Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG )
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG )
Country:    US  
Released:  1980
Genre:       Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style:         Funk, Disco

Comments:

 

Notes:

Released in a gatefold jacket.

Labels specify "Artist - The Sugar Hill Gang" and show the title as "Sugar Hill Gang"; the jacket just shows "Sugarhill Gang".

Back cover: © 1979 Sugar Hill Records, Ltd.
Labels: ℗ © 1980 Sugarhill Records Ltd.

Cover: SH245
Label: SH-245

All tracks published by Sugar Hill Music Publishing Ltd.; track B3 also published by Chic Music, Inc.

This version is the Bestway Productions pressing plant variation and can be identified by the text on the labels and by the runout groove etchings.

A1. Here I Am 5:09
A2. Rapper's Reprise (Jam-Jam) 7:40
A3. Bad News 6:45
B1. Sugar Hill Groove 9:52
B2. Passion Play 5:10
B3. Rapper's Delight 4:55

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout SH-245-A (V1A-1-BW)
Matrix / Runout SH-245-B (V1B-2-BW)
Matrix / Runout VIA-1-RE STERLING
Matrix / Runout VIA-2-RE ✩ STERLING
Pressing Plant ID BW
Rights Society BMI

Copyright (c) Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
Published By Sugar Hill Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By Chic Music, Inc.
Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound
Pressed By Bestway Products Inc.