This one is quite a bit more recent but still coming in at over 30 years old.
Still sounds great though and was one of those tracks from that era that drew on many great samples and hooks and put them altogether to create a great track.
Great piano hook from "Sound Factory's Good Time" which has been posted on the blog previously and of course the even more well known Lisa Stansfield vocal sample.
A cracking exciting little underplayed gem!
Waveshape - Goodtime
(Face Mix)
This one is over 50 years old and always sounds great.
Super chilled with some great vocals which have been sampled many times, some great guitar chords and some great saxophone.
Just an all time classic.
I've been thinking about what you've done to me!
Stretch – Why Did You Do It
(One Two Jazz Mix)
Here;s another fabulous oldie, but totally goldie.
This one dates back to 1978 and hence it nearly 50 years, but again sounds fabulous.
It's all down to some superb production, wonderful instruement arrnagements and of course some fabulous vocals.
Just another timeless which will always sound amazing.
Enjoy!
The Pointer Sisters - Happiness
(12" Version)
This may well be 40 years old, but it has lost none of it's spendour.
Just such a well produced track and one which will always be timeless.
When they are this good they stay good forever!
Joyce Sims – (You Are My) All And All
Cathy Dennis was a real talent and a great vocalist.
This track is great, a touch commercial but very endearing and with some great percussion and piano.
A really well produced track which was a real banger back in the day!
D Mob Feat. Cathy Dennis - C'mon and Get My Love
(Dance Hall Mix)
People seem to have forgot about the genius of Michael, but he was one of the greatest music icons of any generation up there with Elvis, The Beatles, it's a shame his legacy hasn't quite pulled through in the same way.
This track is just splendid with a great remix by Tommy Musto and some great piano.
Classic MJ - very sadly missed - but legendary status eternal!
Michael Jackson - In the Closet
(Club Mix)
From 1994 this is a track which really bangs and has some epic moments.
A real quality piece of hard techno from Belgium which stills sound pretty unique today.
This should have been a lot bigger than it was.
What's not to like!
Meridian Orchestra - Rainbow Colours
(Overture)
She always had a strong vocal and great that she is now DJing, although I can't profess I've ever heard any of her sets, so I can't really comment on her DJ skills or track selection.
This is a pretty epic track though courtesy another fine Hex Hector remix.
That guy really new how to create a banging 10 minute remix.
This brings Mel's vocals out superbly and provides a banging floor filler.
Melanie C - I Turn To You
(Hex Hector Club Mix)
This was way back in 1991 many years before Tupac's version.
This version couldn't get the sample cleared and hence it was never as big as it should have been.
I used to love MC Buzz B who was a superb talent and should have been much bigger.
Maybe if the sample had been cleared he may have been.
We will never know!
"That's just the way it is!"
Superb track though which still sounds amazing 35 years on!
MC Buzz B - Never Change
(Original Promo Mix)
It's very Jamie Principle-esque and could be easily be mistaken for the great man.
Yes, it's that good.
Very suggestive, very camp, but very very catchy and enticing!
Great track, very 1988.
So come on, come on in!
Boys' Shorts feat. Michael Cignarale - Come
Very disco funky and with some good afro chants.
As with so many tracks, it's the piano breaks which make the song though.
A nice little banger which would light up any dancefloor.
Wanna dance?
Elado - I Wanna Dance
At first I thought it was just a spiced up version of around the world, which was sounding fine and then in kicks a medley of PCC mash up piano breaks, as below.
02:47 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body 02:55 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives 03:03 Solu Music feat. KimBlee - Fade 03:10 Djaimin feat. Crystal Re-Clear - Give You 03:18 Barbara Tucker - Beautiful People 03:25 Mousse T - Horny 03:33 DJ Pierre A.K.A The Don - The Horn Song 03:41 FPI Project - Going Back To My Roots 03:49 Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives 03:56 Joe Smooth - Promised Land 04:04 Daft punk - Voyager
Love it or hate it, it certainly is a great collection of PCC classics, where most have been posted on the blog many years ago.
Enjoy and let me know what you think of it!
Daft Punk+++ - Around The World+++
(Sgt Slick ReCut)
I've previously posted the other side of this track, the spellbinding "Higher" and this is another superb piece of progressive trance, with some gorgeous piano breakdowns.
Superbly produced and with such a great aura about the track.
How trance music was at it's best in the late 90's.
Awesome!
L-Vee – Tears
Catchy, vibey, funky, but just really great to listen and dance to.
Just a great old skool track with lots of feel good factor.
1991 really was the year of Old Skool piano tracks.
I've got 30 minutes to talk!
Living House - To Talk
(Club Mix)
Trouble is I have so many of his lined up to post, but they will save for another day.
This is another classic.
Glorious vocals from Sophie Scott her voice is just superb.
Great lyrics, great vocals, great vibe, great collab.
Everything is good here!
Am I going under, should my heart surrender!
Purple Disco Machine, Sophie and the Giants - In The Dark
(Extended Mix)
The original is pure class and this is equally as good.
PDM doing his PDM thing and disco-tise it with a current feel.
Just lovely.
Can I get, can I get, get!
Tensnake - Coma Cat
(Purple Disco Machine Extended Re Work)
More banging piano and a great remix from PDM.
Quality all round.
Weiss - Feel My Needs
(Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Their tracks are always banging with really fierce and crisp piano throughout.
This one bangs and sounds great and also has a great drum roll.
The lyrics and vocals aren't up to much but the rest of the track is solid and makes for a good banger.
Weiss - You're Sunshine
(Extended Mix)
It just had such an amazing impact on the dancefloor.
I remember hearing it Back to Basics in Leeds and it went down an absolute treat.
Still sounds fierce and would rock on decent club.
Class is permanent.
Wendy Garcia - Sexo Sexo
(Tribal Ground Mix)
Hard to believe this track is nearly 40 years old as it still sounds fresh and amazing.
One of the very early house tracks and another that somewhat slipped under the radar.
This track has it all a fresh deep house sound, catchy vocals, great lyrics and some superb old skool piano.
Top class.
Hasta la vista baby!
West Phillips - Tell Me (That You Want Me)
(Club Mix)
This was another that went under the radar, but it a super little old skool Italo house track.
A touch cheesey and yes this one does sound a little dated, but it has that old skool charm that brings a smile to the face especially when the piano kicks in.
You got to get it on!
Let's get the party started!
X-Sample Featuring Katherine E – U Got The Love
(Original Mix)
Very much in the Djaimin - Give You vibe with many similarities.
The PCC blog is all about unearthing these little hidden gems from time to time.
Love the piano in this.
Enjoy!
Willow - Move On
(Tellurian Club Mix)
This is another cracking remix of one of Whitney's less popular tracks.
Nonetheless it is a still a bit of a corker, her vocals are just so exquisite and this remix just get's it right.
Had a good time!
Whitney Houston - Fine
(Junior Vasquez Marathon Mix)
This was quite a unique track at the time was surprisingly big in all the good house clubs.
Some lovely vibes to this and lots of variation.
Still a pretty unique tune in essence and one that still sounds great.
Good old days!
One Tribe featuring Gem - What Have You Done (Is This All)
(Original Version)
This is a catchy remix, which effectively uses Bernard's unique vocal and a looped guitar riff to good effect.
Certainly not their strongest track, but a corking one all the same.
If you don't try, how will you know?
New Order - Jetstream
(Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
However. very of her tracks ever made the dancefloor.
This is a tasty little remix from the legend that is Mr Allister Whitehead - always one of my favourite DJs from the circuit back in the early 90's.
Allister didn't make that many remixes, but this is delightful and very typical of his house sets, great music tinged with piano.
Natalie's vocals are always stand out and it all combines to provide a great little PCC.
It does however, always leave me thinking it could have been even better if it had a second peak and a bigger piano breakdown. I'm thinking more like Anthony White - Love Me Tonight vibes.
Enjoy!
P.S. The Way Out West remixes of this track and pretty poor (very unlike WoW - who are usually amazing).
Natalie Imbruglia - Smoke
(Allister Whitehead's Pan Fried Mix)
The guy has been around from the very beginning and rightly deserves with legendary status in the dance music stratosphere.
This is a corking little track with a lovely guitar loop, but it's when the crunchy acid vibes kick in that this track really starts to take off.
Quality indeed!
Myd (feat. Juan Wauters) - Whether the Weather
(Laurent Garnier Remix)
This was everywhere back then and in every DJ's box.
Just an amazing piece of house music.
Forget about the E-Smoove remix (not often you can say that), this is the one, pure class from those Masters at Work Kenny and Louis.
Still sounds heavenly today.
What a track!
Meli'sa Morgan - Still In Love With You
(Meli'sa's In The House)
The classic piano riff was ripped from one of my favourite tracks "Sterling Void - Don't Wanna Go" and also used very well in Outrage - Tall N' Handsome (both of which were posted on the PCC blog many years ago)..
This track still contains the same energy and vibe which made it such a big club track back in '92.
Old skool to the core!
Manix - Feel Real Good
This is new and one which Parky has been promoting via his excellent Radio Show.
Old skool in style yet current also.
It throbs and bounces, but just be patient and wait for the epic drum roll, then it really explodes.
This will be massive in Ibiza this year.
You have been warned!
Federico Scavo - Flashback
(Extended Mix)
Lots of energy, some great vocals and of course a great remix from the 7th Heaven team.
I just get the feeling!
Lorraine - Transatlantic Flight
(Rize & 7th Heaven Vocal Mix)
Superb production the sharpness of the sound, the beats, the vocals and of course the piano chords are top notch.
Just a great house classic which still sounds amazing.
30 years.
House music forever!
Logic - Blues For You
(Vocal Mix #1)
Just blissful beats, sperb aura and spine tingling piano chords.
Lots of changes in pace and tempo, just creates a superb track.
It's been around quite a few months now, but still sounds great.
Celebrate!
LAZARE, Addam - Muhuuuuu
(Extended Mix)
This is another corker, probably not OMD's strongest track, but Steve works his magic.
It a catchy track with delightful piano courtesy of Mr Anderson.
Get on it!
OMD - Pandora's Box (It's A Long, Long Way)
(Steve Anderson 12'')
There are so many versions of this track and I'd previously posted the epic London Grammar/Freemasons version.
This one is just lovely, it keeps all the brilliant vibe and vocals of the original, but adds some lush piano drops.
Very nice indeed!
There's something inside you, it's hard to explain!
Kavinsky - Nightcall
(Eewas Cesium Remix)
A few samples and vocals would really complement it and add something extra to it, but I can imagine it would be great on the dancefloor in clubs and work really well to mix in and out of.
Grant Nelson behind this one.
Enjoy!
Nu Rhythmix - Babylon
(The Vibe Mix)
This is another great track which was big in 1994 and is a good example of their vibe at that time.
I always feel that this track doesn't quite explode like some of their others.
It just feels like it is missing that major peak.
Nonetheless it's still a pretty fine track and just worthy of PCC status as it always went down well in clubs.
Neil Arthur – I Love I Hate
(The Excalibur Mix)
Much more indie dance than club dance, but still a great track.
You buried me
Right where I belonged
You buried me
Right where I belonged
And still, I'm waiting there
On division st
I would like to find the answers I was always rudely denied
A song so sweet
From back when I was born
The loving creak
Of floorboards by the door
Hopeful I waited, hopeful I called
But no one would answer at all
On division st
I would like to find the answers I was always rudely denied
Nation Of Language - On Division St
The remix is much more like a Frankie Knuckles remix, super silky and super smooth and hence his influence via Def Mix was certainly being closely studied by Morales.
Great vocals and such a superb classic house feel.
This track should have been way bigger that it was, 35 years on it still sounds absolutely epic.
Classic house music indeed!
Going to take you higher!
Slam Slam Featuring Dee C. Lee - Move (Dance All Night)
(Slammin' 12")
As soon as you hear that piano riff it will be instantly familiar as effectively used in the Liberation 2 track and many others.
Class is permanent.
Feel the power!
Severed Heads - Greater Reward
(Piano Power Edit)
This has a real vibe and edge to it.
Pounding and driving, but with some beautiful subtle piano drops.
It all comes together very nicely and has a superb aura about it.
A very effective re-working, done well.
Get on it!
Beautiful Imbalance - First Picture Of You
(Lost In Music Mix)
A nice little old skool track with plenty of catchy little sample and some nice piano.
I always feel that this one had a bit more to offer and didn't quite explode enough.
Still a catchy little track though.
Q Words - That's The Choice
(Club Version)
Here we are back with a beauty.
The PSB are no strangers to the PCC Blog and have always had a great dance music appeal.
This is a corking remix by Jam & Spoon which adds a super feel to Neil's great vocals.
A really pleasant and quite unusual mix.
Enjoy!
Pet Shop Boys - Young Offender
(Jam & Spoon Trip-O-Matic Fairy Tale Mix)
This is a great Thunderpuss remix which showcases her amazing vocals to great effect.
The great lady is sadly missed, but her music will live forever.
I'm going be ok, I'm going be alright!
Whitney Houston - It's Not Right but It's Okay
(Thunderpuss Club Mix)
Their remixes are always showered with piano and sometimes borderline in view of PCC or too commercial.
However, this one falls clearly on the PCC category.
Great speeded up vocals really create some great energy for the track and J Lo is just uber talented and maybe the greatest pop star/actress of all time?
I know what you're thinking!
Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well
(Moto Blanco Mix)
The combination of the genius of Kevin Sanderson and the amazing vocals of Paris Grey (a.k.a. Shanna Jackson) have stood the test of time from the very early days of house.
This is another of their classic tracks with an exquisite Def Mix courtesy of another house legends Mr Frankie Knuckles (R.I.P) and Mr David Morales.
Glorious house music and Paris' vocals are off the chart on this.
It is of course a remake of Stephanie Mills original, but even though this is now nearly 27 years old, it still sounds amazing.
Pure joy!
Inner City - What You Gonna Do With My Lovin'
(Def Mix)
