Eamonn wrote:

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andy wrote:

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Maybe he forgot to put stamps on the letters. It could happen

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 Come on now Andy!

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I was being sarcastic  the guy is a complete scammer

It's terribly sad to read this. Everyone has been so kind in sharing their wares - via the account, and file-sharing before all that ended, and ongoing projects like Stephen's portfolio - it seems so mean spirited just to take advantage like this. Fcuking hell, what's a community for? Personally, I have received far more than I have been able to give via this site, but have always at least tried to make my thanks clear when partaking thereof. And some of the very, very best Pulp I've heard has come from such encounters.

Talk about looking a gift-horse in the mouth... Why then punch it in the mouth, pump it full of bute and mince it into dinner?

DEF2 wrote:

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Thank you Stephen, i'm in the right place. I joined a Morrissey forum in a fit of stupidy but quickly realised i had no knowledge of the subject or any real fondness for his music or him.  In any case, pulp people are beautiful and i missed being home. Thank you.

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 Anybody got any tissues? *sniff* I think I've got something in my eye *sniff*

-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Tuesday 14th of May 2013 11:52:27 AM

Thank you Stephen, i'm in the right place. I joined a Morrissey forum in a fit of stupidy but quickly realised i had no knowledge of the subject or any real fondness for his music or him.  In any case, pulp people are beautiful and i missed being home. Thank you.

Interestingly, the chap in question last logged in two days ago, so has presumably seen your post.

And further interestingly, Fred The 3rd has deleted his account!

To (somewhat) offer a counter to potential (though entirely understandable, all being what it is) negative vibes here, I've done one "trade", and my trade went amazingly. The chap in question even posted the stuff the night we discussed it on MSN, before I had even sent anything to him. I received it the next day and crapped myself thinking "Oh God, I haven't even sent anything! He'll think I'm a scammer!"

To be clear, I had nothing to trade myself, so I offered cash. The person I traded with had received it in confidence I guess, and in chatting I had to make him an offer he couldn't refuse!

I've long since really, really wanted to share the tracks, but that would be betraying the confidence of the thoroughly good chap I got them from. It really kinda tore me apart at times, but they were ultimately shared anyhow, so I skipped that moral dilemma by furious inaction.

Side note: I was forced to change my name (here) once. Was a long, long time ago.

Brother posted something twatty, under my old name (He'd do this all the time, not here, but generally be a cunt to his geeky younger brother). I didn't want to go down the whole "It wasn't me, sorry!" as that crap doesn't wash and is always unbelievable, and I'd (I guess) be cynical towards anyone claiming that, so I scrapped Fillip (who I was) and used my real name.

Ta-da!

 

(I know I use brackets too much)

-- Edited by Ste on Wednesday 15th of May 2013 01:03:36 AM

People can get over-sensitive on forums. They mostly come back, in my experience.

On that note DEF2 - I have a huge list of live gigs and whatnot - from looking you up I suspect you have way more material than me as it is, but if you're after anything in particular, give me a shout.

I doubt he has anything of interest. To my knowledge he's had the following, none of which I think is particularly rare these days:

I Scrubbed the Crabs that Killed Sheffield
Ping Pong Jerry demo
Hallamshire '85
OU sessions (4 tracks - Babies demo, OU rough mix, Live On, Space)
The Boss / Watching Nicky / Happy Endings demos
'Coca Coca Planet Live' 1994 live promo
A few tracks from the 1999 demo incl Cuckoo, Quiet Rev and some others

The only thing that can possibly be said in his defence is that he paid a lot of money to get the OU demo from a commercial dealer, which is why I was prepared (about 11 years ago) to give him some of the other items on the above list in return for it and honour his request not to copy it for anyone else.

You might remember I clashed with him on here in the distant past. His persistence did mean that he got hold of some quite obscure things (OU tape, Coca Cola Planet Live, 1999 tracks) which might not have made it into circulation otherwise, but the way he tended to treat recordings as currency, forever wheeler-dealing to try and get more stuff out of people (and always for himself, certainly not with any thought towards sharing it with the wider community as Stephen, Will and Jason have), always rankled with me.

This thread is a shining example of how much good can come from some bad, it fair warms the cockles.

triciathetree wrote:

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This is why I like coming to this forum. Everyone has always been really welcoming to new people and not snobby about rare stuff they find (which is a rarity on other forums, like you need to be in an even MORE elite club than the band's forum to share rarer stuff). I've heard a lot of rare stuff from people on here and Stephen's portfolios that I never would have heard otherwise and you take a shitty event like this and turn it around. And the few arguments that have broken out on this website have generally always been resolved fairly quickly and maturely. It's really nice and it's what keeps me coming back and checking the pages every day.

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 Well, that and the tea...

triciathetree wrote:

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This is why I like coming to this forum. Everyone has always been really welcoming to new people and not snobby about rare stuff they find (which is a rarity on other forums, like you need to be in an even MORE elite club than the band's forum to share rarer stuff). I've heard a lot of rare stuff from people on here and Stephen's portfolios that I never would have heard otherwise and you take a shitty event like this and turn it around. And the few arguments that have broken out on this website have generally always been resolved fairly quickly and maturely. It's really nice and it's what keeps me coming back and checking the pages every day.

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Bullshit, i have more bootlegs than you, therefore im better then you. 

 

 

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