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| Classic features Timeless and hard to find classic Dance, Soul, Disco, Techno and Hip Hop anthems. The series includes those rare, expensive and hard to find 12" mixes, giving you the coolest collection ever. Releases tend to offer 20 classic tracks or more, representing awesome value!
DISC 1
1. WHITE LINES (DON'T DO IT) (ORIGINAL 12” MIX) GRANDMASTER FLASH & MELLE MEL (7:32, BPM:113, 1983)
A DEFINING TRACK FROM THE SUGARHILL LABEL BACK IN 1983. A TRUE CLASSIC CREATING A VIBE THAT ONCE HEARD IS NEVER FORGOTTEN, DEALING WITH THE COCAINE EPEDEMIC IN THE 80S. THE TRACK SPENT IN TOTAL
43 WEEKS IN THE UK CHART. A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER 12” MIX WHICH WITHOUT DOUBT IS PART OF DANCE
MUSIC HISTORY.
2. FLAT BEAT (ORIGINAL MIX) MR OIZO (5:12, BPM:128, 1999)
FLAT BEAT WAS/IS A WEIRD LITTLE TRACK THAT CAME ALONG OUT OF NOWHERE (WELL FRANCE ACTUALLY) AND GREW FROM BEING AN UNDERGROUND CULT TRACK TO A MAJOR CROSS OVER TUNE. WITH THE AID OF LEVIS
AND A YELLOW PUPPET FLAT BEAT GREW INTO A MASSIVE TRACK REACHING NUMBER 1 IN THE UK CHARTS.
3. GROOVE IS IN THE HEART (ORIGINAL MIX) DEEE-LITE (5:16, BPM:118, 1990)
CLASSIC PARTY, BALEARIC CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL THIS TRACK BURST ONTO THE UK CLUB SCENE IN 1990 AND
HAS BEEN A CULT TRACK EVER SINCE. SIMPLE, INFECTIOUS AND A CLASSIC!!
4. ONE MAN (ONE MIX) CHANELLE (7:42, BPM:119, 1989)
FANTASTIC TRACK FROM 1989, PURE US GARAGE VIBES THROUGHOUT. “ONE MAN” HAS BEEN COVERED YET
NEVER BETTERED. THE “ONE MIX” IS THE ONE YOU WANT. ALL THE ELEMENTS OF 1989 NEW YORK GARAGE.
5. RIGHT BACK TO YOU (EXTENDED MIX) TEN CITY (9.00, BPM:120, 1998)
TEN CITY'S GARAGE CLASSIC FROM 1998. ALL OF TEN CITY'S TRACKS HAVE A TIMELESS QUALITY. THIS TRACK NEVER GOT A FULL A SIDE RELEASE IN THE UK DESPITE BEING IT BEING SUCH A CULT CLUB TRACK.
6. SALSA HOUSE (SILVER ON BLACK REMIX) RICHIE RICH (8:11, BPM:120, 1989)
A TRACK THAT IN 1998 TURNED DANCE FLOORS UPSIDE DOWN. GROUND BREAKING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS IT WAS QUICKLY SIGNED UP TO PETE TONGS LABEL FFRR. A RECORD THAT STILL SUMS UP AN ERA OF ILLEGAL RAVES & WAREHOUSE PARTIES.
7. LET ME SHOW YOU (ORIGINAL MIX) CAMISRA (7:26, BPM:136, 1998)
TALL PAUL'S TRACK WITH A BASSLINE NOT TOO FAR FROM SANDY B'S “MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND” MADE
SUCH A STIR WHEN IT FIRST SURFACED ON WHITE LABEL THAT IT BECAME A MONSTER TRACK RIGHT AWAY. ONE
OF TALL PAUL'S FINEST MOMENTS ON VINYL.
8. LIZARD (MAURO PICOTTO MIX) MAURO PICOTTO (5:34, BPM:133, 1999)
ONE OF THE ITALIAN DJ/PRODUCER'S FINEST MOMENTS. PURE 1999, MAURO PICOTTO'S HAVIN' IT STYLE
DROPS WITH AN ANTHEMIC BREAKDOWN. FILE UNDER MEMORABLE PODIUM MOMENT.
9. SYNAESTHESIA (EN MOTION MIX) THE TRILLSEEKERS (8:20, BPM:140, 1999)
10. CARTE BLANCHE (ORIGINAL MIX) VERACOCHA (7:02, BPM:139, 1999)
MASSIVE TRANCER FROM THE KINGS VINCENT DE MOOR AND FERRY CORSTEN. FROM 1999 BUT STILL A MASTERPIECE FROM THE GENRE. SIGNED TO POSITIVA THIS CONTINUED TO PUSH TRANCE ACROSS THE UK AND EUROPEAN FLOORS.
DISC 2
1. DOOWUTCHYALIKE (PLAYHOWYALIKE MIX) DIGITAL UNDERGROUND (8:53, BPM:108, 1989)
PHAT PARTY HIP HOP THAT IS A CLASSIC FOR THAT VERY REASON. A CULT TRACK DROPPED BY HOUSE AND HIP HOP DJS ALIKE EVER SINCE IT WAS FIRST RELEASED. STILL AS GOOD AS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED.
2. SMACK MY BITCH UP (ORIGINAL MIX) PRODIGY (4:46, BPM:135, 1997)
CAUSING A MASSIVE STIR WHEN RELEASED, EVEN WITHOUT HEARING THE TRACK THE TITLE “SMACK MY BITCH
UP” HAD PEOPLE UP IN ARMS. THAT SAID A GREAT TRACK FROM THE PRODIGY AND A CLASSIC WHEN THEY
WERE AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POWERS.
3. STEP IT UP (LEFTFIELD REMIX) STEREO MC'S (5:24, BPM:116, 1992)
A SOUNDCLASH BETWEEN THE DON'S OF THE ERA, LEFTFIELD DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS BACK IN 1992. STILL SOUNDING FRESH TODAY WITH ITS TRIBAL AND TWISTED VIBE.
4. NOBODY'S BUSINESS (MAIN VOCAL HOUSE MIX) H20 FEAT. BILLIE (6:39, BPM:124, 1996)
CLASSIC A&M VOCAL HOUSE FROM THE 1996 ERA. “NOBODY'S BUSINESS” WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE
FEMALE DISCO VOCAL HOUSE THAT A&M MADE THEIR OWN IN THIS ERA AND OVER TIME IMPACTED ON THE
UK CHARTS.
5. ALABAMA BLUES (TODD EDWARDS VOCAL MIX) ST GERMAIN (5:34, BPM:125, 1996)
A CLASSIC TODD EDWARDS MIX OF ST GERMAIN ON F COMMUNICATIONS. NOW THERE ARE A FEW CLASSIC
NAMES. TODD EDWARD'S STYLE MADE HIM A UNIQUE PRODUCER AND REMIXER. THIS TRACK IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK AND A HIGHLY COLLECTABLE TRACK ALSO!!
6. LET'S ALL CHANT (FULL INTENTION “FULL INTENDED” MIX) GUSTO (7:43, BPM:125, 1996)
A CLASSIC FULL INTENTION MIX THAT TURNED GUSTO'S GROOVE INTO A COOL CLUB TRACK. PURE FULL INTENTION WITH THEIR TRADEMARK PHAT BASSLINE AND ROLLIN' PIANO. STILL A GREAT CLUB MIX!!
7. FORERUNNER (EXPERTS MIX) THE NATURAL BORN GROOVES (6:37, BPM:136, 1997)
CLASSIC EXPERTS MIX OF NBG'S UNDERGROUND AND OVERGROUND CLUB TRACK FORERUNNER. REPRESENTING THE EMERGING TOUGHER SOUND OF UK CLUB MUSIC, THIS MIX WAS HAMMERED BY THE LIKES OF JULES
AND TONG IN THE UK.
8. I'M READY (REMIX VERSION) SIZE 9 (11:53, BPM:125, 1995)
JOSH WINK'S TRACK WAS A DEVASTATING PIECE OF CLUB MATERIAL. FROM THE ERA OF THE EPIC BREAKDOWN THIS TRACK WITH ITS “I AM READY” VOCAL REFRAIN TOOK FLOORS BY STORM. AFTER HIS MASSIVE “HIGHER
STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS” (FEATURED ON AN EARLIER CLASSIC BEATS CD) THIS WAS A RETURN IN FINE
STYLE!!
9. OPEN YOUR MIND '97 (DJ QUICKSILVER FULL VERSION) U.S.U.R.A. (6:07, BPM:137, 1997)
A CLASSIC PODIUM TRACK FROM THE 1997 DAYS OF 'AVIN' IT TRANCE. A HEDONISTIC TRACK THAT WAS
CANNED BY DJS ALL OVER THE UK. DJ QUICKSILVER WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PLAYERS ON THE SCENE AT THIS
TIME AND THIS TRACK REPRESENTS THAT WHOLE VIBE.
10. THE MAN WITH THE RED FACE (JAN DRIVER REMIX) LAURENT GARNIER (6:26, BPM:132, 2000)
JAN DRIVER'S REMIX TOOK THIS TRACK TO NEW HEIGHTS. LAURENT GARNIER'S TRACK WAS GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT, HOWEVER IT WAS THIS MIX THAT HAS MADE IT COLLECTABLE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. STILL AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC PIECE OF TRANCE THE EUROPEAN WAY.
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