As long as you're not one of those who has paid top wack for it - or one of those fools who think a record's only good as long as its rare - I can't see how it matters how many turn up.
Would it really matter if it did? Apart from to those who paid a fortune for it that is?
As far as I'm concerned, it would still be the same fantastic record it always has been no matter how many copies there are.
I actually met Brad last November when we were in Seattle.
Ben Knight of the Bros of Soul had nothing but high praise for him saying that when anyone he knew fell on hard times they always took their records to Brad to sell, as he always gave them more than a fair price for them. Far more than anyone else.
He's such a genuinely nice guy. I don't think he could be underhand if he wanted to.
WTF has Dustbin Stanley got to do with the DJ's you stated?
You cited Butch, Mick H, Andy Dyson and Cliff Steele by name - commenting on their record collections and the records they play in their DJ sets.
Have you ever seen them DJ?
And as for your "So this attending venues thing is wearing a little thin lol" comment - well I guess it would do when you aren't attending any of the venues you seem so keen to voice an opinnion on.
I'm intrigued as to what you mean by networking?
I'm sure the majority on here would probably call it being on the soul scene for 25 years.
How would you know what sort of collections they have got or what they are playing out?
Surely you would have to attend the venues they play at to know that?
I must be the only person on the planet that doesn't like it then?
Sold one for a mate about 15 years ago, maybe more, for something like £150 which was about right for then? Perhaps a little cheap... maybe.
£2,000? As they say, its a mad mad world.