Releases by Mixer / D.J.

THE MASTERMIND ROADSHOW

(HERBIE LAIDLEY, DAVE V.J., MAX L.X., K.C., C.J., D.A., JAM & MACHO MOORE)

Total Mixes: 33, Duration: 10:03:45
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Note that the mixes listed below are credited to "Mastermind" without any specific credit given to an individual member of the collective, so I don't know for certain who contributed to each one. To view a full list of mixes credited to "Mastermind", including the ones specifically credited to Herbie Laidley, click here.
Year Release Title Label Mix Title Length
1984Crucial ElectroStreet SoundsCRUCIAL ELECTRO Side 100:21:06
1984Crucial ElectroStreet SoundsCRUCIAL ELECTRO Side 200:21:53
1984Electro 03Street SoundsELECTRO 3 Side 100:19:52
1984Electro 03Street SoundsELECTRO 3 Side 200:21:18
1984Essential ElectroStreet SoundsELECTRO 3 Side 100:19:52
1984Essential ElectroStreet SoundsELECTRO 3 Side 200:21:18
1984Essential ElectroStreet SoundsCRUCIAL ELECTRO Side 100:21:06
1984Essential ElectroStreet SoundsCRUCIAL ELECTRO Side 200:21:53
1984Loose Ends - Turntable MixVirginMASTERMIND TURNTABLE MIX00:05:09
1985Electro 07Street SoundsELECTRO 7 Side 100:18:23
1985Electro 07Street SoundsELECTRO 7 Side 200:21:46
1985Electro 08Street SoundsELECTRO 8 Side One00:20:30
1985Electro 08Street SoundsELECTRO 8 Side Two00:17:52
1985Electro 09Street SoundsELECTRO 9 Side One00:19:44
1985Electro 09Street SoundsELECTRO 9 Side Two00:18:03
1985Electro 10Street SoundsELECTRO 10 Side 100:20:20
1985Electro 10Street SoundsELECTRO 10 Side 200:18:48
1985New York vs L.A. BeatsStreet SoundsNEW YORK VS L.A. BEATS N.Y. Side 100:20:48
1985Scritti Politti - Turntable MixVirginTURNTABLE MIX BY MASTERMIND00:06:30
1986Aleem - Get Loose MedleyStreetwaveGET LOOSE/RELEASE YOURSELF00:06:30
1986Doug E. Fresh - Fresh MixStreetwaveFRESH MIX00:05:07
1986Electro 12Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 12 Side One00:14:47
1986Electro 12Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 12 Side Two00:18:19
1986Electro 13Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 13 Side One00:24:17
1986Electro 13Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 13 Side Two00:22:30
1986Electro 14Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 14 Side One00:19:48
1986Electro 14Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 14 Side Two00:16:34
1986Electro 15Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 15 Side One00:17:01
1986Electro 15Street SoundsHIP HOP ELECTRO 15 Side Two00:18:48
1986Gotta Go GoStreet SoundsGOTTA GO GO Side One00:19:46
1986Gotta Go GoStreet SoundsGOTTA GO GO Side Two00:20:04
1987Crucial Electro 3Street SoundsCRUCIAL ELECTRO 3 Side One00:21:37
1987Crucial Electro 3Street SoundsCRUCIAL ELECTRO 3 Side Two00:22:26

Information:


The Mastermind Roadshow was a Hip Hop/Electro sound system and D.J. collective founded by Herbie Laidley who will forever be associated with the Street Sounds Electro series by early U.K. B-Boys as they expertly mixed so many of them. They had a regular show on the pirate station 'Radio Invicta 103.6 FM' in the mid 1980's and also had various club residencies during that period, which included 'Soho Ronnie Scott’s Maze' and 'Mayfair Gullivers'. My research suggests that the members of the collective were fluid, but in James Hamilton's Record Mirror column on 23 June 1984 he lists the members as Herbie, Dave, Max, K.C., C.J., D.A., Jam and Macho Moore. You can read an article about them in the May 1984 edition of The Face here and the below picture of the crew in Herbie's back room is taken from that article. As you can see, the picture shows seven members of the collective and I assume they are seven of the eight names mentioned in James' aforementioned column.