On The Strength
LABEL: Elektra
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: D.J. Tracks On Hip Hop Albums
RELEASE YEAR: 1988
CATALOGUE NO: 960 769-1
RUNOUT GROOVES: 960769-1-A STE 60769A DMM-2 1-2 SPGER MASTERDISK DMM R/S ALSDORF 90 (Side A) 960769-1-BX STE 60769B-DMM-2 1-2 SPGER MASTERDISK DMM R/S ALSDORF 90 (Side B)
COUNTRY: Germany
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in April 1988 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE ‘On The Strength’ (Elektra 960 769-1)
Strong rap album with the Collage ‘Get In Touch With Me’/Patrice Rushen ‘Remind Me’-based slinkily jogging 94-0bpm ‘Fly Girl’, JB-scratching “Flashformer” technique-filled 97bpm ‘This Is Where You Got It From’, scratch-crammed 95bpm ‘The Boy Is Dope’, chugging 97bpm ‘Cold In Effect’, jittery 96⅙bpm ‘On The Strength’, Martin Luther King dedicated swaying 93⅚-0bpm ‘The King’, lurching 104⅓bpm ‘Yo Baby’, jerky 94bpm ‘Leave Here’, Steppenwolf’s rockily jolting 103⅓bpm ‘Magic Carpet Ride’, and the currently-12 inched 105⅙bpm ‘Gold’.
SIDE B: THE BOY IS DOPE
MIXED BY: Grandmaster Flash
LENGTH: 03:07
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a D.J. cut-up.
SIDE A:
GOLD - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
COLD IN EFFECT - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
YO BABY - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
ON THE STRENGTH - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
THE KING - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
SIDE B:
FLY GIRL - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
MAGIC CARPET RIDE - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
LEAVE HERE - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
THIS IS WHERE YOU GOT IT FROM - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
