LPs, Tape Albums Only... No CD Pressing

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:23 am

Make A List:

Grandmaster Caz - The Grandest Of Them All (1992)
Just-Ice - Masterpiece (1990)
Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde - The Champagne Of Rap (1985)
Kurtis Blow - Deuce (1981)
Kurtis Blow - Tough (1982)
Kurtis Blow - Party Time? (1983)
Kurtis Blow - Ego Trip (1984)
Kurtis Blow - America (1985)
Casual - Meanwhile... (1997)
Souls Of Mischief - Focus (1997)
Hot Day (of PHD) - It's My Turn (1989)
Priority One - Total Chaos (1989)
Mob Style - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
AZ - Streetwise (1990)
Boogie Boys - City Life (1985)
Boogie Boys - Survival Of The Freshest(1986)

add on...

snitchel · Post by **snitchel** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:53 am

D.I.T.C. - The Official Version (2000)

bad-cop · Post by **bad-cop** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:08 am

snitchel wrote:D.I.T.C. - The Official Version (2000)

Isn't that pretty much the same to what got released on CD?

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:36 pm

Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies EP
But everything was on the re release....Except for the og of Loosifer.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:37 pm

Company Flow - Funcrusher EP
Everything was on Funcrusher Plus... except Corners '94.

Eyedea · Post by **Eyedea** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:11 pm

Extra Prolific - 2 for 15 (1996) was a tape only if I'm not mistaken
as was his 1998 album "Master Piece"

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:16 pm

Eyedea wrote:Extra Prolific - 2 for 15 (1996) was a tape only if I'm not mistaken
as was his 1998 album "Master Piece"

That one has been dropped on here recently.

dirt_dog · Post by **dirt_dog** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:27 pm

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember there being an extra dope track (at least I thought it was in 1994) on the cassette version of "Murder Was The Case". Something about "Hot One's".

dirt_dog · Post by **dirt_dog** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:30 pm

After doing a quick Google search, I found some info from the ever reliable wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Was_The_Case

O.F.T.B. - Hot One (cassette only bonus track)

And after another quick search, I found a low quality mp3 here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DLAKYGFF

Kool Max Power · Post by **Kool Max Power** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:41 pm

Verge wrote:Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies EP
But everything was on the re release....Except for the og of Loosifer. :gyeah:

Hi guys, what's up? If I remember correctly the original version of "The Circle" was incomplete on Rerelease. Last verse was missing...

To my knowledge Money Boss Players LP wasn't released on CD.

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:48 pm

Eyedea wrote:Extra Prolific - 2 for 15 (1996) was a tape only if I'm not mistaken
as was his 1998 album "Master Piece"

that's the kind of answer i was actually looking for. FULL ALBUMS... but i guess we can do bonus tracks too...

btw i've seen a cd issue for az-streetwise but I don't when it came out or if it's official.

i've also seen a cd issue for the mobstyle album once of ebay but it might have been a bootleg? if anyone has info on these ?re-issues?

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:56 pm

Krown Rulers - Paper Chase (1988)
T La Rock - The Lyrical King (1987)
Hijack - The Horns Of Jericho (1991)

Although it says on discogs that the Hijack album was released on CD in Germany.

I can't reiterate enough how dope that Krown Rulers album is.

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:00 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:Krown Rulers - Paper Chase (1988)
T La Rock - The Lyrical King (1987)

Traffic Ent should make more re-issues like that!

PopsUK · Post by **PopsUK** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:06 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:Krown Rulers - Paper Chase (1988)
T La Rock - The Lyrical King (1987)
Hijack - The Horns Of Jericho (1991)

Although it says on discogs that the Hijack album was released on CD in Germany.

I can't reiterate enough how dope that Krown Rulers album is.

That Hijack was definitely on CD in the UK too....

Burnt Batch - Produce Aisle

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:23 pm

How about them Kemetic Suns joints?
Kemetic Suns Koncept - Project Ambershine 1997
Someone upped it recently and Markshot posted it at the blog awhile ago.
http://philaflava.blogspot.com/search?q=kemetic+suns

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:13 pm

Kool Max Power wrote:
Verge wrote:To my knowledge Money Boss Players LP wasn't released on CD.

Money Boss Players - Ghetto Chronicle Daily LP

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:28 pm

T La Rock - On A Warpath (1989)

Unreleased Tracks LP Albums
T La Rock - The Lost Tapes (2005)
Grandmaster Caz - You Need Stitches: The Tuff City Sessions 1982-1988 (2004)
Grandmaster Caz - Rare & Unreleased Old School Hip Hop '86-'87 (2006)
Rakim - Unreleased (2008)
Rakim - Unreleased Part 2 (2008)

snitchel · Post by **snitchel** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:09 pm

bad-cop wrote:
snitchel wrote:D.I.T.C. - The Official Version (2000)
Isn't that pretty much the same to what got released on CD?

some tracks are on it

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:20 pm

Verge wrote:How about them Kemetic Suns joints?
Kemetic Suns Koncept - Project Ambershine 1997
Someone upped it recently and Markshot posted it at the blog awhile ago.
http://philaflava.blogspot.com/search?q=kemetic+suns

You could definitely say the same for just about any indie release coming out of the Berkley / Bay Area around that time. A lot of that shit wasn't even pressed up on vinyl, it was simply circulated through $5 tapes those cats sold at their shows.

A couple that immediately come to mind are Z-Man's "A Verse or Two" and "4 Hours of Sleep" tapes, which are incredibly dope (especially "4 Hours...").

A lot of early Living Legends material has never made the jump from analog to digital, either. Murs' "CoMURShul" tape, the Log Cabin tape, the first few Mystik Journeymen / Unsigned & Hella Broke tapes...

There's an absolute wealth of dope Bay shit that's still languishing on cassette, waiting for some dork to rip through a TEAC deck.

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:29 pm

Strictly Roots - Beg No Friends LP (1994)

godmc · Post by **godmc** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:40 pm

baritone tipllllloooovve

tape maniak · Post by **tape maniak** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:12 am

ONLY tapes , never come on the vinyl or CD

TRIANGLE OF TERROR - Move Back II
UNIVERSITY OF HARDBALLERS - Stay Out My Pockets
KID THUN - Ep
NO FACE - NO BROTHAS ALLOWED

godmc · Post by **godmc** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:12 am

tape maniak wrote: NO FACE - NO BROTHAS ALLOWED

http://www.discogs.com/No-Face-No-Broth ... ase/762837

?

tape maniak · Post by **tape maniak** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:53 am

godmc wrote:
tape maniak wrote: NO FACE - NO BROTHAS ALLOWED
http://www.discogs.com/No-Face-No-Broth ... ase/762837

?

Strange, the tape has 2 more tracks which are not include on the vinyl. Hope i`m not wrong with this name if i am my apologize then

godmc · Post by **godmc** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:23 pm

honestly i've never heard of the release before i googled it and saw a 12" copy, much less the cassette version that wasn't even listed.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:49 pm

They used to play it on Rap City and I'm pretty sure Yo!MTV Raps.
I think Ed Lover had something to do with this group.
I have a copy of the 12" here somewhere, but I don't know how the condition is.
Used to love this video-
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I'm guessing Shock G was part of this group.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:57 pm

Actually, Shock G was just featured in this song, not part of the group.

multsanta · Post by **multsanta** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:48 pm

There are THOUSANDS of tape only rap releases. It was the most affordable format for indie music throughout most of the 90s and was probably the most popular in local/small market hip hop cities, particularly the bay and the midwest.

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:41 pm

Roy johnson u got a link to that Krown rulers tape? Yeah tape was the shit come to think of it. 90 minutes for 7 8 bucks. Now we get thousands of mp3's to sift through.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:35 pm

blessingindisguise wrote:Roy johnson u got a link to that Krown rulers tape? Yeah tape was the shit come to think of it. 90 minutes for 7 8 bucks. Now we get thousands of mp3's to sift through.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bb5ndj
from-
http://bustthefacts.blogspot.com/2008/1 ... -1988.html