Endtroducing.....

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Endtroducing.... is the first studio album by DJ Shadow, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music.) It is unique in that it is built entirely from samples of other audio, such as hip hop, jazz, funk, psychedelia, old television shows, interviews, and percussion tracks. The album has been cited in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the first album created completely from sampled sources.

In 2005 DJ Shadow released a "Deluxe Edition" of the album with a second disc containing demos and alternate versions of original tracks, tracks exclusive to CD singles and a vintage live set recorded on October 30, 1997.

Personnel

• Josh Davis (DJ Shadow) - production, mix, engineering

Track listing

1. "Best Foot Forward" – 0:48
   • Samples:
     • "It's My Turn" by Stezo
     • "Poison" by Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo
     • "Dynamite" by Masters of Ceremony
     • "Do or Die Bed-Stuy" by Divine Sounds
     • "Party's Gettin' Rough" by Beastie Boys
     • "You Can't Stop the Prophet" by Jeru the Damaja
     • "Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Parts 1-4" by Stanley Clarke
2. "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" – 6:41
   • Samples:
     • "I Need You" by H.P. Riot
     • "I Feel a New Shadow" by Jeremy Storch
     • "Planetary Motivations (Cancer)" by Mort Garson
     • "Music Makers: Percussion" by the Chevron/Standard Oil Company of California (1974)
3. "The Number Song" – 4:38
   • Samples:
     • "Orion" by Metallica
     • "Breakdown" by T-LA Rock
     • "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow
     • "Quit Jivin'" by Pearly Queen
     • "Freelance" by Grandmaster Flash
     • "8 Counts for Rita" by Jimmy Smith
     • "Flash to the Beat" by Grandmaster Flash
     • "Corruption Is The King" by Chrystal Illusion
     • "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Avalon & The Belairs
     • "Can I Kick It [Spirit Mix]" by A Tribe Called Quest
     • "Back to the Hip-Hop" by The Troubleneck Brothers
     • "Bad Luck" by Don Covay & the Lemon Blues Band
     • "Who Got the Number" by Pigmeat Markham & the B.Y.
     • "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
4. "Changeling-Transmission 1" – 7:51
   • Samples:
     • "Soft Shell" by Motherlode
     • "Klondyke Netti" by Embryo
     • "Invisible Limits" by Tangerine Dream
     • "Imagination Fruit" by Imagination Fruit
     • "Here Comes the Meterman" by The Meters
     • The Dream Message from Prince of Darkness
     • "Touching Souls" and "Inner Mood I" by Kay Gardner
     • "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" by Loudon Wainwright III
5. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" – 5:08
6. " " – 0:24
   • Samples:
     • "Grey Boy" by Human Race
7. "Stem/Long Stem" – 9:22
   • Samples:
     • "Tears" by Giorgio
     • "Love Suite" by Nirvana
     • "The Human Abstract" by David Axelrod
     • "Freedom" (spoken word) by Murray Roman
     • The Dream Message from Prince of Darkness
8. "Mutual Slump" – 4:03
   • Samples:
     • "Possibly Maybe" by Björk
     • "Love, Love, Love" by Pugh Rogefeldt
     • "More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" by Roger Waters & Ron Geesin
9. "Organ Donor" – 1:57
   • Samples:
     • "Tears" by Giorgio
     • "Pm or Later (Instrumental)" by The New Breed
     • "There's a DJ in Your Town" by Samson & Delilah
10. "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" – 0:41
11. "Midnight In a Perfect World" – 5:02
    • Samples:
      • "Outta State" by Akinyele
      • "Life Could" by Rotary Connection
      • "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw
      • "Dolmen Music" by Meredith Monk
      • "The Human Abstract" by David Axelrod
      • "The Madness Subsides" by Pekka Pohjola
      • "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" by Organized Konfusion
12. "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" – 9:23
    • Samples:
      • "'Pon A Hill" by T. Rex
      • Dialogue from The Aurora Encounter
      • "A Funky Kind of Thing" by Billy Cobham
      • "Let The Homicides Begin" by Top Priority
      • "Soul Brothers Testify" by The Original Soul Senders
13. "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)" – 7:28
    • Samples:
      • "All Our Love" by Shawn Phillips
      • "Nucleus" by Alan Parsons Project
      • "Voice of the Saxophone" by The Heath Brothers
      • Voice of the "The Giant" from episode 14 of Twin Peaks

Trivia

• The people on the front cover of the album are Chief Xcel and Lyrics Born [1]

• The location of the cover shot is Records, a record store in Sacramento, California.

See also

• Sampling (music)
• Turntablism