yeah I forget all of those stripped down percussive instrumentals on the trax et al b sides......
the jive and the mix your own stars are form 82/83.... i think farley's on that bbc doco - playing his rhythm traks underneath a Salsoul/Prelude acapella - supercool kinda cool for djs to have that playing underneath phases of the dj set....and then you can play doubles of your more 'feature' tracks over the top....whilst keeeping the beat goin.building up and down..kinda the same sorta principals derrick may and the hotmix guys took to radio mix shows with the 'tape loop' - playing the percussive break downs of the cool tracks of the day underneath their actual mixes......does anyone do that anymore? on 3/12/02 10:26 PM, James Bucknell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > here are the details on the two jive releases: > jive rhythm tracks vol 2, (jive 1295-1-J 1982) > more jive rhythm tracks (jive va66003 1982) > > farley put out two rhythm track e.ps on trax in 1986, funkin with the drums, > and funkin with the drums again. > > relief records continued the chicago tradition with a number of releases > that had sample based rhythm tracks. dj tools v.4 has italo disco classic > klein and the mbo used for rhythm tracks. > > a rhythm track is just another name for bonus beats. and the best mix on a > 12" is the bonus beats. > james (bonusbeats) > > > > >> >> Cool... can you post the info on the record labels themselves? Do they have >> 'catalog numbers' as such? Or is the actual year on any of them? >> >> peace, >> Matt MacQueen >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:28 PM >> To: 313 >> Subject: (313) rhythm tracks? >> >> >> i've got a few rhythm tracks on vinyl - most notably jive rhythm tracks 1 >> and two and mix your own stars - I know these were very popular mix tool >> especially for the early-mid 80s chicago djs..... >> >> are there any more I should know about? does anyone know more history about >> these very anonymous productions? on the jive tracks some rhythm tracks are >> the basis of Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" and Soft Cells "Tainted Love" >> - which came first the rhythm track or the full production? so many >> questions...... >> >> rc >> >> >
