What We Buy

Vinyl Records

It is impossible to provide a simple list of what we buy because it runs into hundreds of thousands of artists and genres.

As a very broad guide we are always looking for Excellent to Mint Vinyl LPs, 12”s, 7”s, Picture Discs, Demos, Promos & Boxed Sets for these artists and genres, and from anywhere in the world:

• The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd
• 60s & 70s, Pop & Rock
• Heavy Metal and Classic Rock
• Progressive, Psychedelic, Freakbeat
• Punk, New Wave and Indie
• Blues and Soul
• Folk
• Jazz
• Film, Movie & TV Soundtracks & Themes
• Classical

CDs / Compact Discs

We are always interested in CDs from the 1980s and 1990s, including 3″ and 5″ CD singles, CDRs, promos, 5″ CD Video Discs and Boxed Sets

Posters

We love posters, be they music, film or TV. And don’t worry if your posters have seen a bit of action or have a few pin holes, creases, rips or tears.  We’ll assess the poster for its overall merit.

Tell us about your promotional, gig, concert, tour, official merchandise or collector editions posters.

Film, TV & Soundtrack posters and pinups.

Books & Magazines

We are looking for Music Books, Movie press books, lobby cards, cinema programmes or flyers, premiere invites & programmes. If you have intact music books and magazines, with or without dust covers or outer boxes, contact us for a free purchase appraisal.

Memorabilia

Memorabilia comes in many forms and we are always interested in:-

Concert programmes, ticket stubs, invites, handbills & flyers

Displays – record shop, point of sale, standees, mobiles

Press kits – press releases, promotional photographs, sales presenters, promotional media and radio only boxed sets

Sales Awards – Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards on most artists. Official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. Certified or genuine in-house variants from around the world. Ivor Novello, B.M.I., ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations

Clothing & Tour Merchandise – tour crew jackets, crew wear, roadie gear, tour itineraries, crew itineraries, promotional clothing of all types including jackets, t-shirts etc, official tour merchandise

Artwork & proofs – original artwork, studio proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides

Programmes & Other Paper Goods – movie press books, lobby cards, cinema programmes or flyers, premiere invites & programmes

Autographs

We are always looking for genuine autographs by bands, artists, TV, movie or theatre performers

No provenance – but a great story? Well we all love a story and our buyers will authenticate your items when providing an appraisal.

How It Works

Selling your items to our team of professional Record & CD buyers has never been easier and we will guide you every step of the way.

Once you are ready to sell your items, experience tells us that a phone call is often the easiest way to get the process underway.

However, our team are very happy to communicate by your preferred method including email, WhatsApp or our live website chat.

We can send you free boxes to pack your items.

We’ll explain how to pack your items, or you can watch our short video

We can arrange for our courier to collect from your door, for free, on a day that suits you, or – we can visit in person.

We will appraise your items shortly after they reach our offices, or if we are visiting you, we will appraise them on the spot.

We will explain our offer clearly and concisely and will put this in writing if required.

We will pay you immediately.

Watch our short video on ‘how to sell

To contact us call free in the UK on 0800 634 9975
Call from overseas: +44 1474 815099
Email vinyl@eil.com
WhatsApp +447739084118