Join Louder stalwart DARYL EASLEA as he looks at six key records that are worth a lot of money and/or are of great significance.

Fast Forward: The Complete Guide to Collecting in Six Records

Daryl Easlea’s Fast Forward talks are celebrating their tenth anniversary here at Louder, where he gave his CHIC Organization one with Matt Everitt in 2019.

Tackling a variety of subjects from French pop to prog, to glam, to music films, Christmas hits and beyond, Easlea takes a non-professorial approach to pop’s fabulous history with use of a PowerPoint, anecdotes and extreme detail. To celebrate the latest edition of Record Collector's Rare Record Price Guide, and his second as editor, Easlea will look at six key records are worth a lot of money and/or of great significance.

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About Daryl Easlea:

Louder stalwart Daryl Easlea’s books explore some of his great musical loves; pop eccentrics, glam, populist African American music and prog rock. His first, Everybody Dance: Chic & The Politics Of Disco was published by Helter Skelter in 2004 (and updated in 2020). His second was an extended essay to accompany the Supremes exhibition at the V&A. Talent Is an Asset: the Story of Sparks followed in April 2010 and has been reprinted in slimline paperback in 2026 , while Without Frontiers: The Life And Music Of Peter Gabriel was published in October 2013, with an updated edition following in March 2018. Whatever Happened To Slade? – a Sunday Times Book Of The Year – was published in October 2023. His work can be found in Record Collector, Prog, Mojo, and in other places, too.

He also compiles and annotates LPs and CDs, DJs, broadcasts, consults with record companies and was born to dance. He has written sleevenotes for The Fall across a variety of releases since 2003 and was delighted to host The Fall Futures And Pasts gathering at The Band On The Wall this June, where he got the Poet Lauraeate, Simon Armitage to draw the raffle. His talks on popular music, Fast Forward, have been performed at festivals, the British Library and the V&A. In 2022, he returned to Record Collector as editor of The Rare Record Price Guide and has edited Genesis, The Fall, Paul McCartney, John and Yoko stand-alone magazines. His second Rare Record Price Guide is published in 2026 as his How Does It Feel, Jim Lea's long-awaited autobiography, that Easlea wrote with him.

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