Recent Purchases
Hi from Reckless!
This Blog was written to the sounds of..
Lots of buying as per usual - lets get right to it!
1) Sean bought an absolutely great classic Rock collection - where all of the titles were in the most amazing shape ever! Records from the 60s and 70s which looked like they did on the day they came out - amazing really! Some really great records from artists like The Beatles, The Who, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, The Police, Dire Straits, Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Cat Stevens, The Kinks, Miles Davis, Abba, David Bowie, Santana, Al Green, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Yes, Roxy Music etc.
2) 50 Minimal Techno 12"s.
3) Great pile of Indie Rock LPs including titles from Smog / Bill Callahan, Songs:Ohia, Will Oldham, Silver Jews etc.
4) Amazing pile of African LPs & 45s including titles from artists like Sunburst, Jingo, Fela Kuti, Thomas Mapfumo. Plus loads of records we had never heard of! And lots of cool African (from loads of different countries) pressings of Pop artists like Abba and Boney M!!!
5) Cool pile of Punk/New Wave (etc) including LPs and 45s from Stiff Little Fingers, The Cure, Buzzcocks, Tom Waits, The Kinks, James Brown, The Clash, Talking Heads, The Cult, The Stranglers, Madonna, Jethro Tull etc.
6) A very nice chap whos a friend of the shop has been selling in loads of obscure 90s Techno, Progressive House and Bleep 12"s. Lots!!
7) Another very cool seller has sold in several times including titles from Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Piero Piccioni, Joe Henderson, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Goblin, Larry Heard, Lil Louis, Mike Dunn, Pet Shop Boys, Dillinjah, Curtis Mayfield, Manix, Ratcage, Jah Shaka, Lloyd Mcneill, Aphex Twin, Bob Marley, Sacrelige, Swans, Chet Baker, Prince Jammy, Deftones, U-Ziq, Cassie, Roky Erickson, John Fahey, Adonis, The Gaylads...
8) Every week a super nice dude has been bringing in some of the Hard Rock and Metal records from his youth including titles from Motley Crue, Venom, AC/DC, WASP, Motorhead, Slayer, Hawkwind, Iron Maiden, Cream etc.
9) Whole bunch of ECM LPs (and a Celtic Frost LP!!).
10) Lots of 80s Pop from one seller (Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Kim Wilde etc).
11) Decent CDs from Method Man, PP Arnold, ESG, Chick Corea, Sly & The Family Stone..
12) Another regular seller has been bringing in great titles from artists like Bob Marley, Horace Andy, Cameo, LL Cool J, Pablo Moses, Freddie McGregor, Future, Barrington Levy, MFSB, Al Campbell, Jimi Hendrix, Faith Evans, Johnny Osbourne, Burning Spear, Aaliyah, Kool & The Gang, Devon Irons, Sugar Minott, The Love Unlimited Orchestra, NWA, Missy Elliott...
13) Some super great Hip Hop LPs including pricey colour vinyl pressings of artists like Kendrick Lamaar, Rick Ross, Eminem, Wu Tang Clan etc.
14) Nice little CD collection (including some pricey box sets) - Black Sabbath, Roxy Music, The Cure, Lloyd Cole, The Divine Comedy, Buzzcocks, Soul Jazz comps, Rolling Stones, The Fall, Dexys Midnight Runners etc.
15) Loads and loads of great Indie/Punk/New Wave/ Metal titles from one seller (who was very nice) including titles from David Bowie, Anti Nowhere League, Bauhaus, Manic Street Preachers, Ultravox, The Clash, Cocteau Twins, Cockney Rejects, Psychic TV, Sex Pistols, Discharge, Crass, Madness, Flux Of Pink Indians, The Jam, UK Subs, Talk Talk, The Specials, Big Country, The Damned, The Business, Aerosmith, Echo & The Bunnymen, De La Soul, The Style Council, Ramones, New Order, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cult, Tears For Fears, This Mortal Coil, The Human League, Nirvana, Public Image LTD, Killing Joke, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Simple Minds, Chelsea, The Police, The Undertones, UB40, The Smiths, The Selector....
16) Great stack of Japanese King Blue Note LPs - including titles from Joe Henderson, Grant Green, Freddie Hubbard, Larry Young, Elvin Jones etc.
17) Some great Pop vinyl! Madonna, Britney Spears, Caroline Polachek, Sugababes, Jessie Ware etc.
18) Classics from Kiss, The Who and Iron Maiden.
19) Some cool LPs including Northern Soul comps, Bear Family titles, Exotica, Craft Records etc.
20) Some Indian titles and some BBC Radiophonic Workshop LPs.
21) More Classic Rock LPs from Fleetwood Mac, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Led Zeppelin, Japan, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Brigitte Fontaine etc.
22) More Modern DNB (Ram, Hospital etc)
23) Cool modern LPs from Lana Del Ray, Daptone Records, Numero, Idles, The Oh Sees etc.
24) More great titles from another regular seller (Boss Hogg, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Fall, Roy Budd, Detroit Cobras, Bongwater, The Orb etc.
25) Loads or pricey LPs from MF Doom, U2, Lil Wayne, My Bloody Valentine etc.
26) More cool titles from another regular seller - Kankyo Ongaku, Sven Leibak, Grouper, Roedlius, Giuliano Sorgini etc.
27) Some nice Reggae CDs including Doctor Bird, Soul Jazz, Trojan titles.
28) Rare one from Badbadnotgood!
29) Ben sold in some great records from his trip to Japan - Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Star Wars, King Crimson, The Rolling Stones, Yoko Ono, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Simon & Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, The Runaways, Elton John, Janis Joplin, Queen, McDonald & Giles etc
30) An old school friend of mine sold in a huge pile of Black Metal and Hardcore Punk - loads of obscure titles!
31) A load of Electro 12"s - straight up from South London!
32) Some crusty LPs from Darkthrone, Amebix, Doom, Subhumans etc.
33) More Classic LPs from Sade, b52s, The Selector, Talking Heads, The Sugercubes etc.
34) New-ish titles from The Chills, Rustie, Brian Eno, Squarepusher, Hudson Mohawke etc.
35) Classic Rock vinyl - The Beatles, Tangerine Dream, Leonard Cohen, The Stranglers, Stevie Wonder, Dire Straits, Kate Bush, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan etc.
36) 100 or so DNB 12"s from mid 90s to 2005. Lots of cool titles from Dimension, Marcus Intalex, Commix, Seba, Andy C etc.
37) Big stack of Soul, Rare Groove and early Hip Hop.
38) Cool Punk and Hardcore LPs including titles from Operation Ivy, SS Decontrol, Agnostic Front, The Donnas, Bad Brains, Bolt Thrower etc.
30) 1000 LPs and 12"s including mostly Jungle, Techno, Classic House and Drum n Bass.
31) Great Indie LPs from Sonic Youth, Oh Sees, Alex G, Galaxie 500, The Smiths etc.
32) Huge Queen box set - plus some 45s.
33) Lots of 45s from a very long term customer ! The Who, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Desmond Dekker etc.
34) Some really great classic Reggae including a load of Jamaican Tuff Gong Bob Marley LPs plus titles from Delano Stewart, Johnny Clarke, Sugar Minott, Scientist, Sonia, Creation Rebel, Slim Smith etc.
35) Over 100 LPs from another seller including Amon Duul, Kate Bush, The Jam, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Blancmange etc.
36) More from another great regular seller including titles from Sun Ra, Rezzett, Theo Parrish, Phuture Assassins, Mystic Harmony, Roland Clark, Zion Train etc.
37) Some decent Hardcore and Jungle titles including a few Tom & Jerrys.
38) More great Metal LPs including titles from Avenged Sevenfold, Cannibal Corpse, Within Temptation, Ghost, Tenacious D, Rammstein, Epica, Steel Panther etc.
39) Big stack of New House and Techno.
40) Load of Stereolab and Orbital LPs.
41) Jay-Z, Funkadelic and DJ Premier LPs.
42) Nice LPs from R.E.M., New Order, Placebo, The Birthday Party, Richard & Linda Thompson, Gram Parsons, Aphex Twin, White Stripes, Dinosaur JR, Bloc Party, The thrills, The Delays, Nirvana, Tricky etc.
43) Some cool Lovers 12"s. Studio One repress 45s, Sugar Minott and Yellowman titles.
44) More Indie LPs from Haim, Damon Alburn, Blur, Thom Yorke etc.
45) Good pal sold in some Balearic jams from Pat Metheny, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Tangerine Dream, Cocteau Twins etc.
46) Wicked pile of LPs from Ween, Boredoms, Acid Mothers Temple, Cardiacs, Techno Animal, Aphex Twin, The Fall, Add N To X, John Cage, Frank Zappa, Tim Hecker, Godflesh, Chris & Cosey, Daniel Johnston, Melvins, Throbbing Gristle, Suicide, Gong etc.
47) Some cool Proggy/Classic Rock LPs from Neil Young, Rennaissance, Little Feat, Roy Harper, Pallas, Spocks Beard, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Van Der Graaf Generator, Family, Alan Parsons etc.
48) Plenty of Dance 12s, U2, Pebbles box, Arab Stap box set, Warp Records vinyl from another seller.
49) LPs from Pink Floyd, Napalm Death, Sparks, Jimi Hendrix, Nine Inch Nails, Scott Walker, Rolling Stones, The Stooges, Lauryn Hill, LCD Soundsystem, Slayer, Beach Boys, Ramones, Public Enemy, Black Sabbath, Tangerine Dream etc.
50) Huge CD collection - heavy on the Euro Jazz tip - with plenty of ECM titles.
51) LPs from Yes, Funkadelic, Sparks, The Specials, The Beat, Adult Net, Chaka Khan.
52) Cool CDs including loads of Free Jazz, Discharge, 2-Tone, Slayer etc.
53) Full run of Stray LPs.
54) More classic LPs from The Police, Swans, Marc Almond, The Who, The Fall, Soft Cell, Street Sounds, Haircut 100.
55) More modern LPs from Panda Bear, Thee Oh Sees, Solange etc.
56) Indie LPs from The Books, Grizzly Bear, The Chills, Naked & Famous, Morrissey, Mormor, Feist, Dirty Projectors, Everything Everything etc.
57) Cool tapes from Nirvana, Guns N Roses, Prince, Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop, Grace Jones etc.
58) Load of Ace and Jazzman Comp CDs.
59) More vinyl - Oasis (big box set), Lou Reed, Joy Division, Slowthai, Django Django, Autechre, David Bowie, The Byrds, MGMT, Velvet Underground etc.
60) Load of Easy Listening, Crooner, Jazz LPs and CDs - but all Japanese pressings.
61) I bought a great small collection in Marleybone including titles from Groundhogs, Karen Dalton, Pink Floyd, Cream, Free, Soft Machine, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heap, John Mayall, Edgar Broughton etc.
62) More titles from a lovely regular seller : Fleetwood Mac, Don Rendell, Keith Jarrett, Mama Cass, Bill Fay etc.
63) Some great CDs from a great man: Third Ear Band, Spriguns, Christine Perfect, Bob Marley, Errol Dunkley, Bob Lind, Mighty Diamonds.
64) More modern LPs from Sleaford Mods, Colleen Cosmo Murphy, 23 Skidoo, Baxter Dury, The Fall etc.
65) 60 Bob Dylan LPs.
66) Decent classic Rock collection 300 LPs - you dont need me to type out the list you know whats there!!
67) Absolutely dope Grindcore CD collection - so many classics!
68) Another huge CD collection - Ace, Cherry Red, Rhino Handmade etc.
Random LPs from McCoy Tyner, Max Romeo, Mighty Diamonds, Jade Warrior, Frank Sinatra, Mitski, African Head Charge, Sam Fender, Blink 182, Rush, Taylor Swift, Billy Joel, Alkaline Trio, Orange Juice, The Animals, Francois Hardy, Pink Fairies, Don Cherry, Goat Girl, Sam Cooke, Lee Dorsey etc
Phew!!!
We have two new CD buyers so the CD sections have really been sorted out. We have more CDs out now than we have for a long time. 100s are going out every day!
Plenty more collections coming up - keep checking our Instgram for updates - but better yet get in the shop and see what we have as we are still putting out at least 300 titles a day.
TTFN!