Bustin' Loose Part 1
Object Details
- maker
- Nouveau Music Company
- Date made
- 1978
- Physical Description
- vinyl (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 cm x 31.5 cm; 12 3/16 in x 12 3/8 in
- Credit Line
- Gift of Grandmaster Flash
- 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 and 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.
- ID Number
- 2006.0060.02.1
- accession number
- 2006.0060
- catalog number
- 2006.0060.02.1
- Object Name
- sound recording
- place made
- United States
- subject
- Hip-Hop
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Family & Social Life
- Sound Recordings
- Exhibition
- Places of Invention
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_1301249
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Bustin' Loose Part 1
Bustin' Loose Part 1
Sound recording, Bustin' Loose Part 1, 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
Album sleeve for records used by DJ Grandmaster Flash