Vision thing promo belt ?

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I`m trying to sort through some boxes of old stuff at the moment that I`ve not looked at for years .
I`ve found a leather belt with a brass buckle done in the vision thing design . At the time of the album my woman worked for HMV & managed to .. eerm .. aquire it along with a few sale boards etc . The belt is the only thing left & I presume it`s official as it came from the record company . It was always too small for me (even back then :roll: )
I just wondered if anyone knows anymore about it - were there many made & as its the wierdest promo thing I have did they ever put out any other strange stuff ?

I`ve only seen the band 3 times in the last few years & as you can tell I`ve somewhat lost touch with whats going on . You guys seem to have got me a bit more interested again :smile:

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I've got one of those belts. Pete, who owned Vinyl Addiction in Leeds had one around the time of the albums release and said he could get me one. Was a very reasonable price too!


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On Nov 21, 2002 10:45pm, Dan wrote:
I've got one of those belts. Pete, who owned Vinyl Addiction in Leeds had one around the time of the albums release and said he could get me one. Was a very reasonable price too!


Was that "blind eye" Pete who used to be in the basement of Bad near the station ?
Geez - the Sisters must have made him a fortune ;D

He had absolutely everything you could ever want to do with SOM (& loads of stuff you probably wouldn`t want !!)

It was this Pete who bought most of my collection from me when I needed the money .

If it was the same Pete , have you any idea what happened to him ?

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On Nov 21, 2002 11:27pm, biggy wrote:
Was that "blind eye" Pete who used to be in the basement of Bad near the station ?
Geez - the Sisters must have made him a fortune ;D

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If it was the same Pete , have you any idea what happened to him ?
Yeh, the same one. He had a shop downstairs in Bad called "Black Planet Records". Then later got a shop of his own down an alley before getting a better positioned shop which became "Vinyl Addiction". After he closed the shop he moved to Wales where he continued with Vinyl Addiction as mail-order only. I used to see his advert in Record Collector regularly. I dunno if he's still doing that, I haven't looked in Record Collector for ages. The last time I saw him was at the Eldritch/Utah Saints gig.

He was friends with the Palazzograssi people and it was downstairs in bad where I got to hear him play rare tapes.

I've never heard him called "blind eye" Pete. What's the story behind that?

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People called him blind eye Pete just because at the time he called his mail order thing " blind eye records" .

I remember once I was looking after his stall at a record fair in Leeds & he came back in & just as he got to the stall he dropped his wallet . The amount of £20 notes that fell on the floor was unreal . Must have been £100s at least & all he did was stand there pissing himself laughing !!!!
The last time I saw him was at the place down the alley , I always did wonder what happened to him so thanks for that :smile:

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One of those belts went on ebay recently for a stupid amount of money :eek:

.......still if people are prepard to pay 40 quid for a five pound lighter :razz:
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another one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... =925256395

currently £42

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i would buy that belt if it said sisters of mercy on it but its just that well known eqyptian symbol.
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They're defininitely official - they were in stores promoting vision thing.

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