One copy · 2018 US pressing

Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One Energy Control Center

Name: Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One – Energy Control Center
Brand: Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One
SKU: MLD-11979243
Price: 30.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

$30.00 CAD · graded NM / NM

Black avant-garde jazz originally out in '73 and the only copy of that one is on the market for 5 figures. This is your next closest thing, and this one is a novel.

Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One – Energy Control Center

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The record

1973 2018 now

Artist: Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus One
Record: Energy Control Center
Label: Now-Again Records
Released: 1973
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz, Modal, Post Bop
Pressings: One of 8 (this one from 2018)

Discogs source ↗

This copy

Color 180g Gatefold

Year: 2018
Country: US
Catalog #: NA 5157
Format: 2× Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Gatefold 180g

Two Goldmine grades, one for the record and one for the sleeve, each out of 10. I don't sell anything below a 3.

Record NM 9/10

Sleeve NM 9/10

Demand25% 429 want · 1725 have

Rarity24 for sale on Discogs worldwide

Discogs suggests (NM)CA$32a mint copy goes for CA$76

My price$30.00-6% vs Discogs

Tracklist

A

A1 Wench
A2 Blues For Curtis
A3 Cold Bair
A4 Energy Control Center

B

B1 Leo
B2 Jupiter's Child
B3 The Phantom

C

C1 Leo (Alternate)
C2 All Praises To Allah (Alternate)
C3 Cold Bair (Alternate)

D

D1 The Phantom (Alternate)
D2 All Praises To Allah (7" Single Version)
D3 Me
D4 Ain't Gonna Wait Too Long
D5 Bullets Of A Gun
D6 Waiting On Your Mind
D7 400 Years

More listening

How I priced it

CA$30.00 CA$32.01

Low High

Discogs suggests (NM): CA$32.01
A mint copy goes for: CA$75.51
My price: $30.00(-6% vs Discogs)

Last 10 sold

Sold Jun 7, 2026M/M $48.65
Sold May 20, 2026M/M $35.58
Sold Apr 1, 2026NM/NM $24.88
Sold Feb 28, 2026NM/NM $44.74
Sold Feb 3, 2026VG+/VG+ $39.05
Sold Jan 27, 2026VG+/VG+ $37.57
Sold Jan 22, 2026M/NM $24.87
Sold Sep 4, 2025VG+/VG+ $25.02
Sold Sep 1, 2025NM/NM $27.79
Sold Aug 22, 2025VG+/VG+ $27.34

Grades read record/sleeve. Filled bar: sold in the same grades as mine (NM/NM). Outlined: one grade matches. Dashed line: my price. Hover a row for the date.

Prices checked Aug 12, 2026 against the exact Discogs pressing. Check me. Photos come from the Discogs entry for this release. Credit or removal on request.

The fine print

Free pickup in Vancouver. Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight.

Shipping & pickup

Pickup in Vancouver is free at any size, and it gets you at the new arrivals first.

Everywhere else in Canada ships by weight, worked out at checkout. Records are heavy, so the shop works in boxes. A box holds 12. A full box ships free anywhere in Canada. So does $250, whichever comes first.

Returns

If a record arrives worse than I graded it, tell me within 14 days. I'll email a Canada Post return label as a QR code. Take the package to any post office. No printer, no cost to you. Store credit for the full amount once it's back.

Otherwise sales are final.

The ritual, before it reaches you

Played first

Every record gets a needle test before it's listed. If it doesn't play clean, it doesn't get posted.

Matrix-matched

The dead-wax runouts are read character by character and matched to the exact Discogs pressing. This one, not one like it.

Graded Goldmine

Record and sleeve graded separately to the Goldmine standard, as honestly as my ears and eyes allow. The grade sets the price.

Washed

Every record runs through the HumminGuru washer. Goat-hair brushes, alcohol-free fluid. It dries on the rack before it's shelved. Dust is not a genre.

Fresh outer

Slipped into a brand-new outer sleeve, so the jacket you get stays the jacket I graded.

Packed apart

Before boxing, the record comes out of the jacket and rides beside it. The old mailer trick that stops seam splits in transit.