Bloke finds a copy of a song he wrote on 7" single, took him 40 years to find it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-29332542

A songwriter has finally managed to listen to the only known vinyl copy of a song he composed 40 years ago.

Simon Block wrote "He's The Guy" in 1974, when he was living in Edenbridge, Kent, and it became the B-side of a single by a band called 100% Proof.

However, the distributor went bust and Mr Block's search for it was fruitless, along with dreams of it becoming a hit.

His son Robin managed to find the record on eBay and bought it for £5.

"It's something that I've waited to hear for 40 years," his father said.

Very nice.

Mind you, it took me five minutes to find a copy for £2

http://www.discogs.com/100-Proof-Kisses-Kisses-Kisses-Hes-The-Guy/release/4552692

i've got one. they're just lying around on the floor.

Mr Block's search for it was fruitless

The only way I can figure out he hadn't found one before now is that he was just walking along sidewalks asking everyone he passed if they had a copy he could buy.

This happened to a guy I knew from school. He was in a pretty good punk/rockabilly band which cut one album in the 80s. Then he got into trouble with drugs & the law and lost all his stuff - several times. So by the mid 90s he was living a better life but didn't have a copy of his own record. It actually used to cause him quite a lot of pain because it was the one thing from his past he was proud of. It's only recently that copies have showed up on Ebay so hopefully he has one now (just checked - there's one going for $35 right now).

nice bloke