[lloyd]

i can also remember reading the hump/m.e. was sold by rick and karl at carboot sales and they practically gave it away.

Rick did sell it from the boot of his car. Like it said yesterday at UWlive (and some interviews) And I know somebody who bought a whole box of them for the people of a snailmail mailinglist back then. I think to cut distributioncosts, rick was spreading them him self to recordshops in London.
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