Pete S

No never tried that. I'm really a washing up liquid and warm water type of guy. And that foam gives me a headache.

When you squirt it on, it makes quite a bit of foam, I actually start to play the record then, they stylus gets tons of dirt off the record but gets clogged up after 30 seconds, by this time the foam has turned to just runny liquid, I keep playing it and wiping the stylus...when it's all done, rinse it off with water. n.b. if you leave it on, it makes surface noise

It's a bit like the top football clubs, they've got all the money so they get the best players and win everything. I preferred it when any of 8 or 9 clubs could possibly win something.

Nev, you aren't taking into account all of the people who don't actually look at anything on Ebay except "ending soonest" - so me, for instance, I wouldn't have seen that COD's until the last day of it's auction. I have no idea what's on Ebay while the auctions are ongoing, just the last 24 hours. Saves me spending a week fretting about it.

Blimey they didn't hang about long - sold all 4 batches straight away!

50 count box alert

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Ritchie - funny you should say that because I mentioned it somewhere else recently, saying I can never hear it without expecting it to jump at that part!

Also may explain where they came from then as only a couple of people had the records at the time (Xmas 79 I think)

No it's a red Pye mate. Worth £40-£50. £60 on demo. Had a one sided acetate a couple of years back, that was nice.

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Why were they junked though? Only ever seen the poorish quality same both sies one and that wasn't pressed til late 77.

I've had them all before mate, always had to sell them, at one point I had issues and demos of most of the Bowie records, plus I had Liza Jane on Vocalion Pop, the deram album, the Philips album, MWSTW dress cover - the lot. All gone now except one Pye 45.

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This is such great info. Shame there's not so much of it as there used to be. Great info I mean. It's all "Well I checked in the book and it said this". You can't beat experience.

Once heard a rumour that these were recorded straight off the decks. Then another one as to who did them. But don't think it would be true as they'd have killed 2 of Richard's biggest sounds stone dead.

I dunno Steve, I've never had one that plays Here She Comes Funnily enough, got the mispress up for sale today.

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933 lists The Twelfth Of Never b/w Here She Comes but the Here She Comes side actually plays a very good Drifters influenced track called I Won't Cry (Anymore)

The earliest Northern acetates I've seen - that is, in-demanders specifically cut for someone - have been tracks you wouldn't believe were ever rare, things like Bill Blacks Combo - Josephine, The Capitols - Tired of running, Earl Van Dyke - 6 by 6, Chubby Checker - Cu ma la be stay...dating from 1969/70

There's no problem cleaning acetates, just use warm water with a drop of washing up liquid, I've cleaned dozens of them

Would you pay that? I wouldn't!

Thanks both.