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Do you have a record collection to sell? We're always looking to buy records, CDs and memorabilia by Swell Maps.
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 SWELL MAPS 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 album, 2-LP vinyl set, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
USA
vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo 12" vinyl, promo CD album...
JAPAN
vinyl LP, red vinyl, blue vinyl, orange vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo CD album, promo 5-CD set...

Top release decades
1980s, 1970s, 1990s, 2010s...

Top music labels
Rough Trade, Mute, Rather Records, Secretly Canadian, Antar, Alive, Restless/Mute, Rather/Rough Trade, Rather Records/Rough Trade...

Top barcodes
5016025640034, 5016025340026, 5016025640010, 018777142113...

Top catalogue numbers
ROUGH2, ROUGH15, RT012, RT036, MAPS2, GEARONE, RT021, GEAR5, ANTAR4, ALIVE0035...

Top titles
Jane From Occupied Europe, A Trip To Marineville + 7", In Jane From Occupied Europe, Let's Build A Car, Read About Seymour, Train Out Of It, Dresden Style - 1st, Dresden Style, Real Shocks, Collision Time Revisited...

Top wanted titles
Whatever Happens Next......

Other artist names
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Related artists
Dave Kusworth, Epic Soundtracks, Jowe Head, Nikki Sudden, Swell Maps, The Phones Sportsman Band...


A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...

SWELL MAPS Jane From Occupied Europe (Rare 1989 Japanese 14-track promo sample LP including fold out Japanese/lyric insert, picture sleeve with wide beige 'Rough Trade' obi-strip RTL-12)

Tracklisting: 1. Robot factory 2. Let's buy a fridge 3. Border country 4. Cake shop 5. Helicopter spies 6. Big maz in the desert 7. Big empty field 8. Mining villages 9. Collusion with a frogman 10. Mangrove delta plan 11. Secret island 12. Whatever happens next 13. Blenheim shots 14. Raining in my room
SWELL MAPS Train Out Of It (1986 UK Antar label 19-track vinyl LP including Let's Build A Car, Real Shocks & Read About Seymour, picture sleeve + lyrics inner. The sleeve shows negligible signs of shelfwear, and the vinyl is flawless - a great copy! ANTAR4)

Tracklisting: 1. Let's Build A Car 2. Real Shocks 3. Read About Seymour 4. Full Moon 5. Big Maz In The Country 6. St. Saviours' Road 7. Doomette 8. The Graveyard Shift 9. Then Poland Parts 1 and 2 10. Clear The Floor 11. The Cave Dwellers 12. Dresden Style 13. Ammunition Train 14. Black Velvet 15. Doctor At Cake 16. Elephant Flowers 17. Stitch 18. Rundown Tube 19. Texas
SWELL MAPS Let's Build A Car (1979 UK 7" vinyl single featuring 3 tracks of post-punk goodness from brothers Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks [possibly not their real names!], additional tracks are Big Maz In The Country and Then Poland. Thislo-fi classic was to be the last single release by the band who have remained criminally overlooked and were a huge influence on Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Sonic Youth to name but three. The laminated flip back picture sleeve shows light creasingto the reverse flipbacks and, aside from a couple of light paper scuffs, the vinyl is excellent RT036)
SWELL MAPS Dresden Style (1980 UK Rough Trade 3-track 7" single, also including Ammunition Train & Full Moon - recorded at WMRS in Leamington Spa on the 28/29th December 1978 & re-mixed in June 1980. The picture sleeve shows just a little cosmetic wear from storage & the vinyl is Excellent with minimal play RT012)

Tracklisting: 1. Dresden Style 2. Ammunition Train 3. Full Moon
SWELL MAPS Read About Seymour (Debut 1977 UK first press 3-track 7" single, self-released on Rather Records before the Rough Trade re-release. Also features Ripped & Torn & Black Velvet. The delicate picture sleeve grades Very Good with some inevitable corner creasing, the odd small sticker blemish on the front & a couple of thin hairline splits to the bottom & closing side edges. It remains fully intact with all print legible & the back cover is signed by the late Nikki Sudden[Adrian Nicholas Godfrey] 'with thank for a dollar nikki x of Swell Maps...' The vinyl is clean & grades VG/VG+ with some light cosmetic wear with age but plays through fine. Tough to find! GEARONE)
SWELL MAPS Collision Time Revisited (1989 UK 27-track compilation 2- vinyl LP, featuring Nikki Sudden, Richard Earl & Jowe Head, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has a little light shelfwear with some stress to the top seam, whilst the vinyl has just a few light paper scuffs and is Excellent)

Tracklisting: 1. Let's Build A Car 2. Real Shocks 3. Border Country 4. Big Maz In The Country 5. Blues No. 1: Garden Of Medals 6. Midget Submarines 7. Bridge Head 8. Read About Seymour 9. Ammunition Train 10. Doctor At C. 11. St Saviour's Road 12. The Graveyard Shift 13. Big Maz In The Desert 14. Mining Villages 15. Blues No. 2 Beatle Bonfire 16. Secret Island 17. The Stairs Are Like An Avalanche 18. Gunboats 19. ... Then Poland 20. Full Moon In My Pocket 21. Blam 22. Full Moon (Reprise) 23. Fashion Cult 24. Whatever Happens Next... 25. Blenheim Shots 26. Raining In My Room 27. Texas

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




  • Our buyers can be reached in the UK, Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 5:30pm.

    For general enquiries call them on:
    0800 345 7551 (freephone) or if you are calling from outside the UK, dial
    +44 (0) 1474 815099

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    - for collections too big to list, give us as much detail as possible and we'll call you
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