Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage UK

A Collection of Vintage UK 7-Inch 45 RPM Vinyl Singles - A large collection of vintage 7-inch 45 RPM vinyl records, encompassing a variety of popular music genres including pop, rock, and easy listening, primarily dating from the 1960s to the 1980s. The lot includes pressings from several major UK record labels including Decca, Fontana, Columbia, RCA, CBS, RAK, and Infinity Records. Notable artists and titles identified within the group include Tom Jones, It's Not Unusual (Decca, blue label, cat. no. F.12062, 1965); Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Since You've Been Gone (Fontana, blue label, cat. no. 267420 2F, 1965); The Seekers, Open Up Them Pearly Gates (Columbia, black label, cat. no. DB 7431, 1964); and Frank Ifield, She Taught Me How To Yodel (Columbia, green label, cat. no. 45-DB 4913). Other identified artists include Billy Joel (Uptown Girl), Matthew Wilder (Break My Stride), Adrian Gurvitz (Classic / Runaway), and Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack (Tonight I Celebrate My Love). The collection features a mix of original company sleeves, picture sleeves, and generic paper sleeves. Several sleeves bear retail markings, including stamps from Sutton Hi-Fi Equipment of Mansfield and promotional text for EMI Record Tokens. Many sleeves also contain handwritten annotations in ink identifying the artists or tracks, such as references to Jim Reeves and The Everly Brothers.