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Peckris 2

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  1. I'd definitely dispute "great" being applied to Bernie Winters. Those two were the only showbiz act that made Little and Large look good..
  2. Peckris 2

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    The reverse border teeth are an especial giveaway.
  3. Peckris 2

    Edward V11 penny with smooth reverse

    They have been machined post-production - the 'workings' on the face of the smooth side are a dead giveaway.
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    unable to post links?

    Yes, those links are fine for me.
  5. No, the Lifehouse album I have is an unofficial compilation based on a fan blog: "This is a long-overdue upgrade to one of the very first reconstructions on my blog: the doomed rock opera Lifehouse by The Who, the next in a series of alternate Who albums. Originally planned as a double concept album and the soundtrack to its accompanying film, Lifehouse was too technically complex and conceptually baffling to all except Pete Townshend. After a nervous breakdown while making the album and the lack of support from manager and producer Kit Lambert, Lifehouse was scrapped and paired [sic] down to the single LP Who's Next, which became one of The Who's crown achievements, critically and commercially. This reconstruction attempts to pull the best sources of all tracks associated with the Lifehouse project recorded by The Who and assemble them not only in a pleasing and cohesive track order, but to follow the storyline of the film." The track listing is Side A: 1. Teenage Wasteland 2. Time Is Passing 3. Love Ain't For Keeping 4. Going Mobile 5. Baby Don't You Do it Side B: 6. Baba O'Riley 7. Mary 8. I Don't Even Know Myself 9. Greyhound Girl 10. Bargain Side C 11. Naked Eye 12. Behind Blue Eyes 13. Too Much of Anything 14. Let's See Action 15. Getting In Tune Side D 16. Pure and Easy 17. Won't Get Fooled Again 18. The Song Is Over To which I have added 'Join Together' in my own iTunes, as it's basically a Lifehouse song in my opinion.
  6. Eh? What album are you referencing? The first is from Odds & Sods (isn't it?) while the second is from Lifehouse, or Townshend's first solo album.
  7. Yes - David Hepworth has a 'big thing' about 1971 and rates it as one of the best 3 albums of that brilliant year.
  8. No sadly - Quadraphenia is a good album though would be better if remixed. My favourite(s) are The Who Sell Out and Who's Next.
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    1860 penny Freeman 14. LCW below foot.

    Oh that reminds me of another one - "loose" instead of "lose" !
  10. I saw the Mick Taylor Stones in Birmingham in 1973 - they were good yes, but compared to The Who live... well, they just weren't!
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    More Pennies

    I've seen it's pulled .... but 0 bids? How do you explain that given the above posts?
  12. Quite possibly the best Who concert I attended - though 1969 would run it close. Both featured 'Tommy' extensively and it's not even my favourite album!
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    Calling all rock fans!

    Great idea. Unfortunately due to various things like incontinence and severe fatigue I simply don't travel out of the county
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    1860 penny Freeman 14. LCW below foot.

    Early 70s. Any particular reason for asking? 1. Awful Americanism. 2. English grammar! It was the execrable Reverend Lowth who, in the 18th Century, "decided" that - following Latin principles - you couldn't end a sentence with a preposition, nor split an infinitive (among other things). The latter is especially ridiculous as an infinitive in Latin is a single word and therefore cannot be split anyway! That's also one of mine. Derived from hearing "could've" and assuming what was heard was "could of". I remember practising my modern Greek on a ferry around the Greek islands - the barman asked me - in English - to speak English so he could understand me better! Another Americanism. Aaaaargh.
  15. Why would they strike millions of coins then overstrike each one? No, as Martin says, it's the die that gets recut either to reuse it or to correct an error or to recut wearing characters.
  16. Peckris 2

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    That's a VERY expensive pine plank!
  17. 1968, 1969 (opening night of the UK Tommy tour), 1971?, 1974, 1975, 1976 Charlton, 1989
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    Calling all rock fans!

    I wish! Unfortunately I'm not mobile these days.
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    1860 penny Freeman 14. LCW below foot.

    Alas poor Yorick, I knew him HORATIO ... amazing how many people get that wrong! I assume that's what you were referring to? Yes, the word criteria used as a singular (like phenomena) is almost as annoying as 'attendee'. It also trumps my degree in 'Roman and Hellenic Studies' from Birmingham University! But at least we were taught modern Greek by a Communist refugee from the Colonels.
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    More Pennies

    It means you offer it to me first, and in the unlikely event I'd refuse, at least I'd be head of the queue!
  21. Shows the differences between collectors - it would have been my first thought! But then I am a type collector now.
  22. Hmm. Methinks you missed my (dreadful) pun. I'll get me coat.
  23. I think THE most obvious difference is the rim - it's very much wider on the pattern.
  24. Peckris 2

    Halfpenny ID check

    I thought we'd already agreed it was Obverse 5 (the dink in the forehead)?
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