Diplo
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Diplodocus (Diplo) — “Thingamajawn,” Birney Elementary Version.
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2003 · Money Studies Records
Thingamajawn
Diplo’s early vinyl identity was Diplodocus. “Thingamajawn” introduced that name on a small Money Studies seven-inch in 2003, with two versions that point toward the different dance-floor traditions he was bringing together. [1] [2]
| Accession | OMMA-0140 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Diplodocus (Diplo) |
| Release | 2003 · United States |
| Label | Money Studies Records · ms-003 |
| Format | 7-inch vinyl single · 45 rpm |
| Issue | US issue |
| Runouts | Not documented |
| Recorded grade | NM |
Release history and significance
Turntable Lab, which pressed the record, identifies it as both Money Studies’ first vinyl pressing and Diplodocus’s debut on vinyl. Staff later found copies tucked away in their office and offered the rediscovered stock for sale—a modest afterlife for a record made before his international breakthrough. [1]
The release belongs to the period when Wesley Pentz and Low Budget were developing Hollertronix in Philadelphia. Pentz recalled wanting DJ work and feeling out of place in existing clubs. Their own parties gradually attracted a following for the combinations of records they played together. [3]
The seven-inch pairs the “Birney Elementary Version” with the “Baltimore Version.” Its compact format gives each treatment a side of its own; the later twelve-inch has a different Money Studies catalogue number. [2]
Market context
Discogs lists sales for the ms-003 seven-inch from US$3.50 to US$14.39, with a median of US$6.00, as recorded on 14 September 2026. [2]
Physical Description
Black-vinyl seven-inch in a company sleeve. Side A contains the four-minute “Birney Elementary Version”; side B contains the shorter “Baltimore Version.” [2]
Condition
The seller graded the disc Near Mint and the company sleeve Very Good Plus.
Provenance
Purchased through Discogs from seller recordsbymail on 18 August 2026.
Sources
- Turntable Lab, Diplo — Thingamajawn 7-inch deadstock. The issuing label’s account of the 2003 pressing and rediscovered stock.
- Discogs, Diplodocus — Thingamajawn, release 263872. Release reference and sales statistics consulted 14 September 2026.
- Mark Pytlik, interview with Diplo, Pitchfork. 2 April 2005. Pentz recalls the beginnings of Hollertronix.
Catalogue text reviewed 14 September 2026.