Egon | Crate Diggers | Fuse

The former Stones Throw Records general manager and Now-Again Records founder shows off an ultra-rare James Brown test pressing of "Power", the Detroit Sex Machines record that he shared with J Dilla in his final days, and the Nigerian album that Madlib sampled for "Beat Konducta in Africa".

Crate Diggers takes you behind closed doors to see the private vinyl collections of the world's top artists, producers and DJs.

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[unicornuanalmunez]

Whatever legacy Egon thinks he has, is now tarnished with this whole rhyme book stunt. What a sad little man he is.

[yearsago]

These guys are so deep into music and collecting it's ridiculous, I love it.

[ollieill]

I like how he brings up the money angle and regrets about past purchases.  Those are the kind of stories you will always hear from the deepest record collectors. 

[TasherreRisayMusic]

After this, I'm officially an Egon fan. Dude has some of the greatest stories.

[skylr]

In terms of sheer obscurity, I think the only person who could possibly surpass this is Madlib. Even guys like Shadow and all the big producers of the 90s haven't tapped into rare music from the unknown corners of the world like Madlib and Egon have. Quality over quantity -- literally every record he pulled out here is worth thousands.

[aljr]

I love watching all these crate diggers DJ collections while I don't collect vinyl because they are hard to find in my city I do collect video games from the Atari 2600 up. So I get a kick out of watching other collectors and their collections. It makes me feel better that other people have bigger collection than my video games collection.

[LLB-lhlh]

this guys sounds like more of a dealer than a collector

[NickCooper]

Thank you, Egon. You have introduced me to so much music and my heart has swelled because of your efforts. Eternally grateful.

[VCCassidy]

If I ever say the words "I'll buy anything from Zambia, " that's when my friends should set up a record collecting intervention.

[HazeAnatomy]

One of the best episodes of Crate Diggers... My first glance at the Video I though Donavon had a Crate Diggers Episode LMFAO!

[dakotasmith]

4:45 that album is The Feed-Back by The Group, a great Krautrock record with a young Ennio Morricone on trumpet

[fredrich]

Perhaps the biggest name dropper of all time?

[aljr]

I love the fact that these guys get the weirdest records that hardly anyone has ever heard of or come from around the world.

[infyouth]

This episode was INSANE!

Makes me wanna toss my ENTIRE collection out the damn window.

[DannyPanza]

I could listen to that man speak all day.

[JeAga_]

Good to know someone search for brazillian records, as a brazillian I know few people who REALLY look for those deep tracks... Cheers from Brazil!!

[SwayLizard]

When the fuck are they gonna get Madlib on this show?

[Lux]

Gotta love this Dude, Loved this Episode, Preemo, Q-Tip, Large Professor, Marley Marl, Showbiz, Buckwild, Prince Paul, DJ Mark 45 King, K-Def, Madlib, MF DOOM, Salaam Remi, Alchemist, 9th Wonder, Statik Selektah etc, Peace

[dmaster]

That Galt McDermott acetate flex was so lowkey I fucking got blown back into my wall.

[TheKnowitAllSection]

I've heard of Egon but I never knew his work or what he looked like etc. After seeing this I really like the guy. He's himself he has knowledge he just seems real cool. I'm definitely very interested and going to find stuff he's done. Anyone have any suggestions of his work?