Mick Holdsworth

Hello there, I wonder if anyone has sent an Acetate disc from the UK to US recently, and can advise me on the following. In the description field on the CN22b form I would have normally said "45 rpm vinyl record" or similar, but with an acetate being made of aluminium coated with lacquer, would the standard record description fall foul of the customs requirements ? I'm sending it International Track and trace as a gift, so I don't need to worry about the unique tariff number this time. Thanks, Mick

The only thing I can add is that he last visited this site on March 24 2025, exactly two years after the post you highlighted above of March 24 2023.

That's a cracking song Mal. Just pre-ordered one for me and another for a friend. It seems in the UK it is due for release Aug 15 2025. from Kudos. https://kudosrecords.co.uk/release/ged028/derobert-and-the-half-truths-nothing-to-prove-i-would-die

Hi Mike Just noticed the previous problem I had with the unreadavle thin light text on a white background when using Firefox with Win7 has been resolved. Text is now nice and dark as before, so thank you for sorting that out.

So sad to hear this. My memories of Brian were mostly from the late seventies, early eighties at Birmingham Locarno and latter years of Wigan, amongst other places. Such a lovely man and such a loss.

There are a few. Champion demos of Gloria Jones were in both vinyl and styrene. Also the Sandy Wynns black issues of Venus are in both. DOC copies of that song were also in vinyl. It maybe that the few vinyl titles they did were mastered at Monarch but pressed elsewhere, but I don't think I've ever heard of this happening. Others may know more.

Here's the other track on the Exciters album . . . Movin'Too Slow

Cheers, I'll have to check that out. I know "Turn Me On" and another track from the RCA album were good.

About five or six months ago Tim Ashibende did a radio spot (possibly on a Dean Anderson show) playing album only tracks, and they were all excellent, and new to me. If the show is still online. it's well worth checkng out. Here's just one of them. The Spellbinders - That's The Way You Make Me Feel

Thanks Kathryn, that is better, for me atleast.

I'll try that Mike, but where can I find Dark View. Thanks.

It's an old version of Windows (Win 7), so that's probably the root problem.

Strange - I use Firefox normally, but I just tried it in Chrome and Opera and it's fine. I think the problem with Firefox is the distinction between bold and light text is lost, as if any styling is not happening. For me at least using opera is an ok workaround. Cheers Mick

Hi Mike, Regarding the display query above, I'm on a Desktop PC, and the text is very thin and light on white. making it almost unreadable. I know you said earlier that the display was being looked at, but I notice your screenshot above is much more readable than mine. Here's my screenshot . . . Cheers, Mick