Bustin' Loose Part 1

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Album sleeve for records used by DJ Grandmaster Flash
Sound recording, Bustin' Loose Part 1, used by DJ Grandmaster Flash
Sound recording, Bustin' Loose Part 1, used by DJ Grandmaster Flash

Object Details

maker

Nouveau Music Company

Description (Brief)

Phonograph record is Bustin' Loose Part 1 by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers. It is housed in an album cover that is worn and torn with masking tape holding it together. The cover is blue with a red circle design in the left corner ans is autographed by DJ Grandmaster Flash. The phonograph record is marked with an arrow and is scratched in a circular pattern on one part of the record. This record was used by Grandmaster Flash to make the unique rap sound of "scratching" on a turntable.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Grandmaster Flash

Date made

1978

ID Number

2006.0060.02.2

accession number

2006.0060

catalog number

2006.0060.02.2

Object Name

sound recording

Physical Description

vinyl (overall material)

cardboard (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 12 13/32 in; 31.50006 cm

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Hip-Hop

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-dd06-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1301250