Rare Pleasure - Let Me Down Easy

[Pete S]

I purchased this off Ebay the other day as a buy it now for £4.99

 

RARE PLEASURE - LET ME DOWN EASY - UK DJM in PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE with blurb about the track.

 

actually one of the few disco records I really like - anyway if a US copy goes for what, £30 to £40, how much should I stick on this UK one

[Jim G]

Hate you, I was given one these as young DJ in 1976 and old sold it a few years ago which I still regret.

 

as for value I am not an expert but is seems to for £20 to £40 which is strange because it is much harder to get then the US one

 

JM has one on for sale £40

 

one here on 2012

 

https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/251121068166/RARE_PLEASURE_Let_Me_Down_Easy_DJM_UK_Demo_7_1976_Modern_Soul_Disco_Nice

Edited September 6, 2014 by jim g

[Pete S]

Hate you, I was given one these as young DJ in 1976 and old sold it a few years ago which I still regret.

 

as for value I am not an expert but is seems to for £20 to £40 which is strange because it is much harder to get then the US one

 

JM has one on for sale £40

 

one here on 2012

 

https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/251121068166/RARE_PLEASURE_Let_Me_Down_Easy_DJM_UK_Demo_7_1976_Modern_Soul_Disco_Nice

 

Cheers Jim. I mean Rory.

[Grayman45]

That piano at the start is reminding me of something else. Or perhaps it was sampled. Any ideas anyone?

[Guest the fifer]

That piano at the start is reminding me of something else. Or perhaps it was sampled. Any ideas anyone?

Was sampled by David Morales on his hit "Needin'  You"

[Tony A]

That piano at the start is reminding me of something else. Or perhaps it was sampled. Any ideas anyone?

 David Morales, Needing You, or summat like that ?

[Godzilla]

Was sampled by David Morales on his hit "Needin'  You"

[Tony A]

Snap.

[Grayman45]

Was sampled by David Morales on his hit "Needin'  You"

That's the one !

[Dave Pinch]

£25 Imo

Edited September 6, 2014 by dave pinch

[Jim G]

Pete what condition is it in

Edited September 6, 2014 by jim g

[Guest]

I remember when the David Morales track was being premiered on radio 1 on a Friday show many moons ago (can't recall the DJ at the time) and they actually played Rare Pleasure right after it to illustrate where the sample came from...I was quite impressed that they did this...was driving up the M11 at the time...funny what the mind remembers!!

[Pete S]

Pete what condition is it in

 

yeah it's nice EX vinyl, sleeve is also EX apart from a small tear on the open end

[Davetay]

I purchased this off Ebay the other day as a buy it now for £4.99

 

RARE PLEASURE - LET ME DOWN EASY - UK DJM in PROMOTIONAL SLEEVE with blurb about the track.

 

actually one of the few disco records I really like - anyway if a US copy goes for what, £30 to £40, how much should I stick on this UK one

Disco indeed, this is class 70s soul. lol.

[Guest son of stan]

Fantastic!

 

I would keep it. 

 

Would sell for whatever the US goes for...Never even knew it came out on DJM but obscure UK issues are not a big deal with a record like this.

 

Does anyone know anything about the US label it came out on, Cheri? I think I have just about all of them but there seem to be only about four or five. Released over a period of about four years. Three awesome records- Sherm 'Reb' Nesbary, Hyla Parker and Rare Pleasure.

 

The singer on Rare Pleasure was Sandy Barber aka Sandy B - she did quite a few house / garage records.

[Guest son of stan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=T7QbVywGzio

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYkJ9E5dIus&feature=player_detailpage

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_U3LL7HaT0&feature=player_detailpage

[Pete S]

Disco indeed, this is class 70s soul. lol.

 

Early disco!

[Guest son of stan]

It depends which side you play. I think one of then says 'disco version' on the label!

Funnily enough, the underground club scene that gave rise to disco never called it that. They called it 'party music' from what I understand.

And i never realised that 'Let Me Down Easy' was written by the same fella as another one of my faves - Debbie Taylor 'Just Don't Pay'.

(And no I haven't got anything better to do and yes I am a bit drunk!)

[Jim G]

yeah it's nice EX vinyl, sleeve is also EX apart from a small tear on the open end

 

Pete , PM me a price, I will probably take it if you are selling. 

[Rich B]

That David Morales reminds me of some good nights - not in red speedo's though!

[Davetay]

Early disco!

Very early disco.https://youtu.be/IjbstpniYkY

[Dave Thorley]

I remember when the David Morales track was being premiered on radio 1 on a Friday show many moons ago (can't recall the DJ at the time) and they actually played Rare Pleasure right after it to illustrate where the sample came from...I was quite impressed that they did this...was driving up the M11 at the time...funny what the mind remembers!!

I remember that also, it was Pete Tong. He did the same when he first played Shapeshifters - Lola's theme, then play Johnnie Taylor - What about my love

 

[purist]

Shame it wasn't the Disco promo 12 you found Pete, recently it's been fetching towards £300 (https://www.popsike.com/RARE-PLEASURE-LET-ME-DOWN-EASY-RARE-DJ-COPY-PROMO-12-UNPLAYED/160893721735.html

On a tangent, years ago digging through came across a quantity of the US press 7", maybe 30 copies. Thought I could probably move on a few in swaps, so decided to take a dozen. Did a quick check to make sure they were all the same unplayed condition and kinda half noticed something different about the one label (I think I thought it was a different font?) There was so much stock to get through that trip I rapidly moved on with my searching and never gave it another thought. Years later I was going through my records looking for something to put in my cheapy x-over/modern swap box for that nite at Albrighton and found the remaining copies, still unplayed. Having learned from my mistakes of the past I thought I must make sure to hang on to a copy before they all go. I chose one at random, put in in a sleeve and dropped it into a 70's playbox.
Time goes by and one nite I play it as a memory jerker in a modern set, and as i'm putting it back in it's sleeve the next DJ on is already on the stage and he said to me " can I have a look at that". I thought 'surely he knows this tune', but handed him the 45 anyway. As he gave it me back he said words to the effect of " I've never seen one like that before".  Puzzled, I looked at it, and the penny dropped. I must have included this 'different looking one' years before, and luckily it was the one I'd added to my collection. Now the difference isn't all that great, but it's there and I think instinctively when you look through a quantity of 45's anything different registers in a part of your brain.
We chatted for a while and he produced a copy from his DJ box and we compared the two. I don't know why it hadn't clicked with me but my copy was a promo. I think it looked different because the label colour was brighter, the print was much darker, and the white writing at the bottom of the label was larger and in a bigger font and much more prominent.
For my own satisfaction I've checked back and found close to 200 copies sold on the net. Amongst those there's only 2 of these promos. Dunno about anyone else, but with common records I think it's nice to have them in their rarest format, so for once I think I've been lucky.
I'm not great at prices but I reckon if the 7" issue is worth a tenner, surely my 7" demo has gotta be worth 20?  

 

[Souljazera]

Was sampled by David Morales on his hit "Needin'  You"

 

 

Same record also sampled My First Mistake by the Chi-Lites...I was involved in spotting many a sample on house records !!!