Nov 11, 2008

THE 4-TRACK ERA VOLUME 3 CD IS HERE!

At last, the DJ Shadow "4-Track Era" CD Series sees completion with the release of Volume 3: Best of the Original Productions (1990-1992).

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Volume 3:
This is the one all hardcore Shadow fans have been waiting for! Following on from Volume 1: Best of the KMEL Mixes and 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.*

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. 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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