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Do you have a record collection to sell? We're always looking to buy records, CDs and memorabilia by The Open.
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 THE OPEN 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
CD single, 7" vinyl, CD album, 12" vinyl, vinyl LP, CD-R acetate, 12" picture disc, 2-disc CD/DVD set, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...

Top release decades
2000s...

Top music labels
Polydor, Loog, Universal, Fiction...

Top barcodes
602498661604, 602498172384, 602498664896, 602498754993, 602498664889, 602498662403, 602498664902, 602498172940, 602498172391, 602498761311...

Top catalogue numbers
9866160, 9817238, 9866489, 9875499, 986648-8, 9866240, 986649-0, 9817294, 9817239, 9876131...

Top titles
Close My Eyes, Never Enough, Just Want To Live, The Silent Hours, Statues, Elevation, La Lumiere EP, The Silent Hours - Promo Album Sampler, Sampler with Exclusive Tracks, Never Enough EP...

Top wanted titles
Just Want To Live And B-Sides, Statues...

Other artist names
Open...

Related artists
The Open...


A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...

THE OPEN Elevation (2004 UK limited edition 2-track 7" single including previously unreleased non-album bonus track 'Remember')

Tracklisting: 1. Elevation 2. Remember
THE OPEN The Silent Hours (2004 UK 10-track LP, including the singles Close My Eyes & Just Want To Live, hype picture sleeve & inner. The sleeve displays very little shelfwear, whilst the vinyl barely appears played!)

Tracklisting: 1. Close My Eyes 2. Bring Me Down 3. Lost 4. Forgotten 5. Daybreak 6. Just Want To Live 7. Step Into The Light 8. Coming Down 9. Can You Hear? 10. Elevation
THE OPEN Never Enough (2004 UK 2-disc CD/DVD single set featuring non-album recordings plus 2 videos, card picture sleeve)

Tracklisting: CD: 1. Never Enough 2:48 2. Begin 9:08 DVD: 1. Never Enough - Video 2. Close My Eyes - Video 3. The View 8:23
THE OPEN Close My Eyes (Scarce 2004 limited edition 12" vinyl single produced by Simon Raymonde [Cocteau Twins], also including The View. The glossy picture sleeve has a small seam split to the top edge, whilst the vinyl appears barely played)

Tracklisting: 1. Close My Eyes 2. The View
THE OPEN Statues (2006 UK 10-track vinyl LP - the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2004 debut 'The Silent Hours' and was produced in the South of France by Rob Kerwin [U2, The Magic Numbers] and is reminiscent of artists as diverse as Doves, Radiohead and Miles Davis, this is an epic, ambitious album that is unlike anything you'll hear in 2006)

Tracklisting: 1. Forever 2. We Can Never Say Goodbye 3. Moment In Time 4. Lovers In The Rain 5. Statues 6. My House 7. She's Mystery 8. Seasons Of The Change 9. Fallen Tree 10. Alone

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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  • e-mail us your list of ones for sale to buyers@991.com

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    - include your name, address, country, email, mobile phone, daytime phone, evening phone, and the best time to contact you
    - list the ones you have for sale by artist, title, format, country, year, catalogue number, special features like gatefold sleeve or coloured vinyl or picture sleeve and condition

    general notes

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