Joy Lovejoy

[Agentsmith]

an evergreen record that over the decades, has fluctuated in price but by no means, ever been classed as rare...yet in all this time ive never seen either demo format. from a british point of view its first incarnation would have missed out on the black/silver & black/gold livery...so its just a light/dark blue issue with white logo ( based on the original american format ) and with no solid centre. needless to say, the american issue is as standard, but for me the missing link is the demo. i know that some issues, stateside, were also presented as demo's so,...was that a change from the black & white one's we are all familiar with?. i cant remember weather the british issue suffered a horrible reissue in all vinyl format after the first one's had paper labels....so perhaps the bright sparks amongst us can clarify the questions i pose with definitive answers...please?

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

an evergreen record that over the decades, has fluctuated in price but by no means, ever been classed as rare...yet in all this time ive never seen either demo format. from a british point of view its first incarnation would have missed out on the black/silver & black/gold livery...so its just a light/dark blue issue with white logo ( based on the original american format ) and with no solid centre. needless to say, the american issue is as standard, but for me the missing link is the demo. i know that some issues, stateside, were also presented as demo's so,...was that a change from the black & white one's we are all familiar with?. i cant remember weather the british issue suffered a horrible reissue in all vinyl format after the first one's had paper labels....so perhaps the bright sparks amongst us can clarify the questions i pose with definitive answers...please?

I've got a US demo but I'm not at home to scan it for you at the moment. Just looks like all Chess/Checker/Cadet demos of the period i.e. a regular 'stock'-style label with DJ Copy (or something similar, like I say I don't have it in front of me to be 100% precise) at 'quarter past' and 'quarter to', under the catalogue number/producer details and publishing info respectively.

Not very thrilling to look at, but hard to find for sure!

[Guest]

I've got a US demo but I'm not at home to scan it for you at the moment. Just looks like all Chess/Checker/Cadet demos of the period i.e. a regular 'stock'-style label with DJ Copy (or something similar, like I say I don't have it in front of me to be 100% precise) at 'quarter past' and 'quarter to', under the catalogue number/producer details and publishing info respectively.

Not very thrilling to look at, but hard to find for sure!

The last one I saw / had in my mitts , was about 30 years ago , and as you state Tony , not thrilling to look at .

Malc

[Kev Moore]

Here's a scan of my british issue. Is this 1st issue?

Kev

[Pete S]

Here's a scan of my british issue. Is this 1st issue?

Kev

Yes it is, unusual with a solid centre though - the US demo must be nearly as hard as Landslide demo.

[Guest Paul]

Here's a scan of my british issue. Is this 1st issue?

Kev

First issue, same as mine but with a solid centre - most have large centre holes, as Pete said.

Let me know if you'd like to swap!

[Mark Bicknell]

Not the USA Demo but thought I would post my USA Stocker in the mix, like Tony said the only difference I think is the Demo has promo ident on them like so many of Chess/Checker/Cadet Demos.

[Guest Tom Walsh]

THERE WAS A THREAD A TIME AGO, I DO NOT HAVE A SCANNER BUT MY GOOD FRIEND DAVE RIVERS TOOK A SCAN OF MY COPY FOR THAT THREAD, HERE IT IS,

PETE

[Guest Soultown andy]

THERE WAS A THREAD A TIME AGO, I DO NOT HAVE A SCANNER BUT MY GOOD FRIEND DAVE RIVERS TOOK A SCAN OF MY COPY FOR THAT THREAD, HERE IT IS,

PETE

Was waitin for that ,see you tomora .

[Guest Tom Walsh]

YEAH SEE YAH TOMORROW M8 ITS YOUR ROUND

[Ric-tic]

i cant remember weather the british issue suffered a horrible reissue in all vinyl format after the first one's had paper labels....

yes it did

[Agentsmith]

confirmation then, that the u.s. demo is in issue format.....so definitelty came along too late to be revered as a white demo....so did white demo's cease as a format after, say, 1966?. there dosnt appear to be a british demo in existance then?, unless tony or mick smith can provide an answer, but surprised and nice at the same time, to see a solid centre uk copy

[Pete S]

confirmation then, that the u.s. demo is in issue format.....so definitelty came along too late to be revered as a white demo....so did white demo's cease as a format after, say, 1966?. there dosnt appear to be a british demo in existance then?, unless tony or mick smith can provide an answer, but surprised and nice at the same time, to see a solid centre uk copy

No I don't think they stopped them, I've got one or two Chess WD's that must be post 66 (Andrea Davis is one), but some of them appear as both WD's and DJ COPY demos I think