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only £1.61 from a £13.99 CD ends up with the artist. Now, if I buy old records, am I stealing from mr jansch just because he won't get any profit from the sale? How is that different from home taping, from bert's point of view? Home taping is a humane way of spreading good music! Without home taping, I couldn't have convinced my friends to go out and buy Belle and Sebastian records, and without home taping, i would be very sad because I love Nick Drake and it's almost impossible to find his original records, and there've been no rereleases on vinyl. Should I go out and buy a Nick Drake cd? That would compromise my ethics!:) And anyway, when tigermilk gets rereleased I'm going to buy it even though i have it on tape! I hope that fuzzy argument made sense, and dispute with me if you like- "if

Well everyone, we've had some very interesting ideas recently! I reckon we should all go out and have our middle names as 'belle' for girls 'sebastian' for boys- that is the best idea i've heard all year :):) Also, about Bert Jansch... go ahead and record what you like- home taping is naughty i suppose but then we all do naughty things and also, i've tried finding people like bert jansch, nick drake et al on vinyl- i hate CDs(see that post from david about how bootlegging thrives on them etc) and basically there have been no rereleases or anything so I have bought records second/third/fourth etc hand. And i'm not about to buy any bert jansch on one of those shiny little discs of terror- sorry to the jansch family but as david says there's one thing i learned when i was still a child it's to take a hiding" :) .............................................................................. ............ Being a ve May 1996 when he sent john the album. In the letter it says "We are recording another lp in August, Cock Fun, with a London independant called Jeepster" Does this mean that the original title for If You're Feeling Sinister was Cock Fun? Anyone know what happened to make them change their minds? I think it's quite a funny title, but maybe not as good. This letter has also got Stuart's home address and telephone number on it..... .............................................................................. ............... Northy says>>Well I have a tape of the BBC sessions now if i sent you a tape, could you record them for me? I could give you stuart's phone number and address in return...:):):)

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Isn't it weird - you want as many of your friends to hear B&S as possible but wouldn't you hate it if everyone liked them and you were just another fan.........I think this.......I don't want to be just another faceless fan.

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We are priveleged. Let us enjoy our position while we can

Absolutely- it's very very precious!!! anyway, that's all for today love and kisses from amy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------