v/a- YO! BOOMBOX: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83 3LP d-beat Opening with a mesmerizing piece

Opening with a mesmerizing piece from 1978 pairing the voice and tamboura of Anne Klingensmith with letters spat out by a Speak n' Spell to the accompaniment of the randomized melodic patterns of DeMarinis's homebuilt electronic instrument "The Pygmy Gamelan"

Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win

Misunderstood by some who it was aimed at… but up there with the Ruts and Stiff Little Fingers in terms of incendiary punk debut 45’s

Very sweet and earnest folk from long time player John Prine

"Elemental 7 has cast a looming shadow of influence over almost all electronic music since it was made" - Boomkat

v/a- YO! BOOMBOX: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83 3LP d-beat Opening with a mesmerizing pieceIncludes bonus 7". Also available without 7" (lower price). New installment of Soul Jazz Records Boombox series on the early days of hip hop on vinyl and features some of the many innovative underground first wave of early rap and disco rap records made in the USA in the period 1979 83. The album includes the first releases of seminal groups such as Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five and The Funky Four Plus One through to a host of rarities and