SUGAR HILL GANG Rapper's Delight RARE RAP TEST PRESS

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Up for auction is an extremely rare 12" by the SUGARHILL GANG for their  1979 recording of RAPPER'S DELIGHT !

Although rap had surfaced in NYC at outdoor neighborhood parties as early as the early 70s and there are a number of rap records made the year before this was cut --- THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE LANDMARK HIT THAT LAUNCHED HIP HOP INTO A MUSICAL FORCE!!!

This is the original 15 Minute version!

12" is hand-written on in Red Ball Point Ink Pen and mentions "Rapper's Delight" above the center hole, and SUGAR HILL GANG below. It also mentions the speed as 33 1/3.


Condition:
12" Vinyl is in strong VG condition with several light surface marks.
Plays very well with little surface noise heard!


This record is SCARCE!! I've never seen another test press of this and any information is welcome --- it did come out of a NYC area dj pool (see below) and I believe it to be 100% legit.

MATRIX NUMBERS:
The matrix numbers in the runoff/dead wax/stamper area --
VID-152 / 'To' (which is enclosed in a @ type circle) 'Pa-8-79'
the '8-79' most likely indicates the month/date of recording. This makes perfect sense as it was released a couple of months later in October, 1979.  Again--THIS IS THE FULL LENGTH ORIGINAL MIX--which has the great 'live sound' ending with overlapping in rhyming--indeed when they were rhyming it was a non-stop party!!!
THE DEFINITIVE RAP RECORD THAT STARTED IT ALL!!!

Here is your chance to own a piece of hip-hop history ---- DON'T SLEEP!!


DJ'S / DISCO FANS / BEAT HEADS  TAKE NOTE-- ALL OF THE RECORDS CURRENTLY LISTED ARE FROM THE COLLECTION OF A FORMER NEW YORK CITY DJ WHO ALSO HELPED RUN A DJ RECORD POOL IN THE LATE 70S THRU THE 80S!!! THERE WILL BE MANY RARE 12 INCH PROMOS, TEST PRESSINGS, ACETATES, AND EVEN A FEW SIGNED RECORDS!!! DON'T MISS OUT AND KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC DISCO/DANCE/BOOGIE/SOUL/FUNK RECORDS FROM THIS AMAZING COLLECTION!!!

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