Well I think Graeme hit this one on the head.... He's right about there not being compilations - but if you're going to sample these artists that will continue to give you material to work with in many many songs you will write - you might as well do yourself a service by starting with the cleanest sample (the original recording on cd). Not to mention do them a service by buying their cd as nobody pays royalties to these artists that we rip off daily.
My suggestion is look on CDnow.com they have just about anything you can come up with... like here's a link to ALL the Incredibale Bongo Band songs remastered on one cd http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=736033315/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/alb um.html/ArtistID=INCREDIBLE+BONGO+BAND/ITEMID=1396537 Here's another with all the Dyke & the Blazer's tunes (if you want to have that old skool revival dylan/loxy/facs sound) http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=736033315/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/alb um.html/artistid=DYKE+&+THE+BLAZERS/itemid=638050 You basically have 2 options: 1) you could either support the original artists and get the best source material of their breaks from the original remastered cds while saving money and educating yourselves to the source. or 2) You can pay more by buying a sample cd where some one ripped off the break and claimed it as their own original material (like Jungle Warfare) and still not get a good clean sample of the original break. your choice... I personally will buy the original remasters every time. The hardest part is knowing what recordings/bands these breaks originated from. Use websites like www.funk45.com to get more info on breaks or go to some hip hop sites ez, Mike ---> MK2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.madbass.com on 3/20/02 10:15 AM, Graeme at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To my knowledge there isn't one CD with loads of the original tunes that the > D&B breaks are on, you'll find that most are Hip-Hop orientated anyway. So > basically you'll have to decide which breaks you are after first. Having > said that, all the ones I've bought I love the music on them anyway, so it's > never been a waste. Also it gives you new breaks to use. > > As mentioned 'The Breaks' series are very good, though actually they are on > Harmless Records (which do loads of this sort of stuff). The 1st one 'DJ > Pogo presents The Breaks' has 'Apache', 'Funky Drummer', 'Scorpio', 'Let A > Woman Be A Woman...', 'God Made Me Funky' and 'Funky Mule' which have all > been well used, so it's probably got the most on. There are another three, > one by Cutmaster Swift and two by Skye. > > Also I've got a couple on Strut Records called 'DJ Pogo presents Block Party > Breaks Vol 1 & 2'. The Winstons 'Amen, Brother' is on Volume 2. > > Other useful ones include:- > Mastercuts Compilation called 'Mastercuts Breaks', this has 'Funky Drummer', > 'Think (About It)', 'NT' and 'It's A New Day'. > James Brown double CD called 'The Instrumentals 1960-1969' which has 'Soul > Pride', 'Tighten Up' and 'Funky Drummer' . > Virgin Records compilations 'Sampled Vol 1,2 & 3'. These are dbl CD's but > are easily the most commercial ones here (loads of samples from Chart > tunes), though they all still have some interesting finds. > > Anyway I hope this helps, > > Graeme. > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> do any of you know a good cd compilation that has the full-length songs > that >> we commonly sample from? for example, "amen brother" by the winstons, >> "think about it" by lyn collins, "tighten up" by maceo, "funky drummer" by >> jb... i'd really like to hear how all of these breaks were used > originally, >> but buying 20 cd's would suck. i know just once cd compilation would be >> asking too much, so how about a handful that are good? >> >> joe --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
