[SEL] BYB/BRB

[Judge Tommy Turner]

George,

    I've heard the story several times, as I'm sure you have, that the 
printer had to copy pages from BRB to make the BYB as the original 
negatives were destroyed.  I inquired about this a few years ago when at 
one of the major car swap meets and there was a publishing company there 
(I think titled International Motorbooks or Motor Books International or 
something very similar) selling books dealing with old cars and they had 
the BRB on display selling it as well.  I told them the story that I 
heard about the BRB utilizing copies of the BYB in order to print it.  
The guy said "you're probably the third or fourth person that's told me 
that story and I checked our printers after I first heard it and they 
said there's nothing to it".  I don't know if he was up front or didn't 
want to admit if there was a problem on the reprint.  I have a BYB here 
at home and a BRB at my office.  I've compared them before page by page 
but couldn't tell any difference in the quality of the printing.  Maybe 
someone has definitive evidence as to the real story. 

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY




George Best wrote:

> The BRB (big red book) is a little
>bit lesser in quality as they used photocopies of the pages from the BYB
>to make the BRB.
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