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Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Vocal) / Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Instrumental)
Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Vocal) / Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Instrumental)

Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Vocal) / Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Instrumental)

Performing artist Crash Crew
Record company Sugar Hill Records (NYC)
Date1982
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (31.115 × 31.433 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number2001.235.17.A,.B
Text Entries

“Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Vocal)” / “Breaking Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras) (Instrumental)” is a single released in 1982 by Crash Crew. Signed under Sugar Hill Records, this single contained a B-side and was written by Paul Simon and produced by Sylvia Inc.

Crash Crew was an early Hip-Hop group from Harlem, New York. The group was signed to Sugar Hill Records and consisted of members DJ Daryll C, G. Man, La Shubee, Barry B-Stro, Michael EK Shahid, and Reggie Reg. In 1980, they recorded their first single under the moniker "Disco Dave and the Force of the 5 MC's". That single was "High Powered Rap" and was released on Mike & Dave Records.

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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