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All I can find in print in the US are the 90's R&B crossover albums. Is any of the older stuff in print anywhere in the world? Maybe on comps with other electro artists? Would also be great to find a discography. What kind of prices should I expect to pay for the early 12"s? I looked in the archives but they aren't working.

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quoted 5 lines All I can find in print in the US are the 90's R&B crossover albums.

>All I can find in print in the US are the 90's R&B crossover albums. >Is any of the older stuff in print anywhere in the world? Maybe on >comps with other electro artists? Would also be great to find a >discography. What kind of prices should I expect to pay for the >early 12"s? I looked in the archives but they aren't working.

I have the first three albums, plus a 'Best Of (1986-88)' album, in my collection. Sadly, the record label they came out on, Sleeping Bag, is no more. Guess you'll have to try looking for them second-hand. I'm not aware of a discography floating around on the Net, despite having searched a fair bit using AltaVista. Anyone got any ideas? Alan. -- Alan Ralph mailto:alan.ralph@ukonline.co.uk http://My_Web_Pages/Coming_Soon/ reading://Po Bronson/The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest/ listening://Jeff Mills/The Other Day/

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quoted 2 lines i also cannot seem to get my hands on the

>i also cannot seem to get my hands on the > mantronix back-catalogue at all. anybody know of a source?

This isn't going to help much but I managed to get hold of a used copy of Mantronix's Music Madness. Its excellent stuff. Best features: (1) It has the big squelchy Maaantrwwonix voice that Coldcut used in their JDJ album (2) It has a megamix of all the album tracks at the end so you can either listen to the whole record or just the condensed version - for the busy lifestyles we live today. Andrew C.

In reply to your message of Saturday, 19th July 1997 12:39:35 -0500:

quoted 23 lines Alan Ralph wrote:

>Alan Ralph wrote: >> blipvert: >> >All I can find in print in the US are the 90's R&B crossover albums. >> >Is any of the older stuff in print anywhere in the world? Maybe on >> >comps with other electro artists? Would also be great to find a >> >discography. What kind of prices should I expect to pay for the >> >early 12"s? I looked in the archives but they aren't working. >> >> I have the first three albums, plus a 'Best Of (1986-88)' album, in my >> >> collection. Sadly, the record label they came out on, Sleeping Bag, is >> no >> more. Guess you'll have to try looking for them second-hand. >> >> I'm not aware of a discography floating around on the Net, despite >> having >> searched a fair bit using AltaVista. Anyone got any ideas? > >What are the titles of the first three albums? I missed this period of >electro because I was listening to a lot of hip-hop and industrial at >that time. I can't undertstand why these recordings have become >so obscure. The US is terrible about not respecting it's culture. >Maybe Warp or somebody should look into reprinting these?

The albums in question are, in order of release, The Album / The Cassette Music Madness In Full Effect In addition, your attention is directed to the albums 'Come Into My Life' by Joyce Sims, and 'The Lyrical King' by T La Rock, both produced by Curtis Mantronik. As regards getting hold of them, I'd suggest trying second-hand stores, or else persuade someone else to part with theirs (don't look at me tho, cos I ain't selling *grin*) Not as obscure as you might think, judging by the number of times various Mantronix tracks have been sampled. I was gobsmacked when I heard the Mantronik re-mix of FSOL's 'We Have Explosive'. Here's hoping there's more to come.... Alan. -- Alan Ralph mailto:alan.ralph@ukonline.co.uk http://My_Web_Pages/Coming_Soon/ reading://Po Bronson/The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest/ listening://Jeff Mills/The Other Day/

quoted 6 lines This isn't going to help much but I managed to get hold of

> This isn't going to help much but I managed to get hold of > a used copy of Mantronix's Music Madness. Its excellent stuff. > Best features: (1) It has the big squelchy Maaantrwwonix voice > that Coldcut used in their JDJ album (2) It has a megamix of > all the album tracks at the end so you can either listen to the whole > record or just the condensed version - for the busy lifestyles we live today.

I can't help on finding old Mantronix stuff either (although I'd rcommend both The Album and Music Madness if you can find either). What I can tell you is that the megamix was a feature of both early albums, and both rank as favourite tracks of mine along with Baseline, Ladies and Electronic Energy Of... I am fairly sure that their was a UK issue Best Of LP which came in a grey cover and ran from 85-88. It came out just after Curtis had kicked MC Tee out of the group and had 'gone pop'. A friend has a copy so I'll see if I can get a catalogue number. The record would have been on Ten records licenced from Sleeping Bag Records, as were all their early UK releases. I'm fairly sure that the big squelchy Maaantrwwonix sample Coldcut used is from King Of The Beats, which was a non-album track only available on Import in the UK. I certainly haven't got a copy and I bought most of their early stuff on UK release. Anybody know what vinyl it is on? The first issue of Music Madness in the UK came with a limited edition second 12inch with a remix of Scream and a three track live set which has MC Tee rapping over the records. Also, there was a cassette single which had a wikkid Chad Jackson remix of Scream. Am I showing my age yet? If you like this stuff, look out for anything by T La Rock, Shannon's 'Let the Music Play' and 'All in All' by Joyce Sims, all produced by Mantronik. Finally, Mantronix got their name by sampling german (?) pop group Boytronix. Everybody in the place to be, this is Mantronix with MC Tee, Devoted, Promoted we're the one's that you voted, giving you a second chance so we made it sugarcoated... The man like Fridge.

Richard Selfridge writes:

quoted 5 lines I'm fairly sure that the big squelchy Maaantrwwonix sample

> I'm fairly sure that the big squelchy Maaantrwwonix sample > Coldcut used is from King Of The Beats, which was a non-album track > only available on Import in the UK. I certainly haven't got > a copy and I bought most of their early stuff on UK release. Anybody > know what vinyl it is on?

well, this probably won't help anyone, but there is a very limited edition (100 copies) white label of the Mantronix "hush/on the beatbox/search and destroy" 12" from oxygen music works that has king of the beat on it. the regular release of the 12" doesn't have KotB. -- Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications ...I was an infinitely hot and dense dot...

just in case anyone's interested the first mantronix album - Mantronix - has just been reissued on CD by Warlock records - not on vinyl though ... found it at cdnow the other day .. hopefully they'll get round to rereleasing 'Music Madness" too ..