressaway • This is hardware – Catherine Anne Davies hails the “gear nerd”

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

33⅓ minutes with… Derek Shulman

“I FIGURED I'D GO OUT ON TOP” • As leader of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine has carved out a 40-year career as one of modern metal's defining figures. This despite (or maybe partly because of) being infamously fired by a fledgling Metallica before their debut album. After a troubled time in recent years with ill-health, he's now announced that the band's new album will be their last… or will it? When JR Moores probes a little deeper, he finds that things might not be quite that simple…

CARIBBEAN CREAM • 1976 may have been Year Zero for punk, but it was also the year reggae reached its creative and commercial zenith. Johnnie Johnstone picks 15 of the finest long-players from a defining year for the genre

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS • As punk gripped Northern Ireland as it had audiences across the border and over the Irish Sea, Stiff Little Fingers found themselves leading the countercultural...