Philippe’s Rat Records Blog

Well i’d like to say I miserably failed to stir anyone’s interest with my previous blog about album’s lenghth… clearly, no one gives a monkey.

So I guess this week I am going to keep it rather minimal and simply keep you informed of the various rock n’ roll memorabilia  you could purchase online and expect your hard earned  cash head straight to Haiti via Oxfam :

Some of the items to be sold in the auction include:

- A recording of a bespoke piece of music written by Damon Albarn.
- The Fender Stratocaster played by Alex Turner in the Arctic Monkeys’ ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ video.
- Chris Martin’s ‘Viva La Vida’ tour jacket, signed by all four members of Coldplay.
- A rare Roland drum machine donated by the Chemical Brothers.
- The Magic Numbers will come and play an acoustic set in the house/garden of the highest bidder, including never before heard songs from their new album
- VIP tickets to Glastonbury, giving the winners access to the backstage areas and watching a band from the side of the Pyramid stage.
- A linocut of ‘Fleet Street Apocalypse’ by Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood.
- An exclusive playback of the brand new Gang of Four album for four people over a bottle or two of wine with Andy Gill in their studio in London, before anyone else hears it.
- Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Yes’ bespoke boxed vinyl set. Only 300 were made by the Vinyl Factory. Designed with Farrow in close collaboration with the pop art duo. Voted No.1 21st Century Collectible Product in Record Collector Annual Roundup.
- Framed, hand written lyrics for ‘Magick’ by Klaxons on the original board that was used to produce the single’s artwork.
- An acoustic guitar signed by all four original members of The Kooks.
- A guitar from Oxford art-rock outfit Foals.
- One of Annie Lennox’s favourite paintings, an original canvas from South Africa.
- A Technics SL-1200 Mk. 2 turntable donated by DJ Shadow.
- Signed Mika artwork (framed).
- Signed Pearl Jam single artwork.
- Two complete signed vinyl album collections from Basement Jaxx.
- A luxurious hot shower at the Eavis’ farmhouse during the Glastonbury weekend, for one festival-goer to wash away the festival excesses in style.

Personally, call me macabre but I’d like to see Thomk Yorke’s glass eye or Phil Spector’s handgun in there…. or one of Devendra Benhart’s goats…

Anyway… any of you has the cash?

If not, then you might be better off taking a trip to the shop this week end as we are litterally putting out hundreds of records of all styles and ages priced between £2 and £5.00.

Virtually every genre is represented and there are some real gems in there to be found-but I can guarantee you ther won’t be much left of it by Monday…

We won’t be doing this very often, so this is now or never my pretties.

All the best.

Philippe. Rat Records.