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Let's see and hear about your coolest 12" singles:

I stumbled across a rarity that I spent a few dollars on, but am glad I did.

Barry White: "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" b/w "Sha-La-La Means I Love You."

This is a Canadian import, and I found a sealed copy quite by accident. (I was searching a Discog seller's site for more sealed items to add to an order, came across this, and ended up buying it from a second seller who had a much lower price.) This is on the 20th Century label, just as in the US, and surprisingly it was cut at 45 RPM (unlike the US 12"ers from 20th Century). How does it sound? OK, but not great. It is clearly from a tape that is a generation or two away from the album. The problem with the album (The Man) is that they crammed three lengthy dance tracks on side one, and "Sha-La-La..." sounds pinched. That was actually the first Barry White song I'd ever heard, as it was in the middle of a Saturday night dance music program on the local radio. It took me a couple of years to find out who did the song (since they were not back-announcing). Given it was on a Detroit station, I'm betting they had this 12" single on hand. (We tended to get a few Canadian imports in our area.) It's a nice addition to the collection.
 
Skinny Puppy - Censor (Capitol Records / Nettwerk Productions V-15420), 33.3 rpm, clear innersleeve, hole punch in jacket and innersleeve
 
Now playing on the Technics Grandmaster / at150mlx:

Wham! - Last Christmas (Long Version, Pudding Mix) / Credit Card Baby (Epic Records / Sony Records 12 • 3P-375), Japanese pressing w/OBI, Japanese innersleeve, lyric insert, 45rpm

Over 2” of deadwax on Side A!

I don’t like playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving (or after New Years Day) but the vinyl awesomeness of this release overules my personal...rules. :)
 
L.A. Style - I’m Raving (Arista 07822-12525-1), 33rpm, original with shrink & orange hype sticker: ‘THE NEW RAVE FROM THE GROUP THAT BROUGHT YOU “JAMES BROWN IS DEAD” Features 5 pulse-pounding mixes 07822-12525-1”

Vinyl is very black, not 180g, jacket does not stink...

“1993 HI Tension Records, BVBA”
 
Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow / Breadfan / The Prince (Vertigo / Phonogram METAL 212), 45rpm, original from 1988, no innersleeve, side loading, lp has no lip on the outer edge, vinyl is very black, grooves are not wide-spaced like many other 12” singles so thankfully it’s not 33rpm, not much deadwax on either side

...And Vinyl For All
 
I got a somewhat-rarity a couple of months ago, sealed, but sadly it was cracked! (That's the gamble I get with sealed records...but this is the first time it has happened.) I found someone selling Chic's "Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" on the Buddah label. Chic were originally signed to Buddah but, prior to an industry show, they could not press this single fast enough to provide promo copies at the show. Since Atlantic promised that they could, Chic then signed with Atlantic. To get out of their contract with Buddah, they agreed to let them keep this song in release without owing the artists any royalties from it. Buddah still held onto the original master tape of this single, so what we've heard all these years on Atlantic is a generation away from the Buddah copy.

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I had two friends that were professional DJ's back in the 70's and 80's. And I had friends that worked at a radio station so I would get demo single records once in a while that I could dub and then return. I had a few Kenny Rodger, Crystal Gayle, and Charlie Pride recordings I really liked. Bee Gees and Donna Summer and other disco Greats too. But I also had some 1/2 speed mastered LP's from Japan that were absolutely the best. They compared favorably to my Direct to disc LP's. It was always astounding to me how my Ortofon Moving Coils could track them perfectly and yet could have serious short comings when trying to track everyday run of the mill LP's. I will say cartridges are so much better now at handling compromised records from the mass producers of the past.
 
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