The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast

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 pick up himself!

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.

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.

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.

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 Dj ventures. Jeff picks out some of his recent finds and favourite records too and they chat a little about the opening of Roker Records in Sunderland too.

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 pre orders announced and talks about the weekend opening for Roker Records, his new record shop in Sunderland.

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 opinions on each record.

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 look forward to from Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Shed Seven, Pulp, Blur and Dido! Iain also shares his exciting vinyl news that he is opening a record shop in Sunderland called Roker Records.

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 studio records and a number of Eps and singles over almost two decades of recording music. Kate and Iain discuss her record collection and inspiration over the years for writing her music, life on the road as a touring artist, collaborating with bands such as The National and her upcoming concerts with Jessica Hoop playing the music of Joni Mitchell.

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 campaign and also the Oasis boxset and then runs through the pre order news including stuff from The Beatles, The Cribs, Florence & the Machine, Doves, Beck and many more!

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 that was Nick Drake, Richard researches and writes to the most minute detail making his books must have’s for any music fan’s library. He also has a new book due out very soon documenting the history of rock band Led Zeppelin. Richard also has had a hand in some definitive reissues of some of the best and rarest Classic Rock, Jazz and Folk albums. Across this episode, Richard and Iain dive into his record collection in detail, talking about rare records and crazy finds and stories that Richard recalled from his decades of collecting records. Of course they dip into his past books too and discuss that upcoming book about the famous Led Zeppelin!

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 world He’s also toured with countless huge names including Billy Joel, Tower of Power, Queen Latifah and Barbara Streisand too and played music on hundreds of records. Barry & Iain discuss his musical origins, how he got started with the trumpet and playing Jazz music with some of the greats. The main focus of the episode is Barry's relationship with Bruce Springsteen, how he got to be a member of the E Street Band and they discuss the recent three years of touring the world with Bruce and the band. This is a very special episode and please enjoy a deeper insight into what it's like playing with one of the greatest performers ever to walk the planet.

Welcome back to the Record Collectors Club Conversations podcast and to a new episode 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 the stir recently in the UK music scene, gaining attention and praise from many music critics and fellow artists including huge names like Paul Weller! She's just collaborated with Weller on his recent record, worked with Bill Ryder Jones on her own solo debut record that came out last year and she's just starting on her follow up record amongst plans to tour in 2025 in some amazing venues in the UK. Amelia and Iain also discuss her record collection and the process of new artists getting their music pressed onto vinyl.

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 orders too and some great reissues that have dropped over the last month!

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 2023 – 2025 tour. Across those 3 years, I’ve attended 22 different shows on two continents, in 10 different countries and in 14 different cities. Throughout this extra long episode Ill discuss my stories from each of the Springsteen shows, the setlist variations, talk about the cities I visited, the people I met along the way and any fun anecdotes or encounters I may have had! So, strap in and settle down as this is a long one and enjoy me reliving my 3 years of Springsteen heaven!

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 his collecting journey, talk through some of his favourite records and his set up and also where he loves to shop for records too, particularly some favourite spots he hits up whilst out on tour!

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 and he mentions a few of the big ones dropping in the coming months. He also shares his views on HMV's recent vinyl weekend!

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 area. John picks out a few highlights from the upcoming festival too and we discuss how he managed to book the legendary Lindesfarne for this year! We also talk about John's history in the north east music scene and his new project in North Shields, Red Studios!

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 minute roundup digging into each label's history and recommending some records he has picked up from each label.

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 Patrick, Emma, Niall and Rowan from the band about making music together, the recent tour, their inspiration and influences in music and dive into their own record collections too.