hallucienate wrote:Milan 1991 (I think) was being traded as SF 17/04/91.
Yep. 17 April - Warfield Theatre, San Francisco is being traded in some parts of the food chain as 10 March 1991 - Rolling Stone, Milan. Whether through design, is a matter of conjecture. The obvious giveaway is that the crowd chatter on a genuine Milan is - surprise! - in Italian.
burn wrote: 07 May 1991 Sporthalle, Boblingen, Germany (No Mercy) is being traded as the 16th April 1991 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco show
Plus, the No Mercy boot that often appears on ebay with the squiggly artwork (the one one that looks as if it's been been drawn by a 5-year-child?) that purports to be 05 April 1991 - Riviera Theatre, Chicago 1991 (even Chicago 93
) is in fact a cut 'n' paste job from 07 May 1991 - Sporthalle, Boblingen with tracks mixed up in a nonsensical order, with gaps and fades to both the start and endings of songs to hide it's identity. And it's sh!t hot sound quality and even better than the Boblingen 91 that exists in reality. Go figure.
burn wrote:nothing's straight forward anymore
Really?
I find it quite baffling that Sisters traders resort to these sort of tactics. I really do. Why?
Other bands are spot on. Nirvana traders have the whole thing organised. Always searching for the lowest gen and you have to get it verified by the 'powers that be'
before you can release it into the foodchain. If a 1st gen is discovered then the 2nd gen is removed from the foodchain and becomes taboo to trade. Or you do so at your own peril. Ok, their avowed m!ssion statement is to only have the best quality boots in the food chain and to "p!ss off Courtney Love" but that's fine by me.
I do of course exclude a lot of people on here from my Sisters traders comments. Tracking down a genuine Milan 1991 took three of us some weeks but we got there in the end.
Footnote: Worse than Sisters traders? Gang of Four traders. They
seriously live in an alternate reality. Must be a Leeds thing ...