The Tribal Lords - Mispent Youth / Furburger

I know nothing of these guys except that they had another track released on the excellent compilation, 'Ruf Diamonds Volume 1' and they're obviously Mancunian. This, as far as I'm aware, is the only 12" they put out and it's on their own label. Quite tough to find for a fair price I think, I sold mine way back but people yet again want too much for an average record. Just because it's in Freddie Fresh's book with a 'price guide' don't mean it's worth four times the amount you would have paid for it in '91. Still, worth a listen.

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The Black Prophets - Fax On Wax

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Suggestion Of The Week - Beattrix - Grab The Mic / Passion

Excellent debut 7" from Beattrix with Junior Disprol providing the vocals on the A-Side and Dookie Squad doing the honours on the flip. Well worth your hard earned this one.

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True Style - Code Of Conduct

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S.W.S. - Overture EP

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S.W.S - Boys From The Bec

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Hard II Kill - Massacre EP

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Standing Ovation - Shadows Of Mayhem

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VA - Hardcore One

The eighties has to be the decade that independent labels really flourished and just about anyone could get a record out, if only just the one. Here's a prime example of an independent release that is probably one of the best out there at the time. Groups like 'D 2 The K' and 'The Korperayshun' already had reasonably well received singles, relatively speaking but for the rest of them as far as I'm aware this was their only chance to shine. Some of them went on to release decent stuff under different guises - MC Dashy D had a dope single out on Kold Sweat as 'Drunken Master'  and DJ Quick continued in a production capacity -  but my personal fave is 'Into The Music' by MC Krazee A. I remember hearing it while I was out one night just hanging around in the streets as we often did and someone walking by with that track playing on his 'ghetto blaster' provoking me to seek out said track, which took a while, but I was obviously successful in the end. A really decent record this if you can find one and I would suggest it's worth a try.

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Newtrament - London Bridge Is Falling down

Always reminds me of (fairly) local legend Masterscratch this one. I've mentioned it before but back in the early eighties new tunes were quite difficult to get a hold of, mixtapes by a  proper dj even more so. When we got a hold of one of Masterscratch's new tape it was like your birthday all over again. I don't know how they got an hour up the road to my neck of the woods but his distribution department were excellent. In fact I only recently threw them out as I don't have a tape player any more. Happy days.

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