Wu-Tang Clan street team promotional cassette (Wu)
DJ X-Cell mixtape featuring rare/unreleased Wu-Tang affiliate material
Duck Down / Boot Camp Clik street team promotional cassette
Ol’ Dirty Bastard promotional photograph by Danny Clinch (1995)
Loud Records Summer Heat promotional cassette (1997)
Gang Starr Moment of Truth promotional poster
Gang Starr A Full Clip promotional poster
Boot Camp Clik promotional photograph
Mary J. Blige promotional photograph by Karen Westenberg (1997)
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Ministry of Sound 35th Anniversary Auction
Opens Thursday 29 October · Speaker stacks, flyers and awards from 35 years at Gaunt Street.
country acetates
Opens Thursday 5 November · Original acetates from Dolly Parton, K. D. Lang & more.
(Signed) La Funk Mob – Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air Mo Wax
Features heavyweight remixes by Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, and E.A.S.E. Classic Mo’ Wax release with iconic artwork by Swifty.
The record is signed by Nightmares on Wax himself.
The Buggles - ‘Adventures in Modern Recording’ Acetate & ‘I Am a Camera’ Test Pressings
Bodast featuring Steve Howe - ‘The Bodast Tapes’ Acetate
Spandau Ballet - ‘Paint Me Down’ 12-Inch Test Pressing
Wu-Tang Clan street team promotional cassette (Wu)
DJ X-Cell mixtape featuring rare/unreleased Wu-Tang affiliate material
Beastie Boys - ‘Hello Nasty’ Island Records Advance Cassette
RAL Spring ’94 Sampler - Promo Cassette (Def Jam / Columbia)
Rush Associated Labels (RAL) - Sampler Fall 1994 Promo Cassette
Kick It! The Def Jam Sampler Volume One - Cassette (CBS, 1987)
Gang Starr - ‘Words I Manifest’ 12-Inch Test Pressing, Inscribed by Guru to Marley Marl
Gang Starr - ‘Daily Operation’ Press Kit Photo and Cassette
(Signed) La Funk Mob – Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air Mo Wax
The Stone Roses - Early Mixes and Alternate Running Order of Their Debut Album
Sonic Youth - ‘Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star’ Promo Cassette
The Breeders - ‘Breeders Demos’ Cassette
Placebo - Early Demo Cassette (‘Nancy Boy,’ ‘Teenage Angst,’ ‘36 Degrees’)
Inspiral Carpets - Two Cassettes: Early Demos + ‘Find Out Why’ Final Mixes
The Divine Comedy - Parlophone ’99 LP Demos Cassette
Badly Drawn Boy - Early Demo Cassette
The Wedding Present - ‘Kennedy’ / ‘Unfaithful’ 7-Inch Utopia Acetates + Release Bundle
The Wedding Present - George Best Plus Test-Pressing Set + Full-Album 10-Inch Acetates
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - ‘Scrawl’ Hit Factory Original Master DAT + Release Bundle
The Wedding Present - ‘George Best’ Mastered Betamax Safety Copies x2 (PCM-F1, 7.8.87)
The Flatmates - ‘Shimmer’ Finished-Mix Betamax + Four Demo Tapes + ‘Shimmer’ 12-Inch
The Wedding Present - ‘Songs for the LP’ George Best Demo Tape
Pale Saints - Master Rock ‘EP Mixes’ DAT + Two Cassettes
Shed Seven - Two Early Demo Cassettes (‘Dolphin,’ ‘Dirty Soul,’ ‘Casino Girl’)
S*M*A*S*H - Four Demo Tapes + ‘Self Abused’ Promo 12-Inch
The Real People - Demo Tapes x2
S*M*A*S*H - ‘Roughies’ & ‘Bits & Bobs’ Session DATs + Promo 12-Inch
The Real People - Live & Studio Mix DATs x3 (Moles, Roundhouse, AIR, 1991)
The Real People - Hit Factory Album Reference Cassette (‘Marshmellow Lane’, 16.7.92)
The Real People - ‘Live Ruffs’ Live Recording Cassette (Tape to Tape)
Aimee Mann - ‘Whatever’ Imago Advance Promo Cassette (IM ADV 21017-4)
Torch Song - ‘Wish Thing’ Pre-Release Cassette (Numbered 253/350)
The 5:30 - EMI Music Publishing Industry Cassette
The Wedding Present - George Best Plus Test-Pressing Set + Bonus 12-Inches
The Flatmates - ‘Heaven Knows’ 7-Inch Test Pressings x4 + Sealed ‘Shimmer’ 7-Inch
THE WAX POETICS DISCOVERY BUNDLE
WAX POETICS LIMITED PRINT: MAVIS
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.
EDITORIAL
STORIES FROM ACROSS OUR WORLD
Gang Starr’s fourth album, the 1994 opus Hard to Earn, was built to maintain the respect of the streets, according to its architect, DJ Premier. Eschewing the melodic loops and jazz samples of their earlier recordings, Preemo explored dark and chaotic beats that meshed with Guru’s increasingly complex rhymes about street culture and inner-city politics. Although considered one of the last shots of true NYC underground before the oncoming wave of hip-hop commercialism, Hard to Earn was a critical and financial success—a revered masterpiece and an enduring classic that has held up artistically since its release nearly three decades ago.
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