"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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Bootleg vinyl was not that common, though there is no
doubt that some small plants were "at it".




You are in the past tense - I am talking about *today*! Those Blade
Runner
bootlegs are almost certainly still available, if they haven't been
closed
down - although there's none on eBay atm!

Oh.- That makes it much more interesting:-)


Does, doesn't it? :-)



White labels are eagerly sought after and traded by many people!

I've got many hundreds of them - legitimate test pressings
and review copies.


Lovely.





If I have not been sold a complete pup, I believe CD over-runs are
collected by the likes of Securicor for guaranteed *secure disposal* and
that only a couple of pallets of same would be worth *tens of thousands*
out the back doors of pubs and on street markets...???

Yes. There is no CD recycling -you can't punch the label out
and put the rest back into the vat:-)



Or even leave the labels in - according to some people!! (??)



The reject rate for CDs is now very low indeed, and those
that do not go through are guillotined.



Best thing for them. if you ask me!! :-)



But piracy is rife - it's so easy:-)



Oh yes, 'digital' quick, easy and cheap - three *sure fire* ways to make
absolutely certain summat isn't worth bothering with in this life.....

;-)

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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White labels are eagerly sought after and traded by many people!

I've got many hundreds of them - legitimate test pressings
and review copies.


Lovely.

Many don't have any info except the matrix number. It's
fun to pull one out at random and guess:-)

Yes. There is no CD recycling -you can't punch the label out
and put the rest back into the vat:-)

Or even leave the labels in - according to some people!! (??)

I personally believe that's an old wives' tail.
Many people claim to have heard about pressings with
bits of paper in the grooves, or know someone who
had one, but, to my knowledge not a single person
has been able produce one as evidence that it
actually happened.

This kind of thing was mentioned quite often here
on UKRA at one time, and I aways asked if anyone
had such a pressing which I could borrow and photo-
graph. No-one had.

But piracy is rife - it's so easy:-)

Oh yes, 'digital' quick, easy and cheap - three *sure fire* ways to make
absolutely certain summat isn't worth bothering with in this life.....

It's an easy and tempting way for Jack the Lad
to make a few bob. Abbey Road is to be sold
as the result.

Iain

"Iain Churches" wrote

It's an easy and tempting way for Jack the Lad
to make a few bob. Abbey Road is to be sold
as the result.


Not according to last nights news. EMI denied that they had put Abbey Road
up for sale. BTW the studios have now received a Grade II listing.

David.

"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote

It's an easy and tempting way for Jack the Lad
to make a few bob. Abbey Road is to be sold
as the result.


Not according to last nights news.

Pleased to hear it:-) Reports of the sale were
included in the BBC World News two weeks or
so ago.

But, I wonder why Sir Paul McCartney has
expressed a need to put together a consortium to
buy something that is not for sale?

http://www.gear4music.com/news/artic...141/2010-02-18

Iain

"Iain Churches" wrote

Pleased to hear it:-) Reports of the sale were
included in the BBC World News two weeks or
so ago.

But, I wonder why Sir Paul McCartney has
expressed a need to put together a consortium to
buy something that is not for sale?


There certainly was a rumour circulation to the effect that the studios were
about to be put up for sale in. Whether EMI actually did intend to do so,
but changed their minds and then pretended that they never had is something
only an EMI insider could answer.

David.

But piracy is rife - it's so easy:-)

Oh yes, 'digital' quick, easy and cheap - three *sure fire* ways to make
absolutely certain summat isn't worth bothering with in this life.....

It's an easy and tempting way for Jack the Lad
to make a few bob. Abbey Road is to be sold
as the result.

We'll they say on the news that it isn't being sold?..

--
Tony Sayer

"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote


Oh yes, 'digital' quick, easy and cheap - three *sure fire* ways to make
absolutely certain summat isn't worth bothering with in this life.....

It's an easy and tempting way for Jack the Lad
to make a few bob. Abbey Road is to be sold
as the result.



Is an interesting corollary - far more drastic than the comparatively
labour-intensive and slower 'taping music is killing the music industry'....

Keith G wrote:

Is an interesting corollary - far more drastic than the comparatively
labour-intensive and slower 'taping music is killing the music
industry'....

On our home brew band recordings, a mate and I used to put a skull and
crossbones symbol on the cover, with the line "home taping is skill in
music".

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote


Oh yes, 'digital' quick, easy and cheap - three *sure fire* ways to make
absolutely certain summat isn't worth bothering with in this life.....

It's an easy and tempting way for Jack the Lad
to make a few bob. Abbey Road is to be sold
as the result.

Is an interesting corollary - far more drastic than the comparatively
labour-intensive and slower 'taping music is killing the music
industry'....

The record industry seem to be blaming piracy for its
troubles. EMI, who were strongly in favour of DRM
seem to have turned 180 degrees, and are now talking
about combatting illegal copying by making legal material
readily available at reasonable cost by convenient methods.

Iain