Hank Shocklee on his Magnificent Music Machine, Hofstra U.

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A black and white photograph of Hank Shocklee at Hofstra University. Shocklee is pictured in the center of a configuration of DJ equipment. He is bending over, his left hand on the controls of a large mixer and his proper right hand on a stack of three different machines taped together. The topmost machine is a Roland Bass Line drum machine. A box of records is to his right, with an Afrika Bambaata record sleeve pulled out at an angle. He is wearing a light colored long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows with a black vest, jeans, a necklace, and a bracelet on each wrist. The only inscription, on the verso, reads [44A].

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