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#22

Because it had sold out on pre-orders in the hype and I was caught up and could only find one for 30 quid from somewhere in London. I lived in the middle of nowhere so getting do a decent shop was hard. This is way before the WWW was up and running, so it was only by scouring Record Collector for shops that I was able to get one.

#23

What’s it worth now?

#24

-£10.00

The minus means you have to pay someone to take it off you.

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#25

Give me £20 and I’ll take it

#26

So it was limited run? Like surely otherwise you knew they’d put out more.

Still, you were taken for a ride. Back then not sure even the Japan Pablo Honey went for 30 quid?!

#27

It was a limited edition 7 inch, as was the trend back then. Of course I was taken for a ride, and it was an impulse buy because there was loads of hype about it. I do know it was a stupid thing to do, if that is your point.

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#28

15?

#29

Done

#30

Which was the style at the time :wink:

And yeah I have a few of those Parlophone limited coloured 7"s, most bought years before I owned a record player :grinning:

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#31

Here’s a nostalgia hit. I am sat next to this box of records sorting them out.

Top right is the Japan edition of Bluetones Slight return.
Unbelievable Truth were a half decent band with Thom Yorke’s brother in.
That Arab Strap 1st big weekend was a huge deal for me. Loved it.
Linoleum (who?) actually released a single in a lino sleeve.
Fabulous got SOTW in NME.

I am tempted to start a blog about some these forgotten bands (Fluffy, Posh, Deadstar are some of the other). I am sure there will be a small but loyal readership.

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#32

Loved Unbelievable Truth

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#33

Do Salad count as brit pop?

#34

Marion

#35

I’d say no, not least because the singer is Dutch. String of great eps though even if the albums were classic 5/10s (promising first half and then filler).

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#36

Precisely, now you gettin it

#37

Ha ha. But the point is that we know what is or isn’t in the grouping. Radiohead are a contemporary British band who aren’t Britpop. There are others. That’s what makes a musical scene, a sort of collective understanding of what one means even if you can’t easily explain it, it’s interesting. There’s probably a stupidly long German word for this.

#38

Loved a bit of Gene and still do

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#39

Like Grunge thread i’d still strongly argue against using the word scene. It’s another trend built around pop culture zeitgeist of the time. Oasis Blur & Pulp have very little to do with each other imo. Everyone else just had good timing

#40

I would, however, agree that it comes from a mix of shoegaze and the rave scene (actual genres, actual “scenes”) if anyone has brought that up yet