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Ok, so it's one of my friends birthdays (he's turning 40).
He's a huge Joy Division Fan, so I thought I'd try and get him something special.
Browsing the internet, I came across a 'mint' copy of 'A Factory Sampler', Factory Records 2nd official release. It's a double 7" with tracks by Joy Division, John Dowie, Durutti Column and Cabaret Voltaire.
'Ideal' I thought and stumped up the £20 the guy was asking, then waited for the postman.
It arrived yesterday and boy, was I surprised!
The thing looks absolutely brand spanking new! No creases in the pretty fragile folded cover, stickers included, even the paper sleeves that house the singles look brand new. Honestly, this thing looks like it was made yesterday, not 30 years ago.
Then I got to thinking, maybe it was made yesterday.
I've checked it against an original copy that another of my friends has, and it looks identical, same writing in the run off grooves, same matrix numbers, same everything.
Is it possible that someone would go to the trouble of replicating it in such detail? Or have I really bought the mintiest of minty mint copies?
What do you reckon?
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