Hi from Bob Moke

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   Thanks to David Clark, with whom I’ve exchanged many 

messages over the years, and Rick Levine, who recently 

encouraged me to join up, I’m happy to send my greetings 

and sincere thanks for the support that my YouTube 

efforts have received from some of the members here.

In answer to a couple of questions that may have come up 

at some point:

Label images on my channels are primarily obtained from 

online sources (most of my own 45s were once stuck with a 

little ‘Moke’ sticker, unfortunately) and are included 

for reference, whether or not the accompanying audio was 

sourced from an actual 45 single.

From my YouTube beginnings in 2010, the majority of 

1950s-60s postings were audio sourced from conveniently 

available digital files (largely Usenet) or CD rips, 

assuming that they were the single versions and also 

saving me a lot of time and effort.  Moving up to the 

late ‘60s when stereo singles were on the rise and 

multiple-release versions were becoming more common (and 

I was getting notified that I had posted some non-single 

edits or takes), I began both to switch over to direct 

transfers and add ‘transferred from’ to the written 

descriptions when appropriate.

For the ‘70s and later, ‘released on’ or ‘issued on’ in 

the description means that the audio was not verified as 

a direct vinyl transfer. The recent discussion on George 

Benson’s “The Greatest Love Of All” notwithstanding, if I 

did not own a particular 45 version--or if mine was not 

in good condition--I would still include ‘transferred 

from’ in the post description of a digital file which I 

had obtained elsewhere, as long as it was specified as 

having originated as such.

Best regards to all!