Description The Sugarhill Gang on Sugarhill 542. "Rapper's Delight" (same song on both sides. long version 15.00 minutes. short version 6.30 minutes) The cover is in VG++ condition. (has a name written on it and a price sticker) The record is in VG++ condition. This is the ultra rare very first pressing from 1979 of this record on the red Sugarhill label with black print. very few of these were made on this label!! it was later issued on a blue Sugarhill label. This record is generally considered to be the first rap / hip hop record ever made. The picture is only a partial scan of the record and record cover. Below is a mention about this record in the "wikepedia" encyclopedia: "Rapper's Delight" hit #36 on the U.S. pop charts, #4 on the U.S. R&B charts, #1 on the Canadian Singles Chart, #1 on the Dutch Top 40, #3 on the UK singles chart, and #2 on VH1's top 100 hip-hop songs of all time (in Australia it sank without a trace). Reportedly it became the first hip-hop single to go diamond (5 million copies), but it should be noted that Sugarhill was one of many small independent labels that were not willing to let outside accountants go through their books; thus, it has never been certified by the RIAA. In 1980 the song was the anchor of the group's first album The Sugarhill Gang. It was the first Top 40 song to be available only as a 12-inch extended version in the U.S. Early pressings (very few) were released with a red label, with black print, on Sugarhill Records, along with a 7" 45rpm single (which is very rare). Later pressings had the more common blue label, in orange colored "roulette style" sleeves, while even later pressings were issued in the more common blue sleeves with the Sugarhill Records logo. In Europe, however, it was released on the classic 7-inch single format on French pop label Vogue, with a shorter version of the song. It was this 7" single that reached number one in the Dutch chart. The song ranked #248 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[7] Please use the shipping calculator to determine the shipping costs. GRADING OF RECORDS MINT – record looks new and perfect looking. Not many records make this grade. NEAR MINT – record is ‘like new” very clean with only possibly the most minor and superficial of marks. VG++ record has only very minor surface marks and wear and is in excellent condition. VG+ record shows some surface marks but the record is still in relatively good shape. no feel-able scratches VG record shows a fair amount of wear. may have feel-able scratches G record shows excessive wear.