NOW AVAILABLE
Unsettled Scores Records is proud to present two long-lost recordings from the groundbreaking 1988 graffiti documentary Bombin’, now available for the first time on 7” vinyl and digital download.
Bombin’ (Original Version – 7” Edit) by Brim and Graffiti In The Dark by David Toop were created for director Dick Fontaine’s seminal film, first broadcast on UK’s Channel 4 in early 1988.
The film follows Brim’s 1985 journey from The Bronx to the UK, where he forged early connections with future cultural icons such as Goldie and 3D of Massive Attack. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving UK Hip Hop scene, Bombin’ also sheds light on the riots and protests that erupted in response to systemic racism and police violence in Britain’s inner cities.
The A-Side: Bombin’ (Original Version – 7” Edit)
Following our 2024 release of the Vocal Mix (USR45-002), this 7” unveils the true original version, recorded during Brim’s 1985 visit to the UK. This previously unheard vocal take did not feature in the documentary; only the instrumental section heard later in this version was used on screen.
The B-Side: Graffiti In The Dark
Recorded in 1987 during the completion of the documentary, David Toop’s atmospheric, downtempo composition serves as the opening theme to Bombin’. Avant-garde textures are layered over heavyweight drum machine rhythms.
From Lost Tape to Vinyl
Remastered from a recently uncovered cassette in David Toop’s personal archive, these recordings re-emerge as a vital document of early UK-US Hip Hop exchange.
Unsettled Scores Records are proud to announce the release of McRad’s “Weakness” and “McShred”, two iconic Skate-Punk anthems finally available as a standalone single.
Originally appearing on McRad’s 1987 album Absence of Sanity, both tracks became immortalized in the legendary Rubber Boys street skating section of Powell Peralta Video Four: Public Domain (1988) — a defining moment that introduced McRad to skaters worldwide and cemented these songs as all-time Skate-Punk classics.
For this special edition, both tracks have been beautifully remastered by McRad’s own Chuck Treece, exclusively for Unsettled Scores Records.
The sleeve features vintage photos of Chuck vert skating in the late ’80s, captured by legendary skateboard photographers Grant Brittain and Gunars Elmuts.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: All vinyl copies ordered through the Unsettled Scores Records Bandcamp come with a free McSHRED skateboard sticker.
Available on clear 7” vinyl and digital download now.
Unsettled Scores Records is proud to announce the release of The New York Graffiti Experience 1976 by Fenton Lawless.
The New York Graffiti Experience 1976 is a short documentary directed by Fenton Lawless, one of the earliest on film to capture the New York Graffiti scene, featuring works by a number of legendary graffiti writers including Blade, Billy 167, Comet and Cliff 159, the latter is interviewed in the film and also provided the illustrations used for the cover of this release.
The documentary started life in 1974/1975 as a slideshow by Fenton Lawless and Justine DiIanni, the film's producer, including original photographs and backed by the song French Fry 97, which was later used for the full documentary as well as other music previously recorded in 1974 by Fenton and his band.
The musical styles on this soundtrack vary wildly from Funk, Disco, Jazz, Rock, Folk and Country. All the music has been previously unreleased until now so Unsettled Scores Records are beyond happy to be releasing The New York Graffiti Experience 1976 as a 3 track vinyl 7” and 6 track digital album.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM UNSETTLED SCORES RECORDS
Unsettled Scores Records is very proud to announce its debut release, TRACY SONG by DAVID CHALFANT.
Back in 2002 the classic 1983 New York graffiti documentary STYLE WARS was released as a 2 DVD set, within’ the extra content there was a section called “Classic Hits” from Tracy 168 featuring super 8 footage of many legendary mid 70’s graffiti writers. The music playing over this section had vinyl collectors scratching their heads for years saying “what is that amazing track”… that amazing track was TRACY SONG. This funky Latin Rock killer was recorded by David Chalfant (son of Style Wars producer Henry Chalfant) especially for the Classic Hits footage, this song can best be described as The Ghetto Brothers meets Melting Pot by Booker T And The M.G.’s.
TRACY SONG has been completely unavailable until now so Unsettled Scores Records are thrilled to release this future classic on 7” vinyl and digital download.
If that wasn’t enough David Chalfant has kindly recorded a brand new track exclusively for the B-Side of this release, the brilliant “4 Meters”.