Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins: Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Vol 1&2 – Various – 1984 

Beat Street Vol 1

Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Volume 1 and 2 – Released 1984, Atlantic Records In 1984 Atlantic Records released two separate soundtrack albums for the Orion Pictures breakdancing movie, Beat Street. The movie was only just beaten to theatres by the Cannon Pictures produced Breakin’, which also sought to cash in on the … Read more

Release Roundup – November 2023

November 2023 releases

November 2023 was an exciting month for electronic music releases with some slick techno bangers, a compelling new release from Woodleigh Research Facility plus some ingenious acid, electro and jungle. Album Of The Month November 2023 My album of the month for November 2023 is Phonox Nights by Woodleigh Research Facility. Hard to believe we’re … Read more

Joey Beltdrives’ Bumpy Backspins – Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (Released July 14th 1998)

Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys released 1998

There’s a line in Sure Shot, the opening track of 1994’s Ill Communication, that’s stuck with me for almost 30 years. Right near the very beginning MCA proclaims; “I’ve got more rhymes than I got grey hairs, and that’s a lot because I got my shares.” As a teenager it was incongruous to imagine that … Read more