Always believe!

Anyone who has spent any time on the PCC blog will know my love for Chris & James.

Their remix and production work was just perfection and hit my music sweet spot every time. Their trademark use of a great build and then lots of layered piano was just heavenly and pretty much untouchable.

This track from 1994 is a perfect example.

I've been chasing a version of the Vocal Mix of this for years, so if anyone could a provide a link to one I'd be most grateful, as I'm sure it would make this track even more epic.

In the meantime, you will just have to rely on this great non-vocal version.

The Sound Foundation Avec Phillip Gordon ‎– I Believe 

(Chris & James Instrumental)

However. just to get a feel for what the vocals are like. I've also upped this version which is still pretty epic but just doesn't quite have the impact of the Chris & James remix.

But hey, that's why C&J were so great; as they turned good into amzing!

The Sound Foundation avec Phillip Gordon - I Believe 

(The Quiet Child Mix)

Tease me, please me!

Quality piece of classy house from 1996.

I'd be keen to get hold of a copy of the Nush Vocal Mix version if anybody could send me a link, as I'm sure that would enhance this track further.

Until then you'll have to make do with this version.

However, fear not at is still a great track, lovely vocals and some great production topped off with some great piano chords.

You and me baby!

The Grove Feat. Takka Boom – Lost In The Rhythm Of Love

(Good As Gould Radio Mix)

Gotta keep on looking for love!

Staying on the classy house/disco vibe, this is another great new track.

This one is very much Dave Lee influenced courtesy of some great production and a great remix.

Classy vocals, some great production and that disco house feel throughout.

Another track promoted on Parky's fabulous radio show.

Love the strings in this one along with the piano.

Quality.

Gotta keep looking, gotta keep on looking for love!

Queen B Unlimited & Dave 'Love' Lee - 27 Sided 

(Dave 'Love' Lee's Reshaped Mix)

You're divine!

Enjoying this one at the moment which is new and pretty groove-tastic.

Very much in the classy house/disco style.

Some great production, great vocals and just a lovely upbeat feeling.

Reminds me a touch of the Brand New Heavies and something that I could very much imagine is a track which Dave Lee would produce or play out in his sets.

Classy from start to finish.

I won't just crack and fail!

You know you've been on my mind, your divine!

Baby, I've got to make you mine!

Groove Disciple feat. Kelli Sae - I Surrender 

(Extended Mix)

 

I can hear sirens...

Lana has such beautiful vocals they can make any track sound deeply engaging.

Couple this with Prins Thomas' fantastic remix and production skills and you have a brilliant dance track.

The ethereal vocals and the fizzing house/disco groove just go so well together.

It one of those tracks which just makes you feel warm and fuzzy.

Love it!

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence 

(Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

You think I'm crazy?

 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (Jo-Manji's Bully Mix)

Sensational remix by the uber talented Jo Manji.

Totally loved his stuff when he first came on the scene a few years ago.

It just shows you the power of a great remix, because I hated this song with a passion, as it was so over played and I always thought it damn average at the best.

This remix however, is sensational with some superb crunchy beats and those harmonies in the background combined with the strings are just epic.

It's not on you tube yet, but can be accessed via the SoundCloud link.

I'm not crazy!

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 

(Jo Manji's Bully Mix)

Baby I don't love that way!

Those opening piano chords make you want to burst into the lyrics "cos I better let you know, it's time for us to go".

However, this is a very different song but with that same Hyper Go Go piano.

It'd be better if they'd a slight different tweak on it, but that said it works well and is a corking little track in it's own right.

Some great vocals by Fiona Day.

Nice!

Fiona Day - Old Fashioned Lovin' 

(Hyper Go-Go Mix)

Ride on time!

What a great track this is from 1998.

It has everything you could want from a trance track, lots of superb builds, some great peaks and just an aura of energy and atmosphere.

They don't make them like this anymore.

Lange (aka Stuart James Langelaan) was a remix maestro and rarely put a foot wrong.

This is right up there with some of his best.

Sheer class!

DJ Quicksilver - Timerider 

(Lange Remix) 

Let me take you on a trip!

Never need an excuse to post a Depeche track.

They have always been one of my all time favourite bands and it was great to see them live a few years back.

That said, there aren't too many of their tracks which have been remixed well for the dancefloor, but this one is a welcome exception.

Mainly due to the fact that it is Jon March from The Beloved behind the production.

Jon was of course a Shoom regular and Acid House inspired his creation of The Beloved.

The rest is history.

Love the piano in this track which fully complements David Gahan's vocals.

A superb remix!

Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes 

(Mayhem Mode)

Body and soul, you took me out of control!

Yet another amazing track from the sublime disco queen. R.I.P.

What a voice!

This is a superb track and it always brings back great memories of a superb mix tape which was of a night when Luvdup played at Vague in 1993.

That tape got absolutely played to death and it contained some amazing tracks, many of which are featured on the blog.

From that day on, Luvdup were always one of my favourite DJ combos and great to see that both Adrian and Mark are still going strong on the circuit sharing their outstanding eclectic dance music tastes 30 odd years on.

Total respect.

This track is sublime in everyway, a total disco classic and Donna's vocals are always so heavenly.

Body and soul, you took me out of control!

Eternal quality!

Donna Summer - One Of A Kind 

(Disco Purrfection Version

So if you want to.....

The perfect combination tried and tested so many times.

Beyoncé and Freemasons = banger.

Beyoncé is no doubt one of the global superstars of recent years and the Freemasons which absolute masters at given commercial tracks a dancefloor appeal.

This is another great remix uses all the vocal talents of Ms Knowles to great effect.

Beyoncé - Greenlight 

(Freemasons Extended Club Mix)

M-phatic!

Another piece of epic dance music by Above & Beyond.

You instantly know as soon as you see their name on the track that is an a surety of being a banger.

This one certainly doesn't disappont.

Fierce in  every way, this one contains some Japanese vocals from Ayumi Hamasaki who went on to be known as the Empress of J-Pop and is Japan's biggest selling artist.

The vocal dub mix contains less of the vocals which are a bit marmite in my opinion and hence I think I prefer this version.

This track though is all about A&B's superb production.

Cracking track!

Ayumi Hamasaki - M 

(Above & Beyond Vocal mix)

Ayumi Hamasaki - M 

(Above & Beyond Vocal Dub)

You didn't stand by me - No not all!

Love this.

Annie Lennox is an incredible vocalist and I've always enjoyed her work whether in Eurythmics or solo.

Her vocals are so distinctive that you always know it is her singing.

This one uses her vocals to great effect and is a cracking remix with some great piano.

You didn't stand by me - No not all!

Annie Lennox - Train In Vain 

(Dan's Monster Club Mix) 

You can call me...

Corking track from 1995.

Lots of great and familiar samples, but it's the driving tempo that makes is sparkle.

A really strong throbbing rhythm which would rock any dancefloor.

Quality piece of dance music for sure.

Cause I don't want to be free!

The Salsoul Crew - Salsoul Mega Mix 

(Roxy Mix)

Bring on the trumpets!

Another new track often featured on Parky's superb radio show.

Bruise produce some great tracks and always have a nice little edge.

This one  uses some trumpets to great effect, providing a real grooving dancefloor anthem.

Very infectiocious!

Drums on fire!

Get on it!

Bruise - Cannons

Here we are together!

Liking this one at the moment, which is new.

Always love a track with some la, la, la, la, la's in it.

This is really catchy and no doubt will be great to sing along and dance to.

Lots of great scratching and stuttered vocals, make for an all-round cracking little track.

S.K.O.D feat. Mishell Ivon - Miracles 

(S.K.O.D Edit) 

Now is the time to take longer strides!

 Quality bit of old skool house from 1990.

Nothing original about this and it pinches from everywhere, yet still has a great feel to it.

Lots of "the house that Jack Built" lyrics and lots of bouncy piano.

All make for a really catchy track with lots going on.

As mentioned far from original, but super all the same!

The Italian Ecstasy – This Is My House

(Maxi Version)

Feel the love!

Great high octane track from back in 1995.

I can't quite believe how this has the impertinence to call itself a new track instead of a Forever and a Day remix, as it is a blatant rip off of the great Brothers in Rhythm classic.

That said, it's still a corking track with some great funky guitar and some bangin' piano.

Feel the love, indeed!

Tocayo - Live In Peace 

(Guitar Mix)

Complete Deluxery!

It's funny when I first started the PCC blog back in 2009, I always thought that I'd soon run out of tracks to post as at the time there seemed to be a finite number of Pure Club Classics.

However, since that first day on Friday 6th February 2009 the blog has kept on going and going (despite a brief pause in 2017 and 2018 when I simply didn't have time to post and thought that may be the end).

It is now at a stage where I can see no end, just more and more great tracks being posted.

Since the concept I've started to add lots of new tracks as well as old and while not all these are tracks I've heard in clubs, they are ones which I know would go down a storm.

The ethos of the blog has always been quality over quantity and I now have a folder with over 2,500 still to post tracks, hence I can't ever envisage a time when I will run out of material.

Enough of all that, here's a track which has been hidden away in that "to post" folder for far too long.

This is epic in every way from the very first piano chord to the end.

An all time classic which still sounds amazing 15 years on and will still sound amazing in another 15 years.

Epic is the only word for this track.

Enjoy!

Tim Deluxe - Transformation

Take me up!

Here's another track that I can't quite believe that I've not posted.

This is a stone wall house classic.

Byron's vocals are one of the few male vocals that I really love.

This is just glorious house music with a superb remix by Mr Morales.

From start to finish this track has everything you could ever wish and some fantastic production.

This was always a biggie at Hard Times.

A true house classic which still sounds amazing 24 years on!

Ten City - My Peace of Heaven 

(International Mix) 

Alone in paradise!

Really surprised I've not posted this one before now.

A real old skool classic from 1991.

This one was equally applicable to the Balearic laid back scene and/or the Italian House piano scene.

A great track which certainly stands the test of time and still sounds amazing today.

Enjoy!

Don Carlos – Alone

(Paradise)

4 o' clock in the morning and it's about time!

Cracking little track from 2006.

Great groove, lovely smooth honey coated vocals and some great piano throughout.

A really great house track and another which I didn't hear much of at the time in 2006.

I can imagine this track being great in Ibiza as an early night track or even at Café Del Mar.

A great little house track.

When it's closing time you hope you're going to make it!

Tom Novy & Lima - Take It (Closing Time) 

(Video Extended Mix)

Every time I see that woman!

Superb early house track very raw sounding but also very enticing.

Possibly a tad commercial and a bit more polished than some of the great early house tracks, but very nice all the same.

Great lyrics, great vocals and a superb groove throughout.

Possibly not one for the true house purists, but a goody all the same.

Start fresh with a brand new life!

Tony Terry - Forget The Girl 

(12" Extended Remix)

That's what I like!

One of the great joys of keeping the blog going after almost 20 years is the thrill of coming across not just great new music but great old music you missed the first time arrive.

I'm a huge Diana Ross fan, but had never heard this track before and think it is absolutely magnificient.

Why wasn't this bigger??

In my opinion it is fantastic and right up there with some of her very best.

Fast paced, fantastic instruments, Diana's stupendous vocals, some superb lyrics and just a heavenly disco production.

What a track.

That's what I like!

Diana Ross - Sweet Summertime Livin' 

Let the love shine through!

Corking remix by Sophie Lloyd of the old East 17 pop track.

This version is superb and so, so much better than the original.

The production on this is first class, with great vocals and so much luxurious piano.

Certainly, much more than Aright!

Spanking!

East 17 feat. Sarah Ikumu Alright 

(Sophie Lloyd Rework)

I could hear them howling from afar!

Love some of Röyksopp work and this is just stunning.

Beautiful piano chords, gorgeous ethereal vocals and just such a great aura and atmosphere.

They are one of the bands who I need to explore more fully, as I must confess I've not listened to much of their catalogue.

This track is just stunning though.

There are lots of remixes of this and I've added the Anamē remix which is great and more specifically clubby, but the original does more than enough for me.

Pure Class!

Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør - Running To The Sea

Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør - Running to the Sea

(Anamē Remix)

Guys, you know you better....watch out!

Always loved Lauryn Hill she had it all, attitude, style, a great look, great lyrics, great rapping and importantly great vocals.

She was one of the true stars of the 90's who created the paths for the likes of Rihanna and many others.

Although not strictly dance music this Disco Purrfection version really cuts the mustard.

All the Disco Purrfection remixes are superb and many are featured on this blog, so check them out on You Tube.

They typically take great disco tracks and reemphasising and repeat, the best bits of the tracks creating something longer and certainly enhanced and always done with real class

The vocals in this are great, as are the lyrics, the piano and the trumpets.

Classy!

Lauryn Hill ~ Doo Wop (That Thing) 

(Disco Purrfection Version)

I'll be right at your side!

This is a groovy little number.

It's got a really infectious groove which just gets you in the mood.

Then in comes lots of great piano, a great little rap and it just grooves on and on.

I bet this is a great track for picking up the dancefloor tempo.

Claptone, Miramar & Kurtis Wells - Beautiful Times

(Extended Mix)

Together we share a feeling so desired!

Another great track which has been a regular feature on Parky's superb radio show.

Anything Dave Lee previously known as Joey Negro (no longer PC) touches is disco gold.

This is a delightful track with lots of great strings, trumpets, great piano and some excellent soulful vocals providing that classic Salsoul vibe.

A really great piece of classy house music.

Love is to care!

Dave Lee & North / Clybourn - O Ban 1 

(Closer to the Source Edit)

Here's the comet!

I remember seeing this back in 2019 and it just blew me away.

Not the sort of sound or track you'd normally associate with the PCC blog, but I reckon something like this dropped at the right time could be immense (think of Jeremy Healy and dropping Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit").

The energy in this track is immense, this is how to play the saxophone and it gives a big two fingers to this trend of these fake saxophonists who stand at the front lording it playing track after track. They should be banned for discrediting real artists.

Back to the track, well it's just an amazing mish-mash of electronic beats and saxophone, totally unique and just so epic.

Love it!

The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire 

What games are we playing?

This is a new and is truly excellent.

A really unique track with so much going on in it.

It has a type of Saint Etienne vibe, with some luscious vocals and a whole cacophony of different sounds and vibes, including Jazz, Afro House, piano and some great sax.

All very tasty and a champion of a track.

I'm sure this will get better of acclaim or at least it should.

What games are we playing?

Yarni - Spell Over Me 

(Jazz Dance Mix)

U Know how to love me!

Quality bit of old skool from 1991.

They made some great stuff and also quite of bit of harder edge stuff which wasn't quite my bag.

This one is a real old skool classic with a lovely piano drop.

Not a massive track and one I heard out too often, but one which still sounds great and should have definitely been bigger.

However, that has always been of the key purposes of the PCC Blog, unearthing or reinvigorating old forgotten gems.

Hands un in the air for this one!

A Homeboy A Hippie And A Funki Dredd - U Know

Vive Lunes Azul!

I'm quite partial to this, a bit of Blue Monday reworked with a Spanish vocal.

This is new and just heard on Parky's fantastic radio show.

To be honest, as amazing as Blue Monday is/was, I do get fed up of hearing it.

Whilst this version gives if some new fizz and life, especially the Spanish vocals.

Long live Blue Monday!

A Joyful Noise feat. Underground System - Lunes Azul

Let's all stand up, feel free!

Superb bit of classic house from 1993.

This has a great feel lots of funky vibes, deep grooves and sp oh so nice piano.

The lyrics possess very little originality, but the track is a corker.

Very Hacienda-esque in style, just lovely!

Do it your, heh hey!

We were certainly Livin' it large back int'day!

Livin' Large - Love Is What We Need 

(5 Minute Wonder)

Move your body and dance with me!

A great hardcore track from back in 1993.

Following a very united rave scene in the late 80s and then a period of old skool piano classics in 1990 and 1991 at places (Up North) like Shelleys, Angels, Zone, KAOS and Ark events, by the back end of 1992 and 1993 the scene split into 2 very different scenes;

1) The dressed up house clubs typified by the likes of Back to Basics, Cream, Hacienda, Renaissance etc 

or

2) The hardcore scene 

I very much chose the dressed up house scene and never really ventured into the Hardcore scene, although I did enjoy a night at Doncaster Warehouse in 1992 once.

This track is very much from the hardcore scene and is a track which although a bit cheesy is also great and thoroughly PCC worthy.

Not much original about it, but very enjoyable.

Rave on!

Ultra-Sonic - Obsession 

(12" Version)

Oh I miss you!

This is new and pretty good.

As soon as you see that name Dr Packer you know that it is synonimous with very fine house music.

A great gentle groove, some nice vocals and a some nice piano.

Another off the Fools Paradise label is also pretty much on point!

All good in the hood!

Suki Soul & Dr Packer - Missing You

I know that it's over!

Absolue corker of a mash up/remix.

I always loved Gabrielle, her vocals were immense and she was a real breathe of fresh air when she arrived on the scene in the late 80's.

Matt Darey was always at the pinnacle of the early days of progressive and trance and has created many sublime tracks and remixes, many of which adorn the PCC blog.

This is another cracker.

Look at my life, look at my heart!

Gabrielle - Rise 

(Mash Up Matt Darey Remix)

It's been so long!

Sometimes you just hear a track and you immediately think "oh yes, I like this".

This is one of those tracks.

It's quite hard to describe, but this track just has a great aura and feel to it.

One that just keeps you enticed throughout the track.

It never really peaks, but just keeps you nicely entertained from start to finish.

Lenny Fontana and Paris Francis - My Song 

(Midnight McBride & Bri Buckle Remix)

Feeling lucky to be here tonight!

Another cracking track from the ever so fantastic Ms Lopez.

Great remix, great vocals and a throbbing brute of a track.

So alive indeed!

This is from 2002 and is still rocking some 24 years later.

Lovely vocal delivery from Jennifer and some great piano chords create a superb track.

Enjoy!

Jennifer Lopez - Alive 

(Thunderpuss Club Mix)

Keeping the glowdown baby!

Love this a new track heard on Parky's superb radio show this week.

This has a great atmosphere and a superb vibrant feel.

Quite similar in style to the tracks which Robyn used to put out, hence not out and out dance, but just groovy melodic dance music.

Keeping the glowdown baby!

Enjoy!

Flamingo Pier - Glowdown 

3 in 1 feels so right!

Really surprised that I haven't posted this one before now.

Certainly an oversight and maybe it was because it was a tad overplayed.

Anyway well overdue a post, this was a huge track back in 1993 and was always superb on the dancefloor.

I've spoiling you here with 3 superb versions to choose from.

The original Victor Simonelli version which is excellent.

A superb remix from those Nush boys who always knew how to spice up a track and add layers of fantastic piano.

Then there's a newer version from 2022 from Odyssey Inc. which is also pretty corkin'.

If I had to choose one I think the Nush version just shades it for their lush piano.

Victor Simonelli Presents Solution - Feels So Right 

(Solutions Original Mix 1993)
 

Solution - Feels so Right 

(Nush Club Mix)

Solution - Feels so Right 

(Odyssey Inc. Remix)

Yeah, come on!

I'm a big fan of Odyssey Inc and just love the feel of their tracks.

The vocals are always spot on and there's loads of piano thrown in.

This is real quality house music which is perfect for the dancefloor.

Soulful, vibey and just very compelling.

The male and the female vocals are just so complementary.

A cracking track!

I love it when you shake it like that aha!

Odyssey Inc. & Wayne Soul Avengerz - Too Close 

(Extended Mix)

The salsa sound of summer!

Another great new track from Parky's radio show.

It is full of trumpets, guitar and funky synths which give a great summer latino/salsa vibe, but for me it's all about the tempo change at 2.50.

From that moment the track reaches another level and just oozes euphoria.

Another track which if used effectively could be devastating on the dancefloor.

A real little beauty this one, very nice indeed!

Rubim de Toledo - Out From Under 

(Paul Conway presents Mioga Remix)

Symphony of the Night!

A track that's been around a good few years now, but always sounds great.

Dennis Ferrer is always a symbol of top quality house tracks.

This is piano-tastic from the get-go.

It contains lots of great synth noises and some good vocal chants, backed with a first beat and then the pounding piano breaks and it makes a hell of a track.

Another one which would be superb on the dancefloor and I'm sure would get some great crowd reaction.

Bangin'!

Dennis Ferrer - Sinfonia Della Notte 

(Original Mix)

Dat, come on!

Been chasing this one for a few weeks now after hearing it on Parky's superb radio show.

Just love the simplicity yet the effectiveness of this track.

A sure-fire dnacefloor smash in any club, just drop this and watch the crowd lose it.

Top notch from start to finish with some great energetic piano that builds and rocks.

Simple, but oh so effective, just lovely!

No vocals with this one, but in this instance none required.

It's no swindle!

Dat, come on!

Dam Swindle - I Met Her Last Summer

Just to be alive is a natural high!

Staying on the classy house vibe, here's another underrated classic.

A big track championed by Tony Humphries it's class still shines through.

Another track with great lyrics, great vocals and great piano.

A key focus of the PCC blog was always to champion great dance music new or old and this is another quality piece.

Another track which would still go down a storm today.

A definite Natural High!

Tracie Daves - We Can Make It 

(Satin Mix)

We need another.....holiday!

Whenever you hear the name Michael Gray you just know it's going to be quality.

He's been around the scent for several decades producing fantastic house music under his various guises, as Greed, Hustlers Convention, Full Intention.

This is yet another piece of classy house music from Mr Gray.

It's been around a good 12 months or so, but feels very fresh.

Close your eyes, dreaming paradise!

Michael Gray featuring Sian-Lee - Another Holiday 

(Extended Mix)

If I go out every night!

Corking track from 1996 (although originally released in 1986), very much in the Graeme Park stylee - that being classy house music.

Love everything about this track, great lyrics, great vocals, great house groove and some superb piano.

Just a top notch house classic.

This would still go down a storm on any club dancefloor.

Timeless.

H2O - Nobody's Business 

(Main Vocal Mix) 

Have you ever been lost?

 This is new and a bit tasty.

A belter championed on Parky's excellent radio show.

Great vibrant uplifting house feel, some excellent vocals by Candice Chavez, some great piano and an overall excellent piece of production as usual from Mark Picchiotti.

This one will be a biggie in the most discerning clubs.

Enjoy!

Mark Picchiotti featuring Candice Chavez 

- My Soul Cries Out (Extended Mix) 

Viva la old skool!

This one has been in my "to post" folder for ages, but one I'd not got round to.

A quality bit of old skool with some great piano from 1993.

A proper hands in the air old piano classic and I must say underplayed and underrated little gem.

I don't ever remember it played out but it may well of been.

A proper little banger though, so do enjoy!

Interesting little fact about this one, it was recorded on a Sunday morning in 1993 after an all-nighter at Bowlers Trafford Park Manchester.

Had many a cracking night at Bowlers back int'day - proper old skool!

Viva la old skool!

K.O.T.T. - Time To Let Go

(Original White Label)