In these days of impending recession, credit crunching and all round global financial meltdown we all need to keep a watchful eye on our hard earned pennies. With this in mind we at Lost Tunes would like to alert you to a few mega bargains!

In these days of impending recession, credit crunching and all round global financial meltdown we all need to keep a watchful eye on our hard earned pennies. With this in mind we at Lost Tunes would like to alert you to a few mega bargains!
This month’s edition of Record Collector is a special issue with a major feature focussing on the 200 rarest albums of all time. As always a great, informative read. Whilst poring over the feature, drooling, we realised that we had a few of the albums listed in store and after totting up the totals realised we could save you, our Lost Tunes chums, somewhere in the region of £5150! Ok, so we haven’t got the original mislabelled pink vinyl pressing in a PVC sleeve with withdrawn artwork signed by the band which was one of only 5 pressed but we do have the music! So, if you want to hear what all the fuss is about get your ears around these…
TUDOR LODGE - TUDOR LODGE
With a guide price of £400 Tudor Lodge is one of the rarest of all the Vertigo label albums. Released in 1970 it’s a great slice of folk rock and features guest spots from Danny Thompson & Terry Cox of Pentangle. The original pressing had an elaborate foldout sleeve hard to find in good nick these days.
NICK DRAKE - FIVE LEAVES LEFT
Reissued many a time over the years but original first pressings of Drake’s albums sell for big money. Five Leaves Left with a gatefold sleeve and black circle and pink Island label will set you back £350+
CZAR - CZAR
Classic heavy prog from the former Tuesday’s Children which sold poorly on it’s release in 1970. Record Collector, citing poor promotion for the lack of sales, have it listed at £350 and point out the cracking cover too!
ROOM - PRE FLIGHT
Bluesy prog from Dorset released on Deram in 1970. The band’s only release before splitting in 1971 will fetch around £500 these days because, as Record Collector tell us, ‘it just never turns up’
MELLOW CANDLE - MELLOW CANDLE
This classic piece of folk rock on Deram is a big favourite of us here at Lost Tunes towers and whilst we were well aware of it being a serious rarity we had no idea the market value for an original pressing was £800.
THE OPEN MIND - THE OPEN MIND
Around £550 will furnish you with a copy of this 1969 psychedelic gem although according to Record Collector it can go for much more ‘a near mint copy selling on ebay earlier this year for £686…of course a near mint copy of this album also sold for £1552’. £7.99 from Lost Tunes a positive bargain then!
PINK FAIRIES - NEVERNEVERLAND
The debut album from Twink and chums is a cracking set of psychedelic proto-punk(!) and a big rarity worth £500 in one of it’s original formats described by Record Collector thus: ‘a limited run of 100 copies on pink vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with a PVC outer cover and ‘pink’ plastic painted on the rear’. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO - ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TRIO
A rockabilly rarity that will burn a whole in your pocket around the £800 size. We’re slightly cheating with this one as our version is a compilation of all Johnny Burnette’s Coral sessions, but hey, the music’s all there!
LEAF HOUND - GROWERS OF MUSHROOM
A rare record that really does justify it’s value, Growers Of Mushroom is a fantastic album and our biggest seller here at Lost Tunes. A mint original won’t leave you mush room (sorry!) in your wallet as you’ll need £900 + to get hold of a copy although it has been known to sell for twice it’s guide price.
So there you have it, some stone cold rarities you can pick up here for a fraction of the price. There’s a few other things in the Record Collector feature we’re preparing for you as well so keep checking back for some top notch rarities from Red Dirt, Bread Love & Dreams, Dr.Z, Kaleidoscope, David Bowie, Megaton, Harold McNair, Christy Moore, PP Arnold, Fantasy, The Artwoods, Duke Reid, Tinkerbell’s Fairydust, Billy Nicholls and more