{"id":3812,"date":"2016-07-11T14:57:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/va-boombox-1-early-independent-hip-hop-electro-and-disco-rap-79-82-3lp\/"},"modified":"2019-04-03T17:40:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:40:03","slug":"va-boombox-1-early-independent-hip-hop-electro-and-disco-rap-79-82-3lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/va-boombox-1-early-independent-hip-hop-electro-and-disco-rap-79-82-3lp\/","title":{"rendered":"V\/A &#8211; Boombox 1- Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro and Disco Rap 79-82 &#8211; 3LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soul Jazz Records<\/strong>\u2019 new \u2018<strong>Boombox<\/strong>\u2019 features some of the many innovative underground first-wave of rap records made in New York in the period 1979-82, all released on small, independent, often family-concern record companies, at a time when hip-hop music still remained under the radar.<\/p>\n<p>This first exuberant wave of innocent, upbeat, \u2018party on the block\u2019 rap records were the first to try and create the sounds heard in community centres, block parties and street jams that first took place in the Bronx in the mid-1970s. But where Flash, Kool Herc and Bambaataa were back-spinning, mixing and scratching together now classic breakbeat records like The Incredible Bongo Band\u2019s \u2018Apache\u2019 or Babe Ruth\u2019s \u2018The Mexican\u2019, these first rap records were all made using live bands, often replaying then current disco tunes, whilst MCs rapped over the top, creating a unique sound that later became known derisively as \u2018old school\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>And while hip-hop started in the Bronx, rap on vinyl began in Harlem where long-time established rhythm and blues producer-owned record companies such as Joe Robinson\u2019s Enjoy Records, Paul Winley\u2019s Winley Records, Delmar Donnel\u2019s Delmar International and Jack \u2018Fatman\u2019 Taylor\u2019s Rojac and Tayster were the first off the mark to realise the commercial potential of rap music &#8211; releasing early ground-breaking records that all quickly followed in the wake of the first rap record, The Sugarhill Gang\u2019s Rappers Delight, a million-selling worldwide hit.<\/p>\n<p>This collection celebrates these first old-school rap records, bringing together rare, classic and obscure tracks released in the early days of rap.<\/p>\n<p>Deluxe double CD-pack comes with slipcase, 40-page outsize perfect-bound booklet, extensive notes, exclusive photography and original label artwork. 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