Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Singer: | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five |
| Title: | The Message |
| Short-info: | Label:
RCA Victor – VPL1 6650,
RCA Victor – VPL 16650,
Sugar Hill Records – SH 268
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Australia & New Zealand Date of released: 1982 Category: Hip Hop Style: Electro |
| MP3 album size .rar: | 1702 mb |
| APE album size .rar: | 1400 mb |
| Digital formats: | MP3 FLAC AC3 MP4 VOX DMF DXD MP3 MIDI |
- 1702 downloads at 53 mb/s
RAR archive MP3 format
- 1400 downloads at 43 mb/s
RAR archive FLAC format
Tracklist
| A1 | She's Fresh | 4:56 |
| A2 | It's Nasty | 4:15 |
| A3 | Scorpio | 5:10 |
| A4 | It's A Shame | 4:58 |
| B1 | Dreamin' | 5:45 |
| B2 | You Are | 4:49 |
| B3 | The Message | 7:11 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – RCA Limited Australia and New Zealand
- Distributed By – RCA Limited Australia and New Zealand
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – Sugar Hill Records Ltd.
Credits
- Artwork [Album Design And Production] – AQ Graphics, Inc.
- Bass – Doug Wimbish
- Brass – Chops Horn Section*
- Concept By – Sylvia Robinson
- Drums – Keith Leblance*
- Engineer – Nina Rhodes, Steve Jerome
- Guitar – Skip McDonald
- Keyboards – Dwain Mitchell, Gary Henry
- Mixed By – Jiggs Chase*, Steve Jerome, Sylvia*
- Percussion – Ed Fletcher
- Photography By – Hemu Aggarwal
- Producer – Jiggsaw Productions*, Sylvia Inc
- Synthesizer [Prophet] – Jiggs*, Reggie Griffin, Sylvia*
Notes
Manufactured for/by and distributed by RCA Limited, Sydney, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand.Catalog number on the label: VPL1 6650. On the cover spine: VPL 16650.
Recorded at Sweet Mountain Studios.
Thanks to "Willie" & Duke Bootee.
Special thanks to: the creator God, our parents, Mrs. Robinson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rick & Tina, Sugar Ray Leonard and Mohammed Ali for giving us the fighting spirit and to all our dedicated fans plus the talented musicians who worked with us. Extra special thanks to all the ladies.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): SH 268A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): SH 268B
- Matrix / Runout (Etched A): SH 268A
- Matrix / Runout (Etched B): SH 268B
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH 268 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (LP, Album) | Sugar Hill Records | SH 268 | US | 1982 |
| CMRCD575 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (CD, Album, RE, Dig) | Sanctuary, Sugar Hill Records | CMRCD575 | UK | 2002 |
| 246 230-1 BL, 246 230-1 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (LP, Album, RE) | Sugar Hill Records, Sugar Hill Records | 246 230-1 BL, 246 230-1 | Germany | 1989 |
| PCD-3766 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (CD, Album, RE) | P-Vine Records | PCD-3766 | Japan | 1995 |
| ETH268HLP | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | The Message (LP, Album, RE, 180) | 8th Records | ETH268HLP | US | 2017 |
