Tommy Boy Greatest Beats
LABEL: Tommy Boy
SERIES: Tommy Boy Megamix
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1985
CATALOGUE NO: ILPS 9825
RUNOUT GROOVES: ILPS98251A-2U-1-2 1 (Side A) ILPS98251B-1U-1-1 5 (Side B) ILPS98252A-1U-1-1 5 (Side C) ILPS98252B-1U-1-1 5 (Side D)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in March 1985 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
VARIOUS: ‘Tommy Boy Greatest Beats‘ LP (US Tommy Boy TBLP 1005)
On double LP all the label’s hits from ‘Jazzy Sensation’, ‘Planet Rock’, ‘Play At Your Own Risk’, ‘Pack Jam’, ‘Rock The House’, ‘Looking For The Perfect Beat’, ‘Salsa Smurph’, ‘Space Cowboy’, ‘Play That Beat Mr DJ’ to ‘No Sell Out’, ‘Let Me Love You’, ‘Lipservice’, ‘Take It To The Max’ and ‘Danger Zone’, with as the fourth side a very clean 114-116-119-125-127bpm ‘Tommy Boy Megamix’ by contest winners 3-D (Ralph D’Agostino, Tom Musto, Tommy Sozzi), the main attraction for anyone already owning the (longer) 12in originals.
SIDE D MIX: TOMMY BOY MEGAMIX
MIXED BY: 3-D (Ralph D'Agostino, Tommy Musto & Tommy Sozzi)
LENGTH: 05:25
GENRE: Hip Hop/Electro
COMMENTS: This is the same mix that is on side A of Tommy Boy - Tommy Boy Megamix
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:
G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. D.J. (1983); Beatmaster - Lipservice (1984); Force M.D.'s - Let Me Love You (1984); Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Renegades Of Funk (1983); Afrika Bambaataa & The Godfather Of Soul James Brown - Unity (1984); Pressure Drop - Rock The House (You'll Never Be) (1982); Jonzun Crew - Space Cowboy (1983); Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Looking For The Perfect Beat (1983); Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (1982); Planet Patrol - Play At Your Own Risk (1982); Planet Patrol - Cheap Thrills (1983); Planet Patrol - I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock & Roll) (1983); Force M.D.'s - Itchin' For A Scratch (1985)
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a megamix.
SIDE A:
PLANET ROCK - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
JAZZY SENSATION - Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5
PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK - Planet Patrol
PACK JAM (LOOK OUT FOR THE O.V.C) - Jonzun Crew
SIDE B:
ROCK THE HOUSE (YOU'LL NEVER BE) - Pressure Drop
LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
SALSA SMURPH - Special Request
SPACE COWBOY - Jonzun Crew
PLAY THAT BEAT MR D.J. - G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid
SIDE C:
NO SELL OUT - Malcolm X music by Keith LeBlanc
LET ME LOVE YOU - Force M.D.'s
LIPSERVICE - Beatmaster
TAKE IT TO THE MAX - Special Request
DANGER ZONE - Planet Patrol
