The DJ Flush Collection
NJ-based Cool DJ Flush had a series of tapes recorded in the mid-80s labeled simply with a number. Many were compilations of recordings of mid-80s hip-hop radio from Philadelphia, primarily WDAS and Power 99. Occasionally, they'd be 12"s or LPs recorded onto tape. The radio recordings are collected here as a piece of mid-80s hip-hop and electro history. (Also included, some later house mixes by Flush.)
And here's a direct link to all the DJ Flush items on the Internet Archive.
* indicates digitized, but not yet posted
^ indicates tapes that will not be posted
| Flush 1 (aka Bad Boys Funk) | Features a great Run-DMC drop for Power 99 where they rework a portion of "Here We Go." |
| Flush 2 | Electro and early hip-hop from 1984/85, featuring a great Shanté Power 99/Mike Jackson drop promoting her new track "Runaway." |
| Flush 3 | Power 99 show featuring an amazing DJ Cash Money guest mix. |
| Flush 4 | |
| Flush 5 | |
| Flush 6 | |
| Flush 7 | |
| Flush 8 | (silver painted tape, assumed to be #8) |
| Flush 9 | |
| Flush 10 | 1985 hip-hop with a dash of electro. |
| Flush 11 *^ | One side of L.L. Cool J tracks from a 12" |
| Flush 12 | Paul Harcastle and some electro and hip-hop. Side B seems to just be the Show/La Di Da Di 12". |
| Flush 13 ^ | Newcleus |
| Flush 14 ^ | Beat Street Vol. 2 |
| Flush 15 (aka Breakin' Stuff, Boogaloo Stuff) | Electro and mid-80s hip-hop |
| Flush 16 ^ | Fat Boys |
| Flush 17 ^ | Whodini: Escape |
| Flush 18 | Hip-hop, electro, pop, and R&B. Likely from January 1986 because of a reference to Super Sunday by Lady B at the end of side B. |
| Flush 19 | Features a vicious live LL set at the end of side A. |
| Flush 20 | Very short tape. |
| Flush 21 | missing |
| Flush 22 * | |
| Flush 23 | missing |
| Flush 24 | |
| Flush 25 | |
| Flush 26 | |
| Flush 27 * | |
| Flush 28 * | |
| Flush 29 * | |
| Flush 30 * | |
| Flush 31 * | |
| Flush 32 * | |
| Flush 33 | Tape snapped before digitization. |
| Flush 34 | |
| Flush 35 | |
| Flush 36 | |
| Flush 37 | |
| Flush 38 | Early on in side A starts a wicked sampler-based mix by Jeff Mills featuring LL, the B Boys, heavy UTFO/Big Beat breaks, Run-DMC, and more. One of my favorite moments in the Flush Collection. |
| Flush 39 | Includes a live L.L. set (not sure where it's from). Also digging Pretty Ricky & Boo Ski's "It's Mine" (obviously, an answer record to T La Rock's "It's Yours"). By far the most popular from the collection on the IA. |
| Flush 40 *^ | Boogie Boys' City Life LP and Fat Boys' The Fat Boys Are Back LP |
| Flush 41 | Features a KISS-FM Mastermix from NYC and a fantastic full-track radio ID for Lady B/Power 99/Street Beat. |
| Flush 42 | Run-DMC's Raising Hell (not included) and some Lady B goodness from 1986. |
| Flush 43 * | |
| Flush 44 * | |
| Flush 45 * | From Summer 1986, features two fantastic ads (one on each side) for a Philly vs New York "War Tour" that happened at the Spectrum on August 30, 1986. |
| Flush 46 * | |
| Flush 47 * | |
| Flush 48 * | |
| Flush 49 * | |
| Flush 50 | missing |
| Flush 51 | missing |
| Flush 52 ^ | Schoolly D - PSK |
| Flush 53 ^ | Steady B - Def |
| Flush 54 ^ | MC Jazzy Jeff - On Fire |
| Flush 55 | missing |
| Flush 56 | missing |
| Flush 57 | missing |
| Flush 58 | missing |
| Flush 59 | missing |
| Flush 60 | missing |
| Flush 61 (aka Music to Which I Spin) | Lots of dope electro, breaks, and early hip-hop. |
| Flush 62 | |
| Radio Rap Pt. 1 | The first in a series of three “Radio Rap” tapes that were recorded around 1989 when Lady B’s Street Beat on Power 99 (Philadelphia) moved to Saturday (the show also ended that year). There are some bits of Lady B’s airbreaks between tracks. |
| Radio Rap Pt. 2 | Recorded around 1989. Side A features some tracks from Power 99 but may end with some Jeff Mills, Detroit techno legend that was also a dope hip-hop DJ. Side B features 16-minutes of Philly legend DJ Cash Money with Lady B on Power 99's Street Beat followed by a few more gems. |
| Radio Rap Pt. 3 | "Jeff Mills (Homeboy is really def!)" |
| Flush Oct '91 | In the of Fall '91, Flush wasn't spinning too much hip-hop, so this mixtape is a blend of house, club, and that subgenre that seemed to only exist in 1991: hip-house. |