Various: Super Rappin': Grandmaster Flash And The Roots Of Rap LP

In 1979 at the age of 62, Bobby Robinson was an incongruous figure, standing at the back of a Bronx club watching a performance from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. According to writer Dan Charnas, "Flash thought Bobby was either a cop or a father on the lookout for his wayward daughter". But the experienced record man, whose record shop Bobby's Happy House had been the first black-owned business on Harlem's 125th Street, was on the lookout for talent. Bobby signed Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, and The Funky Four Plus One More to a one-record contract. The fruits of the deal were Flash's "Superappin'" and The Funky Four Plus One More's "Rappin' And Rocking The House". Unlike the manufactured sound of "Rappers Delight" this was the real thing!