Holy Grail Vinyl: Strictly Breaks

Strictly Breaks is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as break beats. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable djs to easily transition into them, as well as attractive to producers who loop or rearrange them to create new compositions. Following in the tradition of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series, the Strictly Breaks records contain an eclectic range of musical styles: mainly funk and jazz, but also including soul, rock, disco and pop. Some of the offerings are well-known ( the Psycho theme by Bernard Hermann ) but most are relatively obscure tracks treasured by music connoisseurs and DJs. The common, but hard to define thread in all of these songs is that they are "funky". Many of the songs in the Strictly Breaks series have been sampled into new musical compositions, mainly by hip hop producers.

This is the complete collection as far as I'm aware. If you know of any others, please let me know.

Strictly Breaks - Volume 1 ( 1997 )

A1 : Hawaii Five-O TV Soundtrack - The Long Wait
A2 : Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away
A3 : David Axelrod - The Smile
A4 : Jeff Lorbert - Rain Dance
A5 : Cal Tjader - Morning
A6 : Quincy Jones - Summer In The City

B1 : Lonnie Liston Smith - Garden Of Peace
B2 : David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
B3 : Shellie Mann - Mask
B4 : Joe Williams - Get Out My Life Woman
B5 : Tyrone Davis - In The Mood
B6 : Unknown Artist - Drums Of Death ( Bonus Beat )

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