Steve G

Issued but rare

I'd also not risk letting parcel farce send it back to the seller, could take months, get lost etc. Swallow hard, pay the duty, write it up to experience etc.Premium Stuff

You'd be correct Phil. Mine came from Leeds. It even has a Hot Wax release number in the run out.....

I agree, easily well enough known to sell big tickets on here. Over 1,000 posts.....

That Jo Stance thingy

It did come out on a 7" Hot Wax test pressing Steve / Lee.

Slight over reaction there Adrian -me thinks the Lady doth protest too much. I said fine if you don't want to make a donation, it really isn't a problem.

I take that as a "no" then Pottsy. Oh well no one is forcing you. Not sweeping anything under the carpet - I don't organise Calenders, or gigs, but it would have been a nice gesture for you to make a donation to such a worthwhile charitable cause, since you had such a grand night of things.

And despite this mushrooming of venues, very little of what's within reasonable driving distance really appeals to me this weekend......

I think this would be an excellent idea. Then, let's move onwards and upwards.....

Memphis Soul Review. I was there too, Remember Wet Wet Wet got booed after poppa Willie introduced Marti Pellow. Also in attendance was that well known Ice Cream seller, Adriano Croasdelli, as I recall.

Darn - the man was a legend.

It's not neccesarily how many were made, it's how many survived. So a record pressed up in a quantity of 300 could actually be more common than a record pressed up in a quanitity of 10,000, if the latter didn't get very far and most copies were trashed for example.

Yes, and this really caught on after the fuel crisis in 75 which pushed production costs for records up

Looking forward to seeing it when it's completed Elaine.

Agree with my learned colleague Mr Ken A - test press or a "library copy" even

Now Peggy, you know I'd never buy a record like this.....but it's typical of so many local presses. Designed to be sold out the boot of the car at gigs etc. When they didn't sell and the group had a new one, then they'd probably junk the old stock. Or they'd have a hissy fit and split up vowing never to speak to each other again. I will say though the Deadbeats are better looking fellas than The Ravins : But only just. A few other reasons: Release pulled - contractual dispute - happens a lot in a biz dominated by "lawyers" Artist / promotor / dies / goes bust / throws a wobbler Artist and producer fall out Promos don't get plays, release withdrawn Promo man / engineer nabs the stock (Billy Woods) Fire / Hurricane / Flood/ Tornado Someone else offers to put a local record out, but then doesn't. Can't find a distributor / limited run for promotional purposes Release gets lost due to a hit on the same label, so A&R men don't plug the prior release Yup a world of rare soul. Thank Gawd for that.

Dells at Trentham Gardens. Awesome show.

we do know some things like the Deadbeats were pressed up in a quantity of 300. But agree - records were a here and now thing - yesterdays hit was too often thrown away if it wasn't going to be a hit.

What's the cost differential of 2 x 1 CDs versus a double CD package? Do doubles sell as well as singles? Steve

Yes good luck to the Mods

Two seperate CDs would be great

Ha ha. Fair shout if you are talking about Barbara Hall on Tuska and Charlene & SouL Serenaders.

Yup waste of time thread. Plenty of one offs / unknowns plus acetates, so they are all as rare as each other. Value is determined by demand not rarity alone. Some great unknown one offs sell relatively cheap and some relativelty common records sell for a lot.

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