Volume 7, Program 9
LABEL: Disconet
SERIES: Double Dee & Steinski Lessons
GROUPING: The Lessons
RELEASE YEAR: 1985
CATALOGUE NO: MWDN709
RUNOUT GROOVES: MWDN709A EDP MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK HERBIE JR. (Side A) MWDN709B EDP MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK HERBIE JR. (Side B) MWDN709-1 EDP MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK HERBIE JR. (Side C) MWDN709-2 EDP MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK HERBIE JR. (Side D)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 2 x 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in April 1985 (source: Hotdiscomix web site)
WHAT THE D.J. NEWS INSERT HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE MEGAMIX ON THIS RELEASE:
Professors Doug DiFranco and Steve Stein (a/k/a Double Dee & Steinski, famous for "Lesson 1/ Play That Beat, Mr. DJ" and "Lesson 2/The James Brown Mix") are back with "Lesson 3." Herman Kelly & Life's "Let's Dance" keeps the thread together, and we're pleased to welcome JFK, Lauren Bacall and Groucho to your dance floor. Ralph MacDonald's "Jam On The Groove" congas are superb, as are Newcleus, Afrika Bambaataa and all of the other cameos on this neat street edit.
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
Double Dee & Steinski, with Whiz Kid, are creating “an historic mastermix” of classic hip hop tracks for an LP on US Tommy Boy which next month will compliment Steve Hager’s similarly titled book ‘Hip Hop’, the album (and the mastermix’s starting point) featuring such seminal “break” oldies as the Incredible Bongo Band ‘Apache‘, Dennis Coffey ‘Scorpio‘, Baby Huey & The Babysitters ‘Listen To Me‘, Ralph MacDonald ‘Jam On The Groove‘
Tom Silverman in our DC limo played Double Dee & Steinski’s latest ‘Lesson Three‘ mindblowing mastermix medley, now sent me on cassette ahead of its inclusion on Tommy Boy’s future “history of hip hop” album: using such as Herman Kelly ‘Dance To The Drummer’s Beat’ and the inevitable Incredible Bongo Band ‘Apache’ it synchs in such blasts as ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’, and Lauren Bacall’s immortal “whistle” line cuts straight from “you just put your lips together and . . .” into the Fat Boys bullfrog-ish Human Beat Box!
Herman Kelly has evidently been cutting up rough over the inclusion of his old ‘Dance To The Drummer’s Beat‘ in Tommy Boy’s ‘Roots Of Rap’ LP and its Double Dee & Steinski medley, which seems to have put the project in jeopardy: unless he has equally clever re-release plans himself, what more profitable use could he find for such an obscure track?
SIDE C MIX: LESSON 3
MIXED BY: Double Dee & Steinski
LENGTH: 04:54
GENRE: Funk/Soul/Rock/Electro/Hip Hop
COMMENTS: This is the original release of the mix, and it can also be found on side A of R.P.M. - History Of Hip Hop, side B of Tommy Boy - Jazz Mix, side A of Tommy Boy - Lessons EP and side A of B Boy Breaks.
Information on how this mix was created can be found on the official Double Dee & Steinski web site here, and in a YouTube video here.
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:
Otis Redding - Good To Me [Live] (1966); Led Zeppelin - The Crunge (1973); Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer's Beat (1978); Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio (1971); Buchanan & Goodman - The Flying Saucer (1956); Baby Huey - Listen To Me (1971); Ralph MacDonald - Jam On The Groove (1976); Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973); Archie Bleyer - Hernando's Hideaway (1954); Newcleus - Jam On It (1984); Dynamic Corvettes - Funky Music Is The Thing (1975); P-Funk All Stars - Generator Pop (1983); Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long [Live] (1993); Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (1982); Fat Boys - Human Beat Box (1984)
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a megamix.
SIDE A:
THIS IS NOT AMERICA Miss Kimberly Extended Edit - David Bowie/Pat Metheny Group
SECRETS OF THE NIGHT - Colin Stoddard
SIDE B:
R.S.V.P. Extended Edit - James & Susan Wells
STARGAZING Casey Jones Extended Edit - Earlene Bentley featuring Sylvester
SIDE C:
THE FACTS OF LIFE - Tim Greene
LET'S DO IT - Jimmy 'Bo' Horne
SIDE D:
I ONLY LOVE YOU Steven Von Blau Extended Edit - Yarbrough & Peoples
SECOND NATURE Extended Edit - Dan Hartman
