London record label and record shop Rough Trade have been running their Album Club for a while now. The deal is that you sign up for membership for a selected period - either 3, 6 or 12 months - for a price starting from £12 a month for basic membership (which gets you one album, Rough Trade's Top Pick of the month, plus a fold-out guide - see left - and usually a bonus CD featuring tracks from the other album picks that month) up to a whopping £120 a month (which would get you all ten albums of the month). Don't like the Top Pick album? Not a problem, you simply send it back and they'll exchange it for any of the other nine albums. Recent picks include Swedish folk-pop star The Tallest Man On Earth, hotly tipped singer Lianne La Havas and the new album from Liars.
Membership of the Album Club makes a fab present for music lovers: my brother and my best friend have both been recipients over the past couple of years and both times the gift was a great hit. After all, who doesn't like getting a nice surprise in the post once a month? For more info take a look at their website.
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