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Magazines - Comments by Magic Marmalade

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
Magic Marmalade 1st May 2020		Magazine 3rd Stone (1995)	Oooh... Now you're talking! Do any of these have any articles on the Medway Megaliths, Megalithic? - Kit's Coty, Coldrum, Addington, and environs -
Magic Marmalade 19th May 2017		Magazine Sette (2017)	Have you seen this man? :)
Magic Marmalade 10th Mar 2017		Magazine Tempo (1968)	Mind you... I was he same when I tried to ride one of those motorised bicycles.... Turns out there's a back and a front to the crash helmet too! Couldn't tell you where I ended up, or how I managed to get there, but let's just say that the cows seemed as surprised as I was.
Magic Marmalade 10th Mar 2017		Magazine Tempo (1968)	Poor lass.... still hasn't worked out which way round a jacket goes on :(
Magic Marmalade 24th Apr 2016		Magazine Sport (2015)	I believe Kompany plays for the other half of Manchester Zab. (Better change it quick before the Blue ones take umbridge)
Magic Marmalade 3rd Feb 2016		Magazine Radio Times (2015)	I've been stowing these Radio Times... gonna fish the rest out sometime this week and add them, bar one or two that got away from me, I should be able to plug the gap from May 2015 till now.
Magic Marmalade 10th Oct 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	Sadly the CD didn't come with the mag for non-subscribers :(
Magic Marmalade 24th Jun 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	Just read that article kab. I suppose in fairness it ought to be stated that the interview is with (and source of the information regarding the Mountain Men release) a man named Peter Williams - co-founder of the Eos label. He says he's lodged a complaint with 45cat about displaying the "dodgy" disc (very annoyed with whoever uploaded it - ahem! - :) It ought also be noted that in the article he himself states that three separate companies pressed it for them: British Homophone, Qualiton, and Decca. ...so room for different pressing styles there from the off I'd have said. Two other possibilities come to mind too though: Firstly, is it possible that a company like Decca (pretty busy themselves at the time I'd a-thunk, could have bumped the pressing duties for this record on to someone else without his knowledge? And secondly, that a little "Post production" may have occurred, with someone taking the solid centre copies and having them knocked with a view to export or simple push out convenience? I suppose the first port of call would be to look at other records pressed by the above mentioned companies, and compare. But people can have a look for themselves I think, and make up their own minds: The Mountain Men - Too Many People (Looks pretty genuine to me)
Magic Marmalade 23rd Jun 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	Just read the second part of The Beatles Star Club tape article. Whereas last month's dealt with the long journey of the recordings from the tape to actual and attempted releases over the years... the work done on them to make them saleable, and the legal issues... This part looks at the actual content of the original tape itself. With a picture and description of the tape, and a minute by minute break down of the content (with tabulated descriptions) of the four tracks covering both sides.
Magic Marmalade 5th Jun 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	I did come across a load of recently donated jukebox singles in a charity shop the other week, and there were a few of them without the coloured moulding, so I can see that being the case.. But I have two copies of Jon &Vangelis: I'll find my way home, and both are identical except one has the colour missing on only the B-side, but it has a small centre hole, so I'm wondering if this is just a missed stamp on that one.... and I couldn't go so far myself as to call it a "Mispress", it seems too minor a mistake to be significant to me.
Magic Marmalade 4th Jun 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	Another topic this issue raises that I have been curious about, is in it's article on mis-pressed records. It seems that any record with only a hair out of place (a stray blob of ink) can be called a mis-press, and sold at corresponding elevated price. I understand that a collector of a particular band may find even the smallest detail an item of interest, but is there any point at which you have to say it's not a big deal? My Catch Bull At Four (Cat Stevens) has the labels on the wrong sides, but doesn't get me jumping up and down... but I can understand if there is a difference in the music, or some other substantive change like publisher changes or songwriting credits, or the wrong colour vinyl then it would draw some interest... but, for instance, I've debated whether to submit a scan of my A-Side label for R.E.M's Losing my Religion single to 45Cat, as it is a plain Warners label - completely unprinted - but of course, I could upload the image to almost any Warner release! Just not sure how thrilling it is. And as for injection moulded labels for singles, I see them very often without the silver colour applied to one side or other... surely this is not uncommon enough, or exciting enough to be of interest to anyone, but some listings on ebay make a feature of these. (?)
Magic Marmalade 30th May 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	I usually read this in instalments over the course of the month, and just read the Beatles article... It's well worth reading for Beatles historians, as it deals not so much with the Band itself, or what they got up to in Hamburg, but traces the history of the recordings that were made in those early days, and the various attempts to legitimately (And otherwise) to release them on record. From the circumstances of recording, to the long journey the tapes have taken through the years, through studio and courtroom. There's a note at the end of the article for next month's companion piece which promises to go into the content of the Star Club material, offer a guide to source materials, and compare edited and un-edited recordings that were released.
Magic Marmalade 29th May 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2015)	I thought someone would beat me to the punch on this one! Heads up OB, you're famous!
Magic Marmalade 8th May 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2008)	Madonna Rare? ...Looks well done to me.
Magic Marmalade 31st Jan 2015		Magazine Fortean Times (2005)	That's a lot of magazines and scanning you've added concaveman! Some interesting covers.
Magic Marmalade 12th Jan 2015		Magazine Record Collector (2014)	do you want me to upload it now... I have it to hand (Bag too), or would you prefer to do it yourself?