What comes after ‘Classic’? As always I play the mixes while I write the reviews and this set got me thinking, if these were club classics back in ’94 so what are they now nearly 20 years on? Super Classics? Or maybe, using the car vernacular have they become ‘Vintage’ tracks? Who knows? All that matters is that the Classic label is well justified, these discs are bang on target!
Brandon Block’s mix has been a long standing favourite of mine for years, nearly every track selected for this mix is a stand-out, seriously. There’s the odd straggler but all in all this is a big chunk of what I call ‘proper house’ from the Golden age (should that be Classic Age?) of House Music. Plenty of piano house to keep me happy and a distinctive ‘sound’ that a lot of the tracks from this era shared, love it!
My favourites and recommendations:
Made In Two Minutes
Not Forgotten
The 10th Planet (Ashley Beedle Mix, it was bound to be good)
Choc the Beat
Temperature Rising
What You Need
and of course Shine On
Luv Dup’s Mix brings a funkier and deeper edge to the 3 CD set including an excellent version of Tony Di Bart’s ‘The Real Thing’ although that might just me forgetting how good that track is! Luv Dup’s own track ‘Good Time’ sums up the whole mix nicely in one track.
My favourites and recommendations:
Jump
Deep Inside
Get Off Your High Horse (wow)
Positive NRG
Mighty Ming (a classic amongst classics?)
I Trance You (also on Billy Nasty’s JDJ Mix 1 a truly great track)
Ha! How could I have forgotten about Mike Cosford’s opening track for disc 3? I mention piano so much on this blog I’m beginning to think maybe I should learn to play the damn thing! The opening track is just plain showing off! Amazing stuff. Check out the Mark Simmons remix on YouTube.
My favourites and recommendations:
Soul Roots
Hideaway
Stoneage
Peace and Joy
Funk and Drive
Disc 1 Brandon Block
1. Take Me Away (Pinned Up Mix) – True Faith
2. Made In Two Minutes (Rave Mix) – Bug Khan & The Plastic Jam
3. The Last Rhythm (Club Mix) – The Last Rhythm
4. Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Mix) – Leftfield
5. Go (Woodtick Mix) – Moby
6. On Ya Way (Original Mix) – Helicopter
7. The 10th Planet (Ashley Beedle Mix) – Strings Of Life
8. Choc The Beat – (Piano Mix) – Electric Choc
9. Temperature Rising (Bigger and Better Mix) – PKA
10. The Hunter (Original Herbal Club Mix) – Herbal Infusion
11. Move Your Body – (Original Mix) – X~Pansions
12 What You Need (Luv Dup’s Sat At Home Mix) – Soft House Co.
13. Shine On – Degrees Of Motion
14. Right Before My Eyes (House Vocal Mix) – Patti Day
Disc 2 Luv Dup
1. Jump (Original Mix) – Funkatarium
2. Ain’t No Love (Original Mix) – Sub Sub
3. Deep Inside (Original Mix) – Hard Drive
4. Alex Party (Saturday Night Party Mix) – Alex Party
5. The Real Thing (Dance Mix) – Tony Di Bart
6. Good Time (Luv Dup Mix) – Luv Dup
7. Get Off Your High Horse – (Original Mix) – Rollo Goes Camping
8. Don’t You Want Me (Original Mix) – Felix
9. Positive NRG (Original Mix) – Country & Western
10. Rapture (Original Mix) – Soul Odyssey
11. High And Dry – (Original Mix) Havanna
12. Mighty Ming (Original Mix) – Brothers Love Dubs
13. I Trance You (Original Mix) – Gypsy
14. Someday (Diesel & Ether Mix) – Eddy
Disc 3 Mike Cosford
1. Soul Roots (Original Mix) – Edward’s World
2. From The DAT Vol1 (Ultra Flava Mix) – Farley & Heller Project
3. Son Of Wilmot (Original Mix) – The MIghty DubKats!
4. Hideaway (Deep Dish Mix) – De’Lacy
5. Higher State Of Consciousness (Tweekin’ Acid Funk Mix) – Wink
6. Stoneage (Original Mix) – Floorjam
7. Let The Music Lift You Up (Full On Vocal Mix) – Loveland
8. Hey Mr. DJ (Stab Mix) – Screen II
9. Mooncat (Bonesy’s Hand & Spear Mix) – The Shaker
10. Cry India (Ark Anthem Mix) – Umboza
11. Play This House (Aquarius Teased & Pleased Mix) – BB Club
12. Horny As Funk (Hard As Phunk Mix) – Soapy
13. Peace And Joy – (Original Mix) – Soundstationhttps://electronicarestoration.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
14. Funk And Drive – (Non-stop Floor Edit) – Elevatorman
Was this really as far back as ’94?
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