Stretch Armstrong recently dropped the latest article in his always enjoyable Cassette Culture series over at Cuepoint, providing an essential retrospective of the art of tape editing, while also providing a recording of a classic Latin Rascals mix from 1985. The shit these dudes were doing with reels of tape and a razor blade was incredible.
Cassette Culture with Stretch Armstrong: The Latin Rascals, Dec. 1985, Kiss-FM NYC
stunning.
freestyle/club music legends also..Arabian Nights, It Must Be You, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, and a whole lotta freestyle classics under their belt.
I used splice up Stretch and Bob shows to play songs on my own college radio show. One example — back in ‘94’ish, they played Diamond D “With the dope sound” and left one chorus clean and talked over the other. I dropped the show recording from TDK cassette to reel (with typical sound quality loss), spliced in 2 clean choruses and now I’m layin’ treats on Albany. There will never be another show like Stretch & Bobbito!
10/10 nothing more to add.
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