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21st Sep 2013, 11:31 AM
	janiejjones Member since Aug 2011 4920 Points Moderator	nboldock wrote: TopPopper wrote: I'm sitting firmly on the fence with the flag/drop-down issue, but where boot repros of official releases go, I don't think they should be listed. Unless they're different, that is, like say a picture disc edition of a standard LP, or if they have extra tracks etc, But just a straight-forward illegal reproduction of some rare recard, I don't think needs an entry. Take your point, but we do need to acknowledge the existence of such things, or we aren't presenting a complete picture. In the future it is highly possibly (likely?) that we will be the definitive online guide to vinyl (et al) and we need to be as definitive as possible, within the constraints of our "user friendly" model. On this I would think the easiest way out would be our ever popular solution "put in notes". Honestly, if it is a really "true" counterfeit, you would not have anything different beside perhaps the runouts, but then how would you know in the first place? If it is recognizable (like with one or two of mine) because the artwork has been copied badly, a scan with an explanation would suffice. My problem is with those classic boots, live and outtakes, where there is nearly no information on the product, the runouts nearly empty, and all one has is the "look and feel" of a typical well known manufacturer's or country's output, but nothing more. Often, presumably, produced in a differnent country from the "originator" for "release", e.g. sale, all over Europe, or the world even. I could well live with "notes" for country for these, and have format "LP".