The Official Adventures of Grandmaster Flash is a DJ mix album by Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash

Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

 and was released in January 2002. It is a mix album

DJ mix

A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...

 consisting of interview snippets, newly recorded old school hip hop

Old school hip hop

Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...

 mixes, live Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. Composed of one DJ and five rappers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in...

 segments and four other tracks by various artists that were popular in Flash's early DJ repertoire.

The enclosed 36 page colour booklet contains an extensive and detailed history of Grandmaster Flash, with many photos and interviews with the characters involved and was written by Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster (authors of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life).

Track listing

1. Intro - "The Turntable Scientist" - 1:17
2. Grandmaster Flash Turntable Mix - "Flash Tears The Roof Off" - 9:32
3. "The Mexican"
   The Mexican (song)
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    - Babe Ruth
   Babe Ruth (band)
   Babe Ruth are a rock music group, primarily active through the 1970s, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. Their characteristically 'heavy' sound is marked by powerful vocals from Janita Haan and full arrangements by Alan Shacklock...
   
    - 5:42
4. "Grandmaster Flash Live At The T-Connection '79" - 0:23
5. Grandmaster Flash Turntable Mix - "Flash Got More Bounce" - 12:04
6. "Trans Europe Express" - Kraftwerk
   Kraftwerk
   Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
   
    - 7:35
7. Grandmaster Flash Interview - "Females" - 1:19
8. "Do What You Gotta Do" - Eddie Drennon & The BBS Orchestra - 3:51
9. Grandmaster Flash Turntable Mix - "Freestyle Mix" - 12:09
10. "Grandmaster Flash Live at Disco Convention '82" - 0:28
11. "Computer Games" - Yellow Magic Orchestra
    Yellow Magic Orchestra
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    - 6:29
12. Grandmaster Flash Interview - "Set It Off" - 1:11
13. Grandmaster Flash Turntable Mix - "Get Off Your Horse & Jam!" - 15:13
14. "Untitled" - 0:37