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Gang Starr 12-inch Hub-Servall test pressing in black sleeve, label reading Gang Starr, Wild Pitch Records

Gang Starr - ‘Words I Manifest’ 12-Inch Test Pressing, Inscribed by Guru to Marley Marl

Gang Starr’s “Words I Manifest” was released by Wild Pitch Records in 1989 as a single from the group’s debut album, No More Mr. Nice Guy. This is a 12-inch test pressing from the Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp., in a plain black sleeve, with details filled out by hand, by Guru.

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Bruce Springsteen: the lost “Dancing in the Dark” video

The rejected original video master. Four complete takes, never seen like this, offered with Springsteen’s signed Born in the U.S.A. plaque.

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The Big Crown Story - Wax Poetics Special Edition and exclusive 7"

Very limited numbers - Includes 7-inch record with exclusive 'mag' pocket to keep the record nice and tucked up. 

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