The Shades of Black on Julmar

[thomas]

Hi there,

I acquired a copy of the Shades of Black, Mystery of Black, on Julmar the other day. And wondered a bit about the "low" price. I always assumed it is a very, very rare record. If my memory serves me right I read somewhere that it is as rare as "only a handful of copies around". Also it was comped on one of those "Rarest of the rare funk 45" compilation and was reissued on the Funk45/Jazzman label a few years ago.

Popsike and Frenzy have 5-6 auctions listed over the past 6 years ranging from 350$ to 55$ for a cracked copy.

Somebody has any info on the actual rareness? Are there bootlegs or other reissues?