RARE MAJOR LABEL 12"S
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i saw a thread a while back sorta like this...i think.anyway i forgot to ask..does anybody have a copy of .. sly stone/ remember who you are 12" ? wb label white sleeve with sticker, double a side.i have this and have never seen another copy.if none of yall have seen this, then i would say this is the rarest major label 12".anybody needthe following 12"s hollllla....... michael mcdonald ...the who or hubert laws.. trades.
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I'm not trying to be funny, but what would make this rare? It was a minor hit, and comes from an album (Back On The Right Track) that is a common sight in used stores (who wants Sly past his prime?). This may not show up as much as his earlier Epic records, but I don't think it's Holy Grail material either.
Haha, I got it a few years back when one of the local spots when they had a bunch of disco 12's. My sleeve doesn't have a sticker though.
But, I think it's impossible to say something like "this is the raerest ___" unless you know the pressing numbers and distro list of all the grails. There are lots of really really raer major label 12"s.
while the LP may be a common sight i know this 12"s isnt... as far as that song goes..its great...what does taste have to do with rarity ?
being that i collect 12"s i neeeeeever see this 12". not in the field or on ebay.
rare meaning, do you personally own this, or see this frequently ? promo only, would normally mean radio station service/ billboard. not too many pressed.
name some rare major label 12"s ...hollies, cat stevens, willow band, philly jump, prince, jacksons, nicolette, bill withers, diana ross, dutch only pic cover of stevie, marvin gaye heavy love affair, mandre solar flight uk only.. ...etc.
please dont say ecuru on motown cuz its an italian boot leg pass off.
so..with all that said, i still never see this sly stone 12".
johnny your a shop owner, do you see it alot ?
aside from cardova...and a few others, i know the answer but..who can tell me what the flip is. ? no discogs.com/ google shit either...haha
nerding out on a wed afternoon
You got the Stevie "That Girl" Mexico only 12"? I know you gotta have the George Duke "I Want You For Myself" 12".
Here are some other tough ones to find...
Miroslav Vitous
Breakwater - No Limit
Tony Silvester Sampler EP
Brainstorm - We're On Our Way Home
George Duke - I Want You For Myself
Cheryl Lynn - You Saved My Day
Blackbyrds - Happy Music
Lamont Dozier - Going Back To My Roots
I dunno though... it's hard to know of these are raerer and which are just more sought after and thus more expensive
12"s aren't my thing but i guess I got a few. JP, you know the deal behind that guy in Queens Village who was selling off a ton of Mancuso type promo 12"s a year ago? i think that dude must have bought out a journalist or a record pool or something..
I like my extended mix of Free by Deniece Williams. Not the raerest, but along with Willow Band, one of the best.
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I would love to have Free on a 12"
The extended mix really adds to da funk too.
A zillion George Duke 12" later and still no I Want You...
I heart 12s
i know of a bigger one... doh !
denise lasalle / im so hot...same mix as lp. i have no regrets parting with that 12"
one more try 12" seems to be the hardest to find mint...ive yet to see that.
andrea true connection/ more more more
norman connors/ once ive been there
ray parker jr...
claudja barry/ love for the sake of love
I just checked my Free 12" and the 12 was the same length as the album. Is there another version of the single out there?
Maybe I'm wrong I guess. I don't remember as much instrumentation on the album version. My bad. I'm still
non-US 12"s are a whole another ballgame, and the prices seem to fluctuate much more.
back to the sly 12": i think i've had three over the years. it's scarce, but not crazy in demand like that. 12" dudes like nick and john used to list it at 30UK, $40 or so.
CORRECT, I SOLD WILLIE COLLINS SHE'S HOT 45 FOR A MERE $40.
Yeah but for real...
and i feellike i see the denience williams frequently. i might have an extra copy floating around too.
what im wondering about is glow of love...i know the 12" version (that has a short and a 8 minute version), but i also have a promo 12 that has:
a
searching (parkside remix)
searching (album version)
b
a lovers holiday (album)
glow of love (album 6:11)
anyone seen that?
doesn't turn up much.
ayo,gonna put that 12 and some other things in the viis kulma drivers hands this weekend when he gets to philly. arright?
That's not that big of a flub if you ask me, it's not like you put it in the dollar bin. And BELIEVE that that person who gets a good deal on a record in your shop will be coming back to shop again. That record is pretty lame anyway.
It's hard for me to imagine these labels doing runs of less than 1,000, and I've always assumed these were tough to find in part because they got played to death or are sitting in old DJ collections across the country/world as opposed to sitting in dollar bins.