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Do you have a record collection to sell? We're always looking to buy records, CDs and memorabilia by Rare Bird.
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 RARE BIRD 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
vinyl LP, 7" vinyl, CD-R acetate, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
USA
vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo 12" vinyl, promo CD album...
FRANCE
vinyl LP, blue vinyl, red vinyl, green vinyl, promo 7" vinyl, promo box set, promo CD single...
MEXICO
7" vinyl, red vinyl, green vinyl, yellow vinyl, promo vinyl LP...
JAPAN
7" vinyl, red vinyl, blue vinyl, orange vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo CD album, promo 5-CD set...

Top release decades
1970s, 1960s, 2010s, 2000s, 1980s...

Top music labels
Polydor, Charisma, Philips, Klimt Records, Old Gold...

Top barcodes
889397839116...

Top catalogue numbers
2383274, CB.120, 2442101, CAS1005, 2383-211, CAS1011, 2384078, 2814011, CB179, MJJ391LP...

Top titles
Sympathy, Born Again, Epic Forest + 7", Born Again - EX, Somebody's Watching, As Your Mind Flies By, Rare Bird - 1st, Epic Forest - Complete, Rare Bird, As Your Mind Flies By - EX...

Top wanted titles

Other artist names

Related artists
Fields (70s), Mark Ashton, Paul Karas, Rare Bird...


A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...

RARE BIRD Sympathy (Scarce 1976 UK 9-track LP in the Charisma Perspective series, with all material dating from 1969-70, great picture sleeve. The matte sleeve is Excellent with some minor age wear scuffing & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with few signs of play CS4)

Tracklisting: A1 Sympathy A2 You Went Away A3 Nature's Fruit A4 Bird On A Wing A5 What You Want To Know B1 Beautiful Scarlet B2 Hammerhead B3 I'm Thinking B4 As Your Mind Flies By
RARE BIRD Sympathy (1970 UK debut 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Devil's High Concern, plain company die cut paper sleeve. Apart from some initials on the A Side label, this copy remains in excellent condition with few signs of play CB.120)
RARE BIRD Rare Bird (2018 Klimt Records reissue of the 1969 9-track vinyl LP from the English progressive rockers. The band took off at the end of the 60s from the encounter between Graham Field and Dave Kaffinetti, that, after the arrival of Steve Gould and Mark Ashton, decided to call themselves the Rare Bird. Their keyboard dominated-progressive rock style was immediately noticed by Tony Stratton-Smith with whom the band signed one of the first contracts of the eclectic label Charisma Records (the others were Van der Graaf Generator and The Nice). Rare Bird is the band's debut album released at the end of 1969, that includes, among the striking tracks, the worldwide chart hit Sympathy, that at the time sold more than one million copies. The vinyl is brand new, UNPLAYED nestled within the sealed picture sleeve. Recommended. MJJ391LP)

Tracklisting: A1. Iceberg 6:46 A2. Times 4:00 A3. You Went Away 4:17 A4. Melanie 3:27 B1. Beautiful Scarlet 5:23 B2. Sympathy 2:30 B3. Natures Fruit 2:32 B4. Bird On A Wing 4:13 B5. God Of War 5:08
RARE BIRD Somebody's Watching (Scarce original 1973 UK Polydor label 8-track vinyl LP, housed in the internal pocket gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has a dymotape annotation sticker to the front, otherwise shows little wear and the vinylappears barely played)

Tracklisting: 1. Somebody's Watching 2. Third Time Around 3. Turn Your Head 4. More & More 5. Hard Time 6. Who Is The Hero 7. High In The Morning 8. Dollars
RARE BIRD Roadside Welcome (1972 UK injection moulded 3-track 7" vinyl single also including Four Grey Walls & You're Lost, Polydor company die cut paper sleeve. This was originally included with early copies of the classic 'Epic Forest' album)

Tracklisting: 1. Sympathy 2. Devil's High Concern

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

If you have a record collection or inventory for sale we will travel throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, South America and beyond! If you would like more information or wish to arrange an appointment for us to visit, please contact the office most local to you. Details can be found here




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