Comments on: Discogs “Top” 100 and the Arthur Russell connection

By: J

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:52:47 +0000

apart from the Land Of Hits label being highly collectable the Mistafide 12″ itself is a highly sought after piece among collectors of old school hip hop & is certainly a record you could label as super rare i.e. it really never ever shows up hence the $4143
If it ever surfaces on ebay expect it to sell again for a similar price

By: gmos

gmos — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:04:47 +0000

I know that the Land Of Hits label is highly collectible both with disco and hip-hop collectors but hadn’t seen one go for that much before.

By: nico

nico — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:57:34 +0000

most of those rap records don’t necessarily have that much history behind them, other than that they had small pressings and are good. the keefy keef 12″ is keith murrays first release, so maybe that name gave it higher profile, but i think it stands on its own pretty well.

i think the craze for that sort of rap really hit its stride in the early 00′s and a number of mixtapes from tony d, dj ivory, dj muro, 7l, edan,skippy white etc helped solidify a canon of rare late 80s rap 12″s

i like the dj ivory hear no evil mixes the most

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:22:41 +0000

Nope, only to rip it to mp3. It’s an investment afaik.

By: jwins

jwins — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:11:39 +0000

Does he ever play it? The most I’ve spent on a record was about £60 (a miniscule amount compared to the stuff on that list) and it’s not exactly on heavy rotation round my way. I think I’ve come to the conclusion if I’m not prepared to play it cause it’s so expensive, it’s not worth it.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:53:17 +0000

Well a mate of mine bought that Clarence g record a couple of years ago on e-bay and it went for considerably less than it went on discogs and ebay before (though it was still A LOT of money)so I think the hype has died down a little bit over that release, for now anyways.

By: jwins

jwins — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:47:31 +0000

I-G was the business mate, shame you didn’t make it. We did manage to get it recorded though:

http://www.slabsofthetabernacle.com/articles/191/slabs-090-i-g-la-cheetah-club-060210

By: clom

clom — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:37:19 +0000

jwins: agreed on the drexciya situation, the catalogue is crying out for the reissue treatment, and not just for those of us who retrospectively regret not picking them up when we had the chance but to introduce more people to their music. btw- didn’t realise you had I-G on in the weej last weekend. g.u.t.t.e.d.

Am reading “hold on to your dreams” just now.
It’s great stuff, you get a real sense of the extent to which “making” music was the primary motivation rather than finishing/releasing. There’s a purity to that intention that is really admirable (and, as everyone mentions early on in the book, the primary reason for his obscurity when most of his fellow travellers went on to fame/acclaim).

By: jwins

jwins — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:44:38 +0000

I was quite surprised at some of the tunes on the list, especially some of the Hip Hop. It would be interesting to hear the history of those records and find out what pushes them into the thousands price wise.

The Clarence G situation is just a taste of things to come, I think anything Drexciya related is just going to get more ridiculous price wise as time moves on. I just wish I’d picked up more of them at the time when I had the chance (for personal use rather than financial gain).

That night at the Twisted Pepper looks the business.