Double Dee & SteinskiLesson 1, 2 & 3

Label:

Tommy Boy – TB 867

Format:

Vinyl , 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Electro

Tracklist

A Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix) 5:00
B1 The Payoff Mix (Mastermix Of G.L.O.B.E. And Whiz Kid's: "Play That Beat Mr. D.J.") 5:20
B2 Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix) 4:23

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtZoltan International
  • Mastered AtFrankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
  • Copyright ©Tommy Boy Music, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Tommy Boy Music, Inc.
  • Distributed ByTommy Boy Music

Credits

  • EngineerDouble Dee (2)
  • Lacquer Cut ByHerbie Jr*
  • Producer [Produced By]Double Dee & Steinski

Notes

"For Promotional Use Only - Not For Sale."

Side A "Recorded at Zoltan International".
Side A "© ® 1985 Tommy Boy Music, Inc."
Side B "© ℗ 1985 Tommy Boy Music, Inc."

This entry is for the original version of this release. It can be distinguished by the presence of both the Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs stamp and the mastering engineer's name-inscription found in the vinyl of the runout grooves.

Comparatively, there is another version, which has the mastering engineer's 'HERbiE' inscription, but lacks the Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs stamp in the runout grooves. Likewise, there are also several other different versions that can be distinguished from this version, for example, not only by the disparate runout grooves, but also by the absence of the "®" trademark symbol found alongside the copyright information on the side A label of this version.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): TB 867 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): TB 867 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A [machine-stamped + hand-etched]): MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK HERbiE JR :v) TB-867-A (PrOMO ONLy)
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B [machine-stamped + hand-etched]): MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK HERbiE JR :v) TB-867-B (PrOMO ONly)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Lesson 1, 2 & 3 (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Test Pressing) Tommy Boy TB 867 US 1985
Lessons 2 & 3 (7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo) Tommy Boy TB 867 UK 2017
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Lessons 1 - 3 (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, Unofficial Release) Tommy Boy (2) TB 867 UK Unknown
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Lessons 1 - 3 (12", Reissue, Unofficial Release) Tommy Boy (2) TB 867 US Unknown
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Lesson 1, 2 & 3 (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo, Reissue, Unofficial Release) Tommy Boy (2) TB 867 US Unknown

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Reviews

  • theironchef's avatar
    theironchef
    Edited one year ago
    The comment below is meant to be a joke - I hope. This was a landmark release and their cut and paste style inspired folks like DJ Shadow - who released his homage to Double Dee & Steinski - aptly titled Lesson 4 on his on the b-side to his wax debut (found here - but be careful lots of bootlegs are mixed in here: https://discogs.versitio.com/release/1787827-Lifers-Group-Shadow-Real-Deal-Shadow-Remix-Lesson-4). Cut Chemist, QBert, Mixmaster Mike, all the great DJs on wax took inspiration from this release.

    From Wikipedia:
    In 1983, Tommy Boy Records held a promotional contest, in which entrants were asked to remix the single "Play That Beat, Mr. D.J." by G.L.O.B.E. and Whiz Kid. By day, DiFranco worked in a professional music studio, while Stein was a copy supervisor for Doyle Dane Bernbach. Although the two were older (27 and 31, respectively) than most of their peers in the hip-hop community, they were both enthusiasts of the genre; Stein, in particular, had been attending downtown rap clubs for years and had an extensive knowledge of hip-hop's history (although early hip-hop records did not appear until 1979, DJing was a phenomenon that had been around since 1973. Stein claimed to draw inspiration from the Dickie Goodman records of the 1950s, which edited together pop songs and comedic commentary
    Their contest entry, "Lesson 1 – The Payoff Mix", was packed with sampled appropriations from other records—not only from early hip-hop records and from Funk and Disco records that were popular with hip-hop DJs, but with short snippets of older songs by Little Richard and The Supremes, along with vocal samples from sources as diverse as instructional tap-dancing records and Humphrey Bogart films. The record was pieced together in DiFranco's studio in 12–14 hours over two days and was critically praised.[3] The jury, which included Afrika Bambaataa, Shep Pettibone, and "Jellybean" Benitez awarded "Lesson 1" the first prize.

    DiFranco and Stein followed up this success with the track "Lesson 2 — The James Brown Mix" in 1984, which began with a sample from The War of the Worlds before quickly running through a montage of memorable breaks from classic James Brown records, as well as various other samples. Also that year, DiFranco teamed up with David Witz, a CBS Records producer who recorded as Arthur Ether, to create "Taste So Good", which they released under the name File 13. "Taste So Good" was built from snippets of recorded sex-phone calls over an original instrumental bed, and while too racy for radio in 1984, the 12-inch single found success in nightclubs and reached #38 on the Billboard Dance/Disco Top 80 on the chart week of October 6, 1984.[citation needed]

    In 1985, the track "Lesson 3 — The History of Hip-Hop Mix", attempted a survey of the great breakdancing favorites, along with snippets from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Archie Bleyer's version of the song "Hernando's Hideaway". Later in 1985, the group's first album, Lessons 1-3, was released, containing all three "Lessons". The track "We'll Be Right Back" was released in 1986 on Fourth & Broadway under the name Steinski and Mass Media. As the title indicated, the track was dominated by samples from TV and radio adverts from the 1950s and 1960s. The single reached number 63 on the UK charts.[4]
    • Harlow_Records's avatar
      Harlow_Records
      Gotta love records like these for all those lazy dj’s out there lolololol
      • tommy-'s avatar
        tommy-
        I have had my copy since 84/85 can't but brought from record store in Islington off of upper street London
        It must be a bootleg but rare Im sure
        both side blank cream label
        one side has written on label " D + D STEINSKI LESSONS 1 + 2 + 3
        plays Lesson 1 and 2 with RP101B with MT initials on the run out
        other side blank label plays Lesson 3 with RP101A with MT initials on the run out

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