President singles question

[john stapleton]

a quick question



why is whenever I find a bunch of mint President singles, they're


Dorothy Squires


and


Ruby Murray?

[vibra]

More popular artists, therefore more multiplous copies..

[john stapleton]

I was thinking 'less popular artists, therefore more unsold dead stock'. After all, The Equals must have been one of the most popular artists on President, and you never see piles of 'I can see but you don't know' sitting around in charities...

[vibra]

Quote[/b] (john stapleton @ Nov. 05 2004,15:40)]I was thinking 'less popular artists, therefore more unsold dead stock'. After all, The Equals must have been one of the most popular artists on President, and you never see piles of 'I can see but you don't know' sitting around in charities...

Of course. But what I meant was that at the time they were perceived to be popular by the label, so the records were mass-produced, and as you say weren't quite as popular as first thought and ended up as dead stock. The phrase "going for a Ruby" says it all - her name even entered popular vernacular. Admittedly not so sure about Dorothy Squires tho..

[sermad]

At record fair there were hundres of president 45's all 10p. 99% of them turned out to be a crap gwen mcrae one!

[ladyboygrimsby]

Quote[/b] (vibra @ Nov. 05 2004,15:49)]

Quote[/b] (john stapleton @ Nov. 05 2004,15:40)]I was thinking 'less popular artists, therefore more unsold dead stock'. After all, The Equals must have been one of the most popular artists on President, and you never see piles of 'I can see but you don't know' sitting around in charities...

Of course. But what I meant was that at the time they were perceived to be popular by the label, so the records were mass-produced, and as you say weren't quite as popular as first thought and ended up as dead stock. The phrase "going for a Ruby" says it all - her name even entered popular vernacular. Admittedly not so sure about Dorothy Squires tho..

What, you've never heard of "going for a Dorothy"?

[son of stan]

The puzzling ubiquity of that Dorothy Squires 7" (available in virtually every other charity shop in the land) is a perpetual source of frustration...