Recent Buying Blog Post
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Hello from Reckless!
Ultra busy here as ever, lets get cracking!
1) Scott bought an excellent Hardcore, Jungle and DNB collection the other day. Several hundred awesome records. 1992-1998. What a great period for dance music. Titles from Doc Scott, Tom & Jerry, Technical Itch, Tango, Bad Company, DJ SS, 4 Hero Of The Apocalypse, Acen, Rhythm Section, Satin Storm, Cool Hand Flex, Marverlous Cain, Dillinja, Adam F, Mickey Finn, Da Intalex, The House Crew, Bizzy B, Scott & Keith, Foul Play, Noise Factory, Bizarre Inc, Krome & Time, NRG, Spinback & Gwange, DJ Exodus, Deep Blue, DJ Nut Nut, Sl2, Jonny L, Liquid, Ed Rush, Randall, DJ Solo, Andy C, Congo Natty, DJ Rush Puppy, Photek, Pascal, D'Cruze, FBD Project, Orca, Hyper On Experience, M Beat, Goldie, Origin Unknown, Omni Trio, Red Alert & Mike Slammer, T Power, Blame, DJ Rap, Splash, Alex Reece, Roni Size, PFM, 4 Hero, Fast Floor, The Chameleon, Essence Of Aura, DJ Gunshot, Nookie, Potential Bad Boy, DJ Trace, Lemon D, Dom & Roland, Optical, DJ Krust, Paradox, Aphrodite, DJ Hype etc. Lots of music that makes me very happy indeed.
2) I bought in a great collection from a couple I have been friends with for a very long time. Loads of great CDs and Records. A huge bag of records on Castles in Space, every Psych CD comp you could possibly think of, CDs on Ace, Trunk, Finders Keepers, Blood & Fire etc. Classic LPs from Motorhead, Stooges, Dr Feelgood, Generation X, Sex Pistols, Redd Kross, Lemonheads, Husker Du, Radio Birdman etc. Loads of Italo Disco, Cosmic Disco, Acid House LPs and 12"s. Mad Soundtracks, Exotica, Spoken Word, Library. Its a lot of stuff.
3) Great pile of new LPs including Bring Me The Horizon, Billie Eilish, Chvrches, Kendrick Lamaar, MF Doom, Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray, Turnstile, JPEGMAFIA, Bob Dylan, The Libertines etc.
4) Some cracking Prog LPs from Matching Mole, Yes, Hawkwind, Caravan, Soft Machine, King Crimson, Manfred Mann Chapter Three etc.
5) I bought a cracking Metal/Hard Rock/Prog collection in South London. Super nice condition (sleeves looked brand new!) LPs from Angel Witch, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Slayer, Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rush, Manowar, Saxon, UFO, Megadeth, Queen, Motorhead...
6) Great set of original Johnny Clarke LPs and 12"s (plus a few from Dennis Brown and I Roy).
7) More killer Jungle and Rave from a regular seller including titles from Rhythm Quest, Peshay, Bug Khan, Babylon Timewarp, Liquid Crystal, Ray Keith etc.
8) Big stack of City Pop LPs.
9) Some great Techno and House 12"s (several hundred) including titles from Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills, Surgeon, Moodymann, Ron Trent, Stasis, Masters At Work etc.
10) Scott has been buying some really amazing records from a guy who used to buy loads of records from us - Mighty Ryaeders, Sylvia Striplin, Bobbi Humphrey, Curtis Mayfield...
11) Tonnes of great Punk and Psych CDs and CD box sets.
12) Classic Rock from a regular seller including titles from Billy Nichols, The Who, The Beatles, Gene Vincent, Sex Pistols, Scott Walker, The Kinks, John Lee Hooker, The Jam, The Rezillos, Van Morrison, Ray Lamontagne, Bob Marley, Kate Bush, The Style Council, Astrid Gilberto etc.
13) A nice white vinyl UK copy of Bleach, a string of Oasis promo 12"s and CD singles, plus loads of Primal Scream and Chemical Brothers 12"s.
14) A lot of great titles from a long time customer of the shop including titles from The Hellacopters, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Crowes, Bobby Gentry, Pink Floyd..
15) Big box of Blue Note and ECM LPs.
16) Loads of Beatles LPs including a decent White Album.
17) About 25 Fall LPs!
18) Big stack of Music On Vinyl LPs.
19) Huge collection from the heart of Soho. Hundreds of 45s, CDs, LPs and 12"s. Titles from Soft Cell, The Smiths, Coil, Swans, Bauhaus, David Bowie, Television Personalities, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Beach Boys, PJ Harvey, Blur, Throbbing Gristle, Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, Arctic Monkeys, Kate Bush, Pet Shop Boys, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Jam, Elvis Costello, Sleaford Mods etc.
20) Big stack of ultra clean LPs (mostly high end pricey reissues) from Rush, Elvis Costello, Enya, XTC etc.
21) Gabrielle & I went to an amazing Jazz CD collection in South East from a long time customer who was a very nice chap indeed. Walls and walls of Blue Note, ECM, Verve, Impulse! etc. We filled our car to the brim!
22) Scott bought a massive Hip Hop collection including a very large amount of Italian Rap LPs!!!
23) Some classic Rock LPs from Nick Drake, Steely Dan, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, John Martyn, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin etc.
24) Crazed mix of Japanese Madonna LPs and cassettes from The Beatles and Controlled Bleeding!
25) Talking of cassettes we bought two brilliant Tape collections - both classic Rock, one a little harder than the other. Tapes from Rush, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Billy Joel, Morrissey, Nirvana, Guns N Roses, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Tom Petty, Roxy Music, Genesis, Manowar, The Cure, Kate Bush, Ten Years After, No Doubt, Pet Shop Boys, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Wings, Twisted Sister, Queensryche, Paul Simon, The Stranglers etc.
26) More great classic Rock vinyl from another seller: Grateful Dead, Pebbles comps, Neil Young, Lou Reed, John Lennon, The Doors, Allman Brothers, Marine Girls, Crosby Stills Nash & Young etc.
27) New-sh vinyl from The Prodigy, Ty Segal, Etta James, Angel Olson, Black Angels, Biffy Clyro, Rodriguez, Last Shadow Puppets etc.
28) Big old stack of Dubstep.
29) Some great Hip Hop and RNB LPs from Wu Tang Clan, Jill Scott, GZA etc.
30) Been buying some cool LPs and CDs from an old friend of mine including titles from Felt, Boredoms, Tony Conrad, Hawkwind, Virginia Astley, Sandy Denny, Roy Harper, Joanna Newsom etc.
31) Load of 000's DNB from Grid, Matrix, Twisted Individual, Shy FX.
32) Rock and Soul LPs including titles from Hole, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, PJ Harvey, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Carol King etc.
33) 500 Rock and Pop LPs including titles from Queen, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Sade, Madonna etc.
36) More classic Reggae including 70s and 80s LPs from Horace Andy, Wailing Souls, Junior Delgado, Tappa Zukie, Dr Alimantado, Augustus Pablo etc.
37) A bunch of Freetekno 12"s including nice copies of some of the Spiral Tribe 12"s.
38) More heavy Industrial titles from a long time seller including titles from SPK, Chrome, Current 93, This Heat, Severed Heads etc.
30) Super clean Punk 45 collection with all the hits and a bunch of rarities too: Johnny Moped, Sex Pistols, Crass, Conflict, Blitz, Swell Maps, 45 Grave, The Killjoys, Wire, Buzzcocks, Ramones, The Damned, The Cramps etc.
31) A load of random one off puraches including titles from The Durutti Column, Jackson Sisters, Buzzcocks, The Rolling Stones, Beck, Iggy Pop, Madonna, Vivian Stanshall, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Jimmy Smith, Pixies, Lankum, Whitesnake, The Runaways, Heavenly, Jimi Hendrix, T Rex, The Cure, Miles Davis, Martin Carthy, Aerosmith, Amon Duul, Neil Young, Beyonce, Deerhoof, Matumbi, Can...
This is a tiny amount of what we have bought since the last blog (its just what I remember!).
Loads of good stuff out at the moment - pop in!
This morning healthy updated sections:
Reggae 45s
Hard Rock / Classic Metal LPs
Death Metal CDs
Jazz LPs
Psych CDs
Soul and Funk LPs
Italian Rap
Reggae LPs and 12"s
Post Punk LPs
Hardcore/Rave
House
Catch you soon
TTFN!