31 h. ago Do you have one of these gathering dust in your attic? Experts reveal the most valuable vinyls, CDs, and cassettes of all time

According to specialists at Record Collector, some of the most prized physical records include works by the Beatles, Michael Jackson and Coldplay.

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36 h. ago Five CDs worth thousands that could be gathering dust on your shelves

CDs from big-name artists such as like Madonna, Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd can fetch thousands

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3 d. ago Householders told to 'check loft' for old CDs which could be worth £2,400

If you have a collection of the discs lurking in the attic you could be sitting on some serious cash, say experts

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8 d. ago People urged to check DVD collections for titles worth up to £350

If one of these titles is gathering dust on a shelf in your home, you might be tempted to cash it in

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1 week ago Hunt for piece of mammoth tusk that went missing in Edinburgh

The piece of missing tusk could be hiding in an attic, experts believe.

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3 w. ago A moment that changed me: I nearly died when I was hit by a car – then started to relish life’s little luxuries

For years, I kept a stash of ‘nice things’, waiting for the right occasion to use them. The accident taught me to live now, rather than in the futureI used to have a drawer where the “nice things” lived: posh candles and fancy bubble bath; two flagons of Greek extra virgin olive oil; that Aesop handwash, to bring out for visitors. A bottle of fizz gathered dust on the kitchen side and, in the bathroom, an expensive moisturiser remained unopened. Life’s little luxuries, I believed, weren’t for enjoying now, but were to be saved for some unspecified “special” time in the future.Then I was hit by a car. It happened in May last year, while I was walking down a quiet street soon after lunchtime in Bermuda, where I’d been sent on an assignment for work. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition review – fabled album falls short of expectations

(Sony Music)Rumours of the existence of E Street versions of Springsteen’s masterpiece have swirled for decades, but the reality doesn’t live up to the hypeFor the last 40-plus years, the holy grail for diehard Bruce Springsteen fans was something referred to as Electric Nebraska. The rumour circulated that there were full E Street Band versions of the songs from Springsteen’s 1982 solo acoustic release that were recorded, but remained unreleased and never leaked.Nebraska’s origin story had already made the album mythical: demos recorded in Springsteen’s bedroom got turned into a album. After spending literal years in the studio for his previous records, this time he walked in with finished songs. The cassette tape that he had carried around in his pocket got turned into a classic, five-star record of desolate modern folk songs about the dark side of the American dream. Continue reading...

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