Sentimental value.

Along with the record collection, I found a selection of gig tickets and a scrapbook that my mum had put together, documenting all of the music that she liked at the time and general things that appealed to her such as scooters and mod fashion. It was this that made me realise how much music meant to her when she was younger and the sentimental value this collection has to her. It was also nice that the scapbook gave a contextual insight into the music scene at that time and is something that I could refer to for my design work.

Tamla Motown.

A significant chunk of my mum's collection are motown records.

The style council.

When The Jam parted ways my mum followed Paul Weller to pastures new; as half of the duo 'The Style Council'.

The Jam.

The Jam were my mum's favourite band when she was a teenager. These are few of their records that she has in her collection.

A mixed bunch.

Here is a mixed selection of some of the early records my mum collected.