...with key dates in the overall history of African-American music and the music industry in general.
Compiled by Russell A. Potter, Ph.D. -- a.k.a. Professa RAP
When in Maine listen to Roots-n-Rap, 10-12 on Wednesdays on WMHB 90.5 FM
With thanks to David Toop, Arnold Shaw, Nelson George, and Havelock Nelson.
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(due to the impossibility of finding many early cuts on vinyl, I give current CD info only)
BW - Blues Masters Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women. Rhino Records R2 71134
CC = Calypso Carnival: 1936-1941. Rounder CD 1077.
DRT = Music from the movie Do The Right Thing
GSH = Gil Scott-Heron's Greatest Hits. (Arista)
HC = Lightnin' Rod, Hustler's Convention. Oceana 4107-2 (dist. by Celluloid) (CD).
HHG = Hip Hop Greats: Classic Raps. Rhino Records R2-70957
IN = Stevie Wonder's Innervisions. Motown MCD09052 (CD).
LEG = Legacy: A History of the Nevilles. (2 cd set) Charly Records CD NEV 1
LP = The Last Poets. The Last Poets Celluloid CEL 6101 (CD).
OSR = Old School Rap: The Roots of Rap. Southbound Records CDSEWD 048 (CD, U.K. only).
PGH = Parliament's Greatest Hits. Polydor 822637-2
PW = Please Warm my Weiner: Hokum Blues. Yazoo Records Yazoo 1043 (CD)
RB = Roots n Blues: The Collection. (4-cd set on Columbia/Legacy)
RB2 = Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops. Columbia/Legacy CK 46783 (CD).
RGH = Run-D.M.C. : Together Forever: Greatest Hits (Priority)
RM8 = Rapmasters 8: The Best of the Street Priority 4XL-7958 (cass.)
RR = James Brown, Roots of a Revolution (2 cd set) Polydor 817-304-2
SJ/EF = Street Jams: Electric Funk (vols. 1, 2 and 3) Rhino Records R2 70575, 70576, 71557
SJ/HH = Street Jams: Hip-Hop From the Top (parts 1, 2, 3, and 4), Rhino Records R2 70577, 70578, 71555, 71556.
ST = James Brown, Star Time (4 cd set) Polydor 849-109-2
SV = The Complete Stax/Volt Singles (9 cd set), Atlantic 7 82218-2.
TEE = Kraftwerk, Trans-Europe Express. CDP 7 46473-2 (CD)
TTT = Tough Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music (4 cd set) Mango/Island 162-539-9352STO3 (CD).
WCR = West Coast Rap: The First Dynasty (vols. 1, 2, 3) Rhino Records R2 70590, 70591, 70592
WMT = Blind Willie McTell, the Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1. Document Records CD.