off: frank & the walters/benson & hedges

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Sat Sep 3 11:30:04 EDT 2005


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<superskrull666 at YAHOO.CO.UK> wrote:
> the celestials will approve : extract...prison riot
on
> earth 1...johnny rotten.,a rotten tale of
> auschwitz._...doom patrol?
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> <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK> wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Paul Mather wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:43 -0400, Stephe wrote:
> > > > I totally agree. Oust them. If they are going
to
> sell them, then they should
> > > > at least send the money back to HW. Cheers
> Stephe
> > >
> > > We should make them walk the plank!  These
> evil-doers must be taught a
> > > lesson!!
> > >
> > > I notice there are people on eBay also selling a
> promo copy of the
> > > upcoming "Spirit of the Age" single, as well as
an
> old promo 45 of
> > > "Seven By Seven."  Please advise whether I
should
> be outraged.
> >
> > > PS: I'm not condoning selling promo materials,
but
> having bought such
> > > things in the past, it'd be a little
hypocritical
> of me to condemn it.
> >
> >         I think it's a matter of the point in the
> chain, isn't it? With
> > most promos that you or I have in our collections
> (I've got three I think,
> > not counting the promo `Love in Space' single
which
> I was given by
> > Hawkwind's kind offer on this list at the time,
and
> if I ever meet any of
> > the members of the bands concerned I'll buy them a
> beer or suitable by way
> > of apology), they've been bought from some
> second-hand stall or
> > whatever; I think all of mine came this way. They
> presumably got there
> > because DJs or whoever who'd been given them by
> record companies sold
> > them, either to the stall-holder or a previous
> owner. In those cases it's
> > the DJ or whoever whom we;'d presumably consider
> shouldn't really be
> > selling what was given him for free and labelled
not
> for sale, and perhaps
> > the stallholder shouldn't have bought it. The
buyer
> from the stall is too
> > far down the chain to be condemned though I think;
> once it's been sold
> > once the damage is done and it's fair game (much
> like a normal release on
> > that sense).
> >
> >         The difference here is that the sellers on
> E-Bay are that first
> > recipient, in the same position as the DJ, and the
> buyers in the same
> > position as the stallholders, so their ethical
> position is a bit more
> > dubious I think. Myself I'll buy the real album if
> and when it finally
> > emerges, without the need of the promo. I suppose
> even that is a kind of
> > faith in this not being all we get to hear of it
:-)
> Yours,
> >
>        Jon
> >
> > ObCD: Clutch - _Pure Rock Fury_
> > --
> >     Jonathan Jarrett    "There is scarce any
> tradition or popular error
> >     Birkbeck College     but stands also delivered
> by some good author."
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