Most of the gigs I promote are not only 60's northern so it's not that black and white..... as most things in life..
Cambridge soul collective, Fulbourn do's are OVO on northern/crossover/RnB and Latin but as we are a true across the board venue, if someone requested a track like 831 by Lisa then I would play the demo cd I have as it is not available on vinyl... I will not have a carver made just to keep the soul police happy!
Evolution @ St Ives is an OVO gig in the main room also the RnB room but many of the upfront modern sounds played in the modern room will be on cd... but the room will be 90% OVO...
Reunion @ St Ives cannot be an OVO Gig as Brian Rae plays cd's..... All other DJ's will play OVO and the modern oldies room will be an OVO room
The sound system used at Fulbourn and in the Theatre room at St Ives cost in excess of £3000.00 and we only use Technics decks and good quality carts and stylus, I have played some boots/pressings against the original and in many cases you can tell the difference in sound quality but not all as some boots/pressings are top quality.
Re the OVO issue.... I would not play the 2nd issue of Al Mason.... but I would play the Expansion 7" of just ask me rather than mess around with the original LP... also the expansion 7" is the first issue..
and don't forget you have to be careful with British issues/demo's/originals as Dave Rimmer says all British are 2nd issues not originals but that's another issue! Lol. Hi Dave