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nessler
Posted: 2nd Dec 2015, 5:55 pm
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Hi, I recently bought what I thought was a withdrawn hunky dory sleeve from simply vinyl. It has the round stickers, which some of the (official ?) reissues by simply vinyl seem to have.
The above cover is the "withdrawn" sleeve, whereas the lower cover is the official version.
In the official version the label is white, not this black.
So far I thought this still was official, until I saw the run out groove...
black rose br2-1972 produit de france 331/3 rpm Pierre @ Louis XIV
So unless gives me some real good explanation, this has to be unofficial...
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Zig
Posted: 2nd Dec 2015, 5:58 pm
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Unfortunately you're right. It's a counterfeit. However, that one is still rare (not as rare as the original, but still...)
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nessler
Posted: 2nd Dec 2015, 6:10 pm
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As I thought, well, it's return to sender for me then.
Also, I posted this in a seperate thread, are there official simply vinyl reissues with round stickers, like this one, or are they too counterfeits ?
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Zig
Posted: 2nd Dec 2015, 6:18 pm
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Well, I can't be 100% sure, but I haven't seen any official round stickers on the official series.
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nessler
Posted: 2nd Dec 2015, 6:20 pm
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ok thank you. I noticed you posted the real one in the discography.
congratus on owning that rare piece !
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Zig
Posted: 2nd Dec 2015, 6:30 pm
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nessler wrote:
ok thank you. I noticed you posted the real one in the discography.
congratus on owning that rare piece !
Thank you!
I should say, not round stickers on the front cover. There is a round sticker on the back.
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nessler
Posted: 29th Jan 2016, 12:29 pm
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Hi Zig,
there's another one for sale and I suspect it is another bootleg... But you'd know best, the back is far too yellow and misses the grain from your copy, right ?
That is odd, the eBay seller (welwynrose) is also one of the bowieNet competition winners. Not that we know which prize he chose and the username spelling is a little different.
It looks real to me, but I can't be sure. And £100 is a very good price! If it stays there....
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Zig
Posted: 29th Jan 2016, 10:17 pm
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I saw that he/she updated the picture and I have to say that I believe it is the real thing!
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nessler
Posted: 30th Jan 2016, 10:37 am
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I dont know...
I fear it is the bootleg sleeve, with the correct vinyl in the correct pvc sleeve. I mean, it really is completely different in colour scheme. I put them aside to one another, using your image Zig which I hope is ok to you...
Original
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Currently for sale
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My bootleg copy I have owned
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Doesn't seem quite right now does it ?
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Zig
Posted: 30th Jan 2016, 11:38 am
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My copy isn't that grainy in real life. I don't own a good camera (just my iPhone), One thing I did noticed is the lettering "by... Ken Scott" isn't cut off on the bootleg/pirate but it is on the legit copy (and it's the same on the one sold on ebay now).
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Posted: 30th Jan 2016, 11:48 am
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Compare 1. My copy (as you can see, not so grainy) 2. Ebay copy 3. Pirate copy
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nessler
Posted: 30th Jan 2016, 11:50 am
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holy smokes...
now that's something you don't see every day, the bootleg getting it right over the official release...
