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That's fantastic, thank you Bård! So now every letter has been "adopted". It will probably still take about 3 or 4 weeks to finish. I'm halfway through the letter "P", but I am cleaning fingermarks off the discs with the VPI as I go, after noticing how dirty/greasy records can cause problems over time if not cleaned. Luckily all my top drawer 45s are spotless, but some of the lesser-rated discs, I have never cleaned until now.
Outside_Lookin_in
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gregk25
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With many of you helping in BossHoss' herculean task to produce clean shots of all his garage 45s, I wonder what people plan to do with them in the end? I mean those of you who have not worked on their personal database for the past decades. Adding them to your iTunes collection is nice, but come on: This has taken too much time to provide nice stamp-size micro-pics. In absence of a better idea (and after asking Mark for his okay of course) I have started to add the letter "p" shots to existing Discogs entries, replacing poor pics, often adding pics for the 1st time. Yes, Discogs is far from perfect, but it seems about the best thing there is right now if you want a searchable database of your collection. Maybe others have better proposals - or want to join in?
mr. splendid
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I will mainly keep them for reference , a high resolution scan is helpful when I encounter dubious listings . That is also why I don't think it's such a good idea to put these out on a widely viewed plattform like Discogs .
Outside_Lookin_in
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I agree with Mr. Splendid - uploading them to discogs will give both fraudsters and bootleggers more material to work with.
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45cat is much better and far more accurate. Plus you don't have to have a Ph.D. to add information.
I never refer to discogs for anything 45rpm related.
I never refer to discogs for anything 45rpm related.
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I would also upload in a much lower resolution to prevent crisp printing
Totally agree however isn't it already too late to do so? Plus these mongrels know how to finnagle their way unto the forum and copy scans etcetera. It has happened to a few of my postings...
Oh well....
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I guess the answer is, don't upload or distribute both sides of any 45 photo. That should pretty much stop any bootlegs happening.
Also, despite the above misgivings, the fact is no-one joined the forum to gain access to the photos. Everyone who requested access to the photos has been posting here long before the photos were available. It's about 20 people, all well known here.
Also, despite the above misgivings, the fact is no-one joined the forum to gain access to the photos. Everyone who requested access to the photos has been posting here long before the photos were available. It's about 20 people, all well known here.
Why does that bother you?
sanjuro73
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It bothers me too. Since bootlegs are unauthorized, they aren’t directly from the source and therefore usually sound like shite. The artist/songwriters/producers also get no compensation, though I realize that is sometimes the case with authorized releases too. Either way, no honest person gets compensated for bootlegs.
Looking for logic here. Evil booleggers are going to steal photographed label images.
But don't they need SOUNDS to go along with these images?
sanjuro73
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I’m not quite sure what you’re asking here. If they are releasing a bootleg 45, they already have the audio to go with it, regardless of the source.
Outside_Lookin_in
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Some bootleggers will get the sound off any source as they usually don't care about fidelity. I'm not too concerned about bootleggers though, as they often fill a gap left by a lack of authorised reissues. Why assist them in issuing their - usually all-about-the-money - bootlegs though, by handing them high res scans? The real concern is not about bootleggers, it's about the counterfeiters!
mr. splendid
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Yes , a carver ( direct cut disc ) plus a label printed from a high res scan would make for a convincing counterfeit . Others might be tempted to print up a label , stick it on whatever vinyl is at hand , take a picture and put it on ebay . There was a case like that a long time ago , with a guy from Italy putting up some real heavies like Dr. Spec's . He must have used the label pictures from the Eva Louisiana comp and so the difference was easy to tell .
Frantic
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didn't know that. AWESOME!
