tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29773053816846131.post5864641679434500532..comments2024-02-21T08:27:31.042+00:00Comments on Tune Doctor : HIP HOP CLASSICS - Grandmaster Flash / Run DMCsfwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02496862033658477791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29773053816846131.post-23917359520038753782013-09-07T11:43:05.127+01:002013-09-07T11:43:05.127+01:00Great post rememer it all vividly....also remember...Great post rememer it all vividly....also remember your PhilyP mate with copy of the Run Tape...I had to remove my VW badge that yearOld Pa's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367815328789444775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29773053816846131.post-62732106319507374022013-08-31T11:16:48.556+01:002013-08-31T11:16:48.556+01:00'Too Much Monkey Business' was certainly a...'Too Much Monkey Business' was certainly an influence on 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' and is often touted as a precursor to rap. I dunno though.<br /><br />Add some Jamaican toasting to the Incredible Bongo Band's 1973 version of 'Apache' and you can see what Herc, Flash and co were driving at.<br /><br />Sadly I traded my original bunch of US Sugarhill 12"s for a compilation CD a few years ago - what was I thinking?The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29773053816846131.post-57506488686316398542013-08-31T09:37:16.097+01:002013-08-31T09:37:16.097+01:00Wow, at a Clash concert....a fiver well spent too,...Wow, at a Clash concert....a fiver well spent too, do you still have the record? Might be worth a few bob now. I haven't heard Monkey Business...I'm on it and I'll get back to you. Quite frightening that Apache was huge in Hip Hop circles, obviously they'd not seen Sir Cliff.flycasualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216911927644223730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29773053816846131.post-13423698933475441952013-08-29T20:59:28.726+01:002013-08-29T20:59:28.726+01:00I first heard 'The Adventures of Grandmaster F...I first heard 'The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel' at a Clash gig at the end of 1981. Presumably the band must have picked up a copy on their U.S. jaunt earlier in the year. The tune stopped my pal & I our tracks and we hurried over to the mixing desk to find out what this insane music was. It took a couple of months to track down a 12" on import, which cost around a fiver - serious dosh in early '82!<br /><br />(Surely the first rap record was 'Too Much Monkey Business' by Chuck Berry!)The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.com