The Record King Bookshop

Important Notice

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:53:00 +0000

We have just sold our entire book inventory to another bookdealer. All books are being removed from our online inventory. Apologies for this inconvenience.

We are still taking orders for vinyl records and have a large backlog to list over the coming months.

New Arrivals

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:54:00 +0000

We have just added a nice selection to Recently Added Books including Ruth Park's Australian classic Muddle-headed Wombat and three titles by the Nobel Prize winning author Elfriede Jeline

Order Processing

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:06:00 +0000

The shopping cart has been reactivated and is operating normally.

Order Processing Delay

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:24:00 +0000

Due to our travels the warehouse will be unattended until July 22nd. The shopping cart is now inactive and will not be accepting further orders until July 22nd.

My apologies for this inconvenience.

David

Order Processing Delay

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:03:00 +0000

Due to our travels the warehouse will be unattended until July 22nd. The shopping cart is still active but we are unable to ship orders until July 22nd.

Apologies for this inconvenience

Shipping / Payment

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:40:00 +0000

P&H across Australia is still a flat rate of $AUD7 regardless of quantity ordered. This amount will be applied to your order upon checkout. Our rate for international orders is $AUD16.50 for the first LP or standard size book.

Payment can be made Mastercard, Visa, Paypal or direct deposit - check the payment page for further information.

We can accept orders via email (info@recordking.com.au). Simply send through a list of items you wish to purchase and we will reply with a quote and details on how to complete your payment.

Soundtrack LPs

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:22:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:18:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:13:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:08:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:23:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:37:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:04:00 +0000

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

online shop expanding

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:12:00 +0000

This month The Record King Bookshop will close its shop front on Crown Street to make way for the expansion of our online catalogue. While we are looking forward to this new venture there is also some sadness as the shop has existed in Wollongong for more than 30 years. Thank you to all our regular local customers who have supported the shop in recent times.

Keith, who many of you would know from the shop will be remaining with us and we also welcome Sean our new record specialist who will be looking after much of the vinyl inventory. We are currently in the midst of setting up the warehouse and relocating 10,000+ records from our current storage facility, however the website is fully operational and we will be processing orders in between our other tasks.

Holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:06:00 +0000

The Record King Bookshop online will continue to accept orders and enquiries throughout the holiday period, however there may be some slight disruption to service during this time.

Thank you to all customers for visiting us throughout the year. regards David.

Movember

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:02:00 +0000

Historical Records of New South Wales - Complete Set
Bladden, F. M. ; Britton, A

Lansdown Slattery 1978, [ISBN: 0868330000]
Original cloth in dustwrappers. Facsimile of original set first published 1892 - 1901.
Price: 1500.00 AUD [More Info / Ordering]

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Looking for back issues of The Australian Gemmologist ? We have just added a few sets from the late 80s. Over the weekend we also catalogued a small collection on Antarctica and a handful of Cricket related books.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:26:00 +0000

We have just added a small batch of classical records [recently added classical records] , including a couple of nice Walter Gieseking LPs and some further additions to our Melodiya and Erato lists.

A very grey overcast weekend here in Wollongong - don't forget the Lifeline Bookfair out at Kembla Grange.

Current Ebay Auctions

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:54:00 +0000

THE KINGSTON TRIO greenback dollar UK PS EP

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS sally ann / SEG 8287 UK PS EP

HELEN SHAPIRO helen's hit parade SEG 8136 UK PS EP

BOBBIE GENTRY ode to billie joe AUST. PS EP / EAP21163

PETULA CLARK downtown / FRENCH PS EP / VOGUE EPL 8301

ANIMALS we've gotta get out of this place / DO-4596 7"

ANIMALS I'm Crying / Take it Easy ~ Columbia DO-4512

EASYBEATS sorry / funny feelin ~ AUST Parlophone A8224

WALKER BROTHERS my ship is coming in ~ Philips BF-234

IKE AND TINA TURNER river deep mountain high ~ HL-2268

P. J. PROBY hold me / tips of my fingers ~ Decca Y7168

Terry Holden SOUTH'S VICTORY SONG ~ rugby league 7"

BILL AND BOYD bee-boop/please go away ~ Zodiac AZ-1014

THE SUPREMES my world is empty without you~Tamla Motown

MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS my baby loves me~ TMO-124

SUPREMES I hear a symphony ~ TMO-116

MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS wild one ~ Stateside OSS-160

KATHY KIRBY I belong ~ Decca Y7213

THE TOYS may my heart be cast into stone/Stateside

THE UGLY'S wake up my mind / ugly blues ~ Astor AP-1136

THE SUNRAYS I live for the sun/Capitol cp-1616

THE MIRACLES since you won my heart/TMO 114

JIMMY NICOL clementine ~ Decca Y7223 (Beatles related)

THE FORTUNES you've got your troubles~ Decca Y7243

WALKER BROTHERS make it easy on yourself/Philips BF-217

P.J. PROBY stagger lee / mission bell ~ Liberty 55791

WALKER BROTHERS Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore OZ PS EP

P.J. PROBY I apologise/whats on your mind ~ LIB-10188

Maritime Books

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:39:00 +0000

Among the new arrivals this week:

006764     Shipping law
006767     Reed's Ocean Navigator
006759     The ship's compass: including general magnetism; theory, practice and calculations relaing to magnetic and gyro compasses
006760     The Master and His Ship
006761     Cargo work: the care, handling and carriage of cargoes
006763     Tunnard's tanker tables: a handbook on petroleum metrology
006756     1700 miles in open boats: the voyages of the "trevessa" lifeboats
006757     Ocean odyssey: a record of the fighting merchant navy
006758     Brown's rule of the road manual: the rule of the road at sea, illustrated by coloured diagrams......

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:32:00 +0000

AC/DC vinyl

Bitterly cold here in Wollongong. - perfect weather for browsing your favourite local secondhand bookshop. Once you have checked the medal tally head over to www.recordking.com.au to see our latest offering.

Some interesting and unusual soundtrack LPs and rock/pop 45s have been keyed into the vinyl new arrivals, and the classical new arrivals category has fared almost as well.

If you prefer not to use the online secure ordering system, simply email through a list of the items you would like to purchase and alternative payment arrangements can be made. P&H within Australia is $AUD7 regardless of quantity. $AUD16.50 is the base rate for international orders - oversize items or multi-volume sets may incur additional postage charges.

Happy browsing!

New Arrivals

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:02:00 +0000

A couple of hundred records added to the bargain boxes near the front of the shop over the past 3 days. These do not get added to the web catalogue, but those willing to visit our shop at the wild west end of Wollongong's Crown Street could well be rewarded with some nice vinyl bargains. Business hours are 10am-3.30pm weekdays and 10am - 2pm Saturdays.

For those interested in vinyl soundtracks we have added a very nice batch of LPs today. Follow this link to view the recently added vinyl records..

Don't forget to check the recently added books list. Keith maintains a cracking pace on the book database and keeps the shop extremely well organised - we fill around 95% of all online orders, which is not too bad for a secondhand/out-of-print bricks and mortar bookshop.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:35:00 +0000

The large four volume set on the life and work of Antoni Tapies was sold last month, but we still have several other titles on this important artist.

We have added a handful of Folio Society editions to the catalogue. Click here to see the list.

If you have any holes in your Penguin Classics collection we continue to have a small but regular flow of titles through the shop.

For fans of classical guitar we have recently keyed in a nice batch of French 60s LPs from the series; L'Anthologie de la Guitare, including a couple signed by Manuel Lopez Ramos.

Other interesting classical LPs from the past few weeks can be found here.

A nice batch of 100 or so 7inch singles will soon be posted for auction. A link will be added here when they are live.

Folio Editions

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:35:00 +0000

Some very nice Folio Society editions have just arrived into the shop including;

Fernand Braudel - The Mediterranean and The Mediterranean World (3 Volumes in Slip case); Runciman - A History of The Crusades (3 Volumes in Slip case); A lovely illustrated edition of James Joyce - Ulysses; R. L. Stevenson - Travels With a Donkey; Hibbert' s House of Medici; George Eliot 3 Volumes in Slipcase; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; Robert Graves - Greek Myths; Nora Chadwick - The Celts

They have not yet been entered into the website database but they are on sale in the shop - email us if you would like some more details.

We have also released a couple of hundred LPs into the shop including Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Cream, Cold Chisel etc