Pure Club Classics

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

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Well we've had Mrs Healy, so here's Mr Healy!!!

Well folks this is the last post of the night and what better way to finish it off then with a huge Michael Jackson track and a pretty damn...

Time for some long overdue Passion!!!

Now there are club classics and there are Pure Club Classics - and then there's this track, which is one of the most important tracks in...

Friday, 30 October 2009

Fancy a bit more Duran Duran!!!

Another appearance on the blog for Duran Duran and only courtesy of another great remix. This time it's T-empo mixing it up and producin...

"You and me can break this beat"

Here's an old skool favourite dating back to 1991 and one that I always loved. It features vocals from Jayne Casey and I believe that it...

Time for another rather large Gay Anthem!!!

Now I'm getting a little concerned here, because this is becoming a bit of a weekly habit, but who cares when the tracks are this good....

Fancy a little something from Mrs Healy!!

Well there's been plenty of Jeremy Healy tracks on the blog, so how about something from his Missus. I believe Patsy was into the Acid H...

Fancy some more classic house - there's Nothing Better!!!

Another huge house classic fave of mine. This one comes with a spankingly good remix my Matthew Roberts (he of Bottom Dollar fame). The trac...

Time for some more LuvDup mayhem!!

Those LuvDup Twins certainly produced some corking remixers, probably not always ones for the purists amongst you out there, but always IMHO...

Kick on those flares for a Disco Classic!!

Possibly one of my favourite Disco tracks. It still sounds brilliant no matter how many times you listen to it. It is just one quality, qual...

Let's go back to an old house classic!!

Hard to believe that this, as with a lot of tracks posted on this blog is now 20 years old. A superb house track with some strong vocals and...

If there's one track that reminds me of Cream!!

I'm sure we all have tracks which remind of us certain clubs and of course fantastic memories. Now I' lost count how many times I we...

Now we're Coming on Strong!!!

A huge track from 1999 and one hammered by Mr Oakenfold if I remember correctly. One that just builds and builds with a really catchy high p...

Fancy a bit of EMF - you will when you hear this!!

Now who would of thought that those annoying little shits, that used to prance around singing "unbelieveable" would get there sec...

Hallelujah - it's Friday night!!!

Evening all and welcome to the weekend. Apologies for the lack of activity on the blog this week, but I've been away for a few days. Ha...

Saturday, 24 October 2009

Love is in the air - feel the love people??

What better track to finish the night off with other than a really camp balearic classic. Another huge gay anthem (gosh what's happening...

Let's all get Drunk On Love!!!

Let's have another fantastic piece of house music, uplifting, filled with glorious piano and superb vocals, just how I like them. A real...

Fancy another Old Skool classic!!

Well here we go peeps another old skool classic. This one is a typical old skool "hands in the air" piano tune. Quite simply in it...

Friday, 23 October 2009

Check out this for Ibizian Balearic Vibes!!!

When I talk about Balearic tracks I genuinely refer to the tracks which are non-dance but were dropped in clubs to amazing effect, usually ...

Bring on some more Mr Gotel I hear you shout!!!

Well I don't want to over do it, but since the sheer quality of Paul Gotel's remix work was pointed out to me, I have to say that I...

"Are you calling me darling?"

Wow, here's a shocker for you and I bet one that you weren't expecting to see on the PCC blog. Well, I think it's an absolutely ...

Are you ready for the greatest Acapella in club history!!!

I'm sorry folks, but I won't listen to anyone who disagrees with me on this one. This is the greatest acapella to ever hit clubland....

Get those handbags out again!!!

Right folks it's time to get off you high horses and get on down to this. A quality bit of handbag house. I was a huge fan of the LuvD...

Do you believe in the Power of American Natives?

I've had this one lined up to post for some time and thanks to a little prompt from Wez, here it is. I used to love this back in 1992 an...

Let's slow it right down with a Balearic classic!!!

The second appearance on the blog for Yazoo. A really beautiful track this one with the fabulous vocals of Alison Moyet and the keyboard, mu...

An old favourite given a huge Facelift!!

You will all now the original version of this track, as it's a very well know club favourite, but you are probably less familar with thi...

Got to love you, love you, love you!!!

Come on indeed!!! Those of you who check this blog regularly will know that I am a huge fan of quality trance, generally the sort of stuff w...

"Attack the dancefloor like a bulldozer!!!"

Some tracks need piano to make them great, some need fantastic vocals, then there's tracks like this, that just have a fantastic killer ...

Let's have a little Love on Love!!!

In my humble opinion (IMHO) this track has one of the best piano brekdowns out there. It was always one of those tracks which just melted y...

Let's kick off the weekend with one you all know!!!

Good evening Boys and Girls, I hope the week has been a good one and what better way to kick off the start to the weekend, with one of the m...

Saturday, 17 October 2009

I'm not one for Superficial People!!!!

I'm very much one for keeping it real and hence don't like Superficial People, but I certainly like this. Another great Jimmy Gome...

"Pe, Pe, Pe, Pump Up The Body"

"Pe, Pe, Pe, Pump Up The Body" This has a simply hooj track, with some great piano and some really great high pitched vocals. A re...

Friday, 16 October 2009

Let's bring it back with some pure quality house music!!!

This is a simply beautiful piece of house music from 1991. In fact nearly every track/remix Frankie Knuckles touched had amazing production...

Staying on the Theme of Gay Anthems!!!!

I've mentioned on this blog, before that although a strictly hetero guy, I had some of my best clubbing nights and memories at gay clubs...

Here's one for the Handbag House followers!!

It was always a bizarre tag "Handbag", but as a music genre, I really loved a lot of the tracks which were classified in this cate...

Welcome to the Pleasuredome (The Saint)!!!

The Pleasuredome is actually reference to The Saint (pictured) - which was an amazing club in the US, which was regularly frequented by FGTH...

"Want to keep hold of this for you!!!"

Now this is a truly sumptious track and has always been a huge favourite of mine. One Dove - did some great stuff back in the early 90...

Time for some more old skool mayhem!!!

Now this was cetainly one I'd forgotten about, but is a quality track with lots of different samples thrown in. A big shout out to ...

Let's get funky with a Hac classic!!!

Now here's a quality funky little number and a huge Hacienda anthem!! Legend has it that Graeme Park used to play two copies at the same...

Time for some beautiful trance music!!!

Now those of you who visit the blog regularly will know that I'm a huge trance fan, usually the type which Oakie was banging out from 19...

Ok time for some Paul Gotel to give us a brighter day!!!

To be honest Paul Gotel was not really a remixer I was that aware of. I never releated him to the PG Tips Anthems as in the Lena Fiagbe remi...

You wanted T-empo - you got T-empo!!!

There's been a request for some more T-empo on the blog and also some more Paul Gotel remixes. This is a great request and one I'm m...

What a beautiful morning, what a beautiful day!!!

A big fave of mine from back in 1995, it's just a really great track. From those opening bars, it hits "the right spot" and th...

Here's one of the old skool Piano tunes posse!!

I know there's a huge group of you out there who just love all the old skool piano classics. I'm also conscious that I've not p...

Never let it get you down!!!

For all the fact that Sasha was a great DJ, I've never been a huge fan of his remix work. He has had the occasional moments of brillianc...

Let's kick off with some Bocca brilliance!!!

Well peeps it's Friday night again and the start of the weekend and hwat better way to kick it off then with a little bit of Balearic br...

Saturday, 10 October 2009

Ain't it good, ain't it, ain't it good to have a friend!!!

There are some tracks which are stonking, some which are pumping, some that are rocking and then there's some which are just "reall...

Just get a load of this - pure quality!!!

One of the great joys of running the blog is coming across tracks which you've never heard of before and once hearing them, you absolute...

Friday, 9 October 2009

And Do You Know!!!

Wow, it has amazed me that I have actually posted two Michelle Gayle tracks on the blog, but hey credit where credit's due, they have bo...

Here's a little treat from a US friend!!!

Just loving this track and it's not one I'd come across before and certainly not one which I'd heard in UK clubland, although I...

Who fancies a little bit more piano???

This probably isn't one for all the purists out there, but all the same it's a great "hands in the air" feel good piano an...

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Pure Club Classics: Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Having lived my life for the joys of clubbing and dance music and all the pleasures that this brings. I dedicate this site to those who shared in the good times and continue to love the music which made those times so special. Also, please note; all tracks and comments on this blog are provided with the best intentions if they offend anyone, please let me know and I will take them off. The purpose of this site is to share the glorious tunes which rocked so many of the UK's best dancefloors and to promote the Artists and DJ's who made them all the more fantastic.

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