Deee-Lite World Clique 1990 US Orig LP Elektra Groove Is In The Heart
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Description
Original 1990 US pressing of Deee-Lite's debut album World Clique on Elektra (60957-1), the record that gave the world "Groove Is In The Heart." House, funk, and soul from the New York club scene, complete with the printed lyric and comic inner sleeve. Vinyl graded VG+ (visually, not play-tested); jacket VG with a cut-out notch. From a working DJ's collection. Original 1990 US Pressing · Debut Album
Deee-Lite
World Clique
Elektra · 60957-1 · 1990 The debut that put Deee-Lite on the map, and the home of “Groove Is In The Heart.”
The StoryI first got “Groove Is In The Heart” on a cassette single. Then I bought World Clique on CD and played it to death, enough that the disc ended up scratched. For a stretch after that I was rocking MP3s I had ripped off that same worn CD, and they skipped in the exact spots the scratches were.
When I started DJing in Brooklyn in the early 2000s, I finally tracked it down on vinyl. This is that copy, and it has been in my crates ever since.
Under the one song everyone knows is a whole New York club record: house, funk, and soul running together, Lady Kier out front, Towa Tei and Super DJ Dmitry building the tracks. This copy carries an old cut-out notch on the jacket, a discount-bin mark from the era rather than any damage, and the wear of a record that got played.
Why This One- • The 1990 debut, home of “Groove Is In The Heart,” one of the defining singles of its moment.
- • Deee-Lite’s high point: house, funk, and soul in one record, deeper than the hit alone.
- • Original 1990 US pressing on Elektra (60957-1).
- • Rated 4.38 / 5 by the Discogs community.
- • Complete with the original printed inner sleeve of lyrics and comics.
Graded conservatively to the Goldmine standard, media and sleeve separately.
Vinyl: glossy with light surface scuffs visible under raking light, no deep scratches; not play-tested.
Jacket: carries a cut-out notch on the open edge (a distributor’s discount mark from the era, not use damage) plus corner and edge wear, graded VG for those; the art is bright and the seams are solid.
Insert: the printed lyric and comic inner sleeve is present, with light wear.
Visually graded under strong light, not play-tested, and priced with that in mind. What you see is the exact record that ships.
Shipping & care: ships promptly and packed to survive the trip: record in a clean inner sleeve inside the jacket, jacket in a fresh protective outer sleeve, boxed in a rigid LP mailer with stiffeners. It arrives exactly as it left.
Serious bidders: happy to answer any questions, or run an audio / play-quality check on request. Just message me before the auction ends.
From a working DJ’s collection · graded conservatively · packed with careprice rating
