I know about the boot being modern vinyl and brown when held up to the light etc,

but how can anybody tell if this is real ?

The seller does NOT say its an original and hasn't replied to my emails. Anybody help ?

[url=https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4725500326&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1]https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

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Edited May 9, 200520 yr by BLADEFORLIFE

Looks like a boot to me.... the date stamp is very suspect..... i heard that a number of boots had dates stamped on them to add to their "authenticity".

WOOF!

Bootleg!

looks suspect to me. I wouldn't touch it

Apart from the reddish tint to the vinyl when you hold it to the light, you can actually hear the record being dubbed from a copy with very minor surface noise when you put the stylus onto it. It's like silent then you hear this faint hiss.

Bootleg!

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Thought it would be, but is the paper matt rather than shiny or anything ?

BTW, look at the bidding. If its genuine, the reserve was set @ $750

Edited May 9, 200520 yr by BLADEFORLIFE

bootleg

i had one 10 years ago in a small collection i bought and we both agreed it was a boot

date stamp was exactly the same as this one and you could see through the vinyl

discussed on soul talk a while back, general consensus on there was that this defines the boot

i emailed the seller a while ago to point this out but had no reply

dan

by the way i will be scrabbling around in the attic with no dignity whatsoever if wrong!

bootleg

i had one 10 years ago in a small collection i bought and we both agreed it was a boot

date stamp was exactly the same as this one and you could see through the vinyl

discussed on soul talk a while back, general consensus on there was that this defines the boot

i emailed the seller a while ago to point this out but had no reply

dan

by the way i will be scrabbling around in the attic with no dignity whatsoever if wrong!

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Also odd not mentioning 'No Time' if they know what there doing

Also odd not mentioning 'No Time' if they know what there doing 

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yeah

is it just me as well or are you suspicious of any major level items being sold with blurred pictures taken at an angle in the dark by a blind man with a disposable camera with no film in it? and the lens cap on?

if you had a real j+w to sell you probably wouldn't need to ebay it but if you did surely you'd present it properly?

Emailed high bidder the minute I saw it and warned him. If it was real the reserve would be set at more than $750. Also 99% of things offered in the UK that have been booted will be boots. Not sure that makes much sense, but it's oh so true as I have unfortunately found out...

BTW has anone seen that Holly St. Clair (ABC demo) - £80 and it has about 47 bids - INSANE

Billy

Emailed high bidder the minute I saw it and warned him. If it was real the reserve would be set at more than $750. Also 99% of things offered in the UK that have been booted will be boots. Not sure that makes much sense, but it's oh so true as I have unfortunately found out...

BTW has anone seen that Holly St. Clair (ABC demo) - £80 and it has about 47 bids - INSANE

Billy

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What about these then Billy ?

fool

BTW has anone seen that Holly St. Clair (ABC demo)

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That who now???

That who now???

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Sorry Mr Spellcheck Holly St. James

when you hold it to the light, you can actually hear the record being dubbed from a copy with very minor surface noise

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Bl**dy Hell Pete you really must be an expert if you can do this

I know about the boot being modern vinyl and brown when held up to the light etc,

but how can anybody tell if this is real ?

The seller does NOT say its an original and hasn't replied to  my emails. Anybody help ?

[url=https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4725500326&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1]https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Sorry, can't get link to work 

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The original has AS in a circle in the runout grooves which is pressed in rather than the boot which is scratched in (these fooled Tim Brown a few years ago) it also has a delta 68365 i have compared the boot next to my original and the boot is very light in weight. the original shares the same AS mark as Ray Agee and The Sweets

Ted