The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast

Jan 30 2025 19 ep. 33 mins 12
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A conversations podcast talking to music guests from around the world featuring record collectors, record shops, musical artists and music obsessives. 

Born out of two successful coffee table books centered around interviewing vinyl collectors around the world, host Iain Wakefield digs even deeper into peoples obsessions with music, vinyl records and digging for vinyl. 

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Episode 18 - The Record Review | January

Jan 30 2025 23 mins  
Welcome to “The Record Review”, a new monthly segment on The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast where I run through vinyl news and reviews of what has been released and what has been announced over the last month or so. I will talk new releases, reissues, pre order news and other vinyl related bits so lets kick off with January’s Record Review!2025 has had some exci

Episode 17- Jonas Samuelsson

Jan 23 2025 35 mins  
On this weeks episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, I kick off another new series as I dip into the world of collecting Psych, Prog and Folk records.My guest this week is a Swedish collector with an incredible collection of the afore mentioned genres, Jonas Samuelsson. Jonas, has been collecting records for around 25 years or so and amassed a collection of fi

Episode 16 - Aaron Draplin

Jan 16 2025 47 mins  
On this weeks episode, I am again on my USA trip and in Portland, Oregon visiting the great city, digging for records and meeting up with some friends. One of whom, is this weeks guest on the podcast, Aaron Draplin.For those that have heard Aaron's name in the design circles, will know how talented he is as a graphic designer but he is also an extremely funny person and very knowle

Episode 15 - Norman "Mazzy" Maslov

Jan 09 2025 34 mins  
Back in late 2024, I went digging for records (and to see Bruce Springsteen of course) in Canada and the USA for a two weeks trip visiting Vancouver, Seattle and Portland.Whilst I was in Seattle, I was lucky enough to be invited to visit fellow record collector and Beatles maniac, Norman "Mazzy" Maslov. If you've heard of his name, you will have watched his YouTube videos over on t

Episode 14 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Finds of the Year

Dec 26 2024 42 mins  
On the final part of the 2024 Year In Review series, my guests and I reveal our top 5 favourite records we have found during the year of digging in crates, shops and online as collectors. Personally I have found some incredible records in 2024 and it was tough narrowing it down to a Top 5 but I had to do it!The selections we discuss on this episode are extremely varied across many

Episode 13 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Reissues of the Year

Dec 19 2024 37 mins  
Welcome to the next part of the Year In Review series, dissecting the amazing year in music that was 2024.Continuing on with the 3 part round table mini series with my guests Kev, Ben and Billy, we discuss our Top 5 favourite vinyl reissues of 2024 across lots of different genres.It's been an amazing year for reissues in 2024 with some long out of print, or never pressed on vinyl,

Episode 12 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Records of the Year

Dec 12 2024 51 mins  
Welcome to the first in a 3 part mini series as part of the overall 2024 Year in Review series that has been a focus of some of the recent podcast episodes. As I had stated on those previous episodes, 2024 has been an amazing year for music and records again and in this mini series I am joined by three record collecting friends from Leeds to discuss the year in music in a round tab

Episode 11 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Part 2

Dec 05 2024 32 mins  
Episode 11 is part 2 of the "2024, A Year in Review" Series where Iain discusses his favourite releases from the second half of the year and the months of July to December.He discusses releases from lots of bands including Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wunderhorse, Kasabian, Coldplay, Danny & The Champions of the World, Laura Marling and of course, The Cure!The second half of

Episode 10 - John Downing

Nov 21 2024 26 mins  
This week, Iain kicks off his Funk and Soul series on the podcast and welcomes onto it, notorious Funk, Soul and Reggae collector John Downing.John has collected records all his adult life and whilst he specialises in collecting Funk and Soul stuff, he also digs into other genres too. Iain and John chat about the genres he collects, where he buys records, digging across the world f

Episode 9 - Neil Bunn

Nov 14 2024 48 mins  
This weeks episode has been a long anticipated one for Iain as he talks to Neil Bunn, who tours with many different bands around the world looking after their tour merchandise.He has toured with countless bands including some huge artists like Radiohead, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Self Esteem and also my favourite band of the last 10 years, Idles! He has some great tales to tel