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Anyway, without getting carried away with Grapevine. It's going to be interesting to see how many proud owners of pressings are bold enough to admit to their ownership Come on lepers Ahhg, I've trodden in something, tut, it's a pressing

Only one one Grapevine?

How many DJ's would play a Grapevine record at a do that had (say) more than 100 people in attendance that had paid £5 or more to get in?

no hang on a minute

Doesn't really matter that much does it? Difference between a pressing or a boot. Pressing/Re-issue :graynone:

For sure, don't mind a bit of 'vinyl nit picking'. So it's over to you dude for the concise definition of the following; Pressing ... Re issue ... Bootleg ... Acetate ... Promo ... Demo ... Original ...

Does seem that even owning a few pressings/boots these days can mean you're a bit of a soulful leper. All agreed originals played at credible do's, or where the door tax is in excess of four quid perhaps. And when collecting, original vinyl is what we strive for, or otherwise you end up with a collection full of crap. But just reached to the back and pulled out a bunch of so called old crap and what beautiful old crap it is. I ain't parting with any of em, not ashamed of any ot them, had them year's and a 45 - 7" pressing still has more honesty and dignity to me than an mp3 (imvho). Sunday pm boot clutch spins; Frank Dell - He broke your game wide open - VALISE Soul Twins - Quick change artist - GRAPEVINE Sam Williams - Love slipped through my fingers - GRAPEVINE Sam & Kitty - I've got something good - FOUR BROTHERS Eddie & Ernie - I can't do it - EASTERN Cashmeres - Showstopper - SOUL CITY Johnny Caswell - You don't love me anymore - KENT Betty Wright - Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah! - RCA Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Get out (and let me cry) - ROUTE Jerry Williams - If you ask me (Because I love you) - PYE Tamangoes - I really love you - (GRAPEVINE) Dean Courtney/Carstairs - I'll always need you/ It really hurts me girl - FOX RECORDS B J Thomas - I don't have a mind of my own - PACEMAKER

That's all fine and dandy. But you lost me at the start there. Woss with the "no not really"?

Ha ha, we really are going to discuss this topic yet again, what a larf. Erm without searching back, wasn't it; serious original label owning collector/dj acceptable and credible at a do? Or reissues opening the door to brother chancer and his wannabe mates

And that warranted a new thread? Could have asked that question on the other one mate to be honest, Was going good. Think things like Vanguards, Nolan Porter etc ensure that there is a flavour of something different without losing the northern-ness. Question man in the street - what do you call mid to late seventies American black music? Anwer; disco!

Now I'm confuesed is this the stand up, or sit down thread? Sure I was gonna find Gail Adams here Rach

90% of all modern tracks.

Where are two of your's?

Thread started the other day (Cover?) about insurance cover for lost or stolen records. Not exactly a 'hot topic' though

Stone me Jim Branning back again Paul? Ring the Changes #1 Deadbeats - No second chance # 2 - BT#3.

Paradox p*sses on all of the above

I've got the Mystic Moods, it's not very good. Baltimore Ohio thing better. Vesta curry for breakfast is that a regular thing

I was listening to The Showmen - You are my everything on the way home tonight. Weird bit three parts of the way through, G Johnson's goin on about "your'e my lover, your'e my doctor" etc (whatever it is) and there's this involuntary shout from one of the band Deffo sounds like it shouldn't be there, well weird

Gloater! You don't even like it!

I know insurance is about as interesting as whale shit, but asked geordie johnson about the serious effects of losing a sh*t load of records. I wonder how many members/collectors/dj's have full documentation with pic's & valuations. I'm thinking you could count em on the fingers of one finger!

Can I ask what measures a sensible chap such as yourself, have you taken?

Does anyone know exactly what records they've got and how much they're worth? My records are covered by my household contents policy with More Than (a woman ). I say they're covered, but god forbid there was a fire or a break in (unlikely a thief would want to nick shitty old soul records), (iho). But how many of us have £50/£100/£150 etc in the top right hand corner of the sleeve? So you never know. My concern is that during conversations with More Than on this subject they commented that an Elvis collection for example was easier to quantify and therefore reach a settlement on, in the unlikely event of incident. I did 'key' more than half of my collection into a database with approximate values etc. Then I outed the Mac, got a pc and have done dick about updating it. I thought keeping track of what I've got would be wise and had the notion of maybe panning a camcorder over pricey bits for authenticity and proof basically. Yet to get around to that to though. Hearteningly, Ben Summers once told me he got paid out seven grand for a box of LP's. Ben's a television producer and is insured up the ass. What about the rest of us? What have you lot got in place and what are your thoughts on the subject?