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Re: [ARSCLIST] the origin of scratchin'



Certainly not related to its use in rap or hip-hop, but John Cage was doing strange things with phono cartridges in 1960:

http://www.johncage.info/workscage/cartridge.html

John Ross

At 11/7/2007 03:59 PM, you wrote:
In my never-ending quest for the most trivial music knowledge on the planet, I have this question ...

Who was the first rap/hip-hop artist to use a turntable, record and cartridge as a rhythm instrument, ie "scratchin'"? My guess would be Grand Master Flash's DJ or Run-DMC's DJ, but I admit not knowing the full genesis of rap.

Thanks in advance if you know the answer!

-- Tom Fine


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