Dire Straits On Every Street Promo-LP Mexico FAKE record

[Klaus74]

Hello to all serious Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler Vinyl-collectionists.
A few minutes ago i have detected an obscure OES LP-Album on the well known online marketplace. It looks like a Mexian Promo-LP from Radio-Station, but it is a FAKE-Product. The record itself is a genuine issue from Mexico, but the Promotion-Sticker on Label and the Special-Cover is FAKE. It should look like a special radio-station-promo-cover, but it is a product of phantasy by a slippery dealer on the online marketplace. So take care and don´t waste your money in illegal or other rip-off-stuff.
The trader has also other stars for sale, all the same type of records, so called radio-station promos with "special-covers". Yes indeed, the covers are "Special", they are FAKE, also his Picture-Discs.

[Knopflerfan]

Hello to all serious Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler Vinyl-collectionists.
A few minutes ago i have detected an obscure OES LP-Album on the well known online marketplace. It looks like a Mexian Promo-LP from Radio-Station, but it is a FAKE-Product. The record itself is a genuine issue from Mexico, but the Promotion-Sticker on Label and the Special-Cover is FAKE. It should look like a special radio-station-promo-cover, but it is a product of phantasy by a slippery dealer on the online marketplace. So take care and don´t waste your money in illegal or other rip-off-stuff.

Theres an easy remedy - don't buy any supposed knopfler limited edition material without consulting Jeroen's fabulous 'on every bootleg' website....

[Klaus74]

Hi Knopflerfan. Yes, you are right. But i fear that some newbies in the Dire Straits-Fan-community, which are not familiar with Jeroens website could get ripped off. It can be dangerous, especially for newbies.

[Knopflerfan]

Hi Knopflerfan. Yes, you are right. But i fear that some newbies in the Dire Straits-Fan-community, which are not familiar with Jeroens website could get ripped off. It can be dangerous, especially for newbies.

Brilliant of you to raise awareness. So the long and short is if anyone is unsure about a certain product on Fleabay then perhaps ask here.. there are indeed some dodgy MK promo cd editions on sale currently....

[Klaus74]

I personally have a problem with the CD-R stuff, because it is also not really clear to me, if it is genuine or not. So currently i don´t buy such CD-R Promos or CD-R Radioshows. In my opinion such CD-Rs are cheap PC-burned discs without any value. Everybody knows, that such CD-R Discs doesn´t have a long lifetime. They are still not correct playable in some time. My oldest genuine CDs are pressings from Phonogram Germany from 1983, and they still play perfect.

[Knopflerfan]

I personally have a problem with the CD-R stuff, because it is also not really clear to me, if it is genuine or not. So currently i don´t buy such CD-R Promos or CD-R Radioshows. In my opinion such CD-Rs are cheap PC-burned discs without any value. Everybody knows, that such CD-R Discs doesn´t have a long lifetime. They are still not correct playable in some time. My oldest genuine CDs are pressings from Phonogram Germany from 1983, and they still play perfect.

Again I can't emphasise enough if anyone is unsure ask first and even consult on every bootleg which is actually the best Avenue to go down...

[Klaus74]

On the market-bay are currently some genuine vinyl-promo-records from an UK-trader.
4 Songs from Brothers in arms, 4-Tracks, Vertigo UK,  the MADOX-Promo
Dire Straits Live, the UK-Alchemy-Promo-Maxi
Brothers in arms UK-Testpressing, one-sided, the first half of BIA-Album, PRS-Pressing UK
Tunnel of love, Dutch Promo-Maxi-Single with the full versions of TOL in Mono and Stereo, that could be a gem.
I have all mentioned promo-records in my collection.
But if someone is looking for genuine vinyl-promo-records by Dire Straits from the UK, it will be a chance.
Just have a closer look on the Dutch Tunnel of love-12-inch-promo. That is a rare record. 

[Klaus74]

This CD-R Promo looks also a little bit strange to me. I´m not sure if it is genuine, but the price for that CD-R is very ambitious.
I´m also of the opinion that in the moment many regular DS and MK items on the electronic bay are overpriced, not all items, but nearly 50%. Except genuine Promos, or other real rare items.

[Frelon94]

Theres an easy remedy - don't buy any supposed knopfler limited edition material without consulting Jeroen's fabulous 'on every bootleg' website....

Jeroen is not really a specialist concerning official stuff, specially concerning vinyl records.
He is over all deeply focused on bootlegs and silver CD bootlegs even if he actually owns some very rare and interesting promo items.

[Klaus74]

Hello Frelon94. Yes, i´m also in good contact with Jeroen and his site is also well known to me.
My german fan-mate Dieter also had a few times ago one of the so called Mexican-Promo-Radiostation LP-Albums, but he was not so sure, if that covers are FAKE or genuine. To my knowledge, that covers are clear FAKES.

I also have seen by another Israeli trader a lot of so called Promo-Picture-Discs, wich are clearly FAKE, because he had a Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of love Picture Maxi-Single, but there is no such a promo-pic 12-Inch released by Bruce and CBS-Records. That trader also had a Money for nothing Promo-12-inch-single, wich was also clear FAKE-record. That are products of phantasy, not genuine, never released through the artists or through the record-companies, and with around 200 Dollars totally overpriced.

[vgonis]

I think this mexican promo issue is  years old.  Lets not forget that some fans value these ones as well, even if their origin is dubious, even if they are totally fake. The actual  production of a pressed record  (not lathe) is the part that drives the price. It costs nearly the same money to cut one or 100. And there are several bootlegs that change hands for hundreds of Euros, just because there are fewer than 100. It is the desire to have something unique that drives the prices. A holy grail that sometimes has a psychological meaning for the owner,  as well. A reflection of the other people's desire,  that do not have it. It becomes more of a fetish, an additional yet weird  love for the music and the artist.