getting started

SomeKindOfStranger · 29 Aug 2005, 23:06

Hi,

despite having been a fan since floodland era, I am a complete newbie to sisters forums (stands back and waits for abuse......)

am looking for advice on building up a collection of live cds/audio of gigs - everyone seems to be welcoming trading, which is fair enough.... except the only gig I have is york 16/02/2001 and every bugger seems to have it already !!! its a bit tricky to trade when you have little to offer..

so where to begin??? (other than the obvious answer of ebay!)

any general advise/pointers gratefully received.

CellThree · 30 Aug 2005, 00:16

We have this great little place called Weeding. You'll find it just under this Trading area on the main menu.

Read the FAQs then ask for a couple of gigs. Don't go crazy and ask for loads at once (

) .

Other places to find gigs are on Soulseek, Dimeadozen (sometimes) and various other places around the net.

30 Aug 2005, 00:19

Do you have anything to trade by other bands?

SomeKindOfStranger · 30 Aug 2005, 21:59

cheers for the advice - hadnt noticed the weeding section (it had been a long day!) Very good idea!

Nothing by other bands I'm afraid.

tx again.

bshowers · 31 Aug 2005, 18:22

SomeKindOfStranger--

I'm also a long time fan, but have tuned out since about 1999. But I'm back, a more or less in the same situation as you. A kind member of the boards is sending me a custom made compilation of all the 'new' Sisters stuff since 1993 or so. As soon as it arrives, I will be weeding it.

I think a disc like this, while being of no use for most people on the board, is a good re-intro for folks like us.

Keep an eye on the weeding section and PM if you're interested when it's posted.

Cheers,
Brian

paint it black · 31 Aug 2005, 19:06

SomeKindOfStranger wrote:cheers for the advice - hadnt noticed the weeding section (it had been a long day!) Very good idea!

Nothing by other bands I'm afraid.

tx again.

PM me your address, i have a three disk compliation you might like

Cd 1 : 81 â€“85

Goodthings: 16.02.81
Lights: 15.10.82
1969: 15.10.82
Watch: 04.01.83
Valentine: 04.01.83
Gimmie shelter: 01.08.83
Body electric: 01.08.83
Emma : 11.08.83
Temple of love: 28.08.83
Walk away: 07.04.84
Gimmie gimmie: 07.04.84
Marian: 22.09.84
Logic: 17.05.85
Floorshow: 17.05.85
Knockinâ€™ on heavens door: 18.06.85
Train: 18.06.85

Cd 2 : 90 â€“99

Lucretia: 24.11.90
Dr Jeep 24.11.90
Ribbons 07.05.91
Alice 07.05.91
Stop dragginâ€™ my heart around: 13.06.92
Floorshow: 31.07.93
More: 31.07.93 07.05.91
Comfortably numb/Some kind of stranger: 27.06.92
This corrosion: 20.07.97
Confide in me: 20.07.97
On the wire: 13.06.97
Under the gun: 13.06.97
Train/detonation boulevard: 28.09.99
Come together: 28.09.99
Bei Mir bist du schoen: 28.09.99

Cd 3 : 00 â€“03

Anaconda: 12.08.00
Summer:
Crash & Burn: 23.02.01
Body Electric Slow: 23.02.01
Will I dream?
War on drugs
Capricorn 06.03.02
Didnâ€™t know I loved you 06.03.02
Flood II
Snub nose 23.06.02
Sugar baby love 23.06.02
Lucretia 28.06.02
Suzanne 28.06.02
Burn 30.03.03
Dr Jeep 30.03.03
Dominion 01.04.03
Slept 01.04.03
Marian 27.04.03
Vision thing 27.04.03

SomeKindOfStranger · 31 Aug 2005, 22:30

I must say, Im very impressed with how helpful everyone seems to have been.

Bshowers - does your cd bear any resemblance to the one offered by paint it black? If not, i'll keep my eyes out on the weeding section.

Paint it black - have Pm'd you. Many Many Thanks

bshowers · 03 Sep 2005, 11:25

SomeKindOf Stranger--The CD I've got is a bit more brief, focusing more on the new songs (not so much new versions, covers, etc).

Paint It Black--I might be interested in that three disc comp meself

Is it in the weeding section, or would a vine be more appropriate? Listen to me, using the lingo and everything.

Cheers,
Brian

bshowers · 05 Sep 2005, 15:46

Sorted. Cheers.

Reptile · 06 Sep 2005, 18:27

paint it black wrote:PM me your address, i have a three disk compliation you might like .

bshowers · 06 Sep 2005, 19:28

You need a copy, Reptile? PM me!

Brian

Pat · 17 Sep 2005, 08:10

The Crystal Palace gig is available here

Pat

eastmidswhizzkid · 17 Sep 2005, 14:41

nice one;been meaning to do the bittorrent thang for ages -finally got round to it now.

SomeKindOfStranger · 17 Sep 2005, 17:34

Cheers Pat.

Pat · 17 Sep 2005, 19:45

Rumour has it there may be more soon.

Pat

Pat · 21 Sep 2005, 13:51

30-5-85 Long Beach (Floorshow) is available here

This one isn't in the weeding section.

Pat

eastmidswhizzkid · 21 Sep 2005, 17:00

i've been having a bit of trouble with that crystal palace torrent.it downloads ok but when i try to play it it says "Error: not a valid benicoded string" which is double-dutch to me! i've successfully played other torrents i've downloaded so not sure where i'm going wrong.

any clues appreciated.

valeryg · 22 Sep 2005, 10:21

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:i've been having a bit of trouble with that crystal palace torrent.it downloads ok but when i try to play it it says "Error: not a valid benicoded string" which is double-dutch to me! i've successfully played other torrents i've downloaded so not sure where i'm going wrong.
any clues appreciated.

they are playing ok here, are you sure you d/l 100%? what program do you use to play them?

valeryg · 22 Sep 2005, 10:21

Pat wrote:30-5-85 Long Beach (Floorshow) is available here

This one isn't in the weeding section.

Pat

thank you Pat!

eastmidswhizzkid · 23 Sep 2005, 00:47

*ahem* perhaps it would help if i had the correct plug'-in/decoder for .flac.....

works perfectly well now, sorry for wasting anyone's time.

x a million to Pat who has kindly put copies of the crystal palace and long beach gigs in the post to me -

Pat · 23 Sep 2005, 22:24

17-5-85 Stockholm (Trans Europe Excess) is available here

Pat

Pat · 03 Nov 2005, 18:25

17-10-84 Nottingham on Dimeadozen
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=66883