Bob Blank The Blank Generation : Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1987

• debby blackwell – once you got me going
• Milton Hamilton – Crystalized
• Bumble Bee Unlimited – I Got A Big Bee

• 1. debby blackwell – once you got me going
• 2. Charanga 76 – Music Trance
• 3. Milton Hamilton – Crystalized
• 4. Sun Ra – Where Pathways Meet
• 5. Necessaries – State Of The Art
• 6. Lydia Lunch – Cruise To The Moon
• 7. James 'Blood' Ulmer – Jazz Is The Teacher Funk Is The Preacher
• 8. Bumble Bee Unlimited – I Got A Big Bee
• 9. Mikki – Itching For Love (M+M mix)
• 10. Fonda Rae – Over Like A Fat Rat
• 11. Gladys Knight – It's A Better Than Good Time (Walter Gibbons mix)
• 12. Lola – Wax The Van (Jon?s Dub)
• 13. Aural Exciters – Emile (Night Rate)

This is the new compilation from ever-billiant Strut collecting together tracks from legendary NYC producer Bob Blank!

This is the first ever retrospective of one of New York’s most revered of all producers, Bob Blank who recorded classics by Arthur Russell, Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess, Sun Ra and many more at his Black Tapes Studio.

Strut have collaborated with Dj History diggers Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton on this one which traces the history of Bob Blank's independent studio, Blank Tapes, one of the city’s most important creative dens during the vibrant arts scene of the mid-‘70s to mid-‘80s!

Features disco and rare groove classics such as Milton Hamilton’s ‘Crystalized’, anthems including Fonda Rae’s ‘Over Like A Fat Rat’ and lesser known Blank classics from the vaults from Debby Blackwell and Mikki!

Vinyl tracklisting:

1. DEBBY BLACKWELL – ONCE YOU GOT ME GOING

A2. CHARANGA 76 – MUSIC TRANCE

A3. MILTON HAMILTON - CRYSTALIZED

A4. LYDIA LUNCH – A CRUISE TO THE MOON

B1. THE NECESSARIES – STATE OF ART

B2. JAMES BLOOD ULMER – JAZZ IS THE TEACHER, FUNK IS THE PREACHER

B3. SUN RA – WHERE PATHWAYS MEET (Unreleased acetate mix)

C1. MIKKI – ITCHING FOR LOVE (M+M mix / Unreleased John Morales Edit)

C2. FONDA RAE – OVER LIKE