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Unique Distributors

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1) Do not ask us to check out your music on your profile page. We won't.
2) Do not ask if you can submit your music to us. The answer is right below here in red .
3) Do not ask where to send your samples. The answer is right below in red .
4) Do not send comments promoting music releases, unless the release is carried by Unique. (Some exceptions only to current business associates).
5) Do not send oversized comments. They will be deleted. (Some exceptions only to current business associates).
Since 1980, Unique Distributors has been a master wholesaler distributor in the Music / Video Industry. Unique specializes in new, current and classic 12" vinyl records and Vinyl LPs. We also carry some CDs, DVDs, DJ Equipment, DJ Accessories, Books, Magazines and more.

Unique has been in business for over 25 years and supplies customers with products offered by over 1000 record labels. Unique represents all of the major labels (including exclusive repressings only available for purchase through Unique) and a huge list of independent labels and imports from Europe.
Unique is the largest VINYL (12", LP, 7") distributor in the United States, if not the entire world. We have many exclusive titles for new releases and classics. Our specialization is in all formats of Urban (hip hop, r&b, reggae, etc.) and Dance (house, techno, club, etc) music.
We have also become one of the largest distributors in the U.S. for DJ Accessories such as cartridges and needles, record and CD bags and cases, slipmats, headphones, music related books and MANY other DJ related accessories and electronics.
We stock the following manufacturers:
Stanton, Shure, Ortofon, UDG, Odyssey, Slappa, Sicmats, Glowtronics, etc.
Please be advised that certain products are not available for export sales.
Unique offers our customers a variety of features through our B2B website. You can order online, check your account status, track your shipment, listen and view new and upcoming releases and much more!!!
Key Features of our secure website include:
1.) Real time inventory - up to the minute quantity levels listed for all products
2.) Pre-order capability (no money up front for preorders)
3.) Soundbytes so you can preview an item before you buy it.
4.) A link so that you can download the entire inventory into Microsoft Excel
5.) All UPS packages may be tracked through our website as its attached directly to the UPS database
6.) Sorting capability (ex. by artist, title, label, configuration, genre and more).
7.) Ability to view backorders and open invoices.

To apply for an account, please fill out the appropriate forms here (U.S. businesses must also send back a copy of your state tax ID certificate):
New Customer Forms
MENTION "MYSPACE" ON YOUR ACCOUNT APPLICATION AND GET 5% OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER
(offer good only to brand new accounts)
** Unique is proud to offer it's international customers a discount of 60% off the basic UPS Express rates (1-2 day delivery service in most areas). If you would like additional information in regard to this service, please let us know.
B2B WHOLESALE ONLY !! Sorry, we do not sell direct to the public.
We can refer DJ's, collectors, etc. to some of our various customers who can supply you.
ARTISTS, REMIXERS, PRODUCERS, DJ's, ETC. LOOKING TO SUBMIT PRODUCT FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGH UNIQUE, PLEASE READ BELOW:
All nonsolicited submissions for music to be distributed by Unique Distributors will ONLY be considered if 2 physical copies (vinyl and/or cd or combination) and a proper one-sheet, is mailed to our buying department at our main office. The address is:
UNIQUE DISTRIBUTORS
1200 Shames Drive
Westbury, NY 11590
ATTN: BUYING DEPARTMENT
All other inquiries will be ignored. Sorry, but we get tons of solicitations and we can not work with every song known to mankind. If you have submitted your material in the proper manner and have not heard back from Unique within 3 weeks, we probably have no interest in that item at this time, or you did not provided us with everything we have asked.
Your one-sheet MUST include the following:
Artist name
Song title
label name
genre of music (one word)
EP or album titles, if applicable
featured artists, if applicable
producers
remixers
complete track listing on final release
streetdate
UPC code, if applicable
wholesalers cost (price Unique will pay), including any discounts
retail/list price
your contact information (name, phone, email, etc.)
very brief synopsis of record including selling points, what it sounds like and if it can be compared to anything (keep very brief)
Samples will not be returned.
Unique does not accept items sold that are non-returnable.
Thanks!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.UniqueDist.com
Band Members: Record Retailers and Etailers
Record Labels
Artists
Artist Management Companies
DJ Equipment stores
DJ Equipment manufacturers

Influences: Vinyl - 12", LP's, 7", 10"

DJ accessories -
(some manufacturers):
AKG

Case Logic

Denon

DMC

Gemini

Gig Skinz

Glowtronics

JVC

Littlite

Numark

Odyssey Gear

Ortofon

Pickering

Pioneer

Rane

RCA Discwasher

record jackets & sleeves

Road Ready

Sefour

Sennheiser

Shure

Sicmats

Slappa

Sony

Stanton

Technics

Thud Rumble

UDG

Vestax

VARIOUS RECORD LABEL ITEMS

etc.

CD's

DVD's (Top titles):
Art Of Turntablism + Trix :: Various

Beat Street Dvd :: Beat Street Dvd

Beef II :: Dvd

Brainstorm 3 :: MC Battle Dvd

Disco:Spinning The Story :: Dvd

DJ Flare :: Magnifrying Glass

DJ Producer :: How 2party Rock

DJ Shadow :: Live! In Tune And On Time

DJ Shortees Dj 202 Dvd :: Dvd

DMC U.S. Finals 2005 :: Live At Webster Hall

DMC USA Finals :: DMC USA Finals

DMC/Technics USA Finals 2003 :: DJ Champions

Freestyle :: Art Of Rhyme

Freshest Kids :: History Of The B-Boy

Hip Hop Honeys:Brazil Boom Boom :: Dvd

Hip Hop Honeys:Las Vegas :: Dvd

Hip Hop Honeys:Tasty Flavors :: Dvd

Kanye West :: College Dropout W/ CD

Maestro :: Soundtrack Various (2 Dvd Set)

Next Level :: Various Artists

Qbert :: Qberts Complete Do It Yourself Vol. 1

Qbert :: Do-It Yourself Vol. 2

Qbert :: Wave Twisters The Dvd

R.Kelly :: Trapped In The Closet 1-12

Roc Raida :: Adventures Of Grand Master 3

Scratch :: 2 Disc Set

Scratch All The Way Live :: Various

Skratchcon 2000 :: Dvd

Style Wars :: Style Wars

Turntable Tv Pres. DJ Qbert :: Live Australia Asia Tour

Warriors Ultimate Directors Cut :: Dvd

Wild Style :: Various - Grandmaster Flash

World DJ Champions :: Volume 2

World DJ Championships 2004 :: Various

DJ Equipment
(some manufacturers):
Behringer

Cerwin-Vega

Denon

Furman

Gemini

Numark

Pioneer

Rane

Stanton

Teac

Technics

Vestax

etc.
Books (Top titles):
A Time Before Crack (Charlie Ahearn, Terrence Jennings, Jamel Shabazz)

Aerosol Kingdom: Subway Painters of New York City (Ivor L. Miller)

All You Need to Know About the Music Business (Donald S. Passman)

All-City : The Book About Taking Space (Paul 107)

A-Z of Record Labels (A-Z of Record Labels) (Brian Southall)

Back In The Days (Ernie Paniccioli, Jamel Shabazz)

Behind the Beat: Hip Hop Home Studios (Rafael "Raph" Rashid) (includes bonus CD)

Biggie : Voletta Wallace Remembers Her Son, Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. (Voletta Wallace)

Bling Bling : Hip Hop's Crown Jewels (Minya Oh a/k/a Hot 97's Miss Info)

Bomb the Suburbs (William Upski Wimsatt)

Burning New York: Graffiti NYC (James T. Murray, Karla L. Murray)

Can't Stop Won't Stop : A History of the Hip Hop Generation (Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc)

Classic Material : The Hip-Hop Album Guide (Oliver Wang)

DJ Shadow's Endtroducing... (33 1/3) (Eliot Wilder)

Dondi White Style Master General: The Life of Graffiti Artist Dondi White (Andrew Witten, Michael White)

Ego Trip's Big Book of Racism! (Sacha Jenkins)

Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (Sacha Jenkins)

Enamelized (Roger Gastman)

Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture (Yvonne Bynoe)

Fadings: Grafitti To Design, Illustration And More (Siggi Schlee) (includes bonus CD)

From Pieces to Weight : Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens (50 Cent)

Gangsta Rap Coloring Book (Anthony "Aye Jaye" Morano)

Giant - Manifestations (Mike Giant)

Gotta Get Signed: How to Become a Hip-Hop Producer (Sahpreem A. King)

Graffiti World : Street Art from Five Continents (Nicholas Ganz)

Hip Hop Files: Photographs 1979-1984 (Martha Cooper)

Hip Hop Immortals: The Remix (Bonz Malone)

Hip Hop Matters : Politics, Popular Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement (S. Craig Watkins)

Hip Hoptionary : The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology (Alonzo Westbrook)

How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records (Frank Broughton, Bill Brewster)

iPod Book : Doing Cool Stuff with the iPod and the iTunes Music Store, The (2nd Edition) (Scott Kelby)

Jay-Z...And the Roc-a-fella Dynasty (Jake Brown)

Jay-Z: The Black Book (Jay-Z)

Last Night a Dj Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton)

Life and Def : Sex, Drugs, Money, + God (Russell Simmons)

Looking for the Perfect Beat : The Art and Culture of the DJ (Kurt B. Reighley)

Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979 (Tim Lawrence)

Make It Happen : The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success (Kevin Liles)

Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop (Music Culture) (Joseph G. Schloss)

My Life And The Paradise Garage : Keep On Dancin' (Mel Cheren)

Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs 1985-2005 (Ricky Powell)

Rakim Told Me: Wax Facts Straight from the Original Artists--The '80s (Brian Coleman)

Revolucion!: Cuban Poster Art (Lincoln Cushing)

Sneaker Freaker (Simon Wood)

Sneakers (Karin Glarner)

Sneakers : Over 300 Classics (Neal Heard)

Sneakers: The Complete Collectors' Guide (Unorthodox Styles)

Spraycan Art (Henry Chalfant, James Prigoff)

Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Revised and Expanded Edition (Daylle Deanna Schwartz)

Sticker Graphics: all you need is… (All Rights Reserved) (box set includes stickers)

Street Logos (Tristan Manco)

Subway Art (Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant)

Tattoo (Dale Rio, Eva Bianchini)

That's the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader (Murray Forman)

The Art of Getting Over (Stephen Powers)

The Book of Hip Hop Cover Art (Andrew Emery)

The Dead Emcee Scrolls : The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop (Saul Williams)

The Ganzfeld 4: Art History? (Picturebox)

The Rap Records 2004 Edition (Freddy Fresh)

The Skills to Pay the Bills : The Story of the Beastie Boys (Alan Light)

The Sneaker Book: Anatomy of an Industry and an Icon (Tom Vanderbilt)

The Vibe History of Hip Hop (Alan Light, Vibe Magazine)

The Wu-Tang Manual: Enter the 36 Chambers, Volume One (The RZA)

There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs (Kool Moe Dee)

Tupac : A Thug Life (Sam Brown)

Tupac Shakur (Quincy Jones, Vibe Magazine)

Turn the Beat Around : The Secret History of Disco (Peter Shapiro)

Turntable Technique: The Art of the DJ (Berklee Guide) (includes bonus 12" record)

Turntable Timmy (Michael Perry, DJ Qbert) (includes bonus 12" record)

Vinyl Junkies : Adventures in Record Collecting (Brett Milano)

We B*Girlz (Nika Kramer, Rokafella, Martha Cooper)

Where'd You Get Those?: New York City's Sneaker Culture, 1960-1987 (Bobbito Garcia)

Who Shot Ya? : Three Decades of HipHop Photography (Ernie Paniccioli)

Yes Yes Y'All: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade (Jim Fricke)
Magazines (some issues):
Elemental
Remix
Source
Urb
Vibe
Wax Poetics
XXL

Sounds Like: Hip Hop
R&B
Soul
Funk
Reggae
House
Dance / Club
Techno
Minimal
Trance
Electronica
Tribal
Party Breaks
Breakbeats
Rock
Oldies
Classics
Imports
Exclusives
Record Label: over 1,000 indy and major labels
Type of Label: Major

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