are they less desirable than label presses?

are they excluses (aka "unreleased")?

thanks. just starting to buy these records, and well ... dont really know much about them outside of knowing what i like.

kev

BLANKS ARE THE FIRST PRESS OF THE RECORD TO TEST THE MARKET IF THEY WERE GOING TO SELL IT COULD BE AGES TIL THEY PRESSED UP A NORMAL COPY FOR PUBLIC SALE THEY WERE OFTEN SENT TO SOUND MEN TO PLAY OUT AND IM LED TO BELIVE THEY WERE MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY.

SOME ARE DEFINATLY UNRELEASED THERES A FEW THAT COME TO MIND ON UK LABELS

toad -

thank you kindly. certainly clears that up

kev

BLANKS ARE THE FIRST PRESS OF THE RECORD TO TEST THE MARKET IF THEY WERE GOING TO SELL IT COULD BE AGES TIL THEY PRESSED UP A NORMAL COPY FOR PUBLIC SALE THEY WERE OFTEN SENT TO SOUND MEN TO PLAY OUT AND IM LED TO BELIVE THEY WERE MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY.

SOME ARE DEFINATLY UNRELEASED THERES A FEW THAT COME TO MIND ON UK LABELS

THATS OKAY KEVIN

THATS WHAT THIS SECTION IS FOR

JUST MAKE SURE WHEN YOU BUY THEM IT HAS AN INKED SHOP STAMP!

do all of them have a stamp? case in point ..

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...I:IT&ih=017

i figure buying from cmoerer should be reliable ...

THATS OKAY KEVIN

THATS WHAT THIS SECTION IS FOR

JUST MAKE SURE WHEN YOU BUY THEM IT HAS AN INKED SHOP STAMP!

do all of them have a stamp? case in point ..

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...I:IT&ih=017

i figure buying from cmoerer should be reliable ...

NO NOT ALL BUT ITS AN INDICATION THAT THEY ARE ORIGANAL

YES I HEAR HE IS HONEST

If they're UK blanks, these were often pressed deliberately to generate interest, rather than to test the market (as JA ones usuallly were)...

all of the blanks that ive aquired over the past weeks are Jamaican. all but one has a record store stamp. ive found most of the A-sides on various comps or just songs that i have heard somewhere before, but not all of the B-sides. im finding that UK releases seem to be a lot more expensive than JA ones. Im guessing that a lot of JA releases never really went out of print? such a different world than soul records.

You could post the matrix numbers of some of these - that would help others (who have a copy of Roots Knotty Roots/RKR - I don't) identify.

Soundclips also help and are more enjoyable than dry old matrix numbers

This place has a section that may be able to help...

https://s7.invisionfree.com/PAMA_FORUM/index.php

Edited March 15, 200817 yr by ZapatootheTiger

just think of them like the 'white labels' in dance music. many house/jungle/whatever tracks never made it past white label - pressed up as promos, no royalties etc (not that Jamaican stuff had percentage contracts), but sold via shops. loads of big hits also seem to almost always be on blank - 'Carry Go Bring Come' for example, which sold thousands and thousands - presume that they didn't bother with a label for quick sellers

and not to be confused with stuff that's had the label scrubbed off to hide the title and artist

Edited March 17, 200817 yr by michael-j

...and of course, a white label (or blank) was cheaper to produce than labels with 2- or 3-colour artwork, so "official" releases may also have had nothing on the label, other than hand-written info...