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Condition: New Sealed. Drilled case.
Part 1 of Tommy Boy's comprehensive compilation of early electro, hip-hop, and freestyle hits concentrates on the fundamentals. The collection begins as it must, with Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force's epochal "Planet Rock," a sort of Rosetta stone for producers in the decade that followed and beyond. Loved (and sampled) to this very day, "Planet Rock" cleared the way for all the tracks that follow it here (arranged chronologically), including "Walking on Sunshine" by Rocker's Revenge and Jellybean's timbale-mad upgrade of Babe Ruth's "The Mexican." But despite the limitations implied in the compilation's subtitle, "New York Electro Hip-Hop + Underground Dance Classics, 1980-1985," the set reaches back to earlier sources, inevitably including Kraftwerk's bleats, blips, and beats.
TRACK LISTINGS
1. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa, Soulsonic Force
2. Play at Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol
3. Walking on Sunshine - Rockers Revenge
4. Don't Go - Yazoo
5. Mexican - Jellybean
6. Bostich - Yello
7. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
8. Numbers/Computer World - Kraftwerk
9. Don't Make Me Wait - Peech Boys
10. Just an Illusion - Imagination
11. Starchild - Level 42
12. Little Bit of Jazz - Nick Straker Band
13. Dirty Talk - Klein, Klein + M.B.O., M.B.O.
14. Love Money - T.W. Funkmasters
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