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Posted: 22 Nov 2002, 00:28
by biggy
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
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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
biggy
Posted: 22 Nov 2002, 00:45
by Dan
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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Posted: 22 Nov 2002, 01:27
by biggy
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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
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 ?
biggy
Posted: 22 Nov 2002, 03:34
by Dan
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
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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?
Posted: 22 Nov 2002, 04:32
by biggy
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
biggy
Posted: 22 Nov 2002, 14:01
by paint it black
One of those belts went on ebay recently for a stupid amount of money
.......still if people are prepard to pay 40 quid for a five pound lighter
Posted: 04 Dec 2002, 14:50
by paint it black
Posted: 13 Dec 2002, 10:06
by EricSweden
i would buy that belt if it said sisters of mercy on it but its just that well known eqyptian symbol.
Posted: 13 Dec 2002, 17:46
by Jim
They're defininitely official - they were in stores promoting vision thing.