Bombs, Jazz And Junkers – The Birth Of Record Collecting - Flashbak.com, 12 May 2021
Brian Rust obituary - The Guardian, 31 March 2011
Brian Rust, Father of Modern Discography, Dies at 88 - The New York Times, 2 February 2011
Brian Rust - Jazz Discographer, Part 2 - Vintage Jazz Mart magazine
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Dave Harwood
07 Dec 2023 at 07:39
I found this listing in 'The Tatler' dated 20th August 1966: “Rust's Rare Records, 38 Grimsdyke Road, Hatch End, Middlesex (HAT 4452), owned by Mr Brian Rust, is the place to try if you want a real collectors' item. Mr. Rust has been building up his colleciion of records over the last 30 years, and he has some really valuable rarities which are not for sale but which he can re-record if the copyright has run out. He has had for sale such collectors' items as original recordings made by Ellen Terry, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, the first Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire recordings (the first Crosby records sell for about £5), and Jessie Matthews as a teenager.”
Geoffrey Davies
09 Dec 2025 at 08:46
I used to live very close to him and his wife in the later 1960's. Didn't realise that he was well known. My recollection is of seeing his wife on her bicycle before cars made cycling perilous
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Name: Dave
Comment: I found this listing in 'The Tatler' dated 12th February 1966:
“Rare old gramophone records can be picked up at junk shops and charity bazaars if you are lucky, but there are one or two shops in London who specialise exclusively in collecting earliest recordings made on 78 discs. Rust's Rare Records, 38 Grimsdyke Road, Hatch End, Middlesex (Hatch End 4452), is owned by Mr. Brian Rust, who has been in this business for over 30 years and has built up a collection of tens of thousands.”
(2023)
RARE RECORDS
Rusty’s Rare Records, 38 Grimwade Road, Hadd. (HAD 4124). Mr Brian Rust is, as his name suggests, one of the best-known authorities on old records, and has been in the business for at least 30 years. He now sells all his records by post.
Saturday 20 August 1966