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Long time since I saw Dave, once met never forgotten, a lovely happy glint in his eyes. A Soul Brother to so many. What Pat said above is right on. https://www.gofundme.com/dave-cleggs-funeral-costs

The gist of what Ian had said on the subject was that they were special 'replica' pressings that he'd done for special friends only for home use and were to NEVER be offered up for sale. Of course some reneged on the deal and some pressings found their way to the market, possibly some people were taken in as they were very faithful 'replicas'.

True, some were as much as fifteen quid though, depending on which one, Dusty Wilson 'Can't do without you' and Blind Willie Johnson 'Dark was the night cold was the ground' were both fifteen quid. The ebay blurb described them as being fully licenced reissues.

I'm not so sure, from those photos it looks as if they were stuck with hundreds of boxes full, probably what's left of a huge batch that they had commissioned thinking they would be able to sell them. A bit like, my attempts at the charts, granted had a few near misses but still have a big stack of 500 count boxes of different ones, mostly unopened! 😂 I can't see where their target market was. Spot on Bickers old son!

Had a quick look on Ebay and still loads of fake records for sale so I see no evidence of changing behaviour from sellers or the auction platform.

suddenly feel less sorry for them, that's some big numbers I'm surprised it's THAT profitable, live and learn

Any old orgasam will do. Or even a spell checking device

I knew the increase in pension age was gonna put up the crime rate next thing we will know women will be faking a organism

I remember a particular Saturday when I cleared out my 'boots' to the big bin outside, it was actually cathartic, knowing no other mug would buy them on topic I do feel sorry for pensioners going to jail, bloody sad

Only ever brought one boot in my life and that unknowingly was a reggae record if l want a piece of music and can't get or afford the original l'm happy to own it on a c/d. f#ck the low life scumbags and the Pratt's that buy them

Talking criminals, I wonder how many of the artists didn't get their money off the record companies, bet none of the directors of the record companies got sent to prison.

I have quite a few boots in boxes that not played for years, I purchased in ignorance believing them to be okay, a few collectors helped with my education on OVO and reissues etc. The Manship guide to Bootlegs, counterfeits, reissues of Northern Soul 45's helped open my eyes to the number of fakes out there and aided me with identifying the counterfeit vinyl (so thank you JM). The pressings are in boxes under the roof, I have given a few away as gifts but the recipient is informed that are fakes and the fidelity is sub standard from an original. Selling them would feel wrong. Wondering what have other people done with pressings

Just noticed your subsequent edit. I agree in principle with your addition to your post, it is largely up to the Artist at the contracting stage to ensure their own lawyer is representing their interest fully. Sadly in the buzz and excitement of it all they usually so overwhelmed that these aspects of the deal can get overlooked. The same law that protects the label is also available to the Artists and Writers, just often they are not astute enough at the time and sign in haste. Don't ask how I know!

Michel Soussan did a lot of deals that were directly beneficial to artists and publishers, way more so than the whole OVO thing. A very misunderstood character.

Taking someone's copyrighted material, selling it and not giving them their due share of the money is simply stealing money directly from them. 'Copyright and Trademark offenses' laws are simply another way of categorising this specific form of theft in the same way as Burglary and Fraud laws.

There's a pertinent little Pearl in that video, at 1:09 very applicable to the OVO Soul scene... As I've said many times here, illegal bootlegs are simple theft, I'll never understand why they are grouped collectively alongside legitimate reissues. Bootlegs should be banned from events, legitimate reissues should be encouraged.

It was meant to be tongue in cheek john 😯

The newspaper story link took us to the South Wales Argus. I took a look at a few local stories that appeared on the right and found what appears to be the happiest man ever upon being arrested: https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/17267313.have-you-seen-this-man/?ref=mr&lp=4

What's the betting once these guys are in prison, each of them will be known on the landing as Bootsy?

Mugs will always buy fake things that is why these scum bags will always be around, handbags perfume watches fair game, but records that's sacrilegious

Copyright infringement of these 9th Creation albums and artwork. No license from the owners of the artwork and nor all music was given to Past Due Records. Respectfuly, Estate of J.D. Burrise

thanks for posting that, very interesting and confirmed it's a millionaires thing now really

Can I order a copy please you can pm on facebook messenger...cheers great tune and the flips superb too !!

How do I order a copy of poor boy please

Worth it for the pictures of Chaka Khan alone😋