LATEST VINYL/CASSETTE/CD PURCHASES (current)

Recent purchases:

Soul / Funk 45’s

The Enticers - God bless tomorrow / Thief
Archie Bell & The Drells – Count The Ways
Calvin Arnold – Funky Way

Hip Hop 12’s

Positive K – Quarter Gram Pam
Gangstarr – The Lesson
Exotic Don & Master Vic – Get Loose
Robbie B & Jazzy J - Rock The Go-Go / Boogie Down

Jazz / Funk LP’s
Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman – Double Barrelled Soul
Cal Tjader - Ague Dulce
Cal Tjader – Tjader

These are just <B>SOME</B> of the finds over the past weekend:

<U>45"s</U>:

Avant Records house band "Scorpio" (ORIGINAL PRESSING: Avant Records)
The Good Guys "(The Ballad Of) James Watt"
Bobby Christian & Maury Laurie "Drums For Isolations"
Lee Fields "Let's Talk It Over" b/w "She's A Love Maker" (OG on Norfolk Sound)
Soul Runners "Grits 'N Corn Bread" b/w "Spreadin' Honey"
Sugar Billy "Super Duper Love (Pts 1 & 2)"

<U>LP's</U>:

Mtume "Rebirth Cycle" LP
Rene & Angela "Wall To Wall" LP
Keni Burke "Keni Burke" LP
Wilfredo Stephenson "An Ensemble Of Salsa Percussion" LP
Pablo Lebron "Pablo" LP
Andrew White "Fonk Update" LP
Urszula Dudziak "Urszula" LP
King Tee "Act A Fool" LP
La Lupe "One Of A Kind" LP

<U>Hip Hop 12"s</U>:

Double J on Chanpen Records (an EP produced by Mark 45 King)
ChillTown Cartel "Armedandangerous" b/w "Malt Liquor" ('96 Cartel Records)
Diffarent Kombonation "International" ('96 Infini-T Entertainment)
J-Max "To The Max" ('97 Too Tight Productions)
Hardwe're "Slick Talkin" b/w "That's That Sh*t" (19?? N9N Stop Entertainment)
J.Boogs "Full Blast" b/w "It's All Love" ('98 Justus Inc.)
The Ryme Boss "They Won't Let Me Pump My Base" b/w "Ryme Boss" ('90 Just For Kicks)
Two Live Crew "What I Like" ('85 Fresh Beat Records)
Eye Beta Rock "Super Rock Body Shock" (19?? H.E.R.O. Records)

eBay auctions coming soon to a 'hood near YOU! Going to check another collection in about an hour. Hopefully uncover some more jewels.

Some new tapes.
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The completist in me just had to cop Tape B of the Crooklyn Cuts Vol III to replace my boot and complete the series. Can anyone confirm if there was a Vol I & II prior?

Now if Canns gives me his Underground Airplay Promo Vol II I'll be 2 for 7! Nice exclusive Shadowz In the Dark joint on here. Paul_Caruso, any progress in pressing some of these up?

And got my hands on this Koco tape thanks to a buddy in Japan.

Some discogs cheapoes.

Velore and Double O - We Had Enough / Were Gonna Get Em 12" Invasion
DJ Danny Dan and the Female Dream - The Beat To Get Hype 12" Select
Kool G Rap and Polo - Poison 12" Prism

My finds from the Utrecht record fair this weekend. Hardcore digging for around 30 hours over 3 days! I’m not at Utrecht specifically hunting out hip hop so I’m not suggesting you can’t stumble across some rare 80’s or 90’s records for cheap but I certainly didn’t see any. Gone are the days when a ‘rock’ dealer would have a token hip hop box with cheapie rare rap records. The type of thing in their box is Skinny Boys – Get Pepped or Kid ‘N Play – Gittin’ Funky but for 10 euro and 8 euro respectively. How about Maestro Fresh Wes – Naah This Kid….LP for 70 euro?!

The stall where I got the majority of my hip hop ie 14 records were 7 euro each. Someone from to the right of me was hoovering up vast amounts so I’m sure I missed lots I would have liked. All cheap and common titles but ones I wouldn’t neceassirly hunt out online so happy enough with the buys.

Lots pondered over but eventually left due to cost or weight restrictions. Quite difficult to leave records at cheap prices when you really want to buy them. I’m gonna post stuff home next time! (I even returned with a 100 euro due to thinking I was pushing my weight limit to close for comfort).

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Louie Louie – Deadlier Than Ever (Tuff City) This and a few others were bought from Ritchie of Heavy Rotation Records…a nice guy.

True Love – I’m Bustin’ Out (Critique) Awful LP from 88 but one great track.

Ice T – Somebody Gotta Do It/Our Most Requested Record (Sire) Wanted this since John Peel played the b side.

Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – D.E.F. = Doug E Fresh/I’m Getting’ Ready/On The Strength (Reality)

Big Daddy Kane – Get Into It/Somethin’ Funky/Just Rhymin’ With Biz (Prism) Kane’s first release and one of his best. I already own it but thought it would be good trade material but condition is poor on closer inspection, although still to play check.

Tuff Crew – My Part Of Town/Detonator (Soo Deff)

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Silky B – I’m Dangerous (Epod) More costly late 80’s indie purchase from DJ Friendly which I’ve pondered buying for a while. Fast Philly rap with Assembly Line breaks…can’t go wrong!

Roxanne Shante’ – Brothers Ain’t Sh*t (Cold Chillin)

Devastor – Devastion (G Fine Sounds) Nice JB sampled track from 87 also off Friendly.

Cut Master DC – Brooklyn Rocks The Best/Santa’s Beat Box (Zakia)

Kid ‘N Play – Last Night (Select) Wanted a cheap US copy forever.

2 Live Crew – Trow The D. And Ghetto Bass (Luke Skywalker) Could have sworn I didn’t have this one but I do (a US promo which threw me). Hey ho!

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King Sun & D Moet – Hey Love/Mythological Rapper (Zakia)

12:41 – Success Is The Word (Fresh Records)

Cybotron – Clear/Industrial Lies (Fantasy) .

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – Scorpio (Sugarhill) It pained me greatly to leave 3 other GF & TFF US 12’s (want all their releases on US press) but weight issues yet again won over. I’ll post this stuff home next time I buy a batch of cheap rap. Nice promo anyway.

West Street Mob – Break Dance-Electric Boogie (Sugarhill) Had to get this promo US press to replace my UK copy.

Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three – The Roof Is On Fire (Reality) Shamed to say I’ve never owned this electro classic. I think I had 4 copies to choose from on the same stall….oh, to see a hip hop stall like this at Newcastle.

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock (Tommy Boy) Felt only right that I should own an original orange label press of this all time classic. A bit worn but plays fine although I’ll still keep my later Tommy Boy press.

The rest is non-hip hop. Happy with a few of these.

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The Grodeck Whipperjenny –S/T (People) Funky psych from JB producer…killer!

Spleen – The Sound Of Feeling (Limelight) The Free design on LSD

The Purposes – The Purpose Of…(ABC) Funky bluesy psych

Wild Thing – Partyin’ (Elektra) Groovy hammond exploito rock

Harpers Bizarre – 4 (Warners)

Danny McCulloch – Wings Of A Man (Capitol)

Cher – 3614 Jackson Highway (Atco) Took me 15 years to find this in the ‘wild’ (refused to rely on the net). Covers of For What Its Worth and Walk On Guilded Splinters.

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Curt Boetcher – There’s An Innocent Face (Elektra)

Paul Williams – Someday Man (Reprise)

Robert Charlebois/Louise Forestier – S/T (Gamma)

Idris Muhammad – Power Of Soul (Kudu) Wanted this forever. Nice to finally find it for 5 euro.

Reuben Howell – S/T (Motown) Was well happy to find this for 10 euro early on Fri but less than an hour later I found another copy for the same price. Basically a vocal version of Scratchin’ by the Magic Disco Machine.

Susan Sings Songs From Sesame Street (Scepter) Funky soul for the kids.

The Age Of Electronicus (Command) A token moog purchase but a funky good one.

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Nico Gomez – Ritual (Omega) No comment required

Michel Polnareff – Polnareff’s (AZ) Groovy French cinematic pop of course.

Chicken Curry & His Pop Percussion Orchestra (MFP) Nice funky Euro easy.

Johnny Hallyday (Philips)

Helmuth Brandenburg – Big Band Beat (BASF) Funky German big band that was on my wantslist prior to going.

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Odyssey – S/T (Rare Earth) Nice cheap Dutch copy.

Noir – We Had To Let You Have It (Pye) Funky black rock with a cover of Indian Rope Man.

T.N.T.H. – Let’s Go Children Of The Country (Barclay) I mulled over several pricer bits on Sunday afternoon but this eventually won over. Funky horn rock I guess with prog leanings.

Billy Paul – Going East (CBS) Reasonably priced Dutch copy of this soul classic.

Dusty Springfield – Cameo (Philips)

Bill Cosby – Hooray For The Salvation Army Band (Warners) Poor pic on this German press compared to the US press but for 5 euro one can’t be too fussy. This kills me about Utrecht. Decent but arguably non-essential LP’s for cheap that I would love finding at home but which I question purchasing whilst at a European record fair.

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The Shock Absorbers – Guitar Party (Major Minor) To replace my hammered copy.

Louie Bellson – The Dynamic Drums Of…(Studio 2) Hammond version of Ode To Billy Joe and others.

Maxwell Plumm – We Can Work It Out (Raven) UK club band track comped on Working Mans Soul.

The Magnetic Sounds (New Records) Brazilian easy comp with one killer fuzzy moog track….Lost In Space.

Danny Edwardson/Seamus Sell – Rock On (KPM) Heavy guitar library which just occasionally slips into shredding mode but also has some good slow funky rock tracks.

Modern Rhythms With Synthesiser (Amphonic Music) One more cheap token library purchase. Freak Out is the track.

i used to have Louie Louie – Deadlier Than Ever (Tuff City) in my 1st collection

i cant even remember any of the tunes now


dope cover thats all i remember

Great stuff Campag! That's a heafty haul to struggle back home with, looks like you've got many hours of listening pleasure there too!

Great price on the Idris Muhammad LP, I need a replacement one of those!

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skim:>i used to have Louie Louie – Deadlier Than Ever (Tuff City) in my 1st collection

i cant even remember any of the tunes now


dope cover thats all i remember

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All instrumental Skim bar one rap track....Funky Mix - The Mighty Maestro. Definitely worth picking up for that one track. Imperial Mao just made me aware of it in recent months and its out there in blog land if you want to check out the track.

NB Cover also claims that Special K is on a track The Funky Stuff but unfortunately no vocals are featured.

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Tha_Disc_Eater:>Great stuff Campag! That's a heafty haul to struggle back home with, looks like you've got many hours of listening pleasure there too!

Great price on the Idris Muhammad LP, I need a replacement one of those!

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Cheers mate. Always a worry packing the bags re: potential damage, excess weight etc but all was cool.

Certainly happy with the Idris...alluded me forever that one so great to get it cheap.

Nice finds Campag, I will get out there one time.