Kurtis Blow
Album:	Kurtis Blow
Release: 29.09.1980
Recorded: 1979
Label:	Mercury #SRM-1-3854 

Tracklist:
1 Rappin' Blow, Pt. 2 		4:42	Blow, Ford, Denzil Miller, Moore, Lawrence Smith
2 The Breaks 			7:43	Blow, Robert Ford jr, Moore, Russel Simmons, Smith
3 Way Out West 			7:13	J.B. Moore
4 Throughout Your Years 	5:21	Kurtis Blow, J.B. Moore, William Waring
5 Hard Times 			4:38	Jimmy Bralower, Moore, Simmons, Smith, Waring
6 All I Want in This World	5:00	J.B. Moore
7 Takin' Care of Business 	5:31	Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive Cover)

Bonus Tracks CD:
8 Christmas Rappin'		3:57	Blow, Ford, Moore
9 Breaks [Instrumental]		5:52	Blow, Ford, Moore, Simmons, Smith


Credits:
Kurtis Blow 		Rap, 
Sudana Bobatoon 	
Jimmy Bralower 		Drums, Tom-Tom
Jamie Delgado 		Congas, Timbales
Robert Ford, Jr. 	Producer
Rocky Ford 		Vocals (Background)
Wayne Garfield 		Vocals (Background)
Onaje Allan Gumbs 	Keyboards, Organ (Hammond)
Patricia Johnston 	
Robert Kondor 		Programming, Synthesizer
Jerome Mack 		
Eddie Martinez 		Guitar
Denzil Miller 		Clavinet, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano
J.B. Moore 		Arranger, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Producer
Richard Pascal 		Guitar (Bass)
Kevin Pinnock 		
David Reeves 		Spoken Word
Michael Rubenstein 	Management
Craig Short 		Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Larry Smith 		Arranger, Vocals (Background)
Sheila Spencer 		
Gayle Stewart 		
Dean Swenson 		Guitar
Roger Trilling 		
John Tropea 		Guitar
William Waring 		Vocals (Background)
Mark Weinberg 		Package Redesign
Adam White 		Spoken Word, Introduction, Voices
Sandy Williams 		
Esther Wooten 		
Tommy Wouk 		Bass, Guitar (Bass)

Engineers: 		Rod Hui
Assistant Engineers: 	Erik Block, Paula Stevens, Lisa Zimet
Mixing, Remastering: 	Vincent Davis
Mastering: 		Suha Gur

Produced for Prep/Street Productions.
Recorded and mixed at Greene Street Recording Studios.
#1 remixed August '80.
Mastered at Masterdisk.

Notes:
The Party People:
Sudana Bobatoon, Andrea Crownson, Vincent Davis, Pam Gray, Linda Humes, Patricia Johnston, 
Harold Leaman, Cherylann Lewis, Gregory Lightbourne, Jerome Mack, Bill McCray, Cheryl McDaniels, 
Stephanie McGregor, Deborah McGuire, Annette Mimms, Pauline Mimms, Janet Mitchell, Ben Moore, 
Pam Paulette, Kevin Pinnock, Sheila Spencer, Gayle Stewart, Roger Trilling, Sandy Williams, Esher Wooten
(c)(p) 1980 Phonogram, Inc.


Charts (Billboard)
Album:
1980 	Kurtis Blow 		R&B Albums 			10
1980 	Kurtis Blow 		The Billboard 200 		71

Singles:
1981 	Hard Times 		R&B Singles 			75
1980 	The Breaks 		Dance Music/Club Play Singles 	 9
1980 	The Breaks (Part 1) 	R&B Singles 			 4
1980 	The Breaks (Part 1) 	The Billboard Hot 100 		87
1980 	Throughout Your Years 	Dance Music/Club Play Singles 	75
1980 	Throughout Your Years 	R&B Singles 			31