For sure Ian.
I have no idea on the copyright issues concerning an official release, which if memory serves was the original intention of the bouquet of steel people?
I guess they own the tape and are legitimately able to sell it?
Realistically though, other than the hardcore, who would shell out for this if they couldn't profit from it?
How much is it actually worth?

-- Edited by Jason on Friday 22nd of March 2019 08:25:46 AM

www.dropbox.com/s/z5o50xbevn8c1lp/06.%20PULP%20-%20YOU%27VE%20GOT%20A%20FACE.wav?dl=0

A little gift..
Don't stick it on youtube or any other platform, link will be deleted at 12 pm..

Holy HECKING HECK!... THIS IS HECKING REVOLUTIONARY

There's no auction that's been decided or happening.
This recording is from a Sheffield show - the Limit club - 13/4/82..

Jason wrote:

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www.dropbox.com/s/z5o50xbevn8c1lp/06.%20PULP%20-%20YOU%27VE%20GOT%20A%20FACE.wav?dl=0

A little gift..
Don't stick it on youtube or any other platform, link will be deleted at 12 pm..

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 Thank you! Some lovely instrumentals in there (though I don't think I understood a single word of the lyrics)

Awesome, just awesome, thanks for sharing.

>>>Would happily contribute to a joint bid<<<

I've been a net recipient from this community for so long & have gained so much from others, it'd be great to have a chance to contribute a little something

This is crazy! Thanks Jason!

I'm more than happy to contribute to a joint bid too, if someone wants to to do the admin - then count me in.

Contribution to the costing for this would be the least that I could do. What a fantastic piece of music that was, Sturdy did this get played at your launch party for the book? It sounds familiar, maybe I am getting a bit of "Please Dont Worry" from the melody. Dunno.

Are these two different early live gigs we're discussing - Jason's kind upload from the Limit Apr'82 and the mooted auction recording from the Marples earlier (?) that year?

You wait years for buried Pulp to be dug-up and then out it pours...definitely in to help with the win and thanks Jason.

 

Edited: Marples instead of Marbles, damn autocorrect! 

-- Edited by Eamonn on Saturday 23rd of March 2019 04:06:23 PM

Yep, sorry for the confusion.
This recording the limit club i was going to let out on it's anniversary but decided, what the hell? Let it go now.
And of course the Marples tape hopefully may go to auction.

Don't be greedy..
Anyroad, maybe i only have this one track?

Thanks for sharing Jason! :D

Also, if the Marples tape does end up going to auction, I'd be happy to chip in to any joint bid.

-- Edited by salmon92 on Sunday 24th of March 2019 12:39:32 PM

Jamie Smith does indeed need to get the tape into an auction. An assortment of us have, at various points, offered to buy it off him, but he never responds. An actual auction may be the only way this happens - if he ever does pull his finger out!

Has anyone else tried to chat with Jamie about this? I know myself, Jason and Sturdy have. I don't believe he's ever responded, even when just a tracklist has been offered. (Not that one would be too hard to work out!)

Let's keep an eye out. I'm sure a group of us could purchase it if it ever did emerge.

And, Jason - I don't come here for ages, and find a holy grail being let out. How very Pulp, tho - you haven't even given it its own thread! A reward for the regular readers, then :)

The value of the concert is really going to be down to those who bid for it. Its going to be so hard to put a price to such a rare piece of history. At the same time, I dont want to be having a gun held to our head as ransom for this. I hope we are able to get this, and not be outbid or outdone by some greedy person who has no agenda for bidding compared to the genuine fan like us.

Not that bad a shout that. Myself and Ian live literally 15 miles away, so I'm sure that others could be close to one and another too

Maybe there is nothing more to report on at the moment? Maybe were keeping it quiet from you? Maybe its to do with Brexit? CONSPIRACY!!!

If this picks up again, please count me in for donations.

I would also contribute.

Paul Burgess has notified on Facebook of a new assortment of Pulp demos/mixes on Omega auctions. A bit more meat on this collection. Of most interest would possibly be what seems to be a recording of the 1997 Barbican performance (presumably an improvement on the young Surdy's tentative dictaphone efforts), the original Lipgloss demo and rough mixes of Hardcore material (Party Hard without the vocoder effect!).

Although probably not worth the £120 the bidding currently stands at (happy to chip in, we can share weekend custody of the tapes etc.). Auction ends tomorrow:

https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-82---pulp---promo-and-demo-cassettes-rough-trade-archive/?lot=3168&so=0&st&sto=0&au=14&ef&et&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=2&g=1&fbclid=IwAR2clDmoCZ6srMEnKityPjkYbOi7BLmmlQWpyNwwStUc6Oa0oMAW--9H7aQ

Just to clairfy - I am the person who has bid £120. If people are willing to contribute, then thats fine with me.

-- Edited by Scottbloodyfrazer on Monday 25th of January 2021 02:56:28 PM

Oh wow, such treasure!

I'd chip in, too.

And would be able to digitize them, if you can't Scott - I did the recent recording of the Dolebusters cassette rereleased via Sheffield Tape Archive, and the London Astoria '94 recording released via Ian's FEELINGCALLEDLIVE site, if you want to hear how they turned out.

-- Edited by hawalius1 on Monday 25th of January 2021 03:52:53 PM

By the way, I think the Barbican tape is the 'In C' performance from 1998. Terry Riley wasn't involved with the La Monte Young tribute that I expertly captured on my top quality mini cassette dictaphone...

I am happy to chip in as well and upload the resultant material to my site.

For those wondering what we are talking about - these are the tapes involved in the two auctions that are taking place.

 

Well the auctions have been and gone - with good news and bad news.

Auction 1 - promos, mix tapes and potential demo of His N Hers, Acrylic Afternoons and Someone Like The Moon.......sold for £170. I bid on this up to £150, but didnt see the value in going above that.

Auction 2 - the one we all wanted.....has been won, by.......... US! The bad news, it went for £340 (plus sellers premium). I was prepared to pay £300 before it got spotted by other members from Bar Italia - it was never going cheap, the bids were pretty much instant, and shot up to £260 in no time. I got outbid at £300, so I bid £340 (it was £320 at the time) - and won it.

Ill attatch the proof of auction victory in this post, and ill also post the invoice up later so you can all see the breakdown.

For those who are willing to contribute to this - please pm me, or add me on facebook - Ideally what I want is for us all to contribute equally, as it would be unfair for one person to say pay £50, and someone else only willing to pay £10. Ive never done something like this before, so im new to all this kind of approach, and would like people to make their suggestions known as to how to go about sorting this out. They will be digitally converted - also into Wav format and MP3, so we can have lossless audio for the audiogeeks out there, and also MP3 for them who just want to listen.

Please can we have communications as to who wants to contribute, and ill list on here who (unless you want to remain anonymous) you are and send you all something by way of a thank you (some Pulp things that arent out there yet - but will upload them to Ian's site in a few weeks)

Much love.

-- Edited by Scottbloodyfrazer on Tuesday 26th of January 2021 04:29:20 PM

A new thread has been opened for any responses regarding the auction demos. Thanks.

Eamonn wrote:

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Jamie Smith hawking this on Facebook today.

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 Just about to share this same thing, in case anyone wants to get hold of it?

Did we sell the last tape we bought? I forgot all about that

Looks like this has finally happened: http://www.ebay.com/itm/236625215658

I'll join in too