That's a good point I had forgotten about that.  If that is the case whoever rejected it should be shot!  With hindsight that was a COSTLY rejection.  If you believe that many of the leaks were from recordings done way back then I cannot understand why they didn't release it then.  Obviously when they rejected it they didn't expect he would take another 7 or 8 years to finally get it out.  But from what we've heard the material was strong enough for a release at that time and probably was most suited to that time as well.

Yeah I agree, they would be interesting to hear but I wouldn't imagine the recordings are great quality or anything.  Good luck finding anyone that is willing to part with more than a couple of thousand dollars for them at best.

Imagine if you bought them just for youself as a collector - what's stopping this guy leaking them later on - obviously he would have copies.  If you buy them it doesn't appear as though you could offically release them since Axl has stopped the guy doing it so far, so besides having them as a unique collectors item I can't see a lot of value.  Even if you could release them in today's download era good luck selling enough to cover your costs.

If the buyer never releases/leaks the songs I guarantee you this guy eventually would so why would anybody fork out big $$'s for them!

Yeah we heard about that down here.  I would be really curious to know how it was done.

Seen some speculation about shit being written on the balls he has as the real ones come out somehow. e.g. lasers or some other weird crap but I'm not sure how that could be possible.

I have seen footage showing that the ball of Darren's on the far left appears to move slightly at one point or be slightly higher than there others for a a short time, but personally I couldn't see it.

You would have to assume that there was some remote manner to burn/write/print whatever those numbers onto the balls Darren had as the real balls were drawn and announced, but I've got no idea how he did it.

Great job I say!

It's BS too when he says he can't show the numbers before the draw because legally the BBC have to announce them first.  There is nothing illegal about saying what you GUESS the numbers will be.  That proves that they are written on the balls somehow after they are drawn.

If he could show his numbers before the draw actually takes place then he would be a FREAK!!!!  A rich one too and you wouldnt tell fucken anyone about it.

Fantastic trick though I take my hat off to him!

Exactly, perhaps he sensed their desperation for a reunion and therefore decided to have a crack at being totally unreasonable with the terms of one.

I mean if he managed to get their publishing rights simply by doing a handful of tour dates that may be incentive enough to bite your tongue and stick it out.  At the end of it he could be rid of them once and for all.  No publishing rights left by the old guys, means they can never interfere and stick their nose in what he does and have some sort of say ever again.

Perhaps that was something worth pursuing at one point - or at least trying it on?

How do you mean?  The attempt by Axl to take the publishing deal off the other guys or the fact that Axl sold his publishing back to Sanctuary a few years ago?