DJ Shadow –Hip Hop Reconstruction From The Ground Up (1991)

1st Floor

A0 Escape From Subterrania (Intro)
A1 Let The Remix Hit 'Em
A2 Laying The Foundation (Reconstruction #1)
A3 Gone In 60 Seconds
A4 The Final Breakdown
A5 Laying The Foundation (Reconstruction #3)

Sub-Level: Breakdown Revisited

A6 Make It Critical
A7 Listen Up! (Reconstruction #4)

2nd Floor

B0 Testament To A Master
B1 The Raw Fusion Of Hip And Hop
B2 From The Ruines Of Alexandria
B3 Wordz Of Wizdom (Shadow Eclipse Mix)
B4 Laying The Foundation (Reconstruction #2)
B5 Life On The Line
B6 Shadow's Theme
B7 The Mack Is Back
B7½ The Shadow Knows (Reality Check)
B8 The Raw Fusion Of A Hip Hop Instrumental

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This is the first ever Shadow release, about 20 copies were recorded and sent to various fanzine and underground magazines, the one that got him a column in the June edition of The Source (Unsigned Hype, coordinated by Matty C (2)). Initial copies were sent with a tracklist and a flyer, and recorded on a TDK D90 cassette. Contact address is written inside the hand-illustrated j-card. Shadow's loops were done on a Yamaha MT-100 4-track in the same vain as the The 4-Track Era Collection (1990-1992), produced during the same period of time.

There's no timings on release, retrieved from splitting audio tracks on a computer.