Ultimate Breaks and Beats

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Ultimate Breaks and Beats, commonly abbreviated as UBB, is the name of a 25-volume compilation of mostly full-length songs that were known for their breaks. The series features music, released between 1966 and 1984, which features a prominent drum break. The records came out on the Street Beat label in the mid-1980s. The release of a new volume in this series usually led to a wave of rap records using the breaks. Re-releases of these LPs, some packaged in pairs for DJ scratching and mixing convenience, became available and may be found in record stores today. CDs of some of the volumes may be found as well. In 2006, a compilation of most of these volumes was released digitally on a 2 disc CD + DVD.

Contents

[edit] Releases

Complete tracklisting, taken from [1]

Note: An * after a track name indicates that the song was remixed for inclusion in this compilation.

Not official:

  • SBR 499
    1. She's So Divine (B. Oattes/R van Schaik (The Limit)) (from CP 721) (1982)
    2. I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On) (Kashif) (from Arist 12521) (1982)
    3. There's Never Been (No One Like You) (Kenton Nix) (from WES 22130) (1980)
    4. Magic's Message (There Has to Be a Better Way) (Mr. Magic) (from POS-1213) (1984)
  • SBR 500
    1. Don't Keep Me Waiting (C. Mizelle & M. Wooten)
    2. Flying High (Patrick Adams/Cloud One) (from HS 1010) (1982)
    3. Serious, Sirius Space Party (Kenton Nix) (1981)
    4. Let's Do It (Leroy Burgess, James Calloway, Sonny Davenport/Conversion) (from SAM 5015) (1980)

Official start of the series:

  • SBR 505
    1. Johnny "Hammond" Smith - "Shifting Gears"* (from Gears) (1975)
    2. Bo Diddley - "Hit Or Miss"* (from Big Bad Bo) (1974)
    3. The Wild Magnolias - "(Somebody Got) Soul, Soul, Soul"* (from The Wild Magnolias) (1974)
    4. Melvin Bliss/Skull Snaps - "Synthetic Substitution"* (1998)
    5. Freedom - "Get Up and Dance" (from Farther than Imagination) (1979)
    6. 20th Century Steel Band - "Heaven and Hell" (from Warm Heart, Cold Steel) (1975)
    7. Banbarra - "Shack Up" (1975)

Discontinued (see note below)

  • SBR 508
    1. The Way of Life (S. Brighton & J. Cannon)
    2. Touch Me (All Night Long) (Fonda Rae, Patrick Adams & Greg Carmichael) (from RHR 3376) (1984)
    3. Infatuation (W. Negron)
    4. Precious and Special (J.J. Jarrett)

Continued

  • SBR 514
    1. Stanley Turrentine - "Sister Sanctified"* (1972)
    2. Willie Dynamite (Soundtrack) - "Willie Chase" (1974)
    3. Kid Dynamite - "Uphill Peace of Mind" (1976)
    4. Ralph MacDonald - "Jam on the Groove" (1976)
    5. Experience Unlimited - "Knock Him Out Sugar Ray" (1980)
    6. Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - "Blow Your Head" (1974)
  • SBR 523
    1. Rufus Thomas - "The Breakdown (Part II)"* (1971)
    2. Jim Dandy - "Country Cooking" (1975)
    3. Pleasure - "Joyous" (from Joyous) (1977)
    4. Solomon Burke - "Get Out of My Life Woman"* (from I Wish I Knew) (1968)
    5. Alphonze Mouzon - "You Don't Know How Much I Love You" (1974)
    6. Delegation - "Oh Honey" (from Promise of Love) (1977)
    7. Freda Payne - "The Easiest Way to Fall"* (from Band of Gold) (1970)


There are some oddities in the collection, with releases SBR 499 and SBR 500 discontinued and now considered "unofficial", while SBR 508 was released with two different track listings. The later, alternate track listing for SBR 508 is as below.



Also, two later volumes were released, both as SBR 526. The first version was re-released as "Strictly Breaks 1", and the second version was actually mixed and re-edited by Louis Flores.



[edit] Note:

The earliest track on the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series is

The most recent track is

[edit] Other Breakbeat compilations

  • The "Strictly Breaks" series (Volumes 1-8)
  • The "Dusty Fingers" series (Volumes 1-15)
  • The "Soul Beats" series (Volumes 1-9)
  • The "Diggin'" series (Volumes 1-19)
  • The "Super Breaks and Beats" series (Volumes 1-8)
  • The "Argo/Cadet Grooves" series (Volumes 1-7)
  • The "Schoolyard Breaks" series (Volumes 1-2)
  • The "Drum Crazy" series (Volumes 1-6)
  • The "Rhythm Madness" series (Volumes 1-2)
  • The "Circuit Breaks" series (Volumes 1-2)

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