Ten weird and wonderful 1980’s Electro tracks from my record collection

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1. Maggotron – Computer Pop (Bound Sound Records) 1984
2. Mr P and the Star Skate Crew – Roller Skate Rap (Merrick Records) 1985
3. MC Chief featuring Sexy Lady – Beefbox (4-Sight) 1984
4. Hip Hop on Wax Volume 1,2 and 3 Megamix (Street Sounds Essential Electro Box Set) 1984
5. Synergy – Project 5 (Time Traxx Records) 1983
6. Something/Anything – The Monster Rock (Memo Records) 1984
7. The Russell Brothers – The Party Scene (Portrait) 1983
8. Tripple B Co. – The Base Roc (Dangerous Jams Records) 1984
9. Import #1 – Set it Off “Party Rock” (Party Rock Records) 1984
10. Ramsey 2C-3D – Fly Guy and the Unemployed (Tears of Fire Records) 1982

I originally fell in love with electro in the early 80’s due to a combination of seeing Buffalo Girls on Top of the Pops as well as hearing the Street Sounds Electro series that all the cool kids at school were listening to. I also remember seeing a video late at night on the The Old Grey Whistle Test of “We are the Jonzun crew” that blew my teenage mind and soon I was heading into the West End of London and sourcing hard to find Twelve Inch imports from specialist black music record shops such as Hitman and Groove Records. These imports cost £5 each which was a fortune for me back then and I could only normally afford one or possibly two if I was flush. My mate used to buy the tunes too so we would try and buy different ones, so we had a variety in our collections. These specialist stores only got a few copies in for most of the smaller independent US releases so if you missed them the day they came in you were out of luck. For years there were records I cursed my luck for not buying when I had the chance. Years later I would live in New York and Pittsburgh as well as other parts of the US and would start to pick up coveted items from my want list. Usually, I got these for next to nothing as at the time they weren’t seen as cool or collectable. With the rise of the internet and sites like eBay and Discogs it did become easier to source rare jams but also the prices started to go up. Some records became holy grails that even online were hard to find or buy for cheap. This is a top ten list of a few of the weird and wonderful electro records from my collection that I have acquired over the years. It could be a lot longer but for now here are some of my current favourite outsider jams from the 1980’s.