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seems whoever typed that was terribly drunk before doing that...

another typo (i hope)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEROY-SMART-FAITH ... 5196f53125

Odd that, these highly collectable tunes have had no bidders, I wonder why? At least the postage is free for anyone desparate to deal with those sharks.

Rootsman wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=new

Again, this is what's killing reggae.

Not the £9999.99 guy, who is either an idiot, or careless - but the guy who's selling a used 2CD from 2007 (i.e. under 4 years ago), which was released by Trojan and presumably pressed in the tens of thousands, for £48.

I seem to see this nonsense more and more often when buying online nowadays and it makes me less and less inclined to actually bother looking for something on CD, if it came out, say more than a couple of years back...


More examples of this idiocy:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... ition=used


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... ition=used

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=new

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listin ... dition=all

all these 4 i already downloaded them for free.....
that's why the business is struggling

Tell me about it! One a nostalgic trip six months ago, I came across an original Capital Letters 12" of Run Run Run / UK Skanking on Greensleeves on ebay - I bidded upto £50 before thinking that it was stupid money to be paying. It went to a Japanese collecter for £112! Me? I bought the greatest hits cd by the same artist on the same label which included those tracks and all full discomixes where applicable off Greensleeves direct for £8. How do reggae record companies / artists survive these days? Those silly high prices being paid are not filtering back to the artists or copyright holders, are they.

not at all....sadly lots of good stuff made in the 60's and 70's are very rare and not reissued for the current generation who were not born in those days to buy and support...they won't survive...

if you learn about japanese culture and consumerism you shall understand

in a materialistic world where people have lost a sense of the important - children, friends, giving, educating etc etc - they're left with the illusion that objects of any kind can make them strong

How wrong....

Best things in life are free (i.e. from a money standpoint), even if money helps

No money can buy understanding and mastery of anything, including music

All that said, I like owning original presses for 2 reasons:

1. The often better sound quality
2. The better printed art covers (we have lost printing knowledge throughout the years_

if you learn about japanese culture and consumerism you shall understand

in a materialistic world where people have lost a sense of the important - children, friends, giving, educating etc etc - they're left with the illusion that objects of any kind can make them strong

How wrong....

Best things in life are free (i.e. from a money standpoint), even if money helps

No money can buy understanding and mastery of anything, including music

All that said, I like owning original presses for 2 reasons:

1. The often better sound quality
2. The better printed art covers (we have lost printing knowledge throughout the years_