Re: [ARSCLIST] the origin of scratchin'

[Alex Hartov <alexander.hartov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know about the use of scratching in hip-hop, however the  
sound of scratching records goes back much further than that.  It was  
used, for example on the LP issues of the Monty Python (Nobody  
expects the inquisition...) and before that on other comedy records  
in France (Pierre Dac et Louis Rognoni ...).  The idea is definitely  
not to be credited to hip-hop.

Alex

On Nov 7, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Andes, Donald wrote:

> Hey Tom,
>
> Grandwizard Theodore is most commonly credited with creating
> "scratching".
>
> Legend has it happened when he was playing records in his home.  
> When his
> mom came in to talk to him, he paused the record on a spinning platter
> so he could hear her. When he released the record, it happened to  
> be at
> a drum transient, and taking notice, he replicated it; and scratching
> was born. Grandmaster Flash (a mentor of Theodore's) incorporated and
> popularized scratching, but it came to international audiences  
> primarily
> through Herbie Hancock's song "Rock-It" which featured scratching by
> Grand Mixer DXT.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Wizard_Theodore
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mixer_DXT
>
> Don Andes
> EMI Music
>
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] the origin of scratchin'
>
> In my never-ending quest for the most trivial music knowledge on the
> planet, I have this question ...
>
> Who was the first rap/hip-hop artist to use a turntable, record and
> cartridge as a rhythm instrument, ie "scratchin'"? My guess would be
> Grand Master Flash's DJ or Run-DMC's DJ, but I admit not knowing the
> full genesis of rap.
>
> Thanks in advance if you know the answer!
>
> -- Tom Fine
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