Wall of Mouths

Yeah, and was that 7’ the original, or the bootleg version???

It’s the original version. It wasn’t me who bought it though, I don’t know who did.

are 15 euros too much for the bootleg version?
coz i saw it at that price.

yeah, but both original 7’ and bootleg 7’ have the santa-gemil, right?

Original: sleeve: gemil santa but with curly lettertype written ‘Have A Merry Fucking Christmas’ on the 7’ is the A&M nummber written and all kinds of info

Bootleg: sleeve: gemil santa but this time the sentence ‘Have A Merry Fucking Christmas’ is written with impact lettertype and on the 7’ is only the songtitel written and with a code, something like SC09 (if I remember correctly)

Brendon, there’s virtually (I think) no difference between the sound quality of the original and the bootleg - I think you just have a dodgy version of the bootleg…and before anyone asks; yes, I am sure that it’s an original and not a sneaky look-alike pirate copy!!
By the way, anyone have the ‘Meat Abstract’ boot? Or does it even exist?

I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a Meat Abstract bootleg but I kind of doubt that there is. We would have seen them for sale by now. Even the boot of HAMFC shows up on eBay ever few months. A bootleg of Meat Abstract would certianly be worth more.

Alan, either I have a shitty record player (which I did), a shitty copy of the bootleg (which I do) or the original official version has shitty sound quality. I recall Michael saying that the bootleg had garbage quality compared to the original, which is why I assumed that all of the bootlegs sounded just as awful. On the CD bootleg with the HAMFC tracks (I forget which bootleg it is), the quality sounds much better. Of course, the people who made the CD bootleg could have cleaned up the original source somewhat I suppose.

In conclusion, I paid $20 for a piece of vinyl I’ll never listen to.

Well we don’t know if there is a Meat Abstract bootleg, Whaley, we’re just speculating right now.

I’m not a huge fan of the sound quality on ANY vinyl, particularly the cheap European bootleg vinyls (live in Astoria, HAMFC among others). Granted, I owned a really crappy turntable, but they still sounded like shit. I’ve had the vinyl vs. CD argument with people before, who will swear up and down that vinyls have better sound quality. I know enough from back in my raving days that you need a pretty good table and sound system to make a vinyl sound as clear as a CD. These days, a T? vinyl is pretty much just a collectors item.