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Showdown / Showdown (Instrumental)
Performing artist
Sugar Hill Gang
Performing artist
The Furious Five Meets The Sugarhill Gang
Performing artist
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5
Record company
Sugar Hill Records (NYC)
Date1981
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.274 × 31.274 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.235.16.A,.B
Text Entries“Showdown” / “Showdown (Instrumental)” is a single released in 1981 by The Furious Five Meets The Sugarhill Gang. Signed under Sugar Hill Records, this single contained a B-side and was produced by Larry Johnson, Michael Johnson, and Sylvia Inc.
Sugar Hill is written in cursive red, blue, and yellow striped colored font. There is a blue skyline of a city in the middle of the cover over a light blue background.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Date: 1982
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Date: 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Date: 1980
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2000.19.12.A,.B
Sugar Hill Gang
Date: 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.235.9.A,.B
Sugar Hill Records (NYC)
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.46.A,.B
Sugar Hill Records
Date: 1981
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.441.18
Sugar Hill Records
Date: September 16, 1979
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1999.197.9.A,.B
Sugar Hill Records
Date: 1982
Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.482.15.A,.B
![Showdown of the Big Money Makers: featuring Sugar Hill recording stars Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5 [i.e., Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five], the Treacherous 3, and The Crash Crew, at the Empire Roller Disco, April 3, 1983](/internal/media/dispatcher/409330/postagestamp)
Sugar Hill Records
Date: 1983
Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
Object number: 1998.802.22
Sugar Hill Gang
Date: 1981
Medium: paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 1998.802.14