Soundtrack LPs

Classic soundtracks continue to have a strong following by vinyl collectors. Our soundtrack category includes many great composers for this genre including;

John Barry, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Michel Legrand, Jerry Goldsmith, Henri Mancini, Jack Nitzsche, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone, Miklos Rozsa, Bruce Rowland, Michael Nyman

Ginette Neveu

Ginette Neveu was, for 14 years, one of the most promising musicians of the twentieth century, a violin virtuoso who dazzled audiences in her native France with her performances, and listeners around the world with her recordings. She is remembered today for the promise of her few recordings, and the tragedy of her early death in an airplane crash [more from AMG]

I notice the Canberra Theatre is holding a tribute concert for the 60th anniversary of violinist Ginette Neveu's fatal plane crash on return from her recital tour of Australia

Her recordings are quite scarce however we do have several copies of Ginette Neveu playing Sibelius and Suk on Australian World Record Club. Follow this link, or search for Ginette Neveu at www.recordking.com.au

Domestic Shipping

Back after the Easter long weekend and we are busy processing orders and adding a few more classical records to the catalogue.

Just a reminder to Australian customers, our flat rate of $AUD7 still applies. Throughout Australia regardless of the quantity ordered P&H will be $AUD7. As always we accept Paypal, credit card or direct deposit.

Sometime ago we updated the about us page which includes a little about the history of The Record King Bookshop in Wollongong.

Back to Business

After a hectic few weeks clearing out 30 years of record shop, we are finally starting to get organised in our new role as ecommerce folk. We have a nice selection of LPs ready to catalogue on the website and after a number of years we are cautiously taking some auction lists back to Ebay.

Australian World Record Club LPs have always had some following among rock/pop music collectors - mostly for their unique and interesting cover art. The same cannot be said for the classical collectors market where traditionally WRC lps have largely been ignored. There have been a few exceptions, such as the stereo release of Michael Rabin's Mosaics. This week I have listed at auction an early WRC stereo release of Carl Schuricht conducting Bruckner No.8. Also on the website; Bernard Herrmann's Psycho, and Ginette Neveu playing Sibelius Violin Concerto both on WRC.

Wollongong Symphony Orchestra

Next concert by Wollongong Symphony Orchestra is Sunday April 5th at IPAC at 1 pm or 5pm. Features our favourite Mezzo; Lotte Latukefu and other local talent.

Open For Business

We have returned from our London sojourn - online ordering is fully operational. Several hundred LPs have been added in the past couple of weeks [Recently Added Vinyl].

UK Trip

We are still in the process of converting our shop space into a more efficient warehouse. Initially we will have the capacity to comfortably hold ten thousand books, ten thousand LPs, and ten thousand 45s. While we will essentially be an online store,  local customers who wish to save the on the $AUD7 p&h charge may have the option to pick up orders in person on Friday mornings. More on this later.

There will be some further disruption to service between February 25th and March 9th as Lotte and I head off to UK. Lotte will be presenting her paper 'Peer Learning and reflection: stories of vocal development in a tertiary setting'  at the The Reflective Conservatoire conference in London (Guildhall) . We then head to Walton on Thames for the bi-annual festival of microtonal music where Lotte will perform Warren Burt's 'Repetitive Rant for Peace'. I will be onhand to look after our 4 month old son, but I am sure there will be time to discover some of London's bookshops and recordstores!

My sincere apologies for this inconvenience. best regards

David