Metamatic Forums John Foxx John Foxx The Garden 'Master Tape' on ebay

The Garden master tapes - probably a copy sent to another vinyl cutter (see below). If anyone knows anything, has any thoughts?

JOHN FOXX-THE GARDEN- 1981 REEL TO REEL PRODUCTION STUDIO ORIGINAL MASTER TAPE USED FOR MAKING JUGOTON LP 70955, IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA-NOW CROATIA. JUGOTON WAS LEGAL LICENSED PARTNER FOR EMI AND SUBSIDARY LABELS SINCE 1967. COVER AND BOX IS NEAR MINT WITH ORIGINAL LABEL SIGNED FROM AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LIKE CHIEF EDITOR, TAPE IS MINT.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-FOXX-THE-GA...L-/252250488222

I've seen that discussed already on either EV or Facebook can't remember which.

Consensus was that it's a COPY of master tape used for LP production abroad.

Not THE master tape.

Also some of the other pictures mention Townhouse Tape duplication which are evidence of this,

Brian

Absolutely, this definitely isn't the master tape - that's safe and sound.

Rob

Yep - thought as much, phew!

I once saw an acetate for We Came To Dance upstairs in the rare record section of the Tape Exchange in Notting Hill. A whole £30!

All the same they are asking a lot for a copy of a tape of unknown generation.

How many copies down the line would it be from the original?

We all have multiple copies of the master tape in our CD & Vinyl collections

Brian

Yep! I've worked out that I've had six different copies on various formats over the years

Also - no idea how it was stored or anything.

The silly thing is that the item 'doubled in price' when the seller saw that a few people were watching it.



Only six? Amateur...



Absolutely, the way in which this tape (and all of the others which are being offered by the same seller) is absolutely key to this.

Rob

I'm the ameteur I only have 2. I only rediscovered Foxx from 2003...

Brian

Only six? Amateur...

Hahahahaha!