DJ Shadow - The 4-Track Era Vol 3: Best Of The Original Producti

DJ Shadow - The 4-Track Era Volume 3: Best Of The Original Productions (1990-1992)



Label: Reconstruction Productions

Catalog#: RP003

Format: CD, Compilation, Promo

Country: US

Released: 11 Nov 2008

Genre: Hip Hop, Non-Music

Style: Instrumental, Interview, Cut-up/DJ

Credits: Artwork By [Layout] - Paul Insect, Alaric Hamond

Mixed By, Producer, Scratches - DJ Shadow

Other [Project Coordination] - Michael Fiebach

Other [Sonic Enhancement And Restoration] - Mikael (Count) Eldridge

Written-By - J. Davis*

Notes: Comes in a gatefold dvd-sized card sleeve. Only available from the official DJ Shadow website, this was given away with any t-shirt purchase from the site. The 4-Track Era Collection Slip-Case was given away with any 2 t-shirts purchase.

Project coordination : Michael Fiebach for djshadow.com

All tracks written by J. Davis (Yolo Boy), ASCAPTracklisting:



01 - Shadow T-Mor Beat (1:34)

02 - DJ Shadow's Theme (Original Version) (2:42)

03 - Sampler Phone Message (0:16)

04 - The Source Is Serious Business (5:14)

05 - Make It Critical (2:06)

06 - Track The Groove (4:14)

07 - Rock Lesson (5:15)

08 - Genesis Beat (2:55)

09 - Shadow's Legitimate Mix (Alternate Version) (6:35)

10 - Preacher Beat (2:14)

11 - Cult Of Brutality (4:06)

12 - Beat For Paris (4:06)

13 - UMC's Drop (0:12)

14 - Ms. Chauncey (3:41)

15 - Do You Remember (0:26)

16 - Lesson 5 (4:02)

17 - Ain't That A Bitch (2:42)

18 - Reverse Beat (1:42)

19 - Oras Intro (0:22)

20 - Lesson 4 (Alternative Version) (8:35)

21 - Closing Credits (2:51)

22 - Zen Outro (0:30)



From the serie of 3 CD's it's the only one to have an official tracklisting (artwork joined to the pack)Release info:



This CD comes with a 5”x7” card with 4-Track-Era art, and the official track listing for this release.



This is the one all hardcore Shadow fans have been waiting for! Following on from Volume 1: Best of the KMEL Mixes & Volume 2: Best of the Remixes and Megamixes, Volume 3 reveals, for the first time ever, eighteen of Shadow’s earliest original compositions. NOTHING ON THIS CD HAS EVER BEEN AVAILABLE, ANYWHERE, until now.*



While in High School, Shadow saved up and purchased a $300 4-Track cassette recorder. For the next several years, this would be the only method available for Shadow to record, and he made the most of it by committing tons of ideas to tape, several of which eventually saw release: tracks like debut “Lesson 4” for Hollywood BASIC, “The Legitimate Mix” for African MC’s Zimbabwe Legit, and part of his Solesides bow “Entropy” were all realized during these pivotal years. Now, for the first time, Shadow has hand-picked some of his favorite moments and compiled them for this EXCLUSIVE DJShadow.com/ ShopDjShadow.com release. (Have we made it clear yet? You can’t get this disc ANYWHERE ELSE.)Among the highlights:

- The original “DJ Shadow’s Theme,” with multiple breaks and cuts colliding for a playful but intricate mission statement.

- An alternative mixdown of “Lesson 4.”

- The follow-up to “Lesson 4,” “Lesson 5” which was intended to showcase 45s only (this is 1991 we’re talking about, folks!!).

- Several beats for early MC collaborators T-Mor and Paris.

- “The Source Is Serious Business,” Shadow’s entry into a (never released) compilation commissioned by the Source Magazine of all “Unsigned Hype” column winners.



Need we continue? Volume 3 delivers the most comprehensive glimpse ever into Shadow’s early musical ideas. Shadow reports that many tracks have been lost forever (such as “Gangsta Jazz,” immortalized over the telephone on a Radio Sole skit), and still more have yet to be located. So with Shadow facing forward and gearing up to work on his next album, it is unlikely that there will ever be a more definitive document of his 4-Track era than this.



*(Okay, so “DJ Shadow’s Theme (Original Version)” came out on a cassette attached to copies of NME 10 years ago, but c’mon. Has anybody ever seen that???)



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No password, Very good quality [VBR up to 320Kbs], Ripped from original, All tagged, Included covers