Hi Rob yes I only mentioned the demo thing as I couldn't understand your reluctance to play your acetate. I only suggested that there was nothing wrong in playing a STUDIO acetate. Lets be honest mate yours is just an emidisc, no different to a boot or carver etc no matter who or where it's come from & I certainly did not say OK you've got a copy you might as well play it but as you say "it's how your conscience wrestles with it", to me if you ain't got the original you don't play it but thats been gone over again & again on here.
Does a person risk being labelled a cheapskate for the ambition of DJing you ask? Only by idiots, not everybody can have the "top" records as played by Butch for instance but then why would you want to ? Far better in my eyes to dig up some forgotten oldie or semi known that nobody else is playing. Thats the problem with the cheque book DJs, instead of using a bit of initiative & developing a choice of their own they constantly buy up other DJs playlists because they can afford to & because it's easy.
You suggest that punters don't care what format a track is on, i would suggest that a large amount do care & it's the expensive oldies that they don't care about & would prefer to hear cheaper & fresher tracks than the bloody obvious things I see on so many play lists. Anyway (as usual) I'm straying from the original post so i'll shut me gob & go look at the footie half times.
Bout time you got back down to Solid Hit mate
All best
Dave