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Do you have a record collection to sell? We're always looking to buy records, CDs and memorabilia by Help Yourself.
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 HELP YOURSELF 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, cd album box set, 7" vinyl, red vinyl, blue vinyl, clear vinyl...
JAPAN
CD album, red vinyl, blue vinyl, orange vinyl, promo vinyl LP, promo CD album, promo 5-CD set...

Top release decades
1990s, 1970s, 2020s...

Top music labels
Vivid Sound, United Artists, Liberty, Esoteric Records, BGO...

Top barcodes
5013929476684, 5017261000521...

Top catalogue numbers
VSCD-555, UAS29413, QECLEC62766, LBS83484, UPS2, UP35355, UAS29487, UAS29287, BGOLP52...

Top titles
Help Yourself/strange Affair, Beware The Shadow, Help Yourself, Passing Through: The Complete Studio Recordings - Sealed, The Return Of Ken Whaley, Strange Affair, Help Yourself - 90s Reissue, Heaven Row, Heaven Road, Beware The Shadow - 1st - EX...

Top wanted titles
Strange Affair...

Other artist names
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Related artists
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A FEW OF THE ITEMS WE WANT...

HELP YOURSELF Heaven Road (1972 UK white title label advance promotional vinyl 7" for the single release, also inlcuding Strange Affair, United Artist company die cut paper sleeve. The vinyl on this copy remains in VG+/EX- condition with justlight surface scuffs to show for its forty years UPS2)
HELP YOURSELF Heaven Row (1972 UK solid centre STOCK COPY 7" vinyl single, also including Brown Lady, UA logo die cut paper sleeve UP35355)
HELP YOURSELF Beware The Shadow (Rare 1972 UK 7-track vinyl LP on the United Artists Records label with A-1U/B-2U stamped matrices and has 'Porkum' hand scratched, housed in a fully laminated picture sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely play with just a couple of light cosmetic marks. This example shows very little sign of being almost fifty years old, and is a fantastic 'near as new' copy! UAS29413)

Tracklisting: 1. Alabama Lady 2. Reaffirmation 3. Colapso 4. She's My Girl 5. Molly Bake Bean 6. American Mother 7. Passing Through
HELP YOURSELF Beware The Shadow (British Psych Prog 1972 UK first press 7-track LP, a highly eclectic album to explore from this little known group, housed in a fully laminated picture sleeve [dig the mushrooms!]. The sleeve shows a little ageingto the laminate with a few spots of edge scuffing & the vinyl is nice & clean & in Excellent condition with merely the odd faint paper hairline not affecting play. Always hard to find UAS29413)

Tracklisting: 1. Alabama Lady 2. Reaffirmation 3. Colapso 4. She's My Girl 5. Molly Bake Bean 6. American Mother 7. Passing Through
HELP YOURSELF Help Yourself (1991 UK 9-track vinyl LP. Reissue of the debut album release from Malcolm Morley, Dave Charles, Ken Whaley & co, which was originally issued on the legendary Liberty label including the double A-side single RunningDown Deep / Paper Leaves. The glossy picture sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear whilst the vinyl remains in superb condition and looks barely played BGOLP52)

Tracklisting: A1. I Must See Jesus For Myself 4:00 A2. To Katherine They Fell 3:35 A3. Your Eyes Are Looking Down 4:30 A4. Old Man 6:45 B1. Look At The View 2:30 B2. Paper Leaves 3:15 B3. Running Down Deep 3:30 B4. Deborah 3:35 B5. Street Songs 5:35
HELP YOURSELF Passing Through: The Complete Studio Recordings (2021 UK limited edition remastered SIX CD set featuring the complete studio recordings by the unsung hereos of British early '70s Rock. Comprising the 'Help Yourself', 'Strange Affair', 'Beware The Shadow', 'The Return Of Ken Whaley' / 'Happy Days', 'The Album Five' alongside Malcolm Morley's 1976 'Lost & Found' albums plus a previously unreleased BBC session and demo recording. Complete with an illustrated booklet containing extensive essay, previously unseen photographs, interview & poster, all six discs are UNPLAYED in individual card wallet sleeves housed in the sealed clamshell picture box QECLEC62766)

Tracklisting: CD One - Help Yourself: 1. I Must See Jesus For Myself 2. To Katherine They Fell 3. Your Eyes Are Looking Down 4. Old Man 5. Look Of The View 6. Paper Leaves 7. Running Down Deep 8. Deborah 9. Street Songs CD Two - Strange Affair: 1. Strange Affair 2. Brown Lady 3. Movie Star 4. Deanna Call And Scotty 5. Heaven Row 6. Excerpts from 'The All Electric Fur Trapper' 7. Many Ways Of Meeting Bonus Recording: 8. Heaven Row (Single Version) CD Three - Beware The Shadow: 1. Alabama Lady 2. Reaffirmation 3. Calapso 4. She's My Girl 5. Molly Bake Bean 6. American Mother 7. Passing Through Bonus Recordings: 8. Mona 9. Eddie Waring 10. Mommy Won't Be Home For Christmas 11. Johnny B Goode CD Four: The Return Of Ken Whaley: 1. Candy Kane 2. Pioneeers Of The West In The Head 3. Who Killed Paradise? 4. Amy 5. Blown Away 6. Man We're Glad We Know You 7. It Has To Be 8. The Golden Handshake Happy Days: 9. Jesus What Are Little Kids For? 10. Virginia 11. Waiting Of The Station 12. Seashell 13. I've Got Beautiful You 14. My Freind 15. Elephant By My Side CD Five - Help Yourself 5: 1. Light Your Way 2. Cowboy Song 3. Monkey Wrench 4. Romance In A Tin 5. Grace 6. Martha 7. Monkey Wrench (Reprise) 8. The Rock 9. Willow 10. Alley Cat 11. Duneburgers Bonus Recordings: 12. Johnny B Goode 13. Let It Roll 14. Half Breed 15. Ricky The Reindeer (Studio Demo) CD Six - Lost And Found: 1. Without A Word 2. Burning Love 3. Lost And Found 4. Honey Please 5. All That I Need 6. Ruby 7. Grace 8. Fish And Ships 9. Whiteman's Blues 10. Romance In A Tin 11. Naked As 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

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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