[Music] Alan Wilder’s entire record collection up for grabs in Hove

[Herr Tubthumper]

If I still lived there I’d be all over this. Not only to buy stuff but to also to just see his collection.

Does he have a Hove connection ?

 

[Molango's visa]

Mute records. Mmmm. ❤

 

[Dave the OAP]

Didn’t Danny baker do the same

 

[Wozza]

Lived/lives in Itchingfield.

1930s Sussex estate of former Depeche Mode band member for sale for £4.5m

Alan Wilder, who was in Depeche Mode between 1982 and 1995, has lived in the country house for 33 years

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Famously sold off all his synths years back... and left all the original DM samples on them, which are now in the public domain. Which is nice.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Didn’t Danny baker do the same

He did, and some real gems.
White labels, signatures, test pressings the lot.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Was surely just a question of time before Alan went down this route. Probably wants to enjoy the silence rather than listening to old music all the time, have himself a new life.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Lived/lives in Itchingfield.

1930s Sussex estate of former Depeche Mode band member for sale for £4.5m

Alan Wilder, who was in Depeche Mode between 1982 and 1995, has lived in the country house for 33 years

www.standard.co.uk

Famously sold off all his synths years back... and left all the original DM samples on them, which are now in the public domain. Which is nice.

That is some gaff!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

That is some gaff!

I love art-deco, it’s quite a pad.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Was surely just a question of time before Alan went down this route. Probably wants to enjoy the silence rather than listening to old music all the time, have himself a new life.

I just can’t get enough of the jokes on this forum

 

[Official Old Man]

My best mate and I were both DJ's in the past. For him it was early 70's to late 90's working pubs in the Chertsey area. He has a collection of wooden Schweppes boxes full of singles. For me it was '72 to 2003, mostly full time, and my collection is in the 1000's of singles, 12" singles and albums. I have 100's of CDs but they just aren't the same. We both agree that we could never ever get rid of our collections.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I love art-deco, it’s quite a pad.

If you use Instagram have a look at londonsuburbia, really interesting photos mostly of art-deco buildings.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

My best mate and I were both DJ's in the past. For him it was early 70's to late 90's working pubs in the Chertsey area. He has a collection of wooden Schweppes boxes full of singles. For me it was '72 to 2003, mostly full time, and my collection is in the 1000's of singles, 12" singles and albums. I have 100's of CDs but they just aren't the same. We both agree that we could never ever get rid of our collections.

When CDs came along, I sold all my vinyl and replaced most of them with the CD version. Over time I came to hugely regret this and about a decade ago embarked on a lengthy and costly program of trying to remember what I had and re-purchasing it. I decided there would be no re-assessment of the merits of any album....if i owned it then it had to be re-purchsed regardless of what I now thought; paying 80 quid for a 'rare' Saxon vinyl was painful. When I say rare, it's rare not because it's a sough after collectors item...it's rare because it was crap and no one bought it. Some of it was a real joy and some of it quite emotional, I remember buying a bunch of Rush re-issues around the time Neil Peart died.

Suffice to say I will never repeat this folly and as I type I sit in a room with circa 2000 CDs and a 500 vinyl albums.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If you use Instagram have a look at londonsuburbia, really interesting photos mostly of art-deco buildings.

Thanks, this is good to know. London has some gems, some of the Picadilly line stations are glorious e.g. Southgate.

 

[Hamilton]

Mrs Hamilton taught his daughter. She says he was a lovely man.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Thanks, this is good to know. London has some gems, some of the Picadilly line stations are glorious e.g. Southgate.

The person that runs the account also likes a trip to the coast, I’ve seen photos from Worthing, Saltdean and St Leonards.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

When CDs came along, I sold all my vinyl and replaced most of them with the CD version. Over time I came to hugely regret this and about a decade ago embarked on a lengthy and costly program of trying to remember what I had and re-purchasing it. I decided there would be no re-assessment of the merits of any album....if i owned it then it had to be re-purchsed regardless of what I now thought; paying 80 quid for a 'rare' Saxon vinyl was painful. When I say rare, it's rare not because it's a sough after collectors item...it's rare because it was crap and no one bought it. Some of it was a real joy and some of it quite emotional, I remember buying a bunch of Rush re-issues around the time Neil Peart died.

Suffice to say I will never repeat this folly and as I type I sit in a room with circa 2000 CDs and a 500 vinyl albums.

When my brother split up with his missus, he had to leave behind his cherished collection of punk records. Could normally still access the songs via CD, Youtube, Spotify etc. but it wasn't the same. So after a while he set about rebuilding his collection. Luckily most of it seemed to be available. It was only after he'd bought a fair few items from the same seller, that he realised the seller was his daughter

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Mrs Hamilton taught his daughter. She says he was a lovely man.

She would say that tbf, he's her dad....

Wonder if any Fad in his collection...I'm at the Speedway GP that weekend so missing out arghhh

 

[wellquickwoody]

That is some gaff!

Dunky will be having a nose at that I reckon.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The person that runs the account also likes a trip to the coast, I’ve seen photos from Worthing, Saltdean and St Leonards.

I have just started following it. It's great. I have always had a lay interest in architecture, this is right up my street.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

When my brother split up with his missus, he had to leave behind his cherished collection of punk records. Could normally still access the songs via CD, Youtube, Spotify etc. but it wasn't the same. So after a while he set about rebuilding his collection. Luckily most of it seemed to be available. It was only after he'd bought a fair few items from the same seller, that he realised the seller was his daughter

This is very funny. Luckily my collection was mostly albums and 60-70% have been re-issued over the years. I'm still looking for a couple of long players by a band called Waysted that I loved as a teen....I doubt these will be re-pressed.