

Don Blackman - “Say You’ll Be Mine”/ “Your Love Drives Me Crazy” Test Press
This is a one-of-one test pressing for the 2023 seven-inch release of Don Blackman’s “Say You’ll Be Mine”/“Your Love Drives Me Crazy” on Mr. Bongo Records. Cut at Optimal Music’s vinyl pressing plant in Germany, it comes packaged in a cardboard sleeve with test-pressing information in English and German.
Pulled from Don Blackman’s massive archive of unreleased recordings by his son Kyle Blackman following Don’s untimely passing in 2013, “Your Love Makes Me Crazy” and “Say You'll Be Mine” showcase two different sides of Don’s eclectic oeuvre, while both placing his masterful piano skills front and center.
Recorded at Don’s home studio in South Jamaica, Queens, with all parts performed by Don himself, “Your Love Makes Me Crazy” is a relentlessly catchy electro-funk anthem while “Say You’ll Be Mine” is a soulful and melodic slice of instrumental boogie.
Format: 7-inch
Condition: As new
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