Guest edsuede Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Purely for curiousity's sake, can anyone shed some light on this? About 10 years back I inherited a couple of odd looking Invictus 45s from an ex-youth club DJ's collection. They are both in the style of the UK issues; "Give me just a little more time" And "You've got me dangling on a string" They differ from my normal UK issue copies in the following ways; 1. The labels are poorly printed replicas of the UK labels (even state 'made in Gt Britain') in a light grey tint instead of the normal blue 2. The labels are moulded on and do not have the milled (is that the correct term) edge around them like my proper copies 3. They have no details on the run offs except INV-501A (and & INV-504A (and . The records are vinyl like the originals and not Styrene. Anyone come across these before? Anyone provide more info? Also, can someone suggest why someone would get boots made up of 2 easy to obtain, top selling records in their day? It's not even as if they've tried to make them look like the US issues? Over to the experts....... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest edsuede Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Purely for curiousity's sake, can anyone shed some light on this? About 10 years back I inherited a couple of odd looking Invictus 45s from an ex-youth club DJ's collection. They are both in the style of the UK issues; "Give me just a little more time" And "You've got me dangling on a string" They differ from my normal UK issue copies in the following ways; 1. The labels are poorly printed replicas of the UK labels (even state 'made in Gt Britain') in a light grey tint instead of the normal blue 2. The labels are moulded on and do not have the milled (is that the correct term) edge around them like my proper copies 3. They have no details on the run offs except INV-501A (and & INV-504A (and . The records are vinyl like the originals and not Styrene. Anyone come across these before? Anyone provide more info? Also, can someone suggest why someone would get boots made up of 2 easy to obtain, top selling records in their day? It's not even as if they've tried to make them look like the US issues? Over to the experts....... P.S Point 3 above should read ("and & INV-504A (and " - don't know how the smileys with sunglasses got there! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
pikeys dog Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Yep, had both of these in the past... Presumably there was enough demand for these records after UK deletion, so some enterprising chap pressed them up. Sound quality is as rough as old mother hunts rough cut punt, if I remember correctly. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest geordiebri Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 (edited) P.S Point 3 above should read ("and & INV-504A (and " - don't know how the smileys with sunglasses got there! I'm surprised to tell you the truth. both records were comparatively speaking smash hits. especially "Give me just a little More time" I'll bet it did half a million, easy. General Johnson, a great singer, sadly mimicked by Kevin Rowland from Dexy's Midnight runners. Here's a pi_ss poor video of the General in action singing very same song "> Edited July 28, 2008 by geordiebri Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest edsuede Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I'm surprised to tell you the truth. both records were comparatively speaking smash hits. especially "Give me just a little More time" I'll bet it did half a million, easy. General Johnson, a great singer, sadly mimicked by Kevin Rowland from Dexy's Midnight runners. Here's a pi_ss poor video of the General in action singing very same song ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /> Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Prophonics 2029 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 IMO Dexys worst UK band in history of British pop. Bad clip of GJ looks like he was doing a Jimmy Hedrix feedback section but with his mouth. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ernie Andrews Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 2. The labels are moulded on and do not have the milled (is that the correct term) edge around them like my proper copies Its called a "cerated edge" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Pinch Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 yeh probably done in 71/72 after uk copies were deleted and really before mass imports for info gimme made no9 on us charts but dangling 0nly 38 or summat like that dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest edsuede Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Cheers fellas for the comments and info. Regards Ed Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve G Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Yes, realise that both were big hits - that's why the idea of boot legging these records seems so weird to me. Occurred to me as well, these are the only boots of UK copy records I've seen - all other boots I've come across have been replicas of US market copies. Regards Ed Hmmm...Paul Parfitt....John Miles etc etc Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sunnysoul Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) Hmmm...Paul Parfitt....John Miles etc etc Yes that's right Steve, and now that you mention it, I'd really like to know what is the legitimate first issue (UK) of John Miles "One Minute Every Hour" ? Black coloured label called Orange ? And what does the counterfeit look like ? Anyone ? Edited July 31, 2008 by sunnysoul Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Pinch Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Yes that's right Steve, and now that you mention it, I'd really like to know what is the legitimate first issue (UK) of John Miles "One Minute Every Hour" ? Black coloured label called Orange ? And what does the counterfeit look like ? Anyone ? original one minute was black with anti skate rim. the boot had the same label but looked like an import. dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) 2. The labels are moulded on and do not have the milled (is that the correct term) edge around them like my proper copies Its called a "cerated edge" He was actually right, it is called 'milling' although it's usually referred to as anti-slip milling Edited July 31, 2008 by Pete S Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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