American Mega-Mix
LABEL: C.B.S.
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: Single Artist Megamixes
RELEASE YEAR: 1984
CATALOGUE NO: TA 4616
RUNOUT GROOVES: TA4616A1 (Side A) TA4616B1 (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in May 1984 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
HERBIE HANCOCK: ‘Mega-Mix’ (US Columbia 44-04960)
Not to be mistaken for an earlier inferior UK release, this brilliant if somewhat floor confusing 0-111⅔-0-111⅔–111¼bpm mega-mix by Grandmixer D.ST. throws together snatches and scratches of ‘Rockit’, ‘Autodrive’, ‘Future Shock’, ‘TFS’, ‘Rough’, Chameleon ‘84’ and even the chimes of Big Ben! A little too disorientating to be huge although certainly a hip hop collectors’ item.
SIDE B MIX: MEGA-MIX
MIXED BY: Grandmixer D. St.
LENGTH: 06:19
GENRE: Electro
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:
Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983); Herbie Hancock - Autodrive (1983); Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983); Herbie Hancock - T.F.S. (1983); Herbie Hancock - Rough (1983); Herbie Hancock - Chameleon '84 (1984); Time Zone - The Wildstyle (1983)
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a megamix.
SIDE A:
HARDROCK Long Version - Herbie Hancock
SIDE B:
T.F.S. - Herbie Hancock
