What do you prefer?

[ilovepiano]

Quezzie for the collectors, what do you go for and what do you think is more collectable - promos or original releases?

Was reading something the other day that said that original releases were always worth more than the promos. The article was about rock, so got me thinking if the same could be said about dance.

Discuss...

 

[siman91]

Promo's every time and I mean white labels over marked promos.

I cant see how general release is more than promo unless the artwork is something special and they are suggesting promo's have a hard life with pro dj use.

S

 

[Postie]

Personally i have no preference but i try and stay away from white promos,some of them can be of poor quality as alot of us know.When i have bought vinyl i tend to not look look at the value, promo or not,many a tune i have bought for 20p and i have liked it.When i buy i tend to keep for life,as 30 years have proved ,couple of times ive thought about selling when oldskool feels stale but never go through with it.

 

[sevenuk]

for me it depends...

i recall wanting imports before they were pulled and signed by british labels then remixed to high heaven with the original mixes sometimes being over looked with the release of 2 or 3 remixes. Having said that, I agree with Postie, if the tune is good and as long as its on vinyl then i will buy.

There is something nice getting an original promo, especially on import but if i dont have it i'm not going to lose sleep. some of my favourite records are 3 a penny but they all have value to me. generally i can recall which shop i bought them in too!!

 

[Biskit]

promo's or whites - always alot rarer! import whites are alot rarer, italian test pressings even rarer

 

[sevenuk]

promo's or whites - always alot rarer! import whites are alot rarer, italian test pressings even rarer

aye... i remember getting a promo of jillian mendez dont know what your missin' on bigshot and thinking it was ultimate... still in mint condition now but the import release has been hammered

 

[pauly p]

Alot of promos / TPs often have the preferred mix / cheeky unreleased b-side etc not featured on the general release

 

[etech]

promos every time, with a white being top of the list.

 

[siman91]

Alot of promos / TPs often have the preferred mix / cheeky unreleased b-side etc not featured on the general release

Bit like this cheeky little number of mine...Soul II Soul - Red Box (Vinyl) at Discogs

S

 

[tilt]

I prefer original releases. It is not that easy to find anything if you have thousands of white labels floating around.

 

[pauly p]

I prefer original releases. It is not that easy to find anything if you have thousands of white labels floating around.

I've graffiti'd all my whites so I know which is which

 

[ste huxley]

Alot of promos / TPs often have the preferred mix / cheeky unreleased b-side etc not featured on the general release

What pauly said,also try and go for the original import/release, unless theres a mix on another release that I want then I will have that as well lol

Do like my cheeky white label only releases as well

 

[Jiglo]

With like for like records having the same mixes on, i'd go for proper releases everytime

The reason is, they're far easier to find when i'm mixing, or just looking for a tunes amongst racks of other tunes

It's already a struggle sometimes to find a particular record and I have been known to spend a couple of hours looking for a tune, before giving up :doh:

 

[pauly p]

a white label can show that you were playing it before everyone else