Disco Scratch

I was normally pretty good at putting dates and shows on tapes but this one had no inbfo on it.  I remember knocking the inlay up on the computer at college when I was doing a business studies GCSE (I got a grade U!).

If you can’t read the front it says the following (ahhh, bless him says the crowd)

I Quote…

“THIS IS THE DEFFEST HIP HOP COMPILATION OF 1989

STARRING

DAVE PEARCE & THE PEARCE POSSE

TIM WESTWOOD

PETE TONG

CHECK OUT GLR FROM 8P.M. – 10 ON SUNDAYS, 7P.M. – 10 ON MONDAYS

CAPITAL RAP SHOWS ON SATURDAY MORNING  FROM 12 – 1:30

AND THE DANCE SESSION FROM 8-10 ON SATURDAY EVENING

DON’T FORGET THE SOUL SESSION ON CAPITAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON

SMOKIN’”

Hah, brings a smile to my boat this.  I was 16, absolutely craving for any form of hip hop I could get my hands on while chasing birds at college (Havant college in Pompey big up Dave & Mark the Nave!)

So I used to tape the Saturday night Capital show as well as it had NY rap reports and all that, and just used to let the tape run to get a fix of soul stuff as well, although I’ve never bothered with that style of soul really since, I still like the earlier 80s soul stuff but the late 80s started to get dodgy.  I suppose it was a way for the hard rocks to go to a dance and cop off with some bird.

On the tracklist if I didn’t know or cou;dn’t catch the name of the track I used to l;eave it blank, put a question mark or listen to the name of it when it was said again and again and make a good guess.  Tim was a pro at messing up track names or mis pronouncing names.  Still, it makes for entertaining listening!

If you Can’t read my scrawl the tracklist is:

a1.?
a2.Ms Melodie – To Sing All Night
a3.Cookie Crew – Born This Way
a4.TV News
a5.T La Rock – Flow With The New Style
a6.Gig Guide
a7.Cuetips & Dashy D – Control
a8.Sweet Tee – Lets Dance
a9.Lakim Shabazz – Lakim’s Theme
a10.D 2 The K – Slow Jam
a11.Shut Up & Dance – Spike BST & Cash Money
a12.Sweet Tee – On The Smooth Tip
a13.Kid N Play – Rolling With Kid N Play
a14.London Top 10
15.?

b1.7A3 – Express The Mind
b2.Instrumental
b3.Salt N Pepa Live at Manchester Apollo
b4.Manchester Hip Hop Top 10
b5.MC Peaches – Treat Her Like A Lady
b6.Antoinette – Let The Music Go
b7.Justice – The Desolate One
b8.James Brown – Don’t Tell It
b9.The JBs – Same Beat
b10.Old Break – Doin it after Dark
b11.Cookie Crew
b12.Cool Gee Rap & DJ Polo – Back Again
b13.Tone Loc – Doin’ It After Dark
b14.Lakim Shabazz – Pure Righteousness
b15.3 x Don’t – Dividends

Hah, B15 is a prime example of trying to decipher a track name, obviously this is 3 x Dope – Funky Dividends

I kept it exactly as I wrote it 20 years ago cos I don’t front, word to the jimmy!

Enjoy, leave some comments about another slice of UK Hip Hop history, especially about the live UK part & the top 10s.

 

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