The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast

Iain Wakefield
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A conversations podcast talking to music guests from around the world featuring record collectors, record shops, musical artists and music obsessives. Born out of two successful coffee table books centered around interviewing vinyl collectors around the world, host Iain Wakefield digs even deeper into peoples obsessions with music, vinyl records and digging for vinyl. 

  1. FEB 6

    Episode 53 - Record Store Day 2026 | The List Reveal

    The Record Collectors Club podcast makes a 2026 return after a couple of months break and Iain is back talking his way through the Record Store Day list for 2026. There are some great records on the list as always (and some stinkers too) but the focus is on the good stuff, so have a listen to some of Iain's tips on what to pick up and listen to his first reactions to the list and what he might pick up himself!

    19 min

  2. 12/19/2025

    Episode 52 - 2025 | A Year In Review | Record of the Year

    On this second of the two part series, the round table team each discuss their top 5 records of the year.  2025 has been another incredibly strong year for music and this is reflected across the choices of the panel with lots of different genres represented, hidden gems discussed and some big mainstream records talked about too.

    1h 17m

  3. 12/12/2025

    Episode 51 - 2025 | A Year In Review | Reissues & Compilations of the Year

    In the first of a two part double header, Iain is joined again by the round table team of Ben and Billy (sadly Kev was ill) to discuss the year of 2025 in records!  On this first episode, they talk through their favourite reissues and compilations of the year across a whole host of genres including boxsets, comps and other releases.

    55 min

  4. 12/05/2025

    Episode 50 - The Record Review | November

    Iain is back after a small hiatus with the record review for the month of November where he reviews new releases from White Lies, Futureheads, James and Doves. On this short episode, he also talks through the new Beatles "Anthology 4" release, talks through a few pre order bits and discusses what's left to come for the rest of the year on the podcast.

    12 min

  5. 11/07/2025

    Episode 49 - Jeff Hordley | Emmerdale (Cain Dingle)

    On this week's episode of The Record Collectors Club Conversations Podcast, Iain is joined by Jeff Hordley.  Those in the UK will recognise Jeff as Cain Dingle from the TV show, Emmerdale but hes a huge record collector and also dj's the vinyl format too. Jeff and Iain dig into his collection and his history with the vinyl format talking about his go-to genres for spinning wax out on his Dj ventures.  Jeff picks out some of his recent finds and favourite records too and they chat a little about the opening of Roker Records in Sunderland too.

    39 min

  6. 10/31/2025

    Episode 48 - The Record Review | October

    On this months episode of the Record Review, Iain talks through the new releases that have dropped in the relatively quiet month of October including albums from Taylor Swift, Richard Ashcroft and Robert Plant.  He discusses the new Springsteen boxset "Nebraska 82" and also gives his mini review of the new film "Springsteen : Deliver Me From Nowhere".  Finally he rounds up the pre orders announced and talks about the weekend opening for Roker Records, his new record shop in Sunderland.

    17 min

  7. 10/09/2025

    Episode 47 - Round Table Challenge | Five Underrated Debut Records

    This week on the podcast, the round table challenge returns and for this episode, Iain, Ben, Kev and Billy pick five debut records that they think are either underrated, forgotten or deserve more attention. Their choices span across a number of genres and eras and will hopefully bring these records back to the forefront of record collectors and music fans minds as they discuss their thoughts and opinions on each record.

    1h 40m

  8. 09/25/2025

    Episode 46 - The Record Review | September

    Iain is back this week with another episode of The Record Review where he talks through the vinyl releases from the past month including new releases, reissues and also talks about what pre orders have been announced.  September was full of great new records from artists such as Suede, David Byrne, Saint Ettienne, Red Rum Club and many more. Lots of pre orders announced too, including records to look forward to from Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Shed Seven, Pulp, Blur and Dido! Iain also shares his exciting vinyl news that he is opening a record shop in Sunderland called Roker Records.

    23 min
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A conversations podcast talking to music guests from around the world featuring record collectors, record shops, musical artists and music obsessives. Born out of two successful coffee table books centered around interviewing vinyl collectors around the world, host Iain Wakefield digs even deeper into peoples obsessions with music, vinyl records and digging for vinyl. 

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