The Album
LABEL: 10
SERIES: Mantronix Album Megamixes
GROUPING: Single Artist Megamixes
RELEASE YEAR: 1985
CATALOGUE NO: DIX 37
RUNOUT GROOVES: DIX37 A-2U-1-1- 1 (Side A) DIX37 B-2U-1-1- 1 (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: This album had a U.S. release on Sleeping Bag Records in 1985 but was only released in the U.K. on 10 Records in March 1986
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
MANTRONIX ‘Ladies’ (LP ‘The Album’ US Sleeping Bag Records TLX-6)
Snorting up the floors in London as the next ‘Alice’, the rapping duos’s similarly buoyant 102bpm new wave hip hop jitterer is joined on a particularly solid set by the initially Midlands-favoured 0-102⅔bpm ‘Bassline‘, their classic 98bpm ‘Needle To The Groove‘, its 97⅓bpm ‘Mega-Mix’, the violent 96bpm ‘Hardcore Hip-Hop‘, more subdued 95bpm ‘Get Stupid “Fresh” Part I‘ and 97⅔bpm ‘Fresh Is The Word‘.
MANTRONIX ‘The Album’ (10 Records DIX 37)
Dangerously late UK release for the solid hip hop set, its hot 0-102⅔bpm ‘Bassline’ being due soon remixed and flipped by a ‘Ladies‘ remake, although there are still the classic 98bpm ‘Needle To The Groove‘, its 97⅓bpm ‘Mega-Mix‘, and the violent 96bpm ‘Hardcore Hip-Hop‘.
SIDE A MIX: MEGA-MIX
MIXED BY: The Diamond II (Chep Nunez & Charlie Dee)
LENGTH: 05:33
GENRE: Hip Hop
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Mantronix - Needle To The Groove (1985); Mantronix - Fresh Is The Word (1985)
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a megamix.
SIDE A:
BASSLINE - Mantronix
NEEDLE TO THE GROOVE - Mantronix
SIDE B:
HARDCORE HIP HOP - Mantronix
LADIES - Mantronix
GET STUPID "FRESH" Part I - Mantronix
FRESH IS THE WORD - Mantronix
