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MIXTAPES > ROOM A: NY Electro & Early Hiphop (early to mid 80's)!! Either scroll down and enjoy the ride, OR: *Quick Jump* to the details by clicking on a mix number, (then hit "back" on your browser to return to this list): mixA.01: Tony Humphries (1983) & Red Alert mixA.02: Remastered/Expanded: Latin Rascals (1985) mixA.03: Remastered/Expanded: Latin Rascals (1984-85) mixA.04: Remastered/Expanded: Chuck Chillout (1985) mixA.05: Remastered/Expanded: Red Alert (1985) mixA.06: no longer exists, folded into the expanded remasters. mixA.07: Remastered/Expanded: Red Alert (1985-86) mixA.08: Red Alert (1985) & Tony Humphries (1985) mixA.09: Red Alert (1987) mixA.10: Chuck Chillout (1988) mixA.11: Red Alert (1989) mixA.12: Electro 1 (1983-85) mixA.13: Electro 2 (1983-85) mixA.14: Electro 3 (1983-85) mixA.15: Remastered/Expanded: Jazzy Jay/Afrika Bambaata (1983) mixA.16: Remastered/Expanded: Latin Rascals (1990 + 1999) mixA.17: Just Added: Georgie Boy (Latin Rascals) (1983-89) For info on prices and ordering, click on the big pink "order here" button at the top left of your screen. DON'T WORRY: it doesn't commit you to a purchase. It's simply the info you'll need TO order, k? If for some reason you don't SEE a big pink "order here" button, you've probably cruised in to JUST this page via a search engine. Simply CLICK HERE to enter thru our front door. And all shall be revealed!
This section is all vintage WRKS, the premier NYC station that pumped out its KISS-FM Sat. Nite Mastermixes chronicling NYC hiphop, electro and underground. The Latin Rascals! DJ Red Alert! Chuck Chillout! And you'll find our in-house "history of Electro" mixes here, as well. Quick Notes: Check out ROOM "Z", where you'll find MORE Latin Rascals & other early 80's NYC mastermixers Check out ROOM "C", where you'll find some great "oldschool" electro and hiphop mixes.

mixA.01) DJ's: Tony Humphries (12/83) & Red Alert (12/93) (2cd set) Not only are both sides INCREDIBLE, we purposely juxtaposed an original, VERY early and rare Tony mix (rocking HIP-HOP!) with a mix by Red exactly TEN years later...rocking pretty much the SAME records!!! Simply coincidental and it's fun to compare the different styles over a ten year gap...check this one out!! And if you want more Tony Humphries, see below and also, visit mixtape room D.
mixA.02) DJ's: The Latin Rascals (WRKS/NYC, 1/10/85) + ??? (WUSL/Philly '85) (2cd only, no cassette) July, 2003: newly remastered/expanded from 1cd to a 2cd set. Was 85m. NOW: 153m! The Latin Rascals half of this 2cd set is THE MIX that inspired this catalog, created back in 1985. Damn: I've been rockin' these mixes for over 22 years now! Absolutely essential mixing and tape-splicing by the Zen Masters Of The Beat! The last 3 trax of the Rascals mix here (Hall & Oates to Shannon) duplicate the first 3 trax of Z.09, which CONTINUES this mix for another half-hour fleshing out and completing the mix. So by getting A.02 AND Z.09, you'll have the ONLY 2 hour Latin Rascals mix in existence! PLUS: i recently unearthed a never-before-offered EXCELLENT Philadelphia-based hiphop/club mix that doesn't credit the DJ but is SMOKIN' HOT, with an eclectic selection similar to what the Rascals were doing, and including actual broadcasted-from-the-gig LIVE selections from the then-current Grandmixer DST/Herbie Hancock, and LL Cool J tours! DST is amazing on the two trax here, see below, and we hear a "freestylin'-goofin' around" side of Cool J as he rocks the mic to WAX some other nameless MC...probably Kool Mo Dee since the two were battling back then.
mixA.03) The Latin Rascals on WKTU '84 & WRKS '85 (2cd only, no cassette) July, 2003: newly remastered/expanded from 1cd to a 2cd set. Was 85m. NOW: 153m! The first cd: from WKTU's "Paco SuperMix" day show and "Studio 92" (Johnnie Allen) weekend show. Thanx to Johnnie Freeze for supplying the original cassette mixes that became this (first) cd. The second cd: from WRKS, 3/85...and i added a 30m. 10/84 set. These are the legendary tape-splice megamixes Latin Rascals fans FEEN for!
mixA.04) DJ: Chuck Chillout (1985: January & July) (2cd only, no cassette) July, 2003: newly remastered/expanded from 1cd to a 2cd set. Was 79m. NOW: 154m! Hardcore underground hip hop and WAIT till you hear how he rocks regular then-popular radio jams on side two...nice LONG mixes of everything, giving Chuck a chance to stretch out and really show his skills: extending the breaks, double-beating, cutting and blending his ASS off!
mixA.05) DJ: Red Alert (1985) (2cd only, 146m., no cassette) Jan, 2005: newly remastered/expanded. Was 69m. NOW: 146m.! 2/85, 5/85, 8/85, 10/85. The best mix-segments from FOUR different early great Red Alert two-table mixathons with some real rarities! Nice loooonnnnggg mixes of each jam for those of you who want a jam IN a mix but hate when there's only a minute or so of the track you wanted! Red *hears* ya, and stretches out, obviously having a lot of fun with each song before moving on to the next one. Nice LONG stretched-out mixes of the jams as Red and Jerry Young shut up and get BUSY, proving yet again what a wonderful DJ Red Alert was back then! His mix of "Basketball", as a perfect example of this, is to DIE for: long, phasing, double-beating, all the "Red Alert" tricks in this splendid mix!
mixA.06)...no longer exists.

All the material on it has been moved to other mixes here. If you have a GREAT quality WRKS mix from 1983-1987 that isn't simply a rehash of what's already IN this room, and is at least 80m. long, contact me and maybe we can work something out so i can fill the gap here with a "new" A.06!
mixA.07) DJ: Red Alert (8/85-10/86) (2cd only, no cassette) July, 2003: newly remastered/expanded from 1cd to a 2cd set. Was 77m. Now: 155m! Highlights include a GREAT funk breakbeats mix on cd-1 of this superb mixathon.
mixA.08) DJ's: Red Alert (11/85) & Tony Humphries (6/85) (1cd, or 90m. (a) cassette w/bonus trax) Side A: Red in his heyday, starting off with a "Krush Groove" supermix. Side B: you'll LOVE the way Tony mixes HIP-HOP (rare).
mixA.09) DJ: Red Alert (8/87) (2cd only, no cassette) Another great Red set highlighted by a superb half hour LIVE megamix/tribute to DJ Scott LaRock, who was shot and killed the night before.
mixA.10) DJ: Chuck Chillout (fall, '88) (1cd set) or 100m. (b) cassette (for only a short while longer: ask first): It'll save you 50%! Chuck mixes, scratches and cuts it up on the best new jams of early '88 PLUS a slammin' mini-set by MC Chill (WZAK, Cleveland). Nice LONG versions of everything, as Chuck takes his time and live-remixes everything, rockin' the breaks and so on. Excellent!
mixA.11) DJ: Red Alert (Late '89) (1cd set) or 90m. (b) cassette (for only a short while longer: ask first): It'll save you 50%! Cuttin' BREAKBEATS!!! (yep, he was in one of those moods that night!!) ....over 35 jams cut, blended and sliced 'like we used to do'! Highly Recommended!!
(the next three tapes comprise our "History of Electro" series, dutifully mixed by DJ Mastermind from the long out-of-print "Electro" series circa 1983-1986. Very highly recommended, especially if you're new to the genre.)
mixA.12) ELECTRO 1 (2cd set) or 110m. (b) cassette (for only a short while longer: ask first): It'll save you 50%!
mixA.13) ELECTRO 2 (2cd set) or 110m. (b) cassette (for only a short while longer: ask first): It'll save you 50%!
mixA.14) ELECTRO 3 (2cd only, no cassette)
mixA.15) DJ's: Jazzy Jay & Afrika Bambaata, WRKS '83 + DJ: Wolf-D, Buffalo '84 (2cd, 160m., no cassette) Jan, 2005: newly remastered/expanded. Was 79m. NOW: 160m.! I can't believe i've been SITTIN' on this stuff for decades, but i've recently unearthed these SUPERB sets by the double-team of Jay and Bam, kickin' it wicked on a weekend night to all of New York City. Filling out the cd is a 23m. set by perhaps the BADDEST local dj from the hometown of Apollo Records (the store), Buffalo's DJ Wolf (aka: Wolf-D). Cocksure, playful and MEAN on the tables, i wish i had HOURS of his stuff, but sadly, it's all lost to history. I don't mean to downplay the importance of adding Bam and Jay to the AJ catalog, but it's a GIVEN that set's gonna get you off. Just trust me when i say: when you hear Wolf, you are gonna shit your pants! Yeah, he shows off a bit, but the guy was a PRO, ghetto style, and never let what he COULD do interfere with keeping a dance floor groove. Did i say i was happy to have ANYTHING by him? That man was cold-blooded: nuff said.
mixA.16) DJ's: Latin Rascals: 1990 Reunion Mix/ 1999 Reunion Mix (2cd only, no cassette) July, 2003: newly remastered/expanded from 1cd to a 2cd set. Was 79m. NOW: 150m! One mix all-freestyle, the other all-deephouse & neo-garage.
mixA.17) DJ: Georgie Boy (Latin Rascals): 80's edit/splice mixes! (2cd only, 151m.!) George writes: "I'm happy to see there are still so many fans of the Latin Rascals (Tony Moran & Albert Cabrera). I have a lot of history with Albert and did mixes with him and for him. I was married to his sister Brunilda and we were all from 102nd Street in Spanish Harlem. Before the Latin Rascals was Albert, Me, Tony, and a guy callled "Fingers". He is the one you hear playing keyboards on a lot of the mixes. I used to help Albert out when The Latin Rascals were working for Arthur Baker, making mixes for 98.7 KISS-FM, and I use to do splicing mixes for him. "I am the voice on the Latin Rascals 98.7 Kiss Fm mixes (NOTE: see mixA.02, above!) after the "Say who can it be ..Say What! ...Say who can it be, everybody", then i say: "The Latin Rascals" with the devilish laugh. That is the same voice and laugh I do on MY mixes, as well." "Shep Pettibone was the reason i started mixing in the late 70's and 80's. I went under the name "Georgie-Boy" and did mixes for WKTU (103.5, NYC) and stations in Boston. A lot of music lovers have no idea what the splicing and editing thing was all about. I remember sitting in my room with my huge reel to reel laying flat on a table and me splicing and splicing for hours. Many people don't know that a 5 minute splice mix could literally take hours by the time you find the mark, mark up the spot, then you have to splice it with a razor blade and tape each piece to each other. I would walk out of the room with neck pains and upper back pains. I hated mixing one turntable to another turnatable, I just found that too boring and it is something that another dj could do as well. Splicing and cutting takes a lot of work and it is guaranteed to separate you from your regular average dj. I thank you for taking time out to listen to my mixes!" This tracklisting only scratches the surface of all the jams swooping in and out of this SUPERB mix. If you dig the Latin Rascals, you're gonna LOVE this. Enjoy!