Wild Style: "Hip Hop" From N.Y.
Tokyo: JICC, 1983. First Edition. Octavo-sized booklet (60 pp.) and audio cassette in plastic housing. Promotional publication—and sub-cultural primer—issued to coincide with the Japanese release of the 1983 hip-hop film Wild Style and the accompanying Japanese tour of the film's director and cast. With the four elements of hip-hop—break dance, scratch, rap, graffiti—clearly articulated to the front cover, and represented throughout the booklet in full-color, full-bleed photographs. Accompanied by the soundtrack cassette with Fred Braithwaite (Fab 5 Freddy) credited as Musical Director: two M.C. battles and tracks from the likes of Grandmaster Caz, the Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, Double Trouble, and Rammellzee. Original design by Kazu Kuzui and the film's director Charlie Ahearn; the latter supplying a brief text in English, also printed in Japanese translation. Staple-bound booklet in illustrated wrappers, as well as audio cassette, in fine condition. The plastic folder/enclosure has a split to the seam of the back panel, else near fine. This copy with the original obi. Scarce, with single OCLC record located (Cornell).
Item #29267
Price: $3,000.00