Sampling music

[kingofbedsit]

Was Rappers Delight the first sampled record

[mcmikeymike]

Chic - Good times

[sft42]

Yes is the answer to your question, at least it was the first record with any commercial success...the sample used was Chic - Good Times which was a hit in June 79 and Rappers Delight was a hit in December 79.

[jenstar]

Surely it wasn't actually sampled, though - wasn't it an actual vinyl record of "Good Times" being manipulated by hand?

[Mortartube]

I believe electronic sampling technology (as we know it today) wasn't readily available until around the 1982-83 period.

[aphex2k]

so define "sample" !

[clintie]

Rapper's Delight backing was not from a sample. The Sugarhill records studio band re-recorded Chic's song as there was an issue with copyright. True: the Sugarhill Gang probably wrote the song with 'Good Times' being played as backing, but when it came time to record it, the backing was not Chic, but a studio band. The bass player you hear is Doug Wimbish and drummer, Keith LeBlanc.