Isolation Playlist # 9 - Craig ’Bully’ aka Uceefiv

Isolation Playlist # 9 - Craig ’Bully’ aka Uceefiv

A very special playlist this week comes via Manchester OG Craig Bully aka Uceefiv aka Hip Hop Craig!  A permanent feature on Manchester's legendary gauntlet of Oldham St record stores, Craig's a leading authority when it comes to early electro, street-soul, hip-hop, rap and much more he's definitely not letting onto.  It's written into the city's folklore that the lads from Vinyl Exchange were once seriously worried and feared the worst one Saturday morning when Craig didn't show at the shop, breaking a 30 year plus ritual of raiding the quid bins EVERY week without fail.  This kind of dedication has hardened him into a walking Discogs database, seeking out information in the cracks where the internet can't reach, especially when it comes to super localised / regional scenes.  On top of all that he's one of the nicest guys around.. peep the list!

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Voyage Band - Strange Situation

Nice slow soul/funk joint.. big in 86

 

MSG Featuring Glenn "Sweety G" Toby - I Can Tell (Club)

Kick ass 87 bomb on the garage / house tip..  

 

Kreamcicle- No News Is News 12" Instrumental remix

Soul/ funk tune remixed in 86,slightly more uptempo.. nice inst. 

 

Chapter & The Verse - Bloodless Coup Feat. Paulette Blake

A really smooth joint by the local talent from the Moss Side/ Hulme area.

 

 

Henderson & Whitfield-Dancin' To The Beat

Funky early 80’s boogie at its finest.. inst mix. 

 

Syncbeat - Music

Another local electro bomb from the man Greg Wilson under one of his alias’s...

 

Information Society - Running (Instrumental)

Killer electro from the leftfield electronic group... nicely remixed for the tommy boy 86 release... inst mix. 

 

Cynthia Roundtree - Stop Searching (Instrumental Mix)

Smooth electro/freestyle inst.. on the connie tip

 

Kid Frost - Terminator (Vocal Mix)

Absolute bomb of a track, way ahead of its time for 85.. in any b boyz top 3.

 

S-B-M & MC Tunes - Back To Attack

An early outing for mc tunes with gerrald(a guy called) on the cutz..