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Thread started 04/14/19 2:43pm

embmmusic

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1-800-NEW-FUNK vinyl rerelease

I searched but didn't find a topic about this. It seems that 1-800-NEW-FUNK was re-released on vinyl last month. I've got a copy on the way from eBay.

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Reply #1 posted 04/14/19 3:05pm

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Where's your ebay link??? hmmm

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Reply #2 posted 04/14/19 3:43pm

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Seems legit. It's out, released March 2019 on a new reissue label called 8th Records. They already have a lot of great 180g rereleases such as the first 3 Shuggie Otis albums, several Miles Davis ones, Thelonius Monk, Robert Johnson etc etc.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/1-800-New-Funk-VINYL/dp/6317666954

(I know the image on amazon shows the 1994 US CD but I trust the LP is a brand new edition indeed.)

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Reply #3 posted 04/14/19 6:38pm

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Kares said:

Seems legit. It's out, released March 2019 on a new reissue label called 8th Records. They already have a lot of great 180g rereleases such as the first 3 Shuggie Otis albums, several Miles Davis ones, Thelonius Monk, Robert Johnson etc etc.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/1-800-New-Funk-VINYL/dp/6317666954

(I know the image on amazon shows the 1994 US CD but I trust the LP is a brand new edition indeed.)

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Please report back to us after you get it. That's one I never got the orginal pressing of so I'm interested if it's legit.

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Reply #4 posted 04/14/19 10:44pm

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Kares said:

Seems legit.

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Seems anything but legit. Unknown label with a random bunch of re-releases? With no advertising et al? Smells like bootleg. Discogs comments suspect it is another (dodgy) label under a new guise: https://www.discogs.com/l...th-Records

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Reply #5 posted 04/15/19 12:16am

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Temptation. Always thought this was a cool little record.

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Reply #6 posted 04/15/19 1:28am

Kares

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BartVanHemelen said:

Kares said:

Seems legit.

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Seems anything but legit. Unknown label with a random bunch of re-releases? With no advertising et al? Smells like bootleg. Discogs comments suspect it is another (dodgy) label under a new guise: https://www.discogs.com/l...th-Records

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I don't know for sure nor did I claim I do. I said it seems legit – based on a couple of reviews and photos I've seen. If it does turn out to be unauthorised though, then it's a pirate or a counterfeit (depending on whether they copied the original identification and copyright marks or made up new ones), not a bootleg.

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Reply #7 posted 04/15/19 4:36am

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Semantics. I'll pass.

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Reply #8 posted 04/20/19 9:45pm

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It seems to be a carbon copy of the original release. No new copyright info or new label info. Still has the c1994 NPG Records text. Sleeve and label quality seem fine. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, I'll stick it on later.

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Reply #9 posted 04/21/19 12:26am

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embmmusic said:

It seems to be a carbon copy of the original release. No new copyright info or new label info. Still has the c1994 NPG Records text. Sleeve and label quality seem fine. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, I'll stick it on later.

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So it's a counterfeit then.

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Reply #10 posted 04/21/19 12:51am

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They also released TMBGITW 12".

https://www.banquetrecord...TH72514-12
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Reply #11 posted 04/21/19 1:24am

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Kares said:

embmmusic said:

It seems to be a carbon copy of the original release. No new copyright info or new label info. Still has the c1994 NPG Records text. Sleeve and label quality seem fine. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, I'll stick it on later.

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So it's a counterfeit then.

Yeah it would appear so. Probably why there was no marketing for it.

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Reply #12 posted 04/21/19 5:17am

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Curious. I picked up a vinyl copy of 1800 New Funk recently still in shrink while I was in the US. It really does look exactly like the original pressing in every way, even the same hand-written numbers in the dead wax. So possibly someone has dumped some "new" old-stock on the market? The record is a little warped but plays and sounds great.

Either that or it's a better class of forgery than I'm used to.

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Reply #13 posted 04/21/19 5:29am

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Also got TMBGITW at the same time, both from a reputable record store (Amoeba in SF) - just as with 1800NF the paper of the inner sleeve seems a little old and the record a bit dusty. Matrix numbers in the deadwax look legit. Again, could it just be new old stock?


Edit - the copy of TMBGITW has the misprinted label found here:

https://www.discogs.com/T...ase/423338

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