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Do you have a record collection to sell? We're always looking to buy records, CDs and memorabilia by Ken Thorne.
We pay top prices for mint condition records, rare CDs and authentic pop memorabilia. Save time and hassle and sell us your whole collection. Or consign your high-end items with us. 60s pop, 70s rock, progressive, psychedelic, punk, indie, metal, blues, folk, funk and jazz are just some of the genres we cover - anything considered, so long as it's mint condition.
We specialise in vinyl LPs, 12-inch, 7-inch, programmes, posters, tickets, autographs, vintage merchandise & memorabilia. We also buy collectables including 1980s and 1990s CD singles, limited edition releases, picture discs, shaped and uncut, promotional and demonstartion copies, acetates, test pressings and BPI and RIAA Gold/Silver/Platinum award discs.

It's easy to sell to us. Download our valuation form and send us a detailed list of any records, CDs and memorabilia you wish to sell -- full details here. If your collection is large or valuable we can come to you.

AN AROUND-THE-WORLD GUIDE TO KEN THORNE VINYL RECORD, CDs & MEMORABLIA WE WANT TO BUY...
We will buy or trade most CDs, vinyl LP, 7”, 12” records and memorabilia from most countries, especially the following...

UK
acetate, 7" vinyl, vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...

Top release decades
1960s...

Top music labels
United Artists, His Master's Voice, NEMS, HMV...

Top barcodes

Top catalogue numbers
ACETATE, POP1176, SULP1201, ULP1201...

Top titles
Inspector Clouseau, Theme From Film 'The Legion's Last Patrol', Sinful Davey, No Other Heart, How I Won The War...

Top wanted titles
Theme From Film 'The Legion's Last Patrol'...

Other artist names
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Related artists
Ken Thorne...


A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK How I Won The War (Impossibly rare 1967 UK double-sided 12" sized metal based high grade methyl cellulose lacquer actetate, containing Ken's score from the soundtrack to Richard Lester's motion picture, which starred John Lennon in his only non-musical role as Musketeer Gripweed. This one-off item comes direct from the vast personal archive of NEMS agent founder Vic Lewis, whom Ken was signed to as musical director & who's company was bought by Brian Epstein. See'more info' for further details...)

Tracklisting: "...I saw a film today oh boy. The English Army had just won the war..." With a type set label to one side that lists only the film title - 'How I Won The War' - this mystery double-sided acetate had been sat in a box just waiting to be discovered. The film to which it refers was directed by Richard Lester. It recounts the story of the British Army’s “Third Troop, The Fourth Musketeers” & their attempt to build a cricket pitch behind enemy lines in World War II Tunisia. In the small part of "Musketeer Gripweed", Lester cast the bespectacled, 26-year-old, John Lennon & the two had already established a working relationship, with Lester having directed all of the Fab Four in their musical films A Hard Day’s Night & Help!. Beatles aficionados will be aware Lennon spent six weeks on set in Almería for the movie, located in the southeastern corner of Spain (a location that graced Lawrence Of Arabia, Patton & Sergio Leone's dollar trilogy). Incidentally, it was this desert shoot that allowed Lennon the time & headspace to plant the seed for Strawberry Fields Forever, where the first demo for the song was recorded. Perhaps deemed lost in the vaults or too short for public consumption, the soundtrack for How I Won The War, composed by Ken Thorne, has never fully seen the light of day. Ken Thorne passed away in 2014 & would be best remembered for his Grammy nominated score for The Beatles' Help! feature film, but he also composed scores for Inspector Clouseau & counterculture stuff like The Monkees movie Head & The Magic Christian starring Ringo Starr. A modest & approximate 18 minutes in length, the acetate contains 15 musical cues for the film. Strictly in mono, these cues comprise the opening & end themes, army marches, Penderecki-like horror tones & even some clattering pre-Day In The Life low piano stabs for great movie effect. Of note, there is NO Lennon acting dialogue on the disc. Instead there are unedited take anouncements in between tracks, presumably the voice of Ken himself. Speaking of 'A Day In The Life', this is THE film referenced in the lyric "...I saw a film today oh boy. The English Army had just won the war..." We would consider this acetate a great talk piece & one where its history is its main point of interest than its actual musical content. A prize one-off indeed, what Beatles collection out there will contain such a disc?! This one-off acetate had been stored in Vic Lewis' private archives since the day it was cut. During Vic's time as an impresario & agent there were few luminaries of the show business world with whom he had not been associated at one time or another; these archives have already produced a number of awe inspiring & unique items like this & we are all too proud to bring them to the market when we can. On close inspection, the acetate appears in stunning condition. There is some very mild chemical reaction to the poly bag in patches, but mostly just by the label area. It has been played perhaps two or three times only, including our initial play test. The disc is in mono only & plays beautifully & without fault, with just the lightest evidence of cosmetic wear. All in all, a real curious discovery & one that would make a special entry to a serious Beatles-related collection.
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Inspector Clouseau (1968 UK 16-track mono LP, featuring Ken Thorne's score from the soundtrack to the movie with Alan Arkin in the role as the bumbling sleuth, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, great front laminated flipback picturesleeve. The sleeve has a little creasing & scuffing along the opening edge yet the vinyl looks barely played ULP1201)

Tracklisting: 1. Inspector Clouseau Main Titles 2. Fitting The Mask 3. Why Don't You Go 4. Car Chase 5. Up The Telegraph Pole 6. Bossa Nova 7. Fight And Death Of Weaver 8. Love Theme 9. March 10. In The Alley Ways 11. Scottish Fair 12. Prison Barber Shop 13. Heartbroken Clouseau 14. Lindt Vans 15. Water Ballet 16. End Titles
KEN THORNE Theme From Film 'The Legion's Last Patrol' (1963 UK 'A' label demonstration sample vinyl 7" for the single release, with intact original four prong centre, also featuring Kisses In The Night, HMV company die cut paper sleeve POP1176)

Tracklisting: Theme From Film 'The Legion's Last Patrol' Kisses In The Night

AWARDS WE WANT TO BUY

We always require Gold, Silver, Platinum and Multi-Platinum awards on most artists - official B.P.I., R.I.A.A., I.F.P.I., C.R.I.A., S.N.E.P. etc. certified or genuine in-house variants from around the world. We also need Ivor Novello, B.M.I., ASCAP etc. publishing awards, plaques, trophies, certificates and citations.

MEMORABILIA ALWAYS REQUIRED:

Programmes; concert tickets; original concert posters; invites; handbills & flyers; promotional posters, standees, mobiles, displays & other P.O.S. material; press kits, boxes & sales presenters; award discs; tour crew jackets & other clothing; tour itineraries; promotional jackets, t-shirts & other clothing; original artwork, proofs, colour separations, cromalins, bromides, etc; interesting paper items, promotional gimmicks & most other memorabilia needed. Also buying: original film posters; movie press books & press kits; cinema programmes; premiere invites & programmes; promotional clothing & other items.

SHOPS/WHOLESALERS/DEALERS/REVIEWERS/RADIO STATIONS

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