The Vinyl Resurrection Show vol. 1, FZ Radio is here! Every Friday! Dope!

Here it is folks, the launch of FZ Radio where every Friday we will be hittin you with a brand new exclusive music mix to download! So stay tuned ya don't wanna miss a beat! The Zombies are music aficionados [some might stretch to say musical wizards??] who knows what audio delights we will dig up for ya?

"First up......i believe that's me" Yep i'm laying down the gauntlet with my first in a regular monthly mix,"The Vinyl Resurrection Show" where i will be diggin through my dusty crates to bring you rare, classic or just down right fonky wax. Yeah that's right, real records on real turntables mixed live, for about 60 minutes, crackles, skips, wack ass baby scratches and all! So remember: the first Friday of every month "The Vinyl Resurrection Show" online and on Faster Zombies.

As this is "episode 1" and a very special moment in all our lives? This is a special mix....
"Yesh Yesh Ya'll" a Disco Rap extravaganza! it's been over 30 years since the first Hip Hop recording, so what better place to start than at the beginning, these are the first ever "Rap" records as we know it today, released between 1979 and 1980, mostly recorded in one take with live musicians on back up, this is how it was done before the "Electro" age and the introduction of the drum machine and sampling which followed a year later.........


So here we go, to kick things off we have what is considered as the first Rap record "King Tim III [Personality Jock]" by Fatback[Fatback Band] followed by "Young Ladies" by Lonnie Love [AKA Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde, AKA Bad Boy records Andre Harrell!] and i can certainly vouch that "out of all the things in the world young ladies are the best". Community People "Education Wrap" is an early taste of conscious hip hop [where did it all go wrong] "Wack Rap" [far from it] by Solid C, Bobby D & Kool Drop gives us the first mention of "biting, sucker MC's" back in 1979! A tight groove under pins disco superhero Ron Hunt's "Spider Rap"....he catches girls just like flys....lookout! No need for introductions, a party favorite "The Breaks" by the first rapper signed to a major label Kurtis Blow, clap ya hands everybody! Lady B makes our first female appearance with "To The Beat Y'all" recorded in Philly! Heavy disco drum action on "Willie Rap" by Willie Wood & Willie Wood Crew, they just wanna make your nature rise? Any time is party time according to T.J. Swann & Peewee Mel "Maximus Qary" recognize that bass line? "Rappers Delight" no not Sugarhill Gang but this time with Jamaicans Xanadu  & Sweet Lady every bit as funky as the original. Recorded live, and turntables not a band on the beat, this is a real taste of how hip hop sounded at the time courtesy of "High Power Rap" by Disco Dave And The Force Of The Five MC's [AKA The Crash Crew] One of my personal faves "Party People" byRappermatical 5 amazing name, amazing flows, check those guys out! Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 "SuperRappin"nuff said! Ronnie Gee "Raptivity" devastating to your ears! Paulett and Tanya Winley [AKA Sweet Tee] bring us the first female rap record "Rhymin and Rappin" What better way to finish things off than with Funky 4+1 "That's The Joint" better believe!

-jimmy plates