Grandmaster Flash looses priceless records

The 1980s icon lost three crates of irreplaceable vinyl when a valet mistakenly handed over his vehicle to a man dressed like the hip-hop star.

Unfortunately for Flash, real name Joseph Saddler, hundreds of those records, some of which were used during his early DJ career, have gone missing.

The records, some of which are 40 years old, were in his vehicle as he is acting as an advisor to Baz Lurhmann’s 13 part Netflix drama, The Get Down, that explores origins of hip-hop in the 1970’s. How do you replace that?

He told BBC entertainment reporter Colin Paterson he had left his auto with a parking attendant while visiting a computer store.

There haven’t been any sightings of the vehicle but police are treating the incident as theft.

You can catch Grandmaster Flash on the Glow Stage on Friday night at Kendal Calling between 10pm-11pm.

However, at least one adoring follower has offered to donate her husband’s entire record collection to the cause, on the terms that Flash comes to grab them in person. Think about Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby with Jay-Z.’. “And he’s such a genius with the camera and content. He wants to glorify that time”.

His hits include The Message, White Lines and The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash. He was the first hip-hop act to be included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and he was the first person to use the turntable as an instrument.

Brooklyn Bowl has not commented on whether there will be any changes to Grandmaster Flash’s set.