The Rare Music Shop - Our preferred online retailer. Here you can purchase all brand new rare prog, psych, rock and blues CDs and vinyl as well as more modern stuff and also the full Sunbeam Records catalogue including CD's, Vinyl and Box sets
The Rare Music Shop on ebay - Our preferred online retailer. Also has an ebay shop where you can try your luck on auctions. Here you can purchase all brand new rare prog, psych, rock and blues CDs and vinyl as well as more modern stuff and also the full Sunbeam Records catalogue including CD's, Vinyl and Box sets
www.markfry.co.uk - the online home of the legendary singer-songwriter, whose 1972 classic Dreaming With Alice is available on Sunbeam, and whose superb new album, Shooting The Moon, can be bought directly from his site
www.allmusic.com - though its reviews aren't always reliable, this is the most wide-ranging survey of popular music online, and an invaluable reference source
www.headheritage.co.uk - Julian Cope's site, featuring loving appraisals of many unfairly neglected albums in its 'unsung' section.
www.lysergia.com - offers in-depth analysis of cult albums in its Lama Reviews, and the net's best capsule guide to 60s and 70s psychedelia in its Acid Archives... and much more besides
www.popsike.com - featuring archived results of thousands of eBay auctions, popsike is the net's best guide to the value of rare records, as well as to what their sleeves look like.
www.richieunterberger.com - the online home of the doyen of American rock critics, this site includes many detailed reviews, as well as extended versions of interviews found in his brilliant books, which are also available here
www.vinylvulture.co.uk - a witty guide to the ins and outs of record collecting, as well as featuring detailed guides to numerous collectable labels. 'Carboot Carnage' (in the 'weird' section) is not to be missed....
www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/sweetfloralalbionindex.php - online archive of Sweet Floral Albion, an encyclopaedic bulletin on underground pop and writing from the 60s and 70s
www.terrascope.co.uk - home of Ptolemaic Terrascope, a lovingly-produced occasional that offers reviews and in-depth interviews with overlooked psych and folk legends
www.theunbrokencircle.co.uk - comprehensive guide to UK folk through the ages, with in-depth reviews and interviews, as well as discussion groups and an excellent downloading service