The Swans original on Dore, possibly first one ever on ebay.

Tried to add a link, but it opened up in my own account, which isn't clever.

Edited August 17, 201510 yr by TattooDave

Well done Dave! Its good to hear a bargain has been found to counteract silly prices! 

i agreewith you Andy The US is a big place and who know how many copies are out there but the internet has made it a whole lot smaller and I for one never assume there are just one or two copies, only speak of what I know of.

Chalky

i base my comments on experience having had a few tunes over the years which I thought were in the two or three copy range only to find later that there were copies in collections over here and in the U.S. I know of two collectors who don't have anything to do with the scene but collect avidly. One of them is a lurker on here 

Drew (had to change the Monica to Andy Mac as there is a Drew already)

 

Plenty of collectors who are nothing to do with this scene and many records  cross over to other scenes.  We will never know for sure what is out there and who has what.

Plenty of collectors who are nothing to do with this scene and many records  cross over to other scenes.  We will never know for sure what is out there and who has what.

True Chalky, but I was referring to collectors of the soul 45's we collect but don't venture out into venues, forums, DJ ing etc. There are quite a few hidden collections out there and I know from meeting one of the said collectors that there are some rare and obscure items tucked away.

So, has the record arrived in the UK yet? Hope it has!

So, has the record arrived in the UK yet? Hope it has!

No Jim, it hasn't, but it has arrived in Spain where I'm living

True Chalky, but I was referring to collectors of the soul 45's we collect but don't venture out into venues, forums, DJ ing etc. There are quite a few hidden collections out there and I know from meeting one of the said collectors that there are some rare and obscure items tucked away.

Plenty of them about mate.