A large percentage of the items we see advertised as having been signed or inscribed by Bob Dylan are forgeries. We’ve seen many fake signed albums, inscribed albums, magazine pages and handwritten lyrics offered online*. Some are being offered by shady dealers, and others from reputable sellers with no idea they are selling fakes. Just […]
Yesterday was a terribly sad day, the memorial service for my friend Robert Matheu, rock photographer, raconteur, author, music historian and above all loving family man. With his wife Sheryl he had three beautiful young daughters, Ruby, Rose and Veronica. Bob died of an accidental drowning on September 21, at the age of 63. Bob […]
For years, Hendrix collectors have argued about which version of the UK Electric Ladyland came first–the one with the white type or the blue type. In 2014, I posted what I hoped would be the final word on what I called ‘The Blue Type Hype’, about the mistaken notion that the blue type version was […]
SOLD – Thanks to everyone for their interest Recordmecca.com is proud to offer what can truly be described as one of the rarest records in the world. We have just listed on Discogs.com a previously unknown Canadian vinyl copy of Prince’s legendary The Black Album. In the […]
Original copies of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, mistakenly mis-pressed with four still-unreleased tracks, are among the rarest and most valuable records in the world. A stereo copy sold for $35,000, and a mint mono copy would easily fetch $25,000, though one in that condition has never surfaced. It’s rare that a previously undiscovered copy surfaces, […]
We’ve just listed on the Recordmecca site the only known example of the earliest known Pink Floyd concert poster–or perhaps more accurately, a poster tied for that honor. Previously undocumented, this poster advertises seven events (including two shows featuring The Pink Floyd, with Syd Barrett) presented by the London Free School during October 1966 at […]
In many years of selling music collectibles, I always get the greatest satisfaction when I can find the ‘perfect home’ for something. Sometimes it’s placing something of great historical importance in a museum collection. Other times it’s helping a longtime collector fill a hole in their collection that’s been vexing them for decades. A few […]
I’ve been collecting rare records and music memorabilia for 46 years, and just when I think I’ve seen it all, something surfaces that blows me away. This is one of those times. Yesterday I listed on the Recordmecca site an impossibly rare–and possibly unique–reel to reel tape of rough-mixes for an unreleased Van Morrison studio […]
In 1983, legendary artist Robert Rauschenberg designed the album cover for Talking Heads’ fifth studio album, Speaking in Tongues. Rauschenberg’s cover, with three spinning plastic discs and a clear vinyl LP, all packed in a vacu-form clamshell, was too costly for regular copies of the album; so the album was issued with a conventional (David […]
More great press for Total Chaos:The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop in a Rolling Stone recap of Iggy and my interview/Q&A /book signing last Friday night at the Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC. Rolling Stone recaps some highlights of our talk including Iggy’s revelations about K-Mart and fashion, Bob Dylan wannabees, ruining Joe […]
Just back from Detroit where we had an incredible launch for Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop, with…Mr. Iggy Pop himself. Iggy joined me for an interview, Q&A and book signing at Detroit’s stunning Third Man Records. Jim Jarmusch, director of the wonderful Stooges documentary Gimmie Danger (which had it’s […]
To celebrate the publication of one of the most anticipated books of the year, TOTAL CHAOS: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop, Third Man Books is beyond excited to present legendary and legend-making musician Iggy Pop in conversation with author Jeff Gold. They will appear in Detroit on October 25 at Third […]
I’m excited to announce that my new book, Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges/As Told By Iggy Pop will be released November 15. It’s an uncensored oral and visual history of the band that invented Punk, as told by the man who willed The Stooges into existence, and kept them alive through through […]
In May, the great David King passed away. You may not have heard of him, but he was my hero. An obituary in the New York Times described him as ‘a graphic designer and design historian who amassed one of the world’s largest collections of Soviet political art and photographs, which he drew on for […]
Collecting autographs requires patience. Sometimes extreme patience. But getting David Bowie and his 1970 band The Hype to sign my UK dress cover copy of The Man Who Sold The World took me 42 years. That’s got to be one for the Guinness Book of World Records. Here’s the somewhat short version. I was and […]