Re: [ARSCLIST] the origin of scratchin'

[John Ross <johnross@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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