from the 7” single, Mesa Records, 1973As we’ve discussed, one should never presume that a record’s rarity is positively correlated to the quality of said record, but there does seem to be one quirk in that pattern, which is: once you get beyond the $500 mark (for 45s & 12s, maybe $750 for full albums), the high prices are typically speaking to actual demand for the product as opposed to merely echoing its scarcity. Like anything else, there are exceptions within this subtlety as well, but anecdotally I’ve found this to hold water most of the time. One shining example of that theory in practice is this smoking hot 45 (mint used copies have sold for over $600), the breakdown & chorus line of which will be known to any fans of those old mixes from Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow (ala Brainfreeze or Product Placement), but the entire track is indeed very worthy of our praise. A women’s lib anthem for sure, this peppy cut offers us one funky-ass bottom end, but it’s the Hendrix-inspired guitar that blows me away every time; my attempts to unearth some info on these folks were futile, so if anybody knows the good word, let a brother know.
