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Categories / Homeware, Music

Build Your Own Favorite Band Coasters

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Etsy seller Retrowhale has created some great coasters based on literal illustrations of band names.

The Build Your Own Favourite Band Coasters are sold in sets of four, giving you the option to choose which bands you want. Most of the bands are old favourites from the 60s and 70s includingThe Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Who, Pink Floyd and Velvet Underground, but there is also a more grunge-based selection should that be your thing.

They cost around £30 plus postage from the Retrowale Etsy store.

Categories / Bags, Women's Fashion

Kate Spade Recital Farrah clutch bag

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Any 80s enthusiast will be familiar with the eponymous piano key tie. It wasn't perhaps the most stylish accoutrement of the era but there's always room for improvement.

The Recital Farrah clutch bag from Kate Spade is the essential accessory for any budding key-tar maestro. Just the right size for all your necessities on a night out, the clutch is adorned with patent leather 'keys', 14-karat gold plated hardware and finished off with a lucite bow clasp. Much better. Now will you please get rid of that ridiculous tie.

$375 from Kate Spade. See the website for more details.

Categories / Art and Photography, Music

Reel to Reel print from Johnny and Stacie

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We are proud enthusiasts of dead formats and vintage electronics here, so it's perhaps not surprising that this Reel to Reel print from Johnny and Stacie caught our eye.

Designed as part of a series of vintage electronics prints (you can also pick up prints of Headphones and a 3D Viewfinder), the Reel to Reel print depicts the retro recording equipment in cheerful 4 colour ink on quality archive paper. This second run of the print is available as a limited edition of 60 and is selling like hot cakes, so snap one up before they're all gone.

$20 from Johnny and Stacie's Etsy store.

Categories / Books, Music

George Harrison: Living In The Material World book by Olivia Harrison

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He was always the cool Beatle and you can find out just why when the George Harrison: Living In The Material World book by Olivia Harrison hits the shelves in the next couple of months. Although you can pre-order a copy now.

The book is said to draw on George Harrison's personal archive of photographs, letters, diaries, and memorabilia, effectively tracing his life, from is early Liverpool years, the Beatles era and 'to his days as an independent musician and bohemian squire', not to mention his sidelines as a movie producer and Formula One racing fan, for example.

Running alongside the images (many of which are previously unpublished) are stories and reminiscences from Harrison's friends, including Eric Clapton, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idol, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and many, many others. It's published by Abrams in early October, but available to pre-order now, with Amazon discounting the hardback to £18.89.

Find out more at the Amazon website

Categories / Gadgets and Tech, Music

Traditional Wooden Music Centre

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How most people buy and listen to music may have moved on in recent years, but some of us are not ready to part with our vinyl collections. This Traditional Wooden Music Centre offers a good solution as it combines the best of the old and new.

It has a turntable that plays 33, 45 and 78rpm records, an AM/FM radio, a CD player and a USB port so you can plug in your new-fangled technology too. It is beautifully presented, housed in a walnut finished wooden case.

Like pretty much all of their stock, Past Times are selling it at a reduced price of £128 (previously £160).

Categories / Art and Photography, Music

The Monkees 45th anniversary tour screenprint

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Just got an email off Rhino about the Monkees going out on tour, also mentioning the merchandise on offer for said tour. Amongst all the t-shirts, there's this gem – The Monkees 45th anniversary tour screenprint.

It's a rather cool, vintage-style print made for the tour, a two-colour prong on 'thick cardstock'. Shame it only features the touring members (sorry Nesmith fans), but it's still an eye-catching item.

Grab it online at the Rhino site, $20 secures one.

Find out more at the Rhino website