''The Source'' is the fourth studio album by

Grandmaster Flash Joseph Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is a Barbadian-American musician and DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by el ...

, released in 1986. It was reissued in the US on CD for the first time in 2005 ( Collectors' Choice Music, CCM-583-2).

Track listing

#"Street Scene" – 3:06 #"Style (Peter Gunn Theme)" – 3:57 #"Ms. Thang" – 3:55 #"P.L.U. (Peace, Love and Unity)" – 3:57 #"Throwin' Down" – 3:45 #"Behind Closed Doors" – 3:39 #"Larry's Dance Theme (Part 2)" – 3:31 #"Lies" – 3:32 #"Fastest Man Alive" – 5:22 #"Freelance" – 5:08

Personnel

(Joseph Saddler) –

turntables A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound. The sound vibration Waveform, waveforms are recorded as correspond ...

* The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover jr) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger *La Von (Kevin Lavon Dukes) – Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger,

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

*Broadway (Russell Wheeler) – rap vocals *Larry "Love" (Larry Parker) –

Dancer Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

*Shame (Jesse Dukes) – Flash's assistant

Musicians

*Chuck Kentis –

synth A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

*Guy Williams, Joseph Saddler – drum programming *Guy Vaughn – bass, synth, drum programming *Allen Douches –

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

*Barbara Baker, Vincent Castellano –

executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the production of media. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In film ...

s *Joseph Saddler, Vincent Castellano – producer Recorded and mixed at Grand Slam Studio, West Orange, NJ.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Source, The 1986 albums Grandmaster Flash albums Elektra Records albums Albums produced by Grandmaster Flash