Amsterdam Russ
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Ah, you beat me to it. Was going to start up a topic on this as per your suggestion. My thoughts are that while pre-orders are potentially great for the record label (less cash outlay up-front, and paying for the pressing of the full run is then self financed by advance purchases - and, if the tunes on the 45 create a wave among punters, it's likely there will be a feeding frenzy, which can be encouragement for the label to do a re-press), too many labels now use this as a business model. Pre-orders that ship in a couple of weeks are generally fine, but we're now at the stage where a number of labels are shipping two, three, sometime four months after purchase. That's not on. I wouldn't buy a record, or anything else for that matter, from, say, eBay or Discogs, on the basis that the seller is going to ship it to me in 13 weeks time. I've bought it - I want it now... or as least as soon as the postal service can deliver it to me. Also, if you're buying pre-orders on a regular basis, it can be difficult to keep up with what you've bought. Indeed, I've bought pre-releases a second time, having forgotten that I'd already bought it maybe six week prior. That, of course, is my problem, not the seller's. My view is that if you've got to get the cash up front before you can make and deliver whatever it is people have paid for, then your business model is wrong - certainly from a customer perspective. It used to be that ordering new releases in advance was quite unusual. Now it seems just about every person and their dog with a label uses the same approach. In isolation it's not a big deal, but when 'everyone' is doing it, it becomes a pain. I don't like it.
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Jaw-dropping is right. Check out the pics via the link I've posted below. Every one of them is absolutely stunning! Credit: Rising From The Dust - Tenerife, Spain. © Lorenzo Ranieri Tenti Story & pics: https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/11/02/jaw-dropping-pictures-of-the-milky-way-that-defy-light-pollution
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Yes, I got that, but thought the thread might make interesting reading for people here generally.
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This thread from 2012 about the Carstairs white demo vs the red issue is worth revisiting...
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Fine selections as always from Mark. Loved the Gino Washington track in particular.
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Ah-ha... reading through that thread, I see there are couple of mentions of a club just near Petticoat Lane. And more specifically - in the same thread - here... More info online here... http://www.45worlds.com/live/venue/new-allstar-club The address was 9A Artillery Passage, London, E1.
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Artillery Row's postcode is SW1 (near Westminster), while Petticoat Lane is E1 (in the East End). They're about 3.5miles apart - and in two completely different parts of the city. Having a quick check on Google Maps, I think you probably mean Artillery Lane / Artillery Passage. There's a not-too-old discussion about London R&B clubs here... Perhaps the original poster in that thread - @Roburt - might know something.
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As you've had no replies, it might be worth asking on the Facebook group, the European Soul Club Network. Members of that group include most of Barcelona's leading lights. https://www.facebook.com/groups/europeansoulclubnetwork/
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Crossover (in my view) simply relates to tunes that "crossover" in the evolution oflate 60s/early 70s soul music styles. Tunes from the late 60s often foreshadow the sound of the early 70s, and often tunes from the early 70s still are still influenced by the late 60s soul styles . It's simply the retrospective blending of two musical rivers - and the natural progression and development from one decade to another.
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Johnny McCall Cam Cameron George Guess Beverly Shaffer
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A long-time fave double-sider... Brenda & the Tabulations - That's in the past Which is backed with the sublime and all too often overlooked flip - I can't get over you Magic!
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No, and No again. There have been boots of Carl Hall's "What about.." for some years. The 'value' of the original has only gone higher. Are you thinking about "reissuing" some 45s?
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Broadly speaking, "reissues", I think, drive up the prices of originals. The more people buy the reissue of a track (if it proves to be popular), the more others with deeper pockets, and the desire to own originals, seek to show their perceived higher position in the pecking order of show-off DJs and collectors.
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That's better! Maybe a turntable glitch.
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Hahaha - whatever the price, it's what the market is prepared to pay. And when a shredded Banksy goes for £18 million, you know the collecting market is in a frenzy. Good luck to JM (if it is his) or the owner selling it on commission. These are fantastic days for sellers.
