Nobody is going to hold back on making money if there is money to be made. This is why I don’t give too much mind about scarcity pricing. I got about 30 years of life left for any record to come around again. I’m not giving some company an extra 20$ just because I can’t manage my FOMO.
I got the last batch from VMP for about $33 each so was fine to get those. But the list price was crazy. I knew with them being on color vinyl that Craft would most definitely repress wider on black someday. VMP seemed to think Craft had no plans at all to reissue them anytime soon
Another ex VMP exclusive
Idris Muhammad – Black Rhythm Revolution! | Sounds of the Universe
Black Rhythm Revolution! Is the first solo album from the jazz-funk legend Idris Muhammad, a New Orleans-bred rhythm king who successfully made the leap…soundsoftheuniverse.com
Black Rhythm Revolution! Is the first solo album from the jazz-funk legend Idris Muhammad, a New Orleans-bred rhythm king who successfully made the leap from the finest soulful jazz records of the ’60s to the nastiest fusion funk of the ’70s.
Here we catch him literally on the cusp of the two in 1970, with one good foot in the get-down of “Express Yourself” and “Super Bad,” and the other in his own heady excursions into modal rhythm and melody, accompanied by virtuosos Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Melvin Sparks, who came together for sessions overseen by legendary producer Rudy Van Gelder.
This 180-gram Jazz Dispensary reissue of Black Rhythm Revolution! was cut from the original analogue tapes by Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI, and comes packaged in a tip-on jacket.
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Top Shelf Triple Groove LP Bundle - Jazz Dispensary
Buy Top Shelf Triple Groove LP Bundle and and more at Jazz Dispensary
around $31 USD shipped per LP with the bundle deal. I think that's at least $20 USD cheaper per LP than the VMP editions. Can't remember what their list price was at VMP.
yea I think the 2nd one may have been 50/55. these will be widely available, so if you buy from somewhere like Plaidroom where you don't pay shipping or tax, it would be at least a $25 price difference per record.
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the Leon Spencer is the real score here - his work has been criminally forgotten...but originals can still be had
Yea I love that one. Found a promo copy for $5 last year!
Yes it is. And Louisiana Slim needs a top reissue.
. I'll likely be picking this one up.
