Various ‎– Street Sounds Electro 9

well this is where it all started for myself back in 1982/1983 and have been collecting vinyl since .these where truley a great collection and myself have most off .does any one out there remember mike allen i think on saturday nights on capital radio if so does any one have any recordings if so please get in touch

Everyone has a favourite 'Electro' album and this one is mine.
At the time The Show was the biggest smash hip hop single ever (it seemed) and Doug and the crew were on Top Of The Pops! A great start to the album segueing into Bad Boys which is a great track utilising some old-school rhyme patterns.
D.St's Home Of Hip Hop is mixed in next (and edited) by Mastermind. This track was instrumental in teaching a few people I knew where hip hop began, least of all me.

Turn the tape over and we're into TWCWK's World Class with an absolutely fat acapella intro making way for the monstrous Oberheim DMX drum machine ("it's not an 808 or a Drumulator, it's a DMX cos it is greater!") with DJ Yella on the cut. I love the little extras that Mastermind does to this track, the scratches and edits and the way that Needle To The Groove comes in.
The Fat Boys is a mediocre effort compared to the rest of the LP but then Rockmaster Scott soon drops and you see that THIS is the way to end an album. We get to hear the ending of the song that Mike Allen always faded out whenever he played it on Capital Radio!

Another fantastic 'Electro' release. No. 9 starts strongly with The Show, a typically-fun Doug E Fresh cut. Skip forward ( figuratively speaking - it's on wax! ) to The Home of Hip Hop, D St of course referring to New York's Bronx. Few would argue. Up next, my favourite on the record,
Kid Frost's Terminator. Strong, solemn rap, coupled with evocative, futuristic synth. The essence of Electro. Next 2 tracks are mediocre, but Electro 9 ends on a high with a true hip-hop anthem, Tha-Roof-is-On-Fiyaaaah!!

This was the last of the good batch of electros from Steetsounds. Waiting for your birthday so you can go and buy a record from NSS, will never be the same.
I wonder if Kev Ginger still has his electro collection?