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I’m just looking at the lots for the 3rd batch of John Peels record collection that is up for auction soon and it got me thinking. There are several bundles for sale and multiple bundles have a few of the same records - so my question is: how many copies of a record would a label send to a dj like Peel normally? And if he was playing a particular record a few times over the course of its popularity would he / they play a fresh copy on air each time? I guess that would not be the case for some poor indie band, but PIL or The Clash etc would have major label backing and therefore send multiple copies??