Various Artists - Blue Prints - the sampled soul of Massive Attack - Vinyl LP Record

Pre-Order: This item is expected to release 14th August 2026

Long before the phrase "digging" was applied to buying records, a group of DJs, MCs, producers, graffiti artists and B-Boys from the West Country were searching for a different beat. Known locally as The Wild Bunch, their name was soon to go global as the soundsystem not to be messed with.  They soon fused into Massive Attack and undoubtedly changed the face of modern music with their debut album "Blue Lines". Unlike other UK rap and soul of the time, they found their inspirations not in the ultimate breaks and beats of the day, but in the dusty crackles of jazz, funk, soul, reggae and world music. Here are a few that laid the blue prints for that seminal album. 

Track list:

A

Stratus - Billy Cobham

Mambo - Wally Badarou

Sneakin In The Back - Tom Scott

Mellow Mellow Right On - Lowrell

I'm So Glad You're Mine - Al Green 

B

Five Man Dub - Lewin Bones Lock

Planetary Citizen - Mahavishnu Orchestra

Parade Strut - JJ Johnson

Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds

Ike's Mood - Isaac Hayes

You Know, You Know - Mahavishnu Orchestra