Various – Essential Electro - The Business

Label:	Street Sounds – HBOX 1
Series:	Street Sounds Electro – Box
Format:	9 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Mixed Box Set
Country:	UK
Released:	1984
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Electro

Tracklist

A1	The Packman–	I'm The Packman (Eat Everything I Can) Co-producer – Frank Heller Producer – Bobby Robinson
A2	Newcleus–	Jam On Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song) Producer – Joe Webb
A3	West Street Mob–	Break Dancin' - Electric Boogie Producer – Joey Robinson, Jr., Leland Robinson
A4	C-Bank–	Get Wet Producer – John Robie
B1	K-9 Corp–	Dog Talk Producer – Archie Ivy
B2	G-Force (21)–	Feel The Force Featuring – Captain Cee, Ronnie Gee Producer – Will Crittendon
B3	Project Future–	Ray-Gun-Omics Producer – David Spradley, Rahni Harris
B4	Captain Rock–	The Return Of Capt. Rock Producer – The Fantastic Aleems*
C1	The B-Boys–	Two, Three Break Producer – Vincent Davis (2)
C2	The B-Boys–	Cuttin' Herbie Producer – Kurtis Blow
C3	Xena–	On The Upside Producer – Chris Barbosa, Mark Liggett
C4	Hashim–	Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) Producer – Jerry Calliste Jr.
D1	Rammellzee vs. K-Rob–	Beat Bop Producer – Jean-Michel Basquiat
D2	Two Sisters–	B Boys Beware (Club Mix) Producer – Raul A. Rodriguez
D3	Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel–	White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Producer – Joey Robinson, Jr., Melle Mel, Sylvia Robinson
E1	Divine Sounds–	Dollar Bill Producer – Clark Jay, Jerry Bloodrock
E2	Imperial Brothers–	We Come To Rock Producer – Aldo Marin, Jerry Calliste Jr.
E3	Newcleus–	Jam On It Producer – Frank Fair, Joe Webb
F1	Boogie Boys–	Zodiac Producer – David Spradley, Ted Currier
F2	Pumpkin–	King Of The Beat Producer – Pumpkin
F3	Davy DMX–	One For The Treble (Fresh) Producer – David Reeves (2)
F4	Fresh 3 MC's–	Fresh Producer – Bill Moore, Dave Ogrin
G1	Steps Ahead–	Radio Active Producer – Craig Peyton, Mike Mainieri
G2	Pumpkin And The Profile All-Stars–	Here Comes That Beat! Producer – Pumpkin
G3	Herbie Hancock–	Mega Mix Producer – Grandmixer D. ST.*
H1	Run-DMC–	Sucker MC's Producer – Larry Smith, Russell Simmons
H2	Key-Matic–	Breakin' In Space Producer – Charles Casseus
H3	The VHB–	Beethoven's Fifth (Street) Symphony Producer – Vincent Davis (2)
H4	Cybotron–	Techno City Producer – Ben Grosse, Cybotron
I1	Great Peso* & Mr. Nasty–	It's Time To Rock Producer – Aldo Marin, O.C. Rodriguez
I2	Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde–	Fast Life Producer – Kurtis Blow
I3	Knights Of The Turntables–	Techno Scratch Producer – Jim Callon
I4	Egyptian Lover–	Egypt, Egypt Producer – Egyptian Lover
I5	Arthur Baker–	Breaker's Revenge Producer – Arthur Baker
J1	Captain Rock–	Capt. Rock To The Future Shock Producer – Taharqa Aleem, Tunde Ra Aleem
J2	Aleem–	Release Yourself Producer – Taharqa Aleem, Tunde Ra Aleem
J3	Fantasy Three–	The Buck Stops Here Producer – Aldo Productions
J4	High Fidelity Three–	B Boys Breakdance Producer – Aldo Marin, Jerry Calliste Jr.
K1	Tyrone Brunson–	The Smurf
K2	Warp 9–	Light Years Away Producer – John "Jellybean" Benitez, Lotti Golden, Richard Scher
K3	Warp 9–	Nunk (New Wave Funk) Producer – John "Jellybean" Benitez, Lotti Golden, Richard Scher
K4	Man Parrish–	Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop) Producer – Man Parrish, Raul A. Rodriguez
K5	Herbie Hancock–	Rockit Producer – Herbie Hancock
L1	Twilight 22–	Electric Kingdom Producer – Gordon Bahary
L2	Cybotron–	Clear Producer – 3070, Juan Atkins
L3	Hashim–	Al-Naafiyish (The Soul) Producer – Aldo Marin, Jerry Calliste Jr.
L4	Captain Rock–	The Return Of Capt. Rock Producer – The Fantastic Aleems*
L5	Time Zone–	Wild Style Producer – Afrika Bambaataa, Bernard Zekri
M1	The B-Boys–	Two, Three Break Producer – Vincent Davis (2)
M2	The Russell Brothers–	The Party Scene (SV) Producer – Larry Joseph, The Russell Brothers
M3	Davy DMX–	One For The Treble (Fresh) Producer – David Reeves (2)
M4	The Packman–	I'm The Packman Co-producer – Frank Heller Producer – Bobby Robinson
N1	Shannon–	Let The Music Play (Dub) Producer – Chris Barbosa, Ed Chisolm, Mark Liggett, Rod Hui
N2	Xena–	On The Upside Producer – Chris Barbosa, Mark Liggett
N3	Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force–	Planet Rock Producer – Arthur Baker
N4	The Jonzun Crew–	Pac Jam (Look Out For The OVC) Producer – Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun
O1	Zer-O–	Real Time (Retrospective Dub) Producer – Bellini (3)
O2	Syncbeat–	Music Producer – Pete Ramon Remix – Greg Wilson
O3	Broken Glass–	Style Of The Street Producer – Justin '84 Remix – Greg Wilson
O4	Forevereaction–	U People Producer – Eric Freeman (2)
P1	Zer-O–	Real Time Producer – Bellini (3)
P2	Rapologists–	Hip Hop Beat (Street Mix) Producer – Mastermind (7) Scratches – Whiz Kid
P3	Forevereaction–	Bed "34" Producer – Eric Freeman (2)
Q1	DJ Born Supreme Allah–	Hip Hop On Wax Volume 3
Q2	DJ Red Alert*–	Hip Hop On Wax Volume 2
Q3	DJ Chuck Chillout*–	Hip Hop On Wax Volume 1
R1	DJ Born Supreme Allah / DJ Chuck Chillout* / DJ Red Alert*–	Hip Hop On Wax Volume 1, 2, 3 Megamix

Notes

This is a 9 record box set consisting of:
Electro 1
Electro 2
Electro 3
Electro 4
Electro 5
Crucial Electro 1
Crucial Electro 2
UK Electro
and a Bonus Break (Hip-Hop On Wax)

G3 is a Mega Mix of Herbie Hancock tracks produced and mixed by Grandmixer D.ST., including Rockit, Autodrive, Future Shock, TFS, Rough, Chameleon '84.

I5 is listed incorrectly as Breaker Revenge.
5000 boxed sets only

Reviews

Linoz Jan 27, 2021
essential second wave hip hop a must to have i recomend electro number 3 a beast ....hip hop rules
D_spayre Apr 9, 2018
I have this box for years and years, bought it when it came out. Thought to look it up....worth a bit, so I guess it's time to sell, I'm not doing anything with vinyl in over 30 years now...
albababylon Dec 27, 2017
Picked this up from car boot sale years ago for next to nothing. Fantastic spread of old school hip hop.
Turned out to be a bit of a bargin too.
JFSR Feb 11, 2014
I collected the original albums as the were released back in the day.. Then, when this box came out, I sold my vinyl separate albums and put the money towards the box.. I had to have the bonus disc.. Hop hop on wax.. I do remember feeling real gutted when I opened the box to find no sleave artwork inside.. Just generic white sleave with different more colourful Streetsounds electro label designs. 32 years later, I still have the box set. The box it's self is a little battered over the years, but the vinyl still looks clean and sounds great.. And I still love it :)
axelmc Mar 18, 2011
Are the tracks mixed? sequenced, or full lenght?

cheers
phat360 Jan 19, 2007
Edited 15 years ago
To be perfectly and truthfully honest I am not totally impressed by this boxset. The reason being is that I have collected all of the individually released "Electro Streetsounds" albums because you get the same amazing tracks by the same innovative artists and the album cover artwork is also highly original, timeless and second to none. You do not get the same high standard of artwork with the boxset.
However what you do get on this album which you cannot get on the individual albums is the "Hip Hop On Wax" volumes 1,2 and 3 which have been produced by "DJ Born Supreme Allah" "DJ Red Alert*" and "DJ Chuck Chillout". These tracks are excellent slices of early Hip Hop and Electro.
I must state that this is still, "quote unquote" an essential boxset which the discerning oldschool collector of quality Electro and HipHop would need to complete the "Streetsounds" series.
A must for die-hard fans.
eiskristall Sep 17, 2004
Edited 17 years ago
THE BOMB. I learned a lot through this compilation to get an idea about the early times of hiphop-electro. Repetetive "assmoving" pattern tracks are collected with melodic masterpieces together here and definitely you know where all these samples come from which are used x-times nowadays. What a pity to be born too late for being a part of one of these block- parties at that time, the sounds are sure "lunacy on the streets" (Imperial Brothers - We Come To Rock is sounding somewhat modern, I'm heavily surprised). And now I'm curious to hear the other stuff from the artists who are credited here. Check out especially the bonus disc, the mixes are the ultimate shit!
paulh Jul 21, 2003
This just takes me back to when I first got into hiphop as a kid, me and my friends used to try to breakdance and the electro tapes would be our soundtrack. When I got a bit older and was able to afford it, I bought this collection - priceless!