Talk:Days of Pearly Spencer

Telephone box

Surely there is some confusion/ conflation here with the telephone box hall telephone used in the video for the song? See previous discussion at Talk:David McWilliams (musician)#Megaphone? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:38, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

... and that mind-blowing video: [1] Martinevans123 (talk) 20:03, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Image of cover

Possible candidates: [2], [3], [4]? Martinevans123 (talk) 17:03, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

It should really be of the original MajorMinor single - so, no.3, in my view. Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:05, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm intrigued that each apparently suggests that Pearly was the A-side, and so are later issues? These come from non-English sites, so I guess that is quite possible. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:10, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Ah. The original UK issue - no picture sleeve - is here. Later reissues, in the UK and elsewhere, would have had "Pearly Spencer" as the A-side. If it were me (which it isn't), I'd upload the original UK MajorMinor label rather than one of the picture sleeves, but then I'm a stickler for correctitudiness. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:37, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Further confusion! - hovering over the far right image on that site shows "songsheet"?! (uploaded by VinylSid) Martinevans123 (talk) 19:46, 24 June 2014 (UTC) ... psst...apparently the new regime at DYK is to really struggle to work through 15 or 16 tortuous ALT blurbs, until you have something that's really dull, and then leave it on the shelf for a week or two.. .

The sheet music would have been issued after the record became successful(ish), I guess. My problem is that I can actually remember all this stuff. Ask me what I did yesterday and I'm clueless. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:55, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Better steer clear of that one, then (although it's quite a good image). I wonder does User:Launchballer have a view. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:25, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes I do. The only image we should be using is the original sleeve.--Launchballer 20:32, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

So no picture sleeve? Or are you suggesting an image of the label (B-side) from the source Ghm suggests? Don't other single articles use a later picture sleeve when the original was plain? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:38, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

I am suggesting the one that Ghmyrtle suggests. Any others contradict the article.--Launchballer 21:16, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

um, slight issue: "Error 101: The owner of this website (images.45cat.com) does not allow hotlinking to that resource (/david-mcwilliams-the-days-of-pearly-spencer-major-minor.jpg)." Martinevans123 (talk) 21:27, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Why bother hotlinking? We can save our own copy, legally, per WP:FAIRUSE.--Launchballer 21:32, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

If you can capture that image, could you please go ahead and upload it, via Wiki or Commons. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:35, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

I hate uploading images. It's too bloody complicated and you always get someone moaning. Current image is located at File:David McWilliams' Days of Pearly Spencer.jpg.--Launchballer 21:56, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Looks fine to me (well, not as fine as a picture sleeve, and of course it's incredible low quality, but, oh well). Perhaps Gmh would like to add it to info box Martinevans123 (talk) 22:08, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Is there some reason why it hasn't been added to the article? Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:09, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Not sure. I see that the metadata says "45cat.com, copyright image, do not distribute". But I don't know if that means anything. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:19, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

I've added it for the time being. Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:22, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

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Days of Pearly Spencer

David McWilliams' daughter, Maddy Bingham, recorded a beautiful orchestral version in 2017, the 50th anniversary of the original release. This can be seen on YouTube. 2.26.73.253 (talk) 08:43, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it's here, posted by Graham Bingham (who, I am guessing, is her spouse?) If there were some additional secondary sources, to support this version, it might be worthy of mention in the article, although Maddy Bingham is not currently considered a notable artist. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)