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

Sunday, 31 July 2011

A big Oakey number....

A big Oakey track from back in 1999. It couples the brilliance of Radiohead with a driving pumping trance beat. The Radiohead track is hau...

Saturday, 30 July 2011

The Shamen's finest hour!!!

I was never a big fan of The Shamen, (or Mr C's DJ-ing for that matter) but this is IMHO their finest hour by far. This mix is simply a...

Just check the piano!!!

There are lots of dance tracks that simply need a bit of patience, as many don't peak until well into the track. This is a prime exampl...

Saturday, 23 July 2011

It's been 3 days to the hour, since you've been gone..

I totally love this track, it has one of the best and most dramatic intro's ever. The rest of the track is good but it's the intro...

Sunday, 17 July 2011

All aboard the underground express!!

An absolutely corking track from 1994, which I used to love and still do. The original mix is pretty good, but this Graeme Park remix (like...

Friday, 15 July 2011

Rock to the beat, said rock to the beat!

Coming at you with another huge house classic. This track has always been huge and still sounds fantastic today despite it being 21 years o...

Saturday, 9 July 2011

One for the latino's!!!!

This is an absolutely fantastic track, totally full of energy from start to finish. It's got an amazing pounding rhythm yet remains fun...

In and out of my life!!!

A great house track from from 1993, with a corking Cleveland City remix. They did some quality stuff back in the day. This one is a great ...

In your dreams!!!!!

Another huge favourite of mine from back in the day. This was remixed in 1995 and was a massive club hit on all the nations best dance floo...

Saturday, 2 July 2011

Feeling poorly, this will help!!!

Apologies all for the lack of activity on the blog of late, I've been out of the country on business travels of late. Here we are back ...

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Ex-ter-see...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

There can be very few tracks out there that were as enjoyable as dancing to this track back in the day!!! It was an absolute sing-along ant...

Saturday, 11 June 2011

More classic house? Yes please!!!

Staying on the classic house front, here's another huge fave of mine. This track was massive at the Hacienda and regularly dropped by t...

Happiness.... is just round the bend!!

It's always great to have suggestions for tracks to post. I have a folder with approx. 250 tracks lined up to post which regularly get...

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Go on then, more "piano tunes"!!!

I think that most clubbers out there would feel that the years of 1990 and 1992 when all the old skool piano tunes were first out was arguab...

In the mix - Twin Peaks!!!

Well after a somewhat obscure and controversial last post which got some varied comments, here's back at you with a real old skool fave....

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Sugar baby love, sugar baby love.......

Everyone has their favourite old DJ mix tapes. One of my favourite ever was from a night at Vague in 1993 when the LuvDup Twins played. It...

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Welcome to the Wonderland!!!

A lovely skippy little tune this one. Totally charming. Some lovely skippy piano and really great repetitive vocals "I just wanna, I...

Just Love To Infinity!!

I started this blog back in February 2009 and people often ask me what inspires me and enthuses me to keep posting tracks. Well after posti...

This is the sound of summer!!

Well I keep hearing that we are set to have a fantastic summer in England this year, but I haven't seen it as yet. Just in anticipation...

A seminal club classic for certain!!

This was a major track back in 1995. It was played by most of the big DJ's of the time and it used to have the most amazing effect on t...

Saturday, 21 May 2011

Old vs New?....both awesome!!!!

I've been meaning to post the 12" version of Smalltown Boy for some time, as it is absolutely awesome. You will all know the shorte...

Acieed in the house!!!!

You can't beat tracks like these from the good ol' days. Nothing too complex about this one, just a great combination of some lovel...

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Just keep moving, just keep groovin'...

A massive fave of mine from back in 1991 (weren't they all fom that era!!). It was one of those tracks that was always played out and ...

Come on Oakey!!!!

It's been a while since I posted any Oakey trance. This was a big fave of mine back in 1998 and I seem to remember Oakey kicking off on...

She's like a rainbow!!!

Another big fave of mine. World of Twist were set to be the next big thing in the 90's but never quite achieved the initial hype. This...

Staying on the sample theme...

Here's another one. This was a big hit on the UK dancefloors back in 1992. Again it relies on the sample to really make it effective. ...

Saturday, 14 May 2011

The art of using a great sample....

The large majority of dance music tracks pinch their inspiration and sample other great classic tracks, which is often the critical ingredie...

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Pacific old, Pacific new??

808 State were truly one of the great dance music pioneers. They produced tracks and sounds never really heard before and created some imme...

Got a love, got a love for you!!!

Here's another huge, huge fave of mine. Jomanda (pictured) made some amazing tracks, particularly with the help of remixers like Steve ...

Ready for a Natural High??

Here's coming back at you with another quality piano tune, so reminiscent of those great days in the early 90's. This is a old skool...

Sunday, 1 May 2011

It was a Perfect Day!!!!

Now I've never been a huge fan of the royals, although fiercely patriotic (is there a bit of hypocrisy there??). However, I like 2 bil...

Friday, 29 April 2011

Ladies and Gentlemen.. Put Your Hands Together

Yes indeed, Ladies and Gentlemen put your hands together to celeberate the marriage of our future King to his delightful new wife. Here...

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Smile... Jesus Loves You!!

Happy Easter everyone and what better way to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, then with a superb laid back Balearic groove. This...

Saturday, 16 April 2011

Simply beautiful....

Now this is truly beautiful, in every sense of the word!!! A fantastic peaceful melodic piece of laid back dance music, with such a amazin...

Friday, 15 April 2011

Promises, Promises........

It's not often that you get two versions of the same track that are so truly wonderful and yet so very, very different. They are both t...

Ooh feel that Love Itch!!!

Now for something completely different. I first got introduced to this song by an old friend many years ago back in 1994, having never hear...

Can't get no sleep??

This was one of my favourite house tracks. It first came out in 1993 and it was one of those tracks that just never went away. This is my ...

All I really want......

Another stormer from Mary J. Again remixed by the talents of Uno Clio. A big vibey house number with some great piano. That piano drop on...

Have you a "joy for life"??

I certainly hope so. Here's a cracking track from 1995 and another which used to be a big fave of mine. I believe Jimmy Gomez (and Gor...

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Are you a Hot Shot??

Although most of the music posted on the blog is typically 1987 to 2000, there wouldn't have been all that fantastic music produced if i...

Monday, 4 April 2011

Take Me To The Top!

1993 [OUT Records] - Italy Classic house-piano track from the golden age of italo-house. Created by: Marius Percali (2 Examples) House/dance...

Sunday, 3 April 2011

Pure Balearic Heaven...

Here's proving that everything on the blog doesn't have to be old skool and banging. As you'll know I'm a huge fan of all t...

Saturday, 2 April 2011

Can you feel the temperature rising??

Well maybe not outside in Blighty, but you certainly used to when these two tracks were dropped. Both were huge tracks back in 1991. I rem...

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Tribute to one of the vocals of our time!!

You may be aware that Loleatta Holloway passed away this week, hence this track is posted as a tribute to one of the finest female vocalists...

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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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