1974, When Daddy Dukes Went Raw
In the days before Ebay made it possible to find any 12″ and Serato pretty much killed the vinyl market there were quite a few Holy Grail type 12″s many collectors fiended for.
Most record buyers always had a list of 12″s they needed and were willing to splash out on. This track ‘Changes’ by Shadez of Brooklyn used to top my list and appeared in a few others I heard about. Shadez of Brooklyn were one of a few Beatminerz released independent groups in the late ’90s.
This 12″ was released in ’97 and at the time was probably not really heard too much outside of NY until Dj Premier included it on one of his vinyl released mix tape ‘Reality Check 101′. The mixtape helped to give them a little bit of cult status and made some heads search for the original 12″, often paying stupid money to get it.
I have to admit though I do have to give a bit of thanks for ebay for helping me eventually finding this, and to Serato for killing the market and making it quite cheap.
