A.B.C.
LABEL: B.B.H.
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1988
CATALOGUE NO: BBH-1
RUNOUT GROOVES: BBH1A R (Side A) JFK1A A PORKY PRIME CUT. (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in June 1988 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
The Mafia ‘ABC’ is possibly the best limited circulation white label mixer since Coldcut’s ‘Hey Kids What Time Is It?’ — created by an anonymous Torbay lad, it in similar 111-0-102-102⅔bpm style starts with Nina Simone ‘My Baby Just Cares For Me’ and then blends the Jackson 5 ‘ABC’ with James Brown ‘Funky Drummer’ before combining Public Enemy’s “bass how low can you go” with Cheryl Lynn ‘Encore’ (with a monotonous piano looping 118½bpm ‘Gismo’ flip by JFK)
The Mafia ‘ABC’, described last week, turns out to emanate from Waterlooville (Portsmouth) based BBH Records
SIDE A MIX: A.B.C.
MIXED BY: The Mafia
LENGTH: 04:59
GENRE: Funk/Soul/Hip Hop
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me (1961); Big Daddy Kane - Raw (1987); James Brown - Funky Drummer (1970); Jackson 5 - ABC (1970); Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Faith (1988); Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause (1987); Bill Withers - Lovely Day (1977); Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long (1983); Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (1987); Cheryl Lynn - Encore (1983)
This release also has another track on it that isn't a megamix.
SIDE B:
GISMO - J.F.K.
