Artist: Incredible Bongo Band
Title: Bongo Rock Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition
Label: MR Bongo
Format: Vinyl LP

ブレイクビーツ・マスターピース、Incredible Bongo Bandの1973年デビュー作にして大傑作。MR Bongoからの40周年記念再発盤。Apache、Bongo Rock収録。ジャケットもオリジナルを再現し、180g重量盤仕様。

For the first time since its release in 1973: a genuine, bona fide reissue of the classic record which became a foundation of rap and popular music, packaged as it would have been seen on the shelves in 1973.

“Bongo Rock” is significant, for being one of the musical cornerstones of rap ... it is certainly one of the most sampled LP’s in history, if not the most sampled. Most every history-minded hip-hop DJ has a copy, and the first few bars of its signature number, a driving cover version of the 60’s instrumental number “Apache,” can send crowds into overdrive.” According to Kool Herc, the stylistic pioneer many people consider to be the father of hip-hop music, the Bongo’s “Apache” is “the national anthem of hip-hop.” NY Times

SAMPLED BY... Nas, Beastie Boys, Moby, Mick Jagger, Kanye West, Sugarhill Gang, Jay-Z, Aphex Twin, DJ Shadow, Goldie, Double Dee & Steinski, Faith Evans, Hijack, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Leaders of the New School, Unkle, IBM Nation, Katch 22, Rockwell Noel and The Poet, DJ Spinna, The Bizzie Boyz, Schoolly D, LL Cool J, 2 Live Crew, 4 Hero, Godfather Don, IAM, Diamond D, Luke Vibert, Sway & King Tech, Rebel MC, to name a few...

A1 Let There Be Drums
A2 Apache
A3 Bongolia
A4 Last Bongo In Belgium

B1 Dueling Bongos
B2 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
B3 Raunchy '73
B4 Bongo Rock '73