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
Staying on the Emotion - Nick Hussey theme, here's another old skool classic from 1991.
I'm surprised I've not posted this before now as this was a big track and one played often.
Sounds a little dated now, but that piano choons vibe from 1991 was one of the greatest times in clubbing history and the vibe in clubs back then was second to none.
The good old days when hands in the air was obligatory.
Love this track it was from an old mix tape by DJ Franklin.
He made some of the absolute best mix tapes back in the early 90s.
I still listen to them loads now and they still sound amazing.
This was mixed into S.U.N - Vision, a huge favourite of mine and then mixed into another track I totally love, but have never manged to track down.
Well about this track, it's just sensational, great vocals by Chazzie, remix and production by Roger Sanchez and just some delightful old skool piano throughout.
Throw in loads of samples, some great shout outs and you have a total PCC.
Still sounds amazing even though it's 35 years old.
I saw the Michael bio-movie last night and it just emphasised what a fantastic artist MJ was.
It pains me that his amazing legacy is somewhat tarnished and he's not remembered in the way that much lesser musicians were.
He was a truly one in a generation artist and I only have positive thoughts and beliefs of him.
His vocals and whole presence in the songs he created were just on another level.
This is a much more laid back, very soulful and much more Balearic than dancefloor, but nonetheless wonderful.
Michael will always remain as one of the great artists to have walked this plant and I will only ever have the utmost respect for his influence on music.
It's been a bit of a Graeme Park love in today on the blog, but that's becuase the great man has such fine msucial tastes and will always be one of my favourite DJs.
This is a sensational new track which sounds amazing and has been featured on Parky's great radio show.
Great production and remix work by the disco legend that is Dave Lee (formerly known as Joey Negro).
This is a fantastic piece of disco-tastic delirium.
It's lively, funky, energetic and throbs and pulses in all the right places.
Never liked this track, but this is an awesome remix and was another track which went down a storm last night when Parky dropped it.
I love the fierce new beats in this and it is a fine remix by David Penn who is certainly one of the best in the business at the moment.
This track used to be a really annoying ear worm, but this mix totally transforms it with some delightful piano chords it is now a proper anthem and certainly worthy of PCC status.
I saw Graeme Park DJ live last night for the first time since the Hacienda days in the 90's (apart than a few Hacienda Classical nights that I've been to).
It was at the Old Woollen in Farsley, Leeds and the great man didn't let me down and played some absolute corkers. The vast majority of tracks he played are already on the blog, but I'm going to post a few choice cuts which went down a storm.
It was a great event with an older crowd who knew their music and Parky was just pure class.
This one was great to hear and comes courtesy of a fine bit of modern tinkering by the Sgt.
The "wrapped in your arms" bit always hits me deep.
The instruments and production on this are just exquisite, not to mention the glorious vocals.
Amazing to think this track is nearly 50 years old, totally timeless.
A really nice dance reworking of the legendary Al Stewart track which has one of the most famous piano riffs, probably alongside Bruce Hornsby's.
This uses that great piano very effectively and adds some nice pulsing beats.
Probably not one for the purists, but I think it is very catchy and yes very commercial but still very pleasing on the ear which is what it's all about.
Enjoy!
P.S. I've no knowledge of a Jody Negro, which could well be a contrived name, but doubt it is the great man aka Dave Lee/Joey Negro.
Two corking old skool tracks from 1991 on a double A white label, both are killer tracks which would smash up any decent club dancefloor.
These two should have been much bigger as they are both really great tracks, filled with banging piano and perfect to create total dancefloor delirium.
I don't particular remember hearing them played out back int'day but know they would still go down a storm.
Any young DJs out there who are looking for a unique track send their crown wild, look no further.
Compulsion has some really spellbinding piano, but don't overlook Razor Happy which is also razor sharp!.
There is no finer moment in dance music than hearing the wonderful ethereal vocals of the uber talented Ms Martin against a great club remix which has lots of builds, drops and awesome piano.
Billie's voice has captivated me every since I first heard her early Electribe 101 tracks.
This track is just epic courtesy of a great Diggers remix, very BT-esque!
Just delightful - dare I say it "music to my ears"
Robert Miles will always be known for this track "Children" which although terribly overplayed and now deemed very commercial was pretty ground breaking at the time back in 1995.
This is very similar but was less played and certainly less well known but has a nice feel and flow with many of the same characteristics of Children, but feels easier to listen to and fresher.
The whole dream music scene which was created had lots of similar tracks, that still sound great 30 years on.
I'd totally forgot about this one, but it's no real surprise that it is such a corker when you consider that it combines the remix and music talents of Tin Tin Out and Tall Paul.
Most certainly Good Fello's.
This is a lively throbbing piano corker which jsut gets better the longer it goes on and then further explodes with an avalance of piano.
A corking trance track which was a huge Oakey track back int' day and later became immortalised from the hilarious but very credible Kevin & Perry film.
It's hard not to listen to it now without thinking "all I want to do is do it".
That shouldn't however detract from the epic nature of this track and is just a piece of trance brilliance.
It has one of the all time great piano breakdowns, which always sounds amazing!
Sit, back, relax and enjoy or even better get up and dance!
RóisÃn is one of the best female vocalists of recent times and Paul Woodhead loves a banging piano remix, hence the outcome is a great track with a great vibe and pretty fierce at the same time.
I bet this sounded great in a club with the volume jacked up.
I'd delved into a few real oldies with my last 3 posts which had an accumulative age of about 130 years dance history.
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.
One of Michael's less played tracks put a superb one and great remix.
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!
In my opinion she was always the most talented/only talented Spice Girl.
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.
One of the truly great tracks of it's time courtesy of the legendary Pete Namlook and still sounding amazing today.
This was right at the forefront of the progressive house scene way back in 1993 and could also be classed as one of the very first and finest trance tracks.
The track was produced by the genius of
The Northern Mix is a little slower in tempo than the Southern Mix and is my favourite of the two.
However, it was the Southern Mix which really brought this track to prominence as it was a key part of Oakey's trailblazing Goa Mix.
In fairness both remixes are amazing, pounding, banging, throbbing and with that catchy little whistling hookline.
In one work - immense!
It was of course much copied and sampled most notably by Kaycee - Escape later in the 90's but it was never a patch on the original.
There was also a decent remix by Signum which I've included.
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.
One of the greatest Disco tracks ever made in my opinion and this remix is just sensational bringing out all the best bits.
The vocals, the lyrics, the production and the piano chords are just delightful.
This was the inspiration for Whitney's massive smash "The Greatest Love of All" which is a blatant rip off of this.
It was part of a lawsuit at one time, but was dropped because the genius behind it, Gordon Lightfoot didn't want it to have a negative effect on Whitney's career.
Musical perfection - very nearly!
46 years on it still sound amazing!
Viola Wills ~ If You Could Read My Mind
(Disco Purrfection Version)
Additionally there are also a couple of great remixes very different in style but adding something additional and very credible.
The Hex Hector mix is full on and very much in his dramatic build up stylee!
While the Steve "Silk" Hurley remixes are very house and piano vibey and very good!
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.