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Monday, 10 October 2011

A lesser known artist....SHARI

This single was a complete surprise to me at the time I discovered it. I had a pile of unknown new releases and was sampling them on the turntables. I remember breezing through most of them until I got to this one and left it play all the way through. I was blown away by the slick production and arrangement and just HAD to get it right there and then.
"STOP...IF YOU WANT MY LOVIN'...GIVE ME A LITTLE LOVE REACTION"

KEN LASZLO....

Ken Laszlo, one of the original ITALO "GREATS" cranked out a ton of hits back in the early to mid 80's (and beyond). Most memorable would probably be HEY HEY GUY or TONIGHT, but my favorite was this Twelve inch "DON'T CRY".
"DON'T CRY - KEN LASZLO"....


I've included a magnificent REMIX here also...it was quite RARE so it's worth a listen!
"DON'T CRY" REMIX REMIX REMIX REMIX REMIX REMIX!

High energy Magic from "POWER RECORDS"...

Caren Cole had a Hi-NRG hit with this single "I NEED A LOVER TONIGHT". It was released on the very well known POWER label and I can't recall a single record that didn't like that was pressed on that particular label.
" I NEED A LOVER TONIGHT - CAREN COLE "....

More MEGATONE Magic...

Could never go wrong with these Megatone releases. Just one glance on the shelves at the sight of a MEGATONE label and it was "Grab Time"!! This one's an old favorite by Jeanie Tracy called "TIME BOMB".
"JEANIE TRACY...TIME BOMB"....

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Back to the EURO records!...

The group MOZZART had a couple of huge hits on the EURO scene. One was the very successful "MONEY" and the other being this one "JASMIN CHINA GIRL" not to be confused with the spelling of the word Jasmine (with an E). I personally liked this single better than "Money" and I include a remix here that has a little bit more of a Hi-NRG vibe to it.
"JASMIN CHINA GIRL ORIGINAL EXTENDED TWELVE INCH"

"JASMIN CHINA GIRL - FAR EAST REMIX"

The "SEDUCER" Medleys...

From what I know, this record label also released some mixes by MADONNA as well as MICHAEL JACKSON during the early 90's. Not a lot can be found about the company or if at all it was LEGIT!
"THE PRINCE SEDUCER MEDLEYS"
"PRINCE - NELSON MIX"


More of the PRINCE bootlegs!

These records were discovered by chance. They were never an intentional search or purposeful hunt, but rather a piece of treasure in amongst a shabby disorganized mess of records left in a pile by other DJ's that used to spend their time listening the picks of the day. There were occasions when "Special" releases or "Specially put aside" records were accidentally mixed up with regular singles and if you were quick enough to GRAB, then it was to be your lucky day! I have not seen another record like this one with this same particular medley on it and I have been unable to identify what it could have been bootlegged from. Regardless, it's one of the very best I have heard.
"PRINCE WHITE LABEL BOOTLEG MEDLEY"

Monday, 3 October 2011

Prince...Bootlegged Medleys!

Everyone loves a PRINCE MIX! You probably couldn't count how many have been made over the years. The few that I'm sharing here have originally been on a legitimate REMIX service at some stage, but later repressed and more than likely renamed so the information about them tends to be hard to trace. The one simply titled MEGAMEDLEY is a bootleg of an original HOT TRACKS from 1984. It's one of the better Prince medleys, in that it was made when my favorite early 80's Prince songs were having their day in the sun.
"DEARLY BELOVED...WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO GET THROUGH THIS THING CALLED LIFE"

Sunday, 2 October 2011

One CRAZY remix...

This one surfaced in September of 1987. It's basically a really long remixed version of "Situation" by "Yazoo" though it's no ordinary remix. Titled the "Re-Situated" mix, this one has hundreds of little samples from all over the place, many are quite unexpected but work beautifully to make this version a delight to listen to. For fans of the REMIX here because it really is one crazy mix.
"RE-SITUATED"...AND RIPPED APART...AND TOTALLY JUMBLED!


Crashin' Down....

This is one of those singles that ends up on many people's 'Favorite' lists when it comes to 80's Hi-NRG songs. It was a bit of a "one hit wonder" like many were at the time, and little information can be found regarding LEGEAR only that the single originated in the U.K was hugely successful on the club scene. It also remains to be one of those songs that nobody can quite work out the correct lyrics to...Heck, I still can't!
"CRASHIN' DOWN..DOWN..DOWN.....LIKE A STONE TO THE GROUND???" (MAYBE)
Anyone who knows the correct lyrics to this song please let me know in the comments, I'd really appreciate it.