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Double Dee & SteinskiLesson 1, 2 & 3

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Cut-up/DJ, Electro

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Tracklist

Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix)5:00
The Payoff Mix (Mastermix Of G.L.O.B.E. And Whiz Kid's: "Play That Beat Mr. D.J.")5:20
Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix)4:23

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    Cover of Lesson 1, 2 & 3, 1985, VinylLesson 1, 2 & 3
    12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
    Tommy Boy – TB 867US1985US1985
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lesson 1, 2 & 3, 1985, VinylLesson 1, 2 & 3
    12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Test Pressing
    Tommy Boy – TB 867US1985US1985
    Needs Changes
    Cover of Lessons 2 & 3, 2017, VinylLessons 2 & 3
    7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo
    Tommy Boy – TB 867UK2017UK2017
    Cover of Lessons 1 - 3, , VinylLessons 1 - 3
    12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Tommy Boy (2) – TB 867UKUK
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lessons 1 - 3, , VinylLessons 1 - 3
    12", Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Tommy Boy (2) – TB 867USUS
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lesson 1, 2 & 3, , VinylLesson 1, 2 & 3
    12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Reissue, Unofficial Release
    Tommy Boy (2) – TB 867USUS
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Lesson 1, 2 & 3, , VinylLesson 1, 2 & 3
    12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Unofficial Release
    Tommy Boy (2) – TB 867USUS
    Needs Changes
    Cover of Lesson 1, 2 & 3, , VinylLesson 1, 2 & 3
    12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Unofficial Release, White Label
    Not On Label – KARL 1

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    • highestpleazure's avatar
      Have one for sale for those who are interested. Message me.
      • theironchef's avatar
        theironchef
        Edited 10 months ago
        The comment below is meant to be a joke - I hope. This was a landmark release and their cut and paste style inspired folks like DJ Shadow - who released his homage to Double Dee & Steinski - aptly titled Lesson 4 on his on the b-side to his wax debut (found here - but be careful lots of bootlegs are mixed in here: https://www.discogs.com/release/1787827-Lifers-Group-Shadow-Real-Deal-Shadow-Remix-Lesson-4). Cut Chemist, QBert, Mixmaster Mike, all the great DJs on wax took inspiration from this release.

        From Wikipedia:
        In 1983, Tommy Boy Records held a promotional contest, in which entrants were asked to remix the single "Play That Beat, Mr. D.J." by G.L.O.B.E. and Whiz Kid. By day, DiFranco worked in a professional music studio, while Stein was a copy supervisor for Doyle Dane Bernbach. Although the two were older (27 and 31, respectively) than most of their peers in the hip-hop community, they were both enthusiasts of the genre; Stein, in particular, had been attending downtown rap clubs for years and had an extensive knowledge of hip-hop's history (although early hip-hop records did not appear until 1979, DJing was a phenomenon that had been around since 1973. Stein claimed to draw inspiration from the Dickie Goodman records of the 1950s, which edited together pop songs and comedic commentary
        Their contest entry, "Lesson 1 – The Payoff Mix", was packed with sampled appropriations from other records—not only from early hip-hop records and from Funk and Disco records that were popular with hip-hop DJs, but with short snippets of older songs by Little Richard and The Supremes, along with vocal samples from sources as diverse as instructional tap-dancing records and Humphrey Bogart films. The record was pieced together in DiFranco's studio in 12–14 hours over two days and was critically praised.[3] The jury, which included Afrika Bambaataa, Shep Pettibone, and "Jellybean" Benitez awarded "Lesson 1" the first prize.

        DiFranco and Stein followed up this success with the track "Lesson 2 — The James Brown Mix" in 1984, which began with a sample from The War of the Worlds before quickly running through a montage of memorable breaks from classic James Brown records, as well as various other samples. Also that year, DiFranco teamed up with David Witz, a CBS Records producer who recorded as Arthur Ether, to create "Taste So Good", which they released under the name File 13. "Taste So Good" was built from snippets of recorded sex-phone calls over an original instrumental bed, and while too racy for radio in 1984, the 12-inch single found success in nightclubs and reached #38 on the Billboard Dance/Disco Top 80 on the chart week of October 6, 1984.[citation needed]

        In 1985, the track "Lesson 3 — The History of Hip-Hop Mix", attempted a survey of the great breakdancing favorites, along with snippets from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Archie Bleyer's version of the song "Hernando's Hideaway". Later in 1985, the group's first album, Lessons 1-3, was released, containing all three "Lessons". The track "We'll Be Right Back" was released in 1986 on Fourth & Broadway under the name Steinski and Mass Media. As the title indicated, the track was dominated by samples from TV and radio adverts from the 1950s and 1960s. The single reached number 63 on the UK charts.[4]
        • In2VinylUK's avatar
          In2VinylUK
          VG +Copy for sale, please message if interested. . .
          • Harlow_Records's avatar
            Gotta love records like these for all those lazy dj’s out there lolololol
            • Electro-Kid's avatar
              Electro-Kid
              Let me tell you these records were bootlegged and they was pressed in 1989 coz I got mine from Manchester underground and on mine has lesson 1 2 3 in blue stamp and there UK pressing not USA cheers
              • tommy-'s avatar
                tommy-
                I have had my copy since 84/85 can't remember but brought from record store in Islington off of upper street London
                It must be a bootleg but rare Im sure
                both side blank cream label
                one side has written on label " D + D STEINSKI LESSONS 1 + 2 + 3
                plays Lesson 1 and 2 with RP101B with MT initials on the run out
                other side blank label plays Lesson 3 with RP101A with MT initials on the run out
                • mixed_almonds's avatar
                  Actually mine does not state "TEST PRESSING" but is white lable with runout code scratched out on both sides.
                  • duanevinyl's avatar
                    duanevinyl
                    your right i have one and mine has lesson 3 printed on both sides i think there was only 500 pressed thanks
                    • djstylus_2008's avatar
                      djstylus_2008
                      Apparently one of the represses is a limited legitimate Tommy Boy repress from 2002. This has the cat# TB-867 on the runout grooves plus a scratched star. Not sure how many were pressed.
                      • doubledef's avatar
                        doubledef
                        Original has the frankford/wayne stamp on run-out groove ( i own one) , without the f/w stamp is a bootleg ,beside you can recognize the bootleg even if you don't check for the stamp from the label misprinted ( bootleg says side-a in both sides like this pic here on discogs )once again original has the f/w stamp , without the stamp the record is a bootleg or a repress ,this is to stop the doubts one time for all , peace.

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