Liquid Liquid "Optimo" 12" White Label Vinyl Record Promo Press Release RARE
  $   225

 


$ 225 Sold For
Aug 30, 2019 Sold Date
Jul 8, 2019 Start Date
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Liquid Liquid "Optimo" 12" white label promo with original press sheet. Very rare!


From Wikipedia:


Bahlman considered "Cavern" the record's most important track and pressed an acetate disc of it. Thinking of it as a dance song, he gauged people's reaction after giving it to his brother Bill to play at the Anvil. "Cavern" soon became popular on black radio stations in New York. Upon release, Optimo sold 30,000 copies. "Cavern" found popularity among nightclubs and hip hop musicians after DJ John Benitez used the song to close his sets at The Funhouse. McGuire gave a copy of the EP to Larry Levan at the Paradise Garage, where the band performed several times. "Optimo" and "Cavern" were used by house DJs Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy.

Elements of "Cavern" were used for the Grandmaster Melle Mel song "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)". Grandmaster Flash first encountered the song through WHBI's Zulu Beats program. Sugarhill Records' house band replayed the music with traditional instruments, using the bassline and bridge from "Cavern". Liquid Liquid was initially pleased, and vocalist Salvatore Principato commented that "we felt a combination of flattery, excitement and bewilderment". "Cavern" subsequently fell out of rotation and was replaced by "White Lines". 99 Records sued Sugar Hill for the similarities between the two tracks. McGuire accused Sugar Hill of retaliating through scare tactics, including hiring someone to scare 99's customers with a machete. Sugar Hill was ordered to pay $660,000 but instead declared bankruptcy shortly after. Bahlman shut down 99, in part because of the case's legal costs.


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