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      Malcolm McLaren - "Duck Rock" Acetates
      Malcolm McLaren - "Duck Rock" Acetates
      Malcolm McLaren - "Duck Rock" Acetates
      Malcolm McLaren - "Duck Rock" Acetates
      Malcolm McLaren - "Duck Rock" Acetates
      Malcolm McLaren - "Duck Rock" Acetates
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      "The influence of Duck Rock seems an eternal presence in pop. A rough estimate suggests the album has been sampled on around 400 tracks, by Eminem, Drake, Dr Dre, J Cole, Missy Elliott, De La Soul, Pharrell Williams, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, J Dilla and Madlib among umpteen others. And that’s just hip-hop: elsewhere, borrowing from Duck Rock is the thread that links Lana Del Rey to Linkin Park, the KLF to Alicia Keyes and Erykah Badu." - The Guardian, 2023

      These are the original acetates used by The Supreme Team in the creation of the scratches heard on Malcolm McLaren’s landmark album Duck Rock.

      A rare surviving artefact from a foundational moment, these acetates represent original source material from an album that redefined the possibilities of popular music. Released in 1983, Duck Rock fused early hip hop, South African mbaqanga and Latin rhythms, helping introduce sampling culture, turntablism and the wider language of hip hop to mainstream audiences. 

      Recovered during a storage clearance at Sarm Studios, the London studio headquarters of Trevor Horn in the 1980s, these acetates contain the drum, bass and vocal elements manipulated by The World Famous Supreme Team and heard across key recordings including Buffalo Gals, Soweto and Double Dutch. 

      As working studio objects, they stand as both production tools and primary documents of the album. 

      Read more about the album here.

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      Key Details

      • Three 12 inch acetates featuring original scratch source material
      • One 10 inch acetate
      • Original studio used condition, all remain playable

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      Provenance

      Used directly by The World Famous Supreme Team during production of Duck Rock

      Recovered by producer Chris Allison during a clearance at Sarm Studios

      Unique surviving one-of-one set.

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      Collectability

      Museum level hip hop and recording history artefacts

      Primary source material connected to a genre defining album

      Exceptional rarity

      Foundational objects from the evolution of sampling and turntablism

      Pairs well with

      Provenance

      Individual items directly from the artists themselves

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