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Shining Star - The Stranger - 1979

Arranged By, Written-By - Michele Violante
Mixed By - Marco Trani
Producer - A. Candelora
Written-By - Kynsha 
Released  april 1982

Electric Mind - Summing Up

Kerr - back at ya

Ecstasy,Passion And Pain - Touch And Go

An underplayed and much more intense version of the hit tune.  I was glad Mancuso dropped this version and not the BS mix.

Modern Romance - Salsa Rappsody 12" WEA import dub 1981

The Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh I Love It (Love Break) - Shep Pettibone remix 1975

Jackie Mittoo - Disco Jack

Samba Soul - Mambo No. 5 (12" 1977)

Phreek - Weekend (Larry Levan Remix)

Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Vendors - Best by Request

John Holt, Jackie Mittoo & Welton Irie - Why Can't I Touch You

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. Composed of one DJ (Grandmaster Flash) and five rappers (Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Mr. Ness/Scorpio, and Rahiem)

Super Rappin' Theme

Spoonie Gee (born Gabriel Jackson) is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of the few rap artists to release records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term hip hop and some of the themes in his music were precursors of gangsta rap.

Jackson was born in Harlem, New York City first recording came about after Peter Brown visited Robinson's record store and mentioned that he was looking to make a rap record.[3] 

Spoonie's name was suggested, and he recorded "Spoonin' Rap", which was released on Brown's Sound Of New York, USA imprint, featuring a lyric that included jailhouse references that would later become common in Gangsta rap, and with echo applied to vocals in a similar way to many Jamaican deejay records.[4] Spoonie Gee has been described as "the original gangster rapper".[5][6]


He then recorded for Robinson's Enjoy! Records, his first release for the label being the similarly minimalistic "Love Rap" (on which he was accompanied on Congas by his brother Pooche Costello), issued on the B-side of the Treacherous Three's "New Rap Language" (on which he also featured), leading to his early nickname of 'The Love Rapper'.[1][4] 

Jackson was a founding member of the Treacherous Three, along with L.A. Sunshine and Kool Moe Dee. The group added Special K as a member when Jackson left to record his first single. The group was named Spoonie Gee and the Treacherous Three when Jackson returned for a period before going solo.[7]


He left Enjoy! and moved to Sugarhill Records, where he enjoyed further hits with "Spoonie's Back" and the collaboration with The Sequence on "Monster Jam".[1][4] 


He moved on again to Aaron Fuchs' Tuff City label, on which the majority of his later output was issued, including "That's My Style", on which he attacked Schoolly D for copying his style.[2] By the mid-1980s, he was also working in a rehabilitation centre for people with learning disabilities.[1][3] 

His career took off once again in 1987 with his debut album, The Godfather of Rap, produced by Marley Marl and Teddy Riley, and issued on the Tuff City label.[1] His career has since been hampered by several spells in prison.[2]

Spoonie Gee, Spoonin Rap - I Don't Drink Smoke Or Gamble Neither (B-Side)

Fusion Beats Vol.2 (Bozo Meko)

From: Change The Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1979-1987, out March 5th on Strut Records.

Mathematiques Modernes is a duo comprised of Claude Arto, and the "queen of Paris punk," Edwige Braun-Belmore. "Disco Rough," originally released in 1980, features synthesizers heavily, and marries Celluloid Records' French origins with the kind of eclectic, arty dance music that label owner Jean Karakos became enamored with upon visiting New York City.

Change The Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1979-1987 collects two discs worth of classic sides on the Celluloid label, spanning major contributions from early in the era of recorded hip-hop, experimental dance music, and world music fusions.


Mathematiques Modernes- Disco Rough (Long Version)

Johnny Harris - Odyssey Pt 2 1980

I'm inclined to use a rubber glove....that $h!t is EPIC....

Bo Kool - (Money) No Love  - 1980

The "X-Medley" is a mixed and edited medley that Francois Kevorkian created that was never intended for sale or distribution due to the licensing difficulties. This is a bootleg, unlicensed pressing of that unreleased medley.  Enjoy responsibly



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