The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast
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.
Episodes
Episode 53 - Record Store Day 2026 | The List Reveal
The Record Collectors Club podcast makes a 2026 return after a couple of months break and Iain is back talking his way through the Record Store Day list for 2026.There are some great records on the list as always (and some stinkers too) but the focus is on the good stuff, so have a listen to some of Iain's tips on what to pick up and listen to his first reactions to the list and what he might
Episode 52 - 2025 | A Year In Review | Record of the Year
On this second of the two part series, the round table team each discuss their top 5 records of the year. 2025 has been another incredibly strong year for music and this is reflected across the choices of the panel with lots of different genres represented, hidden gems discussed and some big mainstream records talked about too.
Episode 51 - 2025 | A Year In Review | Reissues & Compilations of the Year
In the first of a two part double header, Iain is joined again by the round table team of Ben and Billy (sadly Kev was ill) to discuss the year of 2025 in records! On this first episode, they talk through their favourite reissues and compilations of the year across a whole host of genres including boxsets, comps and other releases.
Episode 50 - The Record Review | November
Iain is back after a small hiatus with the record review for the month of November where he reviews new releases from White Lies, Futureheads, James and Doves.On this short episode, he also talks through the new Beatles "Anthology 4" release, talks through a few pre order bits and discusses what's left to come for the rest of the year on the podcast.
Episode 49 - Jeff Hordley | Emmerdale (Cain Dingle)
On this week's episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain is joined by Jeff Hordley. Those in the UK will recognise Jeff as Cain Dingle from the TV show, Emmerdale but hes a huge record collector and also dj's the vinyl format too.Jeff and Iain dig into his collection and his history with the vinyl format talking about his go-to genres for spinning wax out on his D
Episode 48 - The Record Review | October
On this months episode of the Record Review, Iain talks through the new releases that have dropped in the relatively quiet month of October including albums from Taylor Swift, Richard Ashcroft and Robert Plant. He discusses the new Springsteen boxset "Nebraska 82" and also gives his mini review of the new film "Springsteen : Deliver Me From Nowhere". Finally he rounds up the pr
Episode 47 - Round Table Challenge | Five Underrated Debut Records
This week on the podcast, the round table challenge returns and for this episode, Iain, Ben, Kev and Billy pick five debut records that they think are either underrated, forgotten or deserve more attention.Their choices span across a number of genres and eras and will hopefully bring these records back to the forefront of record collectors and music fans minds as they discuss their thoughts and op
Episode 46 - The Record Review | September
Iain is back this week with another episode of The Record Review where he talks through the vinyl releases from the past month including new releases, reissues and also talks about what pre orders have been announced. September was full of great new records from artists such as Suede, David Byrne, Saint Ettienne, Red Rum Club and many more.Lots of pre orders announced too, including records to loo
Episode 45 - Kate Stables | This Is The Kit
On this week's episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain is joined by one of his favourite artists from the past few years, ahead of seeing her perform at her sell out show at Pop Recs in Sunderland, Kate Stables.Kate, or more commonly known as her stage alias This Is The Kit, has been a constant in the UK Folk music scene for a number of years now releasing six studi
Episode 44 - The Record Review | August
On this weeks episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversation's Podcast, Iain is back again with another episode of The Record Review where he rounds up the new releases, reissues and pre order news from the last month.August was quieter for new releases but he dips into talk about new records from The Royston Club, Black Keys and Wolf Alice.He discusses Coldplay's eco vinyl reissue c
Episode 43 - Richard Morton Jack
On this weeks episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain is joined by a man who really knows his music and his vinyl records. Richard Morton Jack is a music historian and biographer and has written a number of bestselling books across many music genres. Whether it be dipping into the history of both British and American Psych music or telling the story of the tortured soul t
Episode 42 - Springsteen Special | Part 4| Barry Danielian | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Welcome back to The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast. This weeks episode is very special as the guest joining Iain on today's podcast episode is a member of the E Street Band, Barry Danielian. Barry has been a member of the E Street Band for a number of years now playing Trumpet alongside Bruce Springsteen and the rest of the band all around the worldHe’s also toured with countles
Episode 41 - Amelia Coburn
Welcome back to the Record Collectors Club Conversations podcast and to a newepisode this week where Iain is joined by a special guest in she shape of rising star, Amelia Coburn.Amelia is a folk singer hailing from Middlesbrough who has been causing quite thestir recently in the UK music scene, gaining attention and praise from many musiccritics and fellow artists including huge names like Paul We
Episode 40 - The Record Review | July
On this weeks episode of the Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain rounds up everything vinyl related for the month of July in his monthly Record Review segment.Some great new releases have dropped in July including records from Paul Weller, The K's, Big Special and Wet Leg amongst others and of course, he talks through the new Bruce Springsteen Boxset.There are a lot of pre orde
Episode 39 - Springsteen Special | Part 3 | My Tour Diaries | Following Bruce Springsteen on Tour
On this episode I continue on my Springsteen special's with Part 3 of series.In 2024 Bruce Springsteen released a documentary film called "Road Diaries”. This podcast episode is a special one as it’s my take on “Road Diaries” in what I am calling “My Tour Diaries”. Over the past 3 years, I have been lucky enough to follow Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band around the world on their
Episode 38 - Billy Hamilton (Silverstein)
On this weeks episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain welcomes special guest Billy Hamilton on for a chat from famous Heavy Rock band, Silverstein.Billy and Iain talk about the band at length, discussing their 25th anniversary celebrations in 2025 and chat about their new record coming out to mark that big occasion. Billy is also a huge record collector so they discuss hi
Episode 37 - The Record Review | June
We are halfway through 2025 and again its been another great month for vinyl releases which is what Iain dissects in this months Record Review segment.He reviews new releases by Pulp, Matt Berninger and Little Simz amongst others and also chats about his upcoming trip over to Dublin to see Neil Young and Van Morrison who have both released new records in June.Pre orders are a plenty this month too
Episode 36 - John Peacock | Coast Fest
On this weeks episode of the podcast, Iain keeps it local and chats to John Peacock the founder of North East music festival Coast Fest.Running a music festival in todays climate is getting more and more difficult and daunting so we dive into the detail of organising Coast Fest, discuss the lineup for 2025's festival and generally just talk about the music scene in the UK's north east ar
Episode 35 - Record Label Recommendations
On this weeks episode, Iain digs into his favourite record labels and specifically reissue labels. Record collectors all know how expensive original pressings of certain records can be so reissue labels are doing all collectors a great service in repressing records at reasonable prices.Iain picks his top 10 reissue labels covering genres including Jazz, Funk, Soul and more in this special 30 minut
Episode 34 - Brown Horse
On this week's episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain welcomes Americana band Brown Horse on for a chat off the back of their recent intimate UK tour. Brown Horse are a band that this podcast has been championing since the start and the band have just recently released their second record titled "All The Right Weaknesses" in April 2025. Iain chats with Pat
Episode 33 - The Record Review | May
On this month's podcast episode of The Record Review, Iain runs through the months shorter list of new releases including new records from Andrew Cushin, Sterolab, Pete Doherty and The Sherlocks including a few others.Theres the pre-order round up of some exciting stuff coming out in the next few months and a brief segment on reissues including a deluxe boxset of Orbital's second record
Episode 32 - Springsteen Special | Part 2 | Josh Meany
This week, Iain continues on with his Springsteen special series and welcomes on another Bruce Springsteen super fan onto the podcast.He is joined by Irish fan, Josh Meany who, like Iain, has been following Bruce on his recent world tours in 2023 and 2024 and has a number of shows in the diary for the 2025 tour Bruce is embarking on.Iain and Josh talk about his Instagram fan account for Bruce (@fa
Episode 31 - Springsteen Special | Part 1 | Kieran Lane
This week, Iain kicks off his Bruce Springsteen specials on the eve of Springsteen's Land Of Hope & Dreams European Tour starting on May 14th. These specials will invite some fans onto the podcast to chat about Bruce Springsteen, their history with Bruce and how they got into following the great man himself. On this weeks episode, Iain sits down for a chat with Kieran Lane who is a Bruce
Episode 30 - The Record Review | April
On this weeks episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversation Podcast, Iain once again rounds up the month in the world of vinyl and music with The Record Review, this time for the month of April.He discusses new releases from Stereophonics, Self Esteem, Brown Horse, Lucy Dacus and Butler, Blake & Grant. He also talks about Bruce Springsteen's upcoming box set and pre order news from P
Episode 29 - Danny George Wilson (Danny & the Champions of the World)
This weeks episode of the Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast is a special one as it features an artist that host Iain, has been working to get onto the podcast for a while. But, the stars aligned when the band, Danny & the Champions of the World were touring locally and lead singer Danny Wilson managed to spare an hour to chat to Iain about all things records and music.Danny has been
Episode 28 - Record Store Day 2025
It's Record Store Day 2025!On this weeks episode, Iain talks about how Record Store Day went for him and what he bought from this years list at his local record shop, RPM Music in Newcastle upon Tyne.He takes you through his day and also catches up with owner of RPM Music, Ritchie Lattimer on how the day went for the shop on what is usually the busiest day of the year for an Independent Recor
Episode 27 - Round Table Challenge | Five Records To Start A Collection
On this weeks episode, Iain is joined by his 3 fellow record collecting friends from Leeds having previously set a challenge to them all to pick 5 records to start a record collection with for someone new to record collecting.The collectors, Kev, Ben and Billy along with Iain, discuss which records they have selected and why, over this bumper episode discussing the merits of their choices and digg
Episode 26 - Smoove (Smoove & Turrell)
This week, Iain is joined by Steven "Smoove" Moove on The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast for an episode as part of his ongoing Funk and Soul series.Smoove is one half of Funk and Soul band from the North East, Smoove and Turrell but he also makes his own music and DJ's a number of nights around the UK and Europe too. We discuss his insane record collection, making his
Episode 25 - The Record Review | March
The Record Review is back for another month and Iain focuses on the new releases, reissues and vinyl news for a bumper month that was March.With fantastic new releases from the likes of The Lathums, Lottery Winners, Andy Bell, The Horrors and many more, vinyl lovers are spoiled for choice this past month.Reissues and pre-orders are a plenty also, with some great announcements over the last 4 weeks
Episode 24 - Lissy Taylor
On this weeks episode of the podcast, Iain is joined by one of the best up and coming singer / songwriters around at the moment, Lissy Taylor. Shes been gaining media traction over the past year from the likes of BBC Radio 1 and Radio X and has opened for artists like Miles Kane, The Twang as well as being on festival lineups with the likes of Noel Gallagher and The Vaccines. Iain and Lissy talk a
Episode 23 - Frankie Francis (Frankie & the Heartstrings)
On episode 23 of the podcast, Iain is joined by Sunderland music local and lead singer of the band Frankie & the Heartstrings, Frankie Francis. Frankie is one of the most recognisable faces around the city of Sunderland, not only for being the lead singer of the aforementioned band, but also so for his DJ nights he puts on around the city, being the pitch side announcer for Sunderland Football
Episode 22 - The Record Review | February
Welcome back to “The Record Review”, a 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. February was a great month for vinyl releases, and new releases in particular with records dropped from Doves, Manic Street Preachers, Brooke Combe, The Murder Capital a
Episode 21 - Steve Ellis
I am joined on this weeks podcast episode by a notorious record collector, Steve Ellis who, over the last 35 years or so, has amassed a collection of over thirty thousand records, and it's a record collection to rival collections from DJ's like Carl Cox and Questlove!Steve has spun records all over including places like Cafe Mambo in Ibiza, bringing his balearic sounds back from the whit
Episode 20 - Andy Williams (Doves)
Back in 2001, the band Doves were the first live artist that I ever saw and that kick started my love for live music and eventually vinyl records too! I am incredibly excited about this week's podcast episode as I am joined by the drummer from that band, Andy Williams. Doves have really been through the ringer over the last couple of years but the band are now back with a new record titled &q
Episode 19 - Record Store Day 2025 | The List Reveal
The Record Store Day 2025 list is here!Join me as I run through the good and the bad on the list and my initial reactions on what is being released on April 12th 2025 for Record Store Day, both here in the UK and in the USA too.The list is excellent this year with some great diverse titles so grab a coffee, a pen and paper and make a note of what you might be queuing up for outside your local Inde
Episode 18 - The Record Review | January
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 exciting new releases alre
Episode 17- Jonas Samuelsson
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 first pressings, r
Episode 16 - Aaron Draplin
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 knowledgable abou
Episode 15 - Norman "Mazzy" Maslov
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 th
Episode 14 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Finds of the Year
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 genres and this
Episode 13 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Reissues of the Year
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, records rel
Episode 12 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Records of the Year
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 table discussion wh
Episode 11 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Part 2
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 2024 w
Episode 10 - John Downing
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 for rare Funk and
Episode 9 - Neil Bunn
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 tell and a fascinat
Episode 8 - 2024 | A Year In Review | Part 1
In Episode 8, Iain kicks of his "2024, A Year in Review" Series. The series will be a 4 part episode set where Iain and guests will run through 2024's records released in detail.In the first part of the series, he dissects some of his favourite records in detail from the first half of the year and the months of January to June, with mini reviews of albums from artists including Bill
Episode 7 - Novablood
This week I’m delighted to welcome a new favourite band of mine onto the podcast, Novablood, from Carlisle here in the UK. The band have just released their new album entitled “Destroy The Magic” on October 4th and have had a number of singles released over the last few months, one of which features as title music on this podcast! Having been friends with one member of the band, Paolo, for a few y
Episode 6 - Mark Mcdonald
Welcome to Episode 6 of the Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast and this weeks guest is author Mark Mcdonald.Mark has just released a vinyl records related book around the genre of Rap records from the late 80s and early 90s. The book, titled “Megablast : The Top 100 UK Rap Records 1987-1993” digs deep into this genre and breaks down the UK Rap scene from this period.We chat about the his
Episode 5 - Ben The Illustrator
On Episode 5 of the Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, I am joined by an incredibly talented artist and illustrator, Ben O’Brien or better known as Ben the Illustrator. Ben’s work first caught my eye when he started to produce his “Cover Versions” illustrations of famous record sleeves and that has led him to work with some amazing bands and artists such as The Cure, Tim Burgess and Sp
Episode 4 - The Moonlight Parade
On episode 4 of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain talks to two members of the Uk indie band, The Moonlight Parade. Having formed back in 2018, the band from the South Coast have released 4 records and have amassed an obsessive following of hardcore obsessive fans.Their recent record "Strange Times" has just been released in the last couple of months to great acclaim
Episode 3 - Brian Garcia
On this weeks podcast episode, Iain speaks to world famous Oasis obsessive and collector, Brian Garcia from Los Angeles.Brian's collection of Oasis memorabilia, records and rare items has to be seen to be believed but it currently spans into the thousands of items. Even Noel and Liam themselves are aware of this collection having signed numerous pieces for Brian when he's met them both.W
Episode 2 - Vinyl Shakedown Records
On this weeks episode, Iain talks to Grant Decker, the owner of Vinyl Shakedown Records in Hinckley. Having collected records most of his adult life and also DJ'd for a number of years using vinyl, Grant started to buy and sell vinyl using his house as a base.He outgrew the house and in 2023, opened Vinyl Shakedown Records which has gone from strength to strength and is now in it's secon
Introduction to The Record Collectors Club
Welcome to The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast.A new podcast series that centres around the vinyl record collecting and music world and focuses on conversations with record collectors, record shops, artists, bands and music obsessives all over the world.
Episode 1 - Laura Dean
On the first episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, host Iain Wakefield is joined by Johnny Marr and James super fan, Laura Dean from Warrington. Laura is a music fan, gig goer and writes regularly for a number of music publications online sharing her thoughts and reviews on live music gigs and new album releases. She has followed Johnny Marr and James around both the UK and
