More Ebay Madness - Don Thomas Boot

[macca]

https://cgi.ebay.com/DON-THOMAS-COME-ON-TRA...1QQcmdZViewItem

I sold my original about 5 years ago for around 30 euros.

these people are two stops short of dagenham. 17 bids!!

M

[Guest Dan]

https://cgi.ebay.com/DON-THOMAS-COME-ON-TRA...1QQcmdZViewItem

I sold my original about 5 years ago for around 30 euros.

these people are two stops short of dagenham. 17 bids!!

M

not that horrendous macca surely?

it's a £20 record I'd say so $40 isn't too OTT.

incidentally, what's the difference between this one and th pink ones? are the pink ones boots? or is it just a different pressing plant?

[macca]

my original was pink. courtesy of john manship, circa 1989. it cost me a tenner.

this is a boot in my book, therefore a fiver max. all this 'rare pressing lark' is preposterous in my opinion. a boot is a boot. or is that just me?

M

[Gasher]

PINK???

never seen one of them?

purplelike the one listed ,dark blue issue and a W/D

but pink nah? new to me

any chance of a scan ?

Edited December 14, 2005 by the gasher

[Gene-r]

It's a bootleg all right - and a really shite quality one with it. The intro comes in slow, like a badly-cued record, and I'm sure an audible scratch has been left in!

Edited December 14, 2005 by Gene-R

[Pete S]

PINK???

never seen one of them?

purplelike the one listed ,dark blue issue and a W/D

but pink nah? new to me

any chance of a scan ?

Pink is the original (plus white demo). Blue VJ is the 1975 reissue/bootleg. This one on ebay, I've never seen that before.

[Guest miff]

Boot it is, Maybe a bit pricey, but not OTT in good nick. Would I pay 20 quid for a boot, No , But if you like the record then why not, having on a boot is better then not having it at all and 10 times better then having it on a CD or MP3. And how many do you see for sale, and in good condition.

[Guest Dan]

you learn something every day

firstly, i've learned to read the topic heading - sorry macca, didn't know this was a boot and since it seems it is then 20 quid is well OTT...you're quite right!

secondly, i've learned what a don thomas boot is like!

gash - here's a proper pink 'un for you

dan

[Mark B]

i too have never seen this marron 2nd issue

mark

[Guest Roccia]

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QUOTE(mark.b @ Dec 14 2005, 08:24 PM) link

i too have never seen this marron 2nd issue

mark

The Manship's Bootlegs Guide says about this: "BOOTLEG has a mauve label. ORIGINALS are eitherwhite dj copies or have a bright pinkglossy finish label."

I remember the reissue on VeeJay blue label.

Roccia

[Ric-tic]

do you know id swear when this was originally played at the mecca levines copy was maroon, i have a maroon copy and have had it a long long time, when i read that in manships bootleg guide it kind of surprised me,im sure im right and others saying they havnt seen a maroon boot makes me more sure

[Guest]

Is the English DJM 45 a original?or boot,etc;....

[Guest ScooterNik]

I've it on the maroon too. Paid maybe four or five quid in the mid 80s for it and a mate who's been on the scene since the Wigan days said it was the same as his which he bought way back when for a good price

[Chalky]

I've it on the maroon too. Paid maybe four or five quid in the mid 80s for it and a mate who's been on the scene since the Wigan days said it was the same as his which he bought way back when for a good price

Had a maroon and pink one in the 80's.

[mischief]

so whats the going rate for an original pink one?

[Guest]

Is the English DJM 45 a original?or boot,etc;....

No body then?,in picture sleeve & promo!....

[Chalky]

No body then?,in picture sleeve & promo!....

UK...it's a re-issue isn't it

[macca]

so, the cogniscenti say pink & white, plus reports of another on a maroon/purple label, which some say are originals, but others dismiss as boots/reissues. the levine mecca maroon/purple copy story is VERY interesting. I started off something here. I'm buggered if I'm gonna pay more than a fiver for a boot though. it's psychological. I'd rather not have the record, but then again I'm probably 2 stops short of the ford factory too.

[Guest martyn]

I have a white demo..........always thought that it was a boot.Are you saying its the real deal,or was it booted on the demo as well?

[Guest]

I have a white demo..........always thought that it was a boot.Are you saying its the real deal,or was it booted on the demo as well?

Same here, I picked up a NUVJ white demo in the UK cheap a few years back. I was always unsure. At the very same sale at the nighter in Stoke, someone tried to pass me a fake Tony Galla on Swan as an OG. I kindly showed him the manship bootleg guide which you could also purchase at the show. He was quite surprised and very happy that I had enlightened him.

Iceburg

[Guest Dan]

so whats the going rate for an original pink one?

i'd say 20 quid ish but sort of thing that could go big again and lots of copies hidden away in collections so potential to double or increase even more i'd say

[Guest Dan]

so, the cogniscenti say pink & white, plus reports of another on a maroon/purple label, which some say are originals, but others dismiss as boots/reissues. the levine mecca maroon/purple copy story is VERY interesting. I started off something here. I'm buggered if I'm gonna pay more than a fiver for a boot though. it's psychological. I'd rather not have the record, but then again I'm probably 2 stops short of the ford factory too.

i must say when i first saw the scan on ebay, after reading your post and not spotting the word 'boot' macca, it looked proper to me, though no evidence other than just a feeling.

i've seen maroon ones before and as i say always assumed, lazily without looking into it cos wasn't that bothered about the record, that that was the proper one and mine was a boot. bit of a mystery...manship could be wrong, he's wrong on other things i'm sure.

[Supercorsa]

No body then?,in picture sleeve & promo!....

I got one of these as well Ken, be interesting to know value.