Classic Electro: Classic Electro Mastercuts, Volume 1

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Walking on Sunshine (12″ mix)
cover recording of:
Walking on Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Grant
publisher:
Greenheart Music
Rocker’s Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin9:32
2Don't Make Me Wait (12″ dub mix)
recording of:
Don't Make Me Wait
writer:
Michael de Benedictus, Larry Levan and R. Bernard Fowler (American musician)
publisher:
Citi Peech Music
Peech Boys5:41
3White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (12″ mix)
engineer and mixer:
E.T. Thorngren and Sylvia Robinson
producer:
Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Joey Robinson, Jr. (US Electro funk/hip hop producer, songwriter & engineer) and Sylvia Robinson (Sylvia Inc.)
arranger:
Reggie Griffin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records Ltd. (not for release, copyright etc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
writer:
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
Four Hills Music Ltd and IQ Music Ltd.
is based on:
Cavern
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel47:33
4Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) (12″ mix)
recording of:
Hip Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop)
writer:
Man Parrish, John Robie and Raul A. Rodriguez
publisher:
New Image Music and Zeftor Music
Man Parrish5:32
5Rockit (12″ mix)
recorded in:
United States (in 1983)
recording engineer:
Martin Bisi (in 1983)
producer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Material (group and producer team led by Bill Laswell)
mixer:
Dave Jerden
bass:
Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) (in 1983)
keyboard:
Michael Beinhorn (in 1983) and Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1983)
performer:
DXT (US 80s hip hop, aka Grandmixer D.ST) (in 1983)
recorded at:
OAO Studio in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States (in 1983)
mixed at:
Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States
music videos:
Rockit by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
recording of:
Rockit (in 1983)
writer:
Michael Beinhorn, Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
publisher:
Ensign Music Corporation
Herbie Hancock45:24
6The Smurf (12″ mix)
Tyrone Brunson6:07
7In the Bottle (12″ mix)
cover recording of:
The Bottle
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
publisher:
Brouhaha Music, Brouhaha Music Inc. and Castle Music Ltd.
C.O.D.6:03
8London Bridge Is Falling Down (12″ dub-mix)
recording of:
London Bridge Is Falling Down (Newtrament)
writer:
Bertram Johnson
premiered by:
Newtrament
Newtrament6:09
9Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (12″ mix)
recording of:
Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
composer:
Jerry Calliste, Jr.
publisher:
Dorian Music
Hashim7:45
10Magic's Wand (12″ mix)
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
recording of:
Magic’s Wand
writer:
Thomas Dolby, Jalil Hutchins and John Rivas
Whodini55:38
11The Wildstyle (12″ dub mix)
recording of:
The Wildstyle
writer:
Afrika Bambaataa (US DJ singer, songwriter & producer), Rusty Egan and Amad Henderson
Time Zone6:27
12The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel (12″ mix)
producer:
Joey Robinson Jr. (US Electro funk/hip hop producer, songwriter & engineer) and Sylvia Robinson
performer:
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five (aka The Furious Five)
samples:
Apache by Incredible Bongo Band and Good Times (7″ edit) by Chic (US disco group)
recording of:
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
writer:
Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Gwendolyn Chisolm, Cheryl Lorraine Cook, John Deacon, Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer), Gabriel Jackson (US oldschool rapper), Master Gee (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien), Deborah Harry, Joseph Saddler, Ronald LaPread, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Sylvia Robinson, Nile Rodgers, Chris Stein, Angie Stone and Wonder Mike
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
is based on:
8th Wonder
is based on:
Another One Bites the Dust
is based on:
Apache (Sugarhill Gang version)
is based on:
Good Times
is based on:
Monster Jam
is based on:
Rapture
is based on:
The Birthday Party
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five4.657:03