Stream MixDownload MixTrack list1. Ben Liebrand - The Eve Of The War (Deep Space Mix) 2. Ram Jam - Black Betty (Rough 'n' Ready Remix by Ben Liebrand) 3. Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino (The Latin Dream Mix) 4. Gino Latino - Welcome 5. The Jam Machine - Everyday (The Underground Mix) 6. FPI Project feat Sharon Dee Clarke - Rich In Paradise (Going Back To My Roots) (Vocal Club Mix) 7. Cappella - Helyom Halib 8. Starlight - Numero Uno (Club Mix) 9. The Mixmaster - Grand Piano 10. Black Box - Ride On Time (The Original)11. Raul Orellana - The Real Wild House12. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Vocal Attack)13. Hithouse - Move Your Feet To The Rhythm Of The Beat (Party Mix)14. DJ Lelewel - Magic Atto II (The House)15. Fax Yourself - (Walking On) Sunshine 8916. Wood Allen - Airport '89 (Club Mix)17. 49ers - Touch Me (Sexual Version)Historical Facts- 'The Eve Of The War' was Ben Liebrand's first official release after successfully producing and remixing for others since 1982. The track is a remix of Jeff Wayne's 1978 track of the same name, which itself is a tribute to HG Wells' War Of The Worlds. The vocal narration is by 'Richard Burton'
- The original version of 'Black Betty' was released in 1977
- Sueno Latino heavily samples Manuel Gottsching's groundbreaking LP, 'E2-E4' from 1984.
- The man behind Gino Latino, Claudio Cecchetto, also wrote and produced Sabrina's 'Boys (Summertime Love)'
- 'Rich In Paradise' is a remake of Odyssey's 'Going Back To My Roots' from 1981
- The man behind Cappella is Gianfranco Bortolotti who contributed on some of the biggest Italo house tunes including releases from 49ers, Anticappella, Club House, East Side Beat, R.A.F. and many more
- 'Helyom Halib' samples LNR's 'Work It To The Bone'
- Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni and Valerio Semplici were also responsible for huge Italo house tunes as members of Starlight, Black Box, Wood Allen, Groove Groove Melody and more
- The piano sample on 'Numero Uno' is from 'Beyond The Clouds' by Quartz from 1978
- The Mixmaster is a pseudonym for Daniele Davoli. Grand Piano is essentially a produced minimix of the hits of 89
- 'Ride On Time' samples Loleatta Holloway's vocals from 1980's 'Love Sensation'. It had a huge influence on the music of the time since many tracks released after this included Loleatta samples, or vocals which resembled them (see 49ers on this mix as an example). Of course the main vocal on this track is 'Right On Time' but the group's terrible English resulted in the nonsensical title. The sampled vocals had to be redone for international release after Loleatta sued; the singer was Heather Small who later had success with M People. Neither Loleatta or Heather were given credit for the vocals at the time (vocal credits were not required on records at the time - this changed after Martha Wash spurred legislation to make vocal credits mandatory after she went uncredited on future Black Box releases and releases from C+C Music Factory). Instead the vocals were attributed to a model named Catherine Quinol (aka Katrin) who is generally regarded as the face of Black Box. Katrin screached the vocals live on their 2nd appearance on Top Of The Tops and it was laughably awful. And this ends my lecture on Black Box's first release...
- Yet another vocal scandal occurred with Technotronic. The vocals on 'Pump Up The Jam' were by Ya Kid K but the blue lipped model Felly, who appeared in the video, got all the credit
- DJ Lelewel is another pseudonym for Daniele Davoli
- 'Sunshine 89' is a remake of Eddy Grant's 'Walking on Sunshine' from 1978
- 'Touch Me' vocals are heavily sampled from Aretha Franklin's 87 release 'Rock-A-Lott'
Stream MixDownload MixTrack list 1. Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra - Deep In Vogue (Banjie Realness Mix by Mark Moore and William Orbit) 2. Baby Ford - Children Of The Revolution (Album Version) 3. S'Express - Mantra For A State of Mind (Club Vocal) 4. Coldcut feat. Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On (Full Length Disco Mix) 5. Circuit - Shelter (Wicky Wacky Mix) 6. Grace Jones - Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss) (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) 7. Corporation Of One - The Real Life (Original Mix) 8. Lil Louis - French Kiss (The Original Underground Mix) 9. 808 State - Pacific State (Origin)10. S'Express - Hey Music Lover (Spatial Expansion Mix by William Orbit)11. Silver Bullet - Bring Forth The Guillotine (Old Skool Mix by Norman Cook)12. Silver Bullet - 20 Seconds To Comply (The Final Conflict)Historical Facts- Malcolm McLaren famously managed The Sex Pistols in the 70s. Deep In Vogue was dedicated to 'voguing' a year before Madonna brought it to the mainstream
- 'Children Of The Revolution' is a remake of the T-Rex song from 1972
- 'Shelter' is the original version of 'Shelter Me' by Circuit. The vocal was famously sampled on Bizarre Inc's 'Playing with Knives' and Prodigy's 'Your Love'. This version was engineered by Steve Osborne before he joined forces with Oakenfold.
- Freddy Bastone is the man behind Corporation of One. The track samples Simple Mind's 'Theme For Great Cities' from 1981, and Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' from 1975. This is the original version. A virtually identical version was released by Raven Maize aka Dave Lee aka Joey Negro in 2001
- 808 State are named after the Roland TR-808 drum machine.
- Gerald Simpson aka A Guy Called Gerald was a former member of 808 State in 1988, prior to the success of 'Pacific'
- Billie Ray Martin sang the female vocals on 'Hey Music Lover'
- '20 Seconds To Comply' famously uses a sample from the original Robocop movie
Stream MixDownload MixTrack list1. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (House Nation Mix + United Mix by Shep Pettibone) 2. Janet Jackson - Miss You Much (Slammin' R&B Mix by Shep Pettibone) 3. Madonna - Like A Prayer (12" Extended Dance Remix by Shep Pettibone) 4. Madonna - Express Yourself (Non-Stop Express Mix by Shep Pettibone) 5. Paula Abdul - Knocked Out (Pettibone 12") 6. Adeva - Respect (The Dancin' Danny D Remix feat. Monie Love) 7. Adeva - Warning! (The Zanzibar Mix by Tony Humphries) 8. Adeva - I Thank You (Club Mix) 9. Wendy & Lisa - Waterfall (Remix by Nellee Hooper) 10. D-Mob Introducing Cathy Dennis - C'Mon And Get My Love (Dance Hall Mix)11. Inner City - Ain't Nobody Better (Groove Corporation Mix)12. Inner City - Do You Love What You Feel (Magic Juan's Smoking Remix)Historical Facts- Rhythm Nation samples the bridging guitar riff from 'Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)' by Sly & The Family Stone
- 'Respect' is a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1967 version, which in itself is a cover of Otis Redding's 1965 original version (so, 'Respect' was originally written from a man's perspective)
- Where are they now? Adeva currently teaches middle school in North Carolina
- The 'Waterfall' remix was actually from 91 but I included it here since it was rereleased in 89 as 'Waterfall '89' and this is a great mix
- 'C'Mon And Get My Love' was Cathy Dennis' recording before having a successful solo recording career
Stream MixDownload MixTrack list1. The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love 2. Kariya - Let Me Love You For Tonight (House Club Version) 3. Paul Simpson feat. Adeva - Musical Freedom (Free At Last) (Extended Freedom Mix) 4. Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Presents Ricky Dillard - As Always (Lovin' House Mix) 5. Turntable Orchestra - You're Gonna Miss Me (Extended Club Mix) 6. Kaos - Definition Of Love 7. Patti Day - Right Before My Eyes (House Vocal) 8. Roberta Flack - Uh-uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve Hurley's House Mix) 9. Kym Mazelle - Was That All It Was (Def Mix by Dave Morales)10. Sandee - Notice Me (Notice The House Mix by Clivilles & Cole)11. Seduction - Seduction (Wild Club Mix by Clivilles & Cole)12. Arthur Baker and the Backbeat Disciples - The Message Is ClubHistorical Facts- Candi Staton originally recorded 'You Got The Love' as an a cappella in 1986. John Truelove (aka The Source and Now Voyager) mixed the vocal over Frankie Knuckles' 'Your Love' (hear that here) and released it as a bootleg in 1989. It had an official release in 1991 and charted at #4 in the UK singles chart. It has been re-released twice since then reaching #3 in 1997 and #7 in 2006.
- Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk is one of the original 'godfathers' of house. 'As Always' is a remake of Stevie Wonder's 'As' from 1977
- Kaos was a pseudonym for Kevin Saunderson
- Roberta Flack started recording in 1968. 'Uh-uh' was written by Ashford & Simpson
'Was That All It Was' was produced by Marshall Jefferson - Sandee, aka Sandra Casanas, was an original member of the group Expose
- Seduction eventually became a girl band project for Clivilles & Cole, but before that was the release of 'Seduction', which has one of the most memorable bass lines in house.
Stream MixDownload MixTrack list1. Izit - Stories (The Mellow Mix by Paul Oakenfold) 2. Cry Sisco! - Afro Dizzi Act (The Raid Mix by Paul Oakenfold) 3. Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler - Keep On Movin' (Ultimix) 4. Paula Abdul - Straight Up (Marley Marl Mix) 5. Smith & Mighty - Walk On (Long Version) 6. Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler - Back To Life (Club Mix) 7. Soul II Soul - Back To Life (Jam On The Groove) 8. Soul II Soul - Jazzie's Groove 9. Soul II Soul - Fairplay10. Wendy & Lisa - Are You My Baby (My Man's 12')11. Jody Watley with Eric B & Rakim - Friends (Extended Version)12. Seduction - (You're My One & Only) True Love (Club Mix)13. Arthur Baker and the Backbeat Disciples feat Al Green - The Message Is Love (12" Cupid Mix by Les 'L.A. Mix' Adams)14. Alyson Williams - Sleep Talk (Extended Version)Historical Facts - Along with Oakenfold, who started a club night named '98 bpm', Soul II Soul were very influential in bringing down the bpm of dance music from the acid/house craze of 88. Their unique beats were often copied in tracks released in late 80s early 90s.
- Nellee Hooper of Soul II Soul was an original member of The Wild Bunch, a Bristol based group that would turn into Massive Attack; who Nellee would later produce .
- Ironically for this mix, Caron Wheeler used to be in a group called 'Afrodisiak' where she sang on records for Madness, Elvis Costello and Dexy's Midnight Runners.
- Marley Marl founded The Juice Crew and is often cited as one of the most influential early hip-hop producers.
- 'Walk On' is a remake of a 1964 song by Dionne Warwick.
- Wendy & Lisa were members of The Revolution. They currently score TV shows, including 'Heroes'.
- Hank Shocklee, famous for producing Public Enemy, was involved in the mixes of 'Friends' and 'Sleep Talk' in this mix.
- 'True Love' is produced by Clivilles & Cole of C+C Music Factory. The rap is by Frederick 'Freedom' Williams, his first official recording. The lead vocals are from an uncredited Martha Wash who also sang uncredited on 'Gonna Make You Sweat'
- The rap on 'The Message Is Love' is by Jazzi P, who was featured on L.A. Mix's second release 'Get Loose'
- Russell Simmons is credited as a writer on 'Sleep Talk' (released on Def Jam). He produced some of her other work from the same time and featured her on his first production in 1982; Action by Orange Rush.
Stream MixDownload MixTrack list1. Sheena Easton - 101 (Def House Mix by David Morales) 2. Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself (Frankie Knuckles Mix) 3. Electribe 101 - Tell Me When The Fever Ended (After Dark Mix by Larry Heard) 4. Ten City - Devotion (Marshall's Club Mix) 5. Ten City - That's The Way Love Is (Deep House Mix by Steve 'Silk' Hurley) 6. Humanoid feat. Sharon Benson - Tonight (Radical Mix) 7. The Beloved - The Sun Rising (Norty's Spago Mix by Tony Humphries) 8. Reese & Santonio - Rock To The Beat 9. Richie Rich - Salsa House (Silver On Black Remix)10. Richie Rich - You Used To Salsa11. Jomanda - Don't You Want My Love12. Jomanda - Make My Body Rock (Feel It) (The Basic Mix)13. The Beatmasters feat. P.P. Arnold - Make me Feel14. Frankie Knuckles Presents Satoshi Tomiie featuring Robert Owens - Tears (Classic Vocal)Historical Facts- '101' was produced by Prince. His trademark sound is more obvious in the original mix of this track
- The guys behind Electribe 101 also formed Groove Corporation (aka G Corp) and have been performing remixes under this name since 1989
- Larry Heard is the man behind Fingers Inc
- Brian Dougans is the guy behind Humanoid. Garry Cobain did the vocal arrangement on 'Tonight'. Although they met at college in 1985, this was their first collaboration before they went on to form The Future Sound Of London.
- The Beloved got into trouble over the vocal sample used on 'The Sun Rising' since it was not properly credited. It's called 'O Euchari' by Emily Van Evera. It also appears on Orbital's Belfast. Check out the sample here
- Reese & Santonio are respectively Kevin Saunderson and Santonio Echols
- 'You Used To Salsa' features the vocals of Xavier Gold from Ralphi Rosario's 'You Used to Hold Me'
- 'Don't You Want My Love' was famously sampled by Felix on 'Don't You Want Me'
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Track list1. Leila K with Rob 'n' Raz - Got To Get (Extended Mix) 2. Cookie Crew - Born This Way (Let's Dance) 3. Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Street Tuff (Norman Cook Mix) 4. Norman Cook feat. MC Wildski - Blame It On The Baseline 5. D Mob feat. LRS - It Is Time To Get Funky 6. The Beatmasters feat. Betty Boo - Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing) 7. Doug Lazy - Let It Roll (Vocal Mix) 8. Doug Lazy - Let The Rhythm Pump (Vocal Mix) 9. KC Flightt - Planet E (House Mix) 10. DJ Mink - Hey! Hey! Can U Relate? (Hard Rap Mix)11. Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd12. Fast Eddie - Let's Go (Fast Eddie's Mix)13. Tyree - Move Your Body (Julian 'Jumpin'' Perez Mix)14. Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Just Keep Rockin' (Hip House Mix)15. The Beatmasters feat. Merlin - Who's In The House (The Hip House Anthem)16. Monie Love - Grandpa's Party (Music Mix by Dancin' Danny D)17. Tyree - Turn Up The Bass (Super Duper Mix Part 1)18. Simon Harris feat. Einstein - Another Monster Jam (Monster Mix)19. Cookie Crew - Got To Keep On (Dancin' Danny D Hip House Remix)Historical Facts
