Tommy Boy Story 1

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000CQJYZE
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,504 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > Dance & DJ > Freestyle

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Planet Rock (12' Vocal Version) - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

2. Play At Your Own Risk (12' Vocal Version) - Planet Patrol

3. Looking For The Perfect Beat (12' Vocal Version) - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

4. Cheap Thrills (12' Vocal Version) - Planet Patrol

5. Why You Treat Me So Bad (LP Version) - Club Nouveau

6. Play That Beat Mr. D.J. (12' Full Length Version) - G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid

7. I Didn't Know I Love You (Till I Saw You Rock & Roll) (12' Vocal Version) - Planet Patrol

8. Renegades Of Funk (12' Vocal Version) - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

9. Pack Jam (12' Remix) - Jonzun Crew

10. Tommy Boy Megamix (12' Brooklyn Mix) - Various Artists

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Jazzy Sensation (12' Bronx Version) - Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5

2. Salsa Smurph (12' Vocal Version) - Special Request

3. Let Me Love You (12' Vocal Version) - The Force M.D.'s

4. Rock The House (You'll Never Be) (12' Vocal Version) - Pressure Drop

5. Lisa's Coming - The Latin Rascals

6. Running (12' Vocal Remix Version) - Information Society

7. People Hold On (12' New Jersey Jazz Mix) - Coldcut

8. How Do I Love Thee (Extended Club Mix) - Queen Latifah

9. Louder Than Love - TKA

10. What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (12' Club Mix) - Information Society

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force (12" Vocal Version) 2. Play at Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol (12" Vocal Version) 3. Looking for the Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force (12" Vocal Version) 4. Cheap Thrills - Planet Patrol 5. Why You Treat Me So Bad - Club Nouveau (LP Version) 6. Play That Beat Mr. D.J. - G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid (previously unreleased, 12" Full Length Version) 7. I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock & Roll) " - Planet Patrol (12" Vocal Version) 8. Renegades of Funk - Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force (12" Vocal Version) 9. Pack Jam - The Jonzun Crew (12" Remix, 12" remix) 10. Tommy Boy Megamix - Various Artists (12" Brooklyn Mix) 11. Pacific 0101 - 808 State (Remix Edit Version, Edit Version remix) DISC 2: 1. Jazzy Sensation - Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 (12" Bronx Version) 2. Salsa Smurph - Special Request (12" Vocal Version) 3. Let Me Love You - The Force M.D.'s (12" Vocal Version) 4. Rock the House (You'll Never Be) - Pressure Drop (12" Vocal Version) 5. Lisa's Coming - Latin Rascals 6. Running - Information Society (12" Vocal Remix Version, 12" Vocal remix) 7. People Hold On - Coldcut/Lisa Stansfield (12" New Jersey Jazz Mix) 8. How Do I Love Thee - Queen Latifah (Extended Club Mix) 9. Louder Than Love - TKA 10. What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (12" Club Mix) 11. Come Baby Come - K7 (Extended Version)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great old school - a gift for my husband, January 9, 2007

By 

L. Cortez - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Tommy Boy Story 1 (Audio CD)

As a child of the 80s, perhaps its nostalgia that makes this stuff still so good to me. But another part of me will always believe that the originals will remain top notch. This is one of the best compilation CDs I've ran across.

1 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I HATED this stuff back in the day, May 16, 2007

By 

Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Tommy Boy Story 1 (Audio CD)

I had the misfortune of being in my latter high school years when this stuff came out. By 1982-83, the beautiful, harmonic, and melodious Soul music of my youth was replaced by this ultra-syntesized soulless high-tech drek which I considered the dawn of the "dark ages of black music." Being able to distinguish between nostalgia and what was actually good, I'm one of the few who does not look on my HS years as any golden age of music.

When Tommy Boy and other record companies found out that (for some strange reason), young people were willing to pay money for what was essentially low-quality pre-programmed beats set to some silly chanting, R&B went on a long downhill slide until the recent advent of the neo Soul movement.

As for the "songs," "Planet Rock" was not awful for what it was. The beginning which simulates Bambaataa chanting to the cheers of a partying crowd makes me smile, and he adds some of his infectous personality in this which is unusual for such mechanical music.

"Pack Jam" like most of these other "songs" (?)is just a bunch of nothing. Some studio techincians calling themselves the "Jonzun Crew" (few of them were actual bands) chanting the title to some undistinguished programmed beats. "Play at Your Own Risk" is only distinguished by the incredibly witless chant near the end (Woof woof, hey buddy buddy-hey buddy buddy). Yes folks, once upon a time it had gotten THAT bad. We also get to ridiculous new lows with "Rock the House (They'll Never Be)" which the fools chant "Dig it, a dig it, a dig it, a get on down-ROCK THE HOUUUUSSE!" over and over. Back in the early 80s, this kind of junk made you want to chase after the kids who played this trash loudly on their boomboxes with baseball bats!

Fortuantely, such ignorant "music" (?) is now largely a deservedly forgotten memory and has (wisely) not reappeared in any kind of misguided nostalgia. Only hardcore hip hop historians and people too young to have had good taste when this stuff came out would buy something like this. May those days of ear pollution be gone forever like that other musical scourge of that time called heavy metal and one day, gangster (c)rap will join them.