Dear Fellow Dance Music Lovers,
This blog brings you the best in Dance Music and Club Classics; from early 87 (back in the daze) through to the present day.
For all those who rocked it all night until the early hours, to those that lived for clubbing and couldn't wait for the weekend to arrive. Enjoy and leave any comments on the blog or contact direct by email at pureclubclassics@live.co.uk
I posted another track from this 12" recently and this is another superb track from it.
Dating back to 1991, this was before mash ups became a thing and was probably one of the earliest types.
I think the reason I like it so much is because the mash up features one of my favourite tracks Kites by Ultraviolet as well as India's - Lover Who Rocks You. Both great tracks in there own right and both already posted.
This blend though is just full on and right on the money.
Brings back some great memories of the epic days of the early 90's.
Morales and Mariah are like a match made in heaven.
Mariah's amazing vocals and Morales superb remixing have combined on so many tracks and they are always brilliant.
Right back to the first Mariah remix (Dream Lover) he did in 1992 where he requested that Mariah re-performed her vocals, which was unheard of at the time.
This is very much in the same tried and tested formula, Mariah's honey coated vocals and Morales fierce percussion and delightful piano.
Vocal house music at it's best.
Mariah Carey - Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)
How remiss of me to forget that Dave Ball was also one half of the Grid (as well as one half of Soft Cell), working with his partner in crime Richard Norris..
I always loved the Grid's remix work and also many of their own productions.
This was one of their most popular tracks, a bit of an earworm, but also one which was very infectious and massively played out in all the clubs by all the top Jocks in the mid 90's.
Still sounds great!
The horn/Sax sample in the track was just massive!
Another track which I can't quite believe I've not posted before.
This was a biggie back in the early 90's and so reminscent of all those classic "hands in the air" piano old skools tracks which we all knew and loved.
Still sounds great all these years on and just as infectious.
This is new and fierce with lots of great acid squelch coupled with an equally great dose of piano and some not so original "Brothers and Sisters" chants and vocals.
That aside though it has a really powerful feel and really does create some intense energy.
I just wish that piano could be extended a bit and kick on from there.
A job for a talented remixer out there to make this even more epic!
This is such an epic and widely known (and possibly overplayed) track which although first out in 1993 it was really the Three 'N One remix of 1997 which created the track which was a true dancefloor monster.
This was posted on the blog way back in 2009.
However, since then this track has been remixed by pretty much every remixer out there and there a literally hundreds of different versions including many versions from very high profile remixers.
Out of them all there are 3 that stand out in my mind, these all retain the awesome feel of the original but also bring something new to the track.
The Paul Rincon remix brings in some great piano and adds a fresh vibe.
The Michael Woods version slows it all down and just creates a beautifully chilled aura.
Whilst the Sgt Slick version produces a mash up with Rapture which delivers another great feel.
Although all are amazing versions, I still feel the Three 'N One remix remains "the one", but all great tracks nonetheless.
Love this track from 1992 which is anything but techno.
It is very much deep house and has a real vibe.
Very much in the great US house style which was the trademark of Todd Terry and Tony Humphries.
This track has big similarities with a lot of Todd Terry tracks and indeed he did a remix of this, but I have to say I prefer the Tony Humphries versions.
Still sounds raw and edgy and even the "techno" chants still sound great.
A really vibey housey PCC!
I've also posted a non-vocal version which is great if you don't like the vocals.
Another stunning new track from the Keinemusik stable.
It was the closing track of their recent Coachella set and whilst the set in itself wasn't overall impressive, this track was certainly a key stand out.
It has such an all encompassing vibe which just soothes you and then the piano is so hauntingly beautiful.
A really great track once again.
Reznik, Good Guy Mikesh, Keinemusik - One And Only
Amazed that I haven't posted any Soft Cell on the PCC blog to date.
Well this one goes out to the uber talented Dave Ball who passed away this week.
Probably the lesser known of the combo that made up Soft Cell as Marc Almond was very much the focal point of the group.
Those guys were very much at the forefront of dance music for many years and one of the early exponents of Ecstasy many years before it hit club culture, through their acquaintance with the legendary Cindy Ecstasy who features strongly in this track with some lush vocals.
They made so many great tracks that I could have posted several, but although Tainted Love was by far their most famous, this is one of my faves.
I love the chatter in the track through, just class.
Marc: When I first met you, you looked a lot like Billie Holiday, that nude backless dress, the one with the sequins and the single white gardenia
Cindy: I was probably drunk, I had no make up on
Marc: Oh, but you had such style
Cindy: Oh really?
Marc: And those words you sang, and it was my life story
Cindy: It was mine too
Marc: I remember I drank too much and made a fool of myself
Cindy: You looked okay to me but, when you get like me then you know you're in trouble
Marc: I went to grab you and kiss you, but I thought you'd hit me
Cindy: Too bright baby
The whole track is just quality from start to finish.
A quality track from 1994 and another that never got played out in the clubs as much as it should have.
This should have been a lot bigger.
No surprise to know that Stonebridge were behind this remix which probably explains the bouncy piano vibe, which goes down a treat when combined with Sabrina's classy vocals.
I don't know why, I don't know why?
Sabrina Johnston - Satisfy My Love
(Johnny Boy's Monday Full On Mix)
The House Factor mix is also pretty tasty and well worth a post.
Lots of chunky piano in this one, which is also Stonebridge under their Swemix alias).
Quality track from 1997 courtesy of a quality Disco Citizens remix (weren't they all).
As good as Chicane were I always preferred Nick Bracegirdle's work under his Disco Citizens alias as it always felt a little bit more underground and less commercial.
As well as a good remix this also has some fine vocals from Sonya Madan probably better known as the lead vocalist in 80s Britpop band Echobelly.
