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• The Soul Strut "Raer" Live Stream

  RAJ

  October 21
  Going live this Friday night 8-9PM EST.
  
  
  
  It's about that time to bring forth the obscure 70s funk that's captured the imaginations of djs, collectros, and producers over the years. Tune in this Friday night 8-9 PM EST as DJ Raj Mahal puts his crate digging skills to the test , delivering another episode of rare groove cult classics.  It's all vinyl and all live!
  

  

• Discogs

  RAJ

  October 16

  dizzybull said:

  sticky_dojah said:

   7000. 
  

  Jesus, that's huge.  I got a tiny one compared to you.  I want to see yours.

  It can fill up quickly if you take into effect multiple-pressings. I have a huge list of unattainables as well.... one can dream.

  

• Discogs

  RAJ

  October 12

  para11ax said:

  The price of vinyl is just silly now.
  
  2 weeks ago, I bought an AOTN reissue of The Leaders - “(It’s a) Rat Race” and a copy of the Marker Starling 45. With shipping, it cost just shy of $60 CAD. Am I the crazy one who thinks $60 is too much for a couple of new 7” releases?
  
  My buying has slowed down dramatically. I think there are still occasional deals on eBay and Discogs. But I spend way less time on it.

  I think it's a mixture of supply, demand, demographics, and maybe rising costs due to the Apollo Masters fire?  I just paid $60+ on a couple Japanese city pop reissues, recently.  The pressing and packaging are impeccable, but damn it hurts to spend that much on a new record considering 180 gram reissues were like $10 in the 2000s.

  

• Discogs

  RAJ

  October 11

  Mondeyano said:

  I'm always kind of disheartened when I go on Discogs as prices just seem to go up and up. Like no deals are to be made, but I guess you have to check it every day to grab the dealz.

  That was me for a lot of years.  I relied on the email that they sent out filled with random wants and never found anything reasonably priced.  I started getting in the habit of viewing the newest additions of wants in the marketplace about 10-20x per day.  That's when I would find deals and reasonable priced items.

  eBay is so fucking dead.  I have an app that searches wants on a daily basis and it's the same overpriced fixed priced bullshit day in and day out.  If there happens to be a live auction, not a BIN, it's carolinasoul / paperstax / funkyou where shit goes massively overpriced.

  

• The Soul Strut "Raer" Live Stream

  RAJ

  October 11
  Last night's business:
  
  
  
  

  Intro

  Soul Strut! - Coko & Misha Panfilov Sound Combo

  Drainpipe - Protein Bros

  Allora mi ricordo - New Trolls

  Murmullo - Los Rockin Devils 

  Air - Onyx

  In Your Room - Carriage Company

  Paper Man - Jade

  Pork Chops - The Jon-Lee Group

  Everybody's Excited - Flower Island

  Family Affair - Flash & The Dynamics

  Party Time - Cinnamon Suns

  Get Down (When The Feelin' Hits You) Pt1+2 - Blacklove 

  Dirty Music - Monarch

  All Shook Up - Roger Freeman

  SHOTGUN II - The Chambermen

  Gimme Some Lovin - Jordan

  What You Need - Button

  Dici (Dizzy) - Quelli

  Margarina - The Ten Tops

  All Along The Watchtower - Barbara Keith