Essential Electro: The Business
LABEL: Street Sounds
SERIES: Electro
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1984
CATALOGUE NO: HBOX 1
RUNOUT GROOVES: HBOX-1-17-1 (Side Q) HBOX-1-18-1 (Side R)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in November 1984 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror). This release contains 9 albums, but I only have the bonus disc.
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
Street Sounds are boxing all eight previously released ‘Street Sounds Electro’, ‘Crucial Electro’ & ‘UK Electro’ albums plus an otherwise unavailable bonus LP of the US Vintertainment label’s various ‘Hip Hop On Wax’ mixers as a limited edition ‘Essential Electro — The Business‘ 9-pack, due in three weeks for about £28
SIDE Q 1: HIP HOP ON WAX Volume 3
MIXED BY: D.J. Chuck Chillout (as D.J. Born Supreme Allah)
LENGTH: 04:45
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY THAT ARE BEING CUT UP:
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy (1984); Newcleus - Jam On It (1984); James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (1970); Time Zone - The Wildstyle (1983)
SIDE Q 2: HIP HOP ON WAX Volume 2 Crazy Def Version
MIXED BY: D.J. Red Alert
LENGTH: 05:24
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY THAT ARE BEING CUT UP:
Adams & Fleisner - Pulsar City Alarm (1984); James Brown - Funky President (People It's Bad) (1974); B.T. Express - Do You Like It (1974); Pleasure - Celebrate The Good Things (1978); 20th Century Steel Band - Heaven & Hell Is On Earth (1975); Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973); Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Blow Your Head (1974); Cymande - Bra (1972); M - Pop Muzik (1979)
SIDE Q 3: HIP HOP ON WAX Volume 1 Long Version
MIXED BY: D.J. Chuck Chillout
LENGTH: 06:51
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY THAT ARE BEING CUT UP:
Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983); Mohawks - The Champ (1968); Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun (1972); Liquid Liquid - Cavern (1983); Fearless Four - Fearless Freestyle (1983); Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (1972); Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973); Jackie Robinson - Pussyfooter (1976)
SIDE R MIX: HIP HOP ON WAX VOLUMES 3, 2 & 1 Crazy Electro Mix
MIXED BY: John Hechtman
LENGTH: 18:45
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:
D.J. Born Supreme Allah - Hip Hop On Wax Volume 3 (1984); D.J. Red Alert - Hip Hop On Wax Volume 2 (1984); D.J. Chuck Chillout - Hip Hop On Wax Volume 1 (1984)
