Peter Richer

Plus, it's fun acquiring a little bit of knowledge - or ask a clued up friend - to help you buy some low-cost genuine originals when you are out and about at venues. Just as an example, in the sales boxes I took out to a soul night on Saturday there were maybe a hundred or more originals in the £10 to £30 price range. Moreover, there are plenty of other collectors who do the same, so there is a lot of choice. And as Steve G and Chalky pointed out above, there are loads of great records out there for that price - classics, underplayed, and sometimes even quite rare quality items.

Agree 100%.

It doesn't matter. The point is (and was) that IL is probably working on it; and he has a history of doing so.

I think you mean because they hadn't seen them in the flesh. And yes, of course that's true, that's why they were only 'nearlys'.

He's quite the vandal isn't he ... as bad as four of them, in fact 😏

I'm sure Ian Levine is working on it, even as we speak. One or two of his 'nearlys' caught some people out a couple of years back ... Magnetics (Ra-Sel), Greater Experience, Sam Williams etc.