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Classic rock is the music that built record collections, the albums from the 1960s through the 1980s that people come back for their whole lives. Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, AC/DC, Queen, Dire Straits and Metallica, all on vinyl, shipped fast across Australia from our shop on the Yorke Peninsula.

The records people come back for

These are the albums our customers return to, again and again. Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is our single best-selling record, full stop, and it has not fallen out of favour in fifty years. Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zeppelin IV, Back in Black, Abbey Road. These are the ones that started most people collecting, and the ones they keep coming back for, to replace, to upgrade, to hand to someone they love.

I came to a lot of these late. I was a cassette and CD kid, so vinyl was never my world growing up, and the one that got me was the Eagles. Fifteen years old, babysitting, alone in someone else's lounge room, working out how to lower the needle onto Hotel California without wrecking anything (it felt like a very adult thing to do). I still get nervous every time but the joy that comes is unbeatable.

There is a reason the classics never really go away. They sell to the people who grew up with them and to those people's kids at the same time, which is why a record like Rumours or Back in Black is almost never out of print for long, and never out of demand at all.

What we try to do is simple. Keep these records on the shelf. The classics go in and out of print as they are repressed, so the album you want is not always easy to find the day you go looking for it. We buy the proven sellers deep, so Rumours, Dark Side and Back in Black are the ones we work hardest to keep in stock, and we ship them fast, anywhere in Australia, from a real record shop run by two people who love this music.

FAQ

What albums count as classic rock?

The records that defined rock from the 1960s to the 1980s. Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Queen, AC/DC, Dire Straits and their peers, the albums most collections are built around.

Where should I start a classic rock vinyl collection?

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is our best seller and the most common place people begin, alongside Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Led Zeppelin IV. From there most collections grow outward into the rest of the era.

Do you keep these records in stock?

We buy the proven sellers deep and ship fast across Australia. Some titles move in and out as they are repressed, but the big albums are the ones we work hardest to keep on hand.