The Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder (1981) (LP) - €10,00

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8th Wonder is the second album by the American rap group the Sugarhill Gang. 

The album was released in 1981 for Sugar Hill Records and was again produced by Sylvia Robinson and James Cullimore. 

Though not as successful as the group's previous album, the album did feature the minor hits "8th Wonder" and "Apache" and featured an appearance by another Sugar Hill Records rap group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five on "Showdown". 

While they didn't garner the critical praise of their label cohorts, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, the Sugarhill Gang still produced their share of memorable slices of early hip-hop. Helping to bring Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records into the limelight, the label's namesake group erred more on the funk side of the hip-hop equation, plying a steamy, all-night mix of go-go grooves, straight funk singing, and rapping. 8th Wonder features the hits "Apache" and the title track, as well as such slick funk burners as "Hot Hot Summer Day" and the incredible bit of uptown dance alchemy "Funk Box" (shades of Prince here). 

8th Wonder may not be as good a starting point for newcomers as roundups on Rhino and Sequel, but it certainly will be one fans won't want to miss.

The album debuted at number 66 on Billboard's Soul LPs chart on January 16, 1982

Side A

A1.  Funk Box - 8:05

A2.  On the Money - 5:25

A3.  8th Wonder - 3:56

Side B

B1.  Apache - 6:09

B2.  Showdown  (featuring Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) - 5:41

B3.  Giggalo - 3:51

B4.  Hot Hot Summer Day - 6:12

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sugar Hill Records
• Record Company – Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
• Copyright © – Sugar Hill Records
• Made By – Disques Vogue P.I.P.
• Distributed By – Vogue P.I.P.
• Recorded At – Sweet Mountain Studios
• Printed By – France Imprimerie Sorel
• Pressed By – Manufacture De Productions Phonographiques Vogue

Credits

• Design – Hemu Ghia Aggarwal
• Engineer – Steve Jerome
• Producer – Jigsaw Productions, Sylvia Robinson

Notes

Release:  1981

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Hip Hop

Label:  Sugarhill Records

Catalog#  540017

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover: Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00