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Enjoy Records - red vs. grey label?

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited April 2005 in Strut Central
what's the diff b/t the two? Danke,O.W.
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  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    do you know anything about the orange and brown ones?
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.


    Talking about the hip-hop label.

    Oliver, I think it's grey then red.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.

    I'm referring strictly to rap 12"s

    Haven't yet heard an Enjoy 45 that I could get with, but they may be out there...
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Oliver, I think it's grey then red.

    forreal?

    weren't the Grandmaster Flash ones early on though? never seen those on grey...

    whereas Spoonie Gee who's probably a lil later I've only seen on grey

    maybe I've got my years off
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    I just know that my red "rockin' it" 12" is like the '86 press
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.

    I'm referring strictly to rap 12"s

    Haven't yet heard an Enjoy 45 that I could get with, but they may be out there...


    our boy shingaling turned me on to this, if you like raw-assed mid-sixities stuff, seek it out


  • kidinquisitivekidinquisitive 1,627 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.


    Talking about the hip-hop label.


    The Enjoy label from the 60's that put out R&B & Soul is apparently the same label that put out the early hip-hop stuff. Run by one Bobby Robinson.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.


    Talking about the hip-hop label.


    The Enjoy label from the 60's that put out R&B & Soul is apparently the same label that put out the early hip-hop stuff. Run by one Bobby Robinson.


    Right, sorry, talking about the hip-hop records.
  • roistoroisto 879 Posts
    First issues were red until ca. late 1981, after which the changed to grey/silver label and reissued earlier releases with grey/silver labels. Later 1980's reissues were red again, but of a slightly different tone. Also the Enjoy logo font was slightly altered.

    Some later releases like Spoonie Gee's New Love Rap had white labels...
  • kidinquisitivekidinquisitive 1,627 Posts
    isn't it red early on, grey mid-period, and white later on?

    I got a King Curtis 45 from the early 60's on Enjoy that has a gold label.


    Talking about the hip-hop label.


    The Enjoy label from the 60's that put out R&B & Soul is apparently the same label that put out the early hip-hop stuff. Run by one Bobby Robinson.


    Right, sorry, talking about the hip-hop records.

    Dude, Joe Haywood IS Hip-Hop.
  • wholewheatwholewheat 437 Posts
    First issues were red until ca. late 1981, after which the changed to grey/silver label and reissued earlier releases with grey/silver labels. Later 1980's reissues were red again, but of a slightly different tone. Also the Enjoy logo font was slightly altered.

    Some later releases like Spoonie Gee's New Love Rap had white labels...

    So, the more "orange red" labels are the first labels?
  • roistoroisto 879 Posts
    First issues were red until ca. late 1981, after which the changed to grey/silver label and reissued earlier releases with grey/silver labels. Later 1980's reissues were red again, but of a slightly different tone. Also the Enjoy logo font was slightly altered.

    Some later releases like Spoonie Gee's New Love Rap had white labels...

    So, the more "orange red" labels are the first labels?

    Yes.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Thank you - I appreciate people helping with this.
  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    I think Treacherous Three's "Feel The Heartbeat" was the first grey label. could be wrong though.

    Not sure about the white labels, but I think the earliest I have is that Doug E. Fresh joint.
  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    Not sure about the white labels, but I think the earliest I have is that Doug E. Fresh joint.

    I used to have a white-label "Funkbox Party," which predates Doug by a little.
  • paulnicepaulnice 924 Posts
    Haven't yet heard an Enjoy 45 that I could get with, but they may be out there...


    take the train, take the train...

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Since we're on this topic, just to clarify also:

    GM Flash: SUperrappin
    GM FLash: Superrappin Theme

    =

    Two diff 12"s, right?
  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    nah "theme" is just a fancy way of saying "instrumental", it's the b-side to the original superrappin'
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    First issues were red until ca. late 1981, after which the changed to grey/silver label and reissued earlier releases with grey/silver labels. Later 1980's reissues were red again, but of a slightly different tone. Also the Enjoy logo font was slightly altered.

    Some later releases like Spoonie Gee's New Love Rap had white labels...

    Yes, I think this breakdown is correct.
  • funkyexamplefunkyexample 915 Posts



    I looked everywhere for a picture of this and couldn't find it. seen a couple people drop this one.
  • matamaticmatamatic 488 Posts
    Since we're on this topic, just to clarify also:

    GM Flash: SUperrappin
    GM FLash: Superrappin Theme

    =

    Two diff 12"s, right?



    that's right o-dub..."theme" is a shorter version of superrappin..I guess they felt a
    need to re-issue it and try to blow it up. which never happend....
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    That shit is long.

    How long did that come out after "We Rap More Mellow"? I know they had to have more routines than the one they busted on both of those records.
  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    that's right o-dub..."theme" is a shorter version of superrappin..I guess they felt a
    need to re-issue it and try to blow it up. which never happend....

    you sure about that? my presumably og 12" has the 12 minute version of "superrappin'" on the a side and "superrappin' theme", which is just the instrumental, on the flip.
  • oldnewsouloldnewsoul 238 Posts
    First issues were red until ca. late 1981, after which the changed to grey/silver label and reissued earlier releases with grey/silver labels. Later 1980's reissues were red again, but of a slightly different tone. Also the Enjoy logo font was slightly altered.

    Some later releases like Spoonie Gee's New Love Rap had white labels...

    Yes, I think this breakdown is correct.

    But wasn't Spoonin' Rap on a Orange label?
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    First issues were red until ca. late 1981, after which the changed to grey/silver label and reissued earlier releases with grey/silver labels. Later 1980's reissues were red again, but of a slightly different tone. Also the Enjoy logo font was slightly altered.



    Some later releases like Spoonie Gee's New Love Rap had white labels...



    Yes, I think this breakdown is correct.



    But wasn't Spoonin' Rap on a Orange label?



    Yes, but it was on Sound of New York, not Enjoy.



    I've actually seen it with silver, orange and yellow labels, and, according to Freddy Fresh, early pressings were on colored vinyl. Somebody plaese to sort that one out.



    If you're thinking of "Love Rap," which was on Enjoy, I believe that was on a red label, and "New Love Rap" was on a white label--will check when I get home.
  • roistoroisto 879 Posts
    Love Rap = red label
    New Love Rap = white label (obviously recorded long before it was released ca. mid-80's)

    Superrappin' and Superrappin' N:o 2 have the same backing track, slightly different lyrics.
  • crazypoprockcrazypoprock 1,037 Posts
    my "spoonin rap" is on an orange label but not enjoy..."sound of ny".

    but yes i think red is earlier disco-rap era enjoy and grey is more masterdon era...well, it's all disco rap pretty much. but you know what i mean.

    my fave is "love rap". red label.
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    Yes, I concur, "Love Rap/New Rap Language" red label w/different font = earlier from the silver "Supper Rappin'" era.

    Now can someone answer my question?
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