honestly i dont see it that often. $11 for a mint copy isnt too bad. there was recently a thread about TOP that focused on this album, try searching for it. lots of praise!
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
No, I believe the original label for Back To Oakland would have been the palm tree design. The green label was already retired by '74 (when the LP came out).
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
No, I believe the original label for Back To Oakland would have been the palm tree design. The green label was already retired by '74 (when the LP came out).
Correct. I'm not sure when the actual cut-off point was (I know someone talked about it on the SH forum), but early Canadian pressings would probably be on that army green label, since they would get any new variations a month or two after the U.S. switched over.
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
No, I believe the original label for Back To Oakland would have been the palm tree design. The green label was already retired by '74 (when the LP came out).
Correct. I'm not sure when the actual cut-off point was
...I think it was early '73 when they switched to the palm tree label that they kept on using till late '78.
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listening to this one, i think the Change Horses cut was their hit or something. funny thing with those early TOP records, i remember that they were pretty expensive over here (denmark, scandinavia)... back in the mid 90s you could find that first album (black with roadmap and hat) at a price between $50-100 in record stores... prices change for some records though and now you can get that same lp on ebay for $5 in M condition.
Honestly that's not a rare record at all but it's definitely worth $11 specially given the fact that it has 3 long bboy'ish drumbreaks not just one like mentioned.So pick up doubles and have fun.
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
i didnt even know it was in print long enough to have an 80's label
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
i didnt even know it was in print long enough to have an 80's label
Whada I know I thought it had a green label. Seemed to me the TOPs were around for a long time.
I think originals are on the green label. Then palm trees and then that ugly 80's label. You don't want to pay $11 for the ugly 80s label, unless you just like records for the music.
i didnt even know it was in print long enough to have an 80's label
Whada I know I thought it had a green label. Seemed to me the TOPs were around for a long time.
I wasn't disputing you, I really was wondering...it coulda happened! I definitely used to see the self-titled Warners LP (with "So Very Hard To Go") around in the eighties with the "Super Saver" sticker on the shrink, so WB surely kept that one in the catalog. Maybe Bump City too. Wasn't sure about Back To Oakland, though. At any rate, $10 for any TOP album that isn't East Bay Grease does seem kinda steep.
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thats the one with the road sign right? if so it contains a (pretty ok) drumbreak
It looked interesting and I know its sealed, I just don't want to drop $11 on a turd
No, I believe the original label for Back To Oakland would have been the palm tree design. The green label was already retired by '74 (when the LP came out).
Correct. I'm not sure when the actual cut-off point was (I know someone talked about it on the SH forum), but early Canadian pressings would probably be on that army green label, since they would get any new variations a month or two after the U.S. switched over.
...I think it was early '73 when they switched to the palm tree label that they kept on using till late '78.
listening to this one, i think the Change Horses cut was their hit or something.
funny thing with those early TOP records, i remember that they were pretty expensive over here (denmark, scandinavia)... back in the mid 90s you could find that first album (black with roadmap and hat) at a price between $50-100 in record stores... prices change for some records though and now you can get that same lp on ebay for $5 in M condition.
Both "Don't Change Horses In The Middle Of A Stream" and "Time Will Tell" charted in the soul Top 40 (with "Change Horses" crossing over pop).
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i didnt even know it was in print long enough to have an 80's label
Whada I know I thought it had a green label. Seemed to me the TOPs were around for a long time.
I wasn't disputing you, I really was wondering...it coulda happened! I definitely used to see the self-titled Warners LP (with "So Very Hard To Go") around in the eighties with the "Super Saver" sticker on the shrink, so WB surely kept that one in the catalog. Maybe Bump City too. Wasn't sure about Back To Oakland, though. At any rate, $10 for any TOP album that isn't East Bay Grease does seem kinda steep.
Before and after Tower of Power: