VA / Soul Jazz Records Presents : YO! BOOMBOX – Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83 (3LP)

Yo! Boombox’ is the new instalment of Soul Jazz Records’ Boombox series on the early days of hip-hop on vinyl and features some of the many innovative underground first-wave of early rap and disco rap records made in the USA in the period 1979-83. The album includes the first releases of seminal groups such as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and The Funky Four Plus One More through to a host of rarities and little-known obscurities such as the Carver Area High School band’s ‘Get Live 83’, an awesome record made at a Chicago high school.

Track Listing:
1. Get Live ’83 (The Senior Rap) – The Carver Area High School Seniors (7.43)
2. Do It Any Way You Wanna – Mike T (6.53)
3. Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks) – Chapter III (6.34)
4. Rock It, Don’t Stop It – Sinister Two (7.59)
1. To the Beat Y’all – Sangria (5.18)
2. Rappin’ and Rocking the House – Funky Four Plus One More (6.54)