THE BEST RECORD SHOP WE'VE EVER BEEN TO (Rise Above Records, Highgate - London)

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  • @kristoffer5771
    @kristoffer5771 11 місяців тому +5

    Holy moly! Gracious, Gods? Hard stuff, May blitz, July etc. Fantastic stuff!

  • @Lordy1973
    @Lordy1973 8 місяців тому +6

    Haha, I love the fact you had no idea that was Lee Dorrian, owner of Rise Above Records, the label not the shop, ex-singer of Napalm Death and Cathedral. Great video.

  • @RAFAHELL52
    @RAFAHELL52 День тому

    Greetings from Argentina. Love your videos....Lee Dorian ....my God. Cathedral is one of.my favourite bands. I will go Rise Above Records next time I visit that beautiful city praying to be lucky enough to meet that legend.

  • @retromusings
    @retromusings Рік тому +4

    This is crazy. What an amazing record shop.Thanks for taking us along on this visit. Amazing shop and pretty crazy prices.

  • @jamesmertzelos210
    @jamesmertzelos210 9 місяців тому +8

    The prices these days are insane!
    When I used to go vinyl diggin' in the late '80s and through the '90s it was an affordable pastime.
    Thanks for the video 👍

  • @davidyeager8524
    @davidyeager8524 Рік тому +3

    Save your money and go back to that store! Unbelievable classic UK vinyl. I could only wish I could find a store like that here in the US! Thanks for the journey!

  • @mergenbeen
    @mergenbeen Рік тому +7

    Lee Dorrian!!! Ex-napalm death and Cathedral. Also Rise Above records did some great releases.

    • @jimbles5071
      @jimbles5071 9 місяців тому

      I used to live near to Mitch from Napalm Death when he lived in Birmingham. Nice guy! Thanks for the CD Mitch!

  • @marktubeie07
    @marktubeie07 Рік тому +6

    Oh no, you visited the 'Swirly' section, I'm drooling !! Great vid guys :)

  • @vitusdoom
    @vitusdoom Рік тому +8

    Lee Dorrian! What a legend. His band Cathedral is one of my faves ever. Carnival Bizarre and Forest of Equilibrium are doom classics. Top bloke by the looks of it.

  • @victorvella9760
    @victorvella9760 Рік тому +7

    What an Impressive amount of records on display. Holy Holy holy Grails

  • @Devv-i6k
    @Devv-i6k Рік тому +3

    You guys are the best! You remind me of how me and my dad are like. Ive recently started listening to vinyl and my dad has given me a bunch of his old records and my deceased uncles record collection, so watching this channel gives me so much positivity!

    • @thevinylhunters
      @thevinylhunters  Рік тому +2

      That’s great mate! These sort of comments are why we do it in the first place 😊 glad you enjoyed and got something out of what we do

    • @Devv-i6k
      @Devv-i6k Рік тому

      @thevinylhunters honestly, you and poppa dave are my favourite duo, your so passionate about the record and your banter inbetween really makes me laugh! I'm gunna go to some record fairs in the new year before I move out on my own, I'd really love to spend a day with you guys looking for records! I'm based in the south east! :D

  • @keithwatkins7908
    @keithwatkins7908 Рік тому +17

    Lucky you meeting Lee Dorrian ........ loved his old band Cathedral.

    • @mikewilder6728
      @mikewilder6728 5 місяців тому +2

      LOL! At your mailorder "wife".

  • @wattootang
    @wattootang 19 днів тому

    Can’t believe you didn’t grab that copy of Deny Reality in the metal section Jake! 😉 Great video all the same. John (Re-Animator!)

  • @Bandsalat16
    @Bandsalat16 18 днів тому

    Great shop, great channel!

  • @rentzffg-464
    @rentzffg-464 11 місяців тому +2

    Vinyl is such a rabbit hole…. I love the chase… but it seems to have no end😂

  • @Marillion1978
    @Marillion1978 Рік тому +2

    Greetings from Athens I saw great records in your episode.Unfortunately I have not been in London in recordshops .

  • @taylorquail9240
    @taylorquail9240 Місяць тому

    Found my holy grail record at Rise Above. Can't wait to go back and visit again.

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 Рік тому +1

    SCRATCHES OR NOT, I'D BUY ANY OF THAT STUFF IN A HEARTBEAT! THAT PLACE LOOKS LIKE I COULD LIVE THERE.

  • @eltenda
    @eltenda Місяць тому

    Love this channel😊

  • @R_G_S
    @R_G_S 8 місяців тому +1

    Great shop, a lot of fantastic records but the prices are insane!

  • @skawashers
    @skawashers Рік тому +4

    Thanks for this video it's given me the incentive to avoid the shop. Obscene prices for what basically is £5-£10 records. A lot of those you can still find in excellent condition if you are prepared to do the early morning work by visiting boot fairs. Magna Carta's 'Seasons'. Uriah Heap - the first two LPs you can still find for less than £10.

  • @jmuse7465
    @jmuse7465 Місяць тому

    At those prices no wonder vinyl sales have peaked, but glad you had fun!

  • @martinallen6
    @martinallen6 7 місяців тому +1

    Shalamar Friends LP £18 when we went 2 years ago. I burst out laughing, my girlfriend joined in and we left the howling. Never going back. Go to Alan's Records up the road. Great prices, great stock, great guy.

  • @Mark-tw5ws
    @Mark-tw5ws 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm in Toronto. Some of those prices seem bonkers to me! Still alot of 70's rock in circulation here. Yard sales and record fairs, usually find a good deal.

  • @thomasnygaard4514
    @thomasnygaard4514 11 місяців тому

    Mr. Lee is a truly nice guy! Been to the shop a few times (my gf lives nearby). Really cool selection of punk 7 inches. Greetings from Denmark 🙂

  • @DamnDealDone
    @DamnDealDone 8 місяців тому +1

    Wow. You telling me I can meet one of my teenage idols by visiting his record shop. I wonder if they have any rare Cathedral stuff I've been looking for forever.

  • @dotsloops7486
    @dotsloops7486 Рік тому +3

    Some nice ones. Thanks for the store tour!

  • @maximumrnb66
    @maximumrnb66 Рік тому +1

    Another GREAT post gents..very enjoyable as always...What a shop to visit-wow so much amazing cool stuff in there..Quite easy to spend a fortune in there!!! 👍👍👍👍

  • @Bobbo-h2h
    @Bobbo-h2h Рік тому +31

    So many people sold their vinyl back in the 90's, now want it back. Moral is- DO NOT FOLLOW THE CROWD!

    • @dnjn67
      @dnjn67 Рік тому +6

      Charity shops in the nineties were full of cheap vinyl, I remember buying 3 sides live by Genesis for £3, those were the days.

    • @Bobbo-h2h
      @Bobbo-h2h Рік тому +9

      @@dnjn67 Why would you buy that, for any amount?

    • @dnjn67
      @dnjn67 Рік тому +1

      @@Bobbo-h2h lol

    • @koont666
      @koont666 Рік тому

      I didn't

    • @hugohugo2832
      @hugohugo2832 Рік тому

      @@dnjn67too much.

  • @BeatUpRecordsCDs
    @BeatUpRecordsCDs Рік тому +2

    The older guy sounds like Ted Grandad Trotter from Only Fools and Horses. Glorious record store 🙂

  • @sorinvinyl1523
    @sorinvinyl1523 Рік тому +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Cannot belive I missed this shop when I was in london! Don't know how long it will be before I'm back in London as I live in the states. If I do, I will definitely go to this shop!

    • @AustrianZeppelin
      @AustrianZeppelin 11 місяців тому

      it's away from the touristy bits of London. I live not far from the store and just wish my record money would stretch. always love browsing there though.

    • @sorinvinyl1523
      @sorinvinyl1523 11 місяців тому

      @@AustrianZeppelin I always wish I had an infinite wallet for places like this!

  • @louisdillon5736
    @louisdillon5736 Рік тому +2

    Loving all these uploads! I have a 1977 re-issue of In the Court Of The Crimson King on polydor, but have since been told those pressings had audio issues because they were mastered on the cheap!! Although I believe the original master tapes have since been found

    • @thevinylhunters
      @thevinylhunters  Рік тому

      Glad you’re enjoying them Louis! And you gotta get yourself a pink island press of that album! Or at least a palm tree version 😁

  • @charliefisher5396
    @charliefisher5396 Рік тому

    Great to see ya back! Absolutely love your videos!

  • @cangong
    @cangong 11 місяців тому

    Mr Lee Dorrian himself right there! met him in...94, i think? in L.A., outside a Cathedral/Flotsam and Jetsam/Mercyful Fate gig. he was hopping off a taxi with Gary Jennings, just outside the venue. i was there with my friend Claudio, all the way from Mexico, solely for the gig (and to visit some friends). we were carrying a boxload of vinyl, all of them the same title: a weird 'unofficial' (i believe) Cathedral album: 'Echoes and Dirges From the Nave', featuring early stuff, demos or live material: the bass player from our stoner/doom band and Dorrian were penpals form his days in Napalm Death, and this guy put it out, for some reason. and since we were visiting the US and attending the gig, our bassist thought it a good idea to make us carry that heavy load (pun intended, i.e., a Cathedral song title, too) and deliver copies to the band. as punk rockers used to do... so there we were, and thankfully Lee and Gary appeared. Lee did know what that record was about and he even said they'd put us on the guest list- but we already had tickets. astounding set by Cathedral-witnessed by us and maybe ten other people! later that night we were partying with Lee, the bass player (Ed Carlson?), Guy from the Obsessed, Ron Martinez from Final Conflict and a few others, just smoking, chatting and blasting musi at Dino Cazares' apartment. the police knocked on the door and we all escaped through an open window in the living room, into the Hollywwod night. true story... btw, that Samuel Prody album is just perfect psych!

  • @leigh6927
    @leigh6927 Рік тому +2

    Merry Christmas to you both! Keep the great content coming in the new year! 🎉

  • @matthewtaylor7355
    @matthewtaylor7355 3 місяці тому

    Very eavy very humble... 1GBP Swirl Retford Charity shop 10 yrs ago

  • @johnneedhamnz
    @johnneedhamnz Рік тому +1

    Really interesting video thanks, I can't get over how much some of the "commoner" Vertigos are going for!

    • @davidbeeson9408
      @davidbeeson9408 Рік тому +2

      Yeah, people collect the Vertigo swirl label & a lot of the stuff they were looking at is the psyche-rock stuff. Some of that stuff sells for real money. Mad innit ?

  • @craigsandry6737
    @craigsandry6737 11 місяців тому

    Awesome tour of this shop guys . Cheers 😎👌

  • @alanknotts1844
    @alanknotts1844 Рік тому +6

    I can't understand people selling their record collections ever. They were and are the soundtrack to my youth. Especially during the late 70's and early 80's. A golden era...

    • @davidbeeson9408
      @davidbeeson9408 Рік тому +10

      Sometimes, when people are skint broke, the money is just more valuable than the records.

    • @alanknotts1844
      @alanknotts1844 Рік тому +1

      @@davidbeeson9408 I get that and I've known people to do that. Even when I've been skint myself I've never been tempted. For me, selling my records would be a very last resort. They must be worth at least 50 grand too if these record buying sites are to be believed.

    • @patthewoodboy
      @patthewoodboy Рік тому

      @@davidbeeson9408 and a few weeks later they in the same situation ... no point in selling

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 Рік тому +2

      Sometimes I guess age. They are old and want others to enjoy them rather than some family members tossing them out after they pass.

  • @nigelelliott4901
    @nigelelliott4901 Рік тому +10

    Lee Dorrian! The high priest of doom! 😂 A Coventry kid.

  • @arzabael
    @arzabael 8 місяців тому

    Glorious shop. It’s my dream to run a store that’s known for always having rare on the walls. Ive barely seen three in my life

  • @mzialcita74
    @mzialcita74 Рік тому +4

    Lee Dorian!

  • @peterrichards9468
    @peterrichards9468 Рік тому +5

    My solid ground is a crazy rare album

  • @Vollmertime
    @Vollmertime Рік тому +1

    Great shop and video guys

  • @gavinstrachan1373
    @gavinstrachan1373 8 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting video I go ot alot L.PS. from my late mother I haven't Heard of names on some them am playing them .

  • @GazaStripped
    @GazaStripped Рік тому +1

    Great shop!! Whats the Manson lp?

    • @skawashers
      @skawashers Рік тому

      - Poor Old Prisoner Boy (1989). 60 minutes of jail cell riffing.

  • @rarerecordcollector9459
    @rarerecordcollector9459 Рік тому +5

    They had Jim Croce Life and Times on Vertigo Swirl?! That's probably the rarest of the lot! I wonder what it was priced at.

    • @nigelcampag1290
      @nigelcampag1290 Рік тому +1

      Jim Croce is one of the cheapest Vertigo swirls...it's a £25 record. There are swirls on the wall that are £1000+.

    • @rarerecordcollector9459
      @rarerecordcollector9459 Рік тому +2

      @@nigelcampag1290 I never see the swirl for that one. I only see the Spaceship label

  • @Kane-yg5zy
    @Kane-yg5zy 6 місяців тому

    Super sick Atomic Rooster poster!!!
    I was unaware and missed the innitial auction of JohnDu Cann's personal items after he passed.
    But somehow through chance I found a few items that were forgotten to be put up for the initial auction.
    I scored a really great Atomic Rooster poster from the Death Walks Behind You era. Oddly enough the band Osibisa is on the other side of the poster so im not sure if its from a gig or magazine or what? It us dark blue ink print on light blue paper, a very striking image!
    I also got a mail correspondence with a small record label reissuing The Attack material on cd asking for contributions from John
    There was also an album proof of the Andromeda lp cover that I lost by just a few dollars.
    Hearing of that poster on the wall brought back memories from about 11or12 years ago.
    Very cool store but yes pretty pricey!
    Wish I could visit.

    • @R2112-i9c
      @R2112-i9c 5 місяців тому

      Niedawno Andromeda poszła za 700€( allegro, Polska), kupił mój kolega.

  • @manuelsan4901
    @manuelsan4901 3 місяці тому

    Ah shit, I would have sure bought the Kyuss' Wretch if it was the original copy and that Van der Graaf Generator single. That's a really great store, there's nothing quite like that in Spain!

  • @SurvivalAussie
    @SurvivalAussie 13 днів тому

    Cool shop

  • @FPL_fomo
    @FPL_fomo Рік тому +1

    great video as always

  • @lukelaplante2690
    @lukelaplante2690 Рік тому +1

    You guys were just talking to freaking Lee Dorian from Napalm Death and Cathedral!

    • @eduslayer
      @eduslayer Рік тому +1

      Yes! I can not understand why they don't make a reverence to him. As a metalhead you must do it!

  • @dougmphilly
    @dougmphilly 12 днів тому

    fantastic

  • @louisl7788
    @louisl7788 Рік тому +2

    Classic Vinyl Head response - ' You got that one' .. .' Yeah' ... 'I don't think so...' ha🙃

  • @robinburn4974
    @robinburn4974 Рік тому

    I'll have to get in the loft this weekend 😂👍

  • @Brain_Juice
    @Brain_Juice 11 місяців тому

    This is painful, I'm seeing so much stuff! But... Is it first edition UK? U.S? How Much? etc.. So frustrating, not being there and seeing for myself! You pulled Affinity out how much was it?

  • @mark..A
    @mark..A Рік тому +2

    Have you tried The Vinyl vault in Holt, Norfolk?

  • @nigelcampag1290
    @nigelcampag1290 Рік тому +1

    The July on the wall will be a US press for £650. It has a black background whilst the UK is blue. The UK press is £1500+. England on the wall is a UK hard rock lp on Deroy from 76. Very well regarded. A fair price is £1000 but has sold for more. I kinda regret not buying one local for £800 a couple of years ago. My pal does own a copy. Impressive looking shop though....like having the Den Bosch fair in London.

    • @thevinylhunters
      @thevinylhunters  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for that info Nigel! Crazy prices, huh?

    • @nigelcampag1290
      @nigelcampag1290 Рік тому

      @@thevinylhunters Yep, I'm not afraid to drop a few hundred on a record but I live in the north so in general prices not quite as severe as those London prices. Cheers Nigel

  • @dmr9767
    @dmr9767 2 місяці тому

    I've only seen a couple of videos from the channel and I'm wondering if you like the music of vertigo swirls or are really for collecting. I have seen your reaction when you see the prices in the store and I think you are right not to buy anything even if you like what you see, the prices are set to catch an idiot with money.

  • @joeking5310
    @joeking5310 11 місяців тому

    Thinking was who's second album? Can't make out what Lee said (after Apple, Megaton). So it must be a very rare record!

  • @R2112-i9c
    @R2112-i9c 5 місяців тому

    15 lat temu kupiłem LZ1 Turquoise za 900£,a Rush1 Moon Records za 80€(!) oba NM!Ile by kosztował Dark Round of Edges gdyby się pojawił ( 99 egz.)?

  • @backrowbrighton
    @backrowbrighton 7 місяців тому +1

    Really enjoyed browsing with you but this store is too rich for me despite it being a vinyl treasure trove. I have always found the flea markets as a good place to buy s/h vinyl. Never found anything rare but quite a few near mint original pressings for £8-£10 a throw.

  • @bertroost1675
    @bertroost1675 Рік тому

    Did they have Comus First Utterance?

  • @ephre
    @ephre Рік тому

    I wonder how much they want for that Bright Phoebus or COB?

  • @whytegroovin
    @whytegroovin Рік тому +2

    just be sure to have won the national lottery , before entering !!!

  • @guyb7005
    @guyb7005 Рік тому

    0:19 didn't know russell 'rant Jr was into vinyl

  • @dimebagdave77
    @dimebagdave77 Рік тому +2

    Manythnx and Happy holidays!!🤘 my favorite vinyl hunting duo.very cool Faith no More..wish you could've come away with the Uriah Heep

    • @thevinylhunters
      @thevinylhunters  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed Dave! One day he’ll get himself a copy of that Uriah heep album once more 😁

  • @bonzoboots
    @bonzoboots Місяць тому

    Mellow Candle... just sitting there

  • @oldskool1979
    @oldskool1979 Рік тому +1

    I have amny of those wall records... 1st crimson is pink island bullet label.

  • @mikewilder6728
    @mikewilder6728 5 місяців тому +2

    Ridiculous capitalistic, bourgeois prices. Hey! Dorian, "Practise What You Preach".

  • @servo1056
    @servo1056 Рік тому

    Hello, subscriber of your channel and Uncle Acid vinyl collector from the states here. May I please ask a favor? I need to get a proper pressing numbers release for all the Uncle Acid 45's. I would very much like one for the LP's as well. Can you please help me get in contact with someone who can give me this information? Thank you.

  • @markymark627
    @markymark627 4 місяці тому

    shame about the prices though, sucks the fun out of it for the real music fans who aint loaded . great video though , happy digging

  • @andrewbashford9786
    @andrewbashford9786 Рік тому

    I bet you have been asked this question before .. What was the most expensive vinyl you have bought , and what was it ? Also your first LP you got and single (45) ,and EP ? Andrew Hackney East London 👍🏻⭐️

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 Рік тому

      The most valuable record I got for the cheapest price was Primevil, Smokin Bats at Camptons for $0.60. The most I ever paid for a collectable record was $160 for Comus First Utterance around 20 years ago.

  • @peterrichards9468
    @peterrichards9468 Рік тому +1

    What were the prices like reasonable or to much

    • @thevinylhunters
      @thevinylhunters  Рік тому

      I’d say above what they should’ve been but with negotiation you could probably get them down to a reasonable price. Thing is you just don’t see those sorts of records, they’re hard to find!

    • @martinallen6
      @martinallen6 7 місяців тому

      Way over priced.

  • @gazjones8152
    @gazjones8152 Рік тому +6

    Do you guys realise that’s the lead singer of Cathedral that owns the label rise above/shop

  • @waynestevens1654
    @waynestevens1654 11 місяців тому

    Iam trying to find Emanon (Aloe Blacc and Exile) the Waiting room and InI center of attention

  • @brucybabyy7355
    @brucybabyy7355 Рік тому +3

    man i would have killed my bank account there!

  • @Stoner_Man2000
    @Stoner_Man2000 11 місяців тому

    I want to go there and buy Dopethrone.

  • @Dogtown16v
    @Dogtown16v Рік тому

    When I see all them metal albums I used to have in the 80’s and got rid of them for cd’s.
    Then see how much they are going for now in its incredible.I mean it’s only a piece of black plastic.
    I bet all them prices in there are Discogs prices as in whatever the price on there it’ll be the same in the shop.I know some record shop owners who’ll get a collection in and sell them for a really cheap price cus he’ll know he can get rid of them fast.
    Where some will put a big price on them and have them on display for ever has no one can afford them.

  • @mblazer4004
    @mblazer4004 3 місяці тому

    Is that your grandfather?

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 Рік тому

    DAMN RIGHT.... DON'T BE A SHEEP AND FOLLOW....DO U!!!!

  • @christianbleve
    @christianbleve Місяць тому

    Mellow Candle

  • @ianchristopherson1973
    @ianchristopherson1973 Рік тому +5

    Lee Dorrians shop, ex Napalm Death, Cathedral, With The Dead.

  • @markkemp7608
    @markkemp7608 Рік тому +5

    It's nice that that store has a bunch of good records but if the prices are high it's no good.

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 Рік тому +1

      What's worse is going into shops that don't have prices on them and the owner has to "look it up"

    • @trollgage
      @trollgage 8 місяців тому

      Perhaps that's the reason they have such a good selection.

  • @russellteee
    @russellteee Рік тому +1

    *casually pulls dissection*

  • @sergiestevecarbo7310
    @sergiestevecarbo7310 Рік тому

    See Gene picture hanging on the wall

  • @RandallMora-w7e
    @RandallMora-w7e 8 днів тому

    My Solid Ground vinyl called my atention, how much is it ?, to sell a kidney.

  • @sergeanthetfield3001
    @sergeanthetfield3001 11 місяців тому +3

    The shops are getting greedy. Prices insane.

  • @patthewoodboy
    @patthewoodboy Рік тому

    you missed a Killing Joke EP.

  • @denesisdelcorockschool3074
    @denesisdelcorockschool3074 Рік тому +6

    Imagine paying £125 for a Rod Stewart record? Lol.

  • @stephen-truthseeker
    @stephen-truthseeker 4 місяці тому +1

    To expensive just buy cds

  • @xwsftassell
    @xwsftassell Рік тому

    Fuck is that place still going? Sorry, stupid question. LOL.

  • @mikaelhallman9937
    @mikaelhallman9937 5 місяців тому +1

    ridiculously expensive

  • @martythemusicmonster6772
    @martythemusicmonster6772 Рік тому +4

    The prices are a rip off that’s why they have so much stuff no one will pay their prices

  • @smofla13
    @smofla13 2 місяці тому

    hmv...now its 3 for £66... nxt yr it`ll be 3 for £755

  • @ephre
    @ephre Рік тому +6

    horribly overpriced. They're literally going off the highest price on Discogs it appears. I'd say this is the worst record shop ever. They're clearly buying the lowest price stuff on discogs and then selling it for the highest price possible.

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 8 місяців тому +1

      I thought it was amazing. Easily one of the best shops I’ve ever seen. You clearly have deep biases that are based on previous norms in previous eras. Id love to hear your solution to the problem? An actual intelligent answer instead of a reductive over simplification which clearly is so easy for you to hurl from your position, as what? A successful record shop owner? Or a rude record buyer who just wants things as cheap as possible and doesn’t care about the fact that to support small business mom and pop and brick and mortar you have to pay a premium. But obviously the world’s moving to corporate sterile cheapness just like you want.

    • @ephre
      @ephre 8 місяців тому

      @@arzabael wtf are you talking about? simultaneously defending and critiquing capitalism. You can still get good records for reasonable prices from individuals on discogs. "Supporting a mom and pop store", f-off.

  • @koont666
    @koont666 Рік тому

    Highgate prices

  • @JTW3159
    @JTW3159 14 днів тому

    RIPOFF

  • @DmitryVenediktov
    @DmitryVenediktov Рік тому

    It’s very nice! 👍🔥🙏 But prices….I guess that’s what it should be 😢🫣