DIANA ROSS THE BOSS WARLOCK RARE MOTOWN RECORDS 7" w/ PS CHICAGO LBGTQ PARTY
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Mar 21, 2025 Sold Date
Mar 14, 2025 Start Date
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"Though the back side clearly reads “Record insert … The Boss by Diana Ross, courtesy of Motown Records,” it seems Motown had very little, if anything, to do with this picture sleeve. For one thing, there is no other mention of Motown or Diana Ross, and no company logo.

Based on the text provided, we know this paper sleeve, along with a promotional copy of “The Boss” (Motown 1462), were made specifically for a record industry party in Chicago, possibly a gathering to announce Diana's new release to local record distributors.

The event details are printed on the sleeve, almost like an R.S.V.P. invitation

The timing makes sense, as just three weeks later “The Boss” made its national chart debut.

Research about this rarity turned up only 2 other known copies to exist according to an article written back in Feb. of 2011 by "Mr. Music" Jerry Osborne. 

Now for the really bizarre parts: The front has a black-and-white photo of six white, nude-from-the-waist-up, so-called warlocks (male witches). With their all-white eyes - having neither iris nor pupil - these guys look more like extras from "Night of the Living Dead."

On the back side is a black, zombielike warlock, with many lines of gobbledygook text. Here are just two thought-provoking definitions:

"Warlock: a practitioner of black magic; a satanic being known to have intercourse with the dark forces."

"Solstice: a highest point, culmination or limit; the summer solstice, when the sun is at the zenith of the Tropic of Cancer."

For now, only a few copies of the Warlock "The Boss" picture sleeve is known to exist. One would think more were made, especially if intended to be an attention-getting way of circulating promo copies of Ross' new release. Perhaps there were more at the party, and only a few survived.

Drooling Motown collectors are calling it a monster, and they don't mean in the zombie, science-fiction sense. They refer to its possible four-figure value, if ever offered for sale. 





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