Lisa Shaw Let It Ride (Jimpster Main Vocal) (Naked Music) 2004

Lovely sounding Rhodes on this. Beautiful tune.

Lisa Shaw Let It Ride

Rhianna Word Love (Jay's Extended Mix) (Sony SohoSquare) 2002

Cool soulful house sounds from 2002. Top vocals. (Apologies, this isn't the correct cover but don't have the image at the moment)

Rhianna Word Love (Jay's Extended Mix)

Jazztronik Dentro Mi Alma [Yoruba Soul Remix].mp3

This is a nugget taken from the Soul Heaven CD by Dj Spen & Osunlade. This one gets better and better every listen.

Jazztronik Dentro Mi Alma [Yoruba Soul Remix].

Mustafa I Submit To You (Subliminal Soul) 2001

WICKED soulful house tune on Sublimal Soul from 2001. Uses a sample from the top Shalamar tune 'Take That To The Bank'

Mustafa I Submit To You


Shalamar Take That To The Bank (Solar) 1978

The Brand New Heavies Back To Love (Graeme Park Remix) (FFRR) 1994

Nice remix by Grame Park. Going for decent sums of money as well this..

The Brand New Heavies Back To Love (Graeme Park Remix)

Mory Kante Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix) (Ffrreedom) (1995)

Classic Hardfloor mix.

Mory Kante Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix)

Ce Ce Peniston Finally (12" Choice Mix) (A&M) 1992

Whether you like it or not this is a stonecold classic. Morales on the mix. Rips off the bassline from Ce Ce Rogers Someday as well, only noticed that recently..

Ce Ce Peniston Finally

Joe Smooth Inc Featuring Anthony Thomas The Promised Land (DJ International) 1987

Big classic from 1987.

Joe Smooth Inc Featuring Anthony Thomas The Promised Land

Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk & Jessie Saunders Love Can't Turn Around (London) 1986

One of the first commercial 'house music' hits I believe. Classic.

Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk & Jessie Saunders Love Can't Turn Around

Leftfield Open Up (BMG) 1993

Leftfield with John Lydon on vocals. Not sure whether this is house but...

Leftfield Open Up

MARRS Pump Up The Volume (4AD) 1987

If you were into hip hop since the Electro days as I was you were probably loving this when it came out. These were in the days when you just didn't hear 'cut up' records like this. The video was ace as well as far as I remember (nips over to Youtube..) Yes it is.. Classic tune, love the break at 2.32...

MARRS Pump Up The Volume

Shades Of Rhythm The Sound Of Eden (ZTT) 1991

A real masterpiece from Shades Of Rhythm in club music terms. This had everything. Sing a long vocal, piano, breakbeat and a nice female vocal samples. Top drawer old skool.

Shades Of Rhythm The Sound Of Eden

The Lisa Marie Experience Keep On Jumpin' (FFRR) 1996

Classic house tune from 1996.

The Lisa Marie Experience Keep On Jumpin'

Greed Gonna Let You Go (D-Zone Records) 1992

Sort of piano house meets soul. Nice.

Greed Gonna Let You Go

Bassheads Is There Anybody Out There (Deconstruction) 1991

Classic piano old skool tune! Samples Pink Floyd, Afrika Bambaata and Talking Heads...I think..

Bassheads Is There Anybody Out There

Nitro Deluxe This Brutal House (Chrysalis) 1987

Old skool classic house by Nitro Deluxe.

Nitro Deluxe This Brutal House

Mariah Carey Dreamlover (Def Club Mix) Columbia/Sony 1993

The Def Club Mix of Mariah Carey's Dreamlover. Another winning remix from David Morales.

Mariah Carey Dreamlover (Def Club Mix)

Full Intention Prersents Deep Down Give Me Your Love (Dtension) 1999

Another disco house bomb. The breakdown at about 5 minutes in is absolutely wicked..Samples Sylvia Striplin's Give Me Your Love...

Full Intention Prersents Deep Down Give Me Your Love


Sylvia Striplin Give Me Your Love (Champagne) 1980

Daddy's Favourite I Feel Good Things For You (Urban) 1999

Samples Patrice Rushen's WINNER of a tune Haven't You Heard. Great disco house.

Daddy's Favourite I Feel Good Things For You


Patrice Rushen Haven't You Heard (Elektra) 1979

Cassius 1999 (Virgin) 1999

You try your best not to like the French then these pesky guys get in the way. Typical. Here they give us a master class in funky as f*ck disco house and in the process teach us how to use filters to full effect. Brilliant.

Cassius 1999

Rosie Gaines Closer Than Close (Big Bang Records) 1997

Wicked garage tune from Rosie Gaines. Memories of 1997.

Rosie Gaines Closer Than Close

The Prodigy Charly-Your Love/Pandemonium (XL Recordings) 1991

Nice 12" on XL from 1991. Not only does it have Charly on here but other killer cuts. Your Love which is yet another classic rave era piano smash and also Pandemonium which was quite tasty as well! Classic rave..

The Prodigy Your Love


The Prodigy Pandemonium

Brothers In Rhythm Peace And Harmony (4th & Broadway) 1990

Classic using Whitney Houston's vocals from Love Will Save The Day. Big piano house. Mine was on a white label so maybe these are different mixes..

Brothers In Rhythm Peace And Harmony


Brothers In Rhythm - Peace And Harmony(Everlasting Love Mix)

Human Resource Dominator (80 Aum Records) 1991

Massive rave from 1991. When all these mad sounds were all the rage. Still sounds good actually.

Human Resource Dominator

A.S.H.A. J.J. TRIBUTE (Asha JJ Tribute) (Beat Club) 1990

Yet another piano anthem from Italy. One of the biggest from the old skool this one.

A.S.H.A. J.J. TRIBUTE (Asha JJ Tribute)

FPI Project Risky (Rumour) 1991

Another Italian slammer from the FPI Project. If you were lucky enough to get it there was an EP out with all 3 of their big ones-Risky, Everybody (All Over The World) and Rich In Paradise! This is another absolute classic piano anthem.

FPI Project Risky

Deee-Lite Groove Is In The Heart (Elektra) 1990

Undeniable classic. Bootsy Colins appears on this classic track along with samples from Herbie Hancock..I think...and also Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. Also there is a remix here that wasn't on the 12" and only on a promo EP as far as I'm aware.

Deee-Lite Groove Is In The Heart(Remix)


Deee-Lite Groove Is In The Heart

Tricky Disco Tricky Disco (Warp Records) 1990

Not sure what it all means but I like it. The good old days..

Tricky Disco Tricky Disco

Azzido Da Bass Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix) (Club Tools) 1999

This was massive on every single club circuit. Timo pulls something special out of the bag here with this dark dirty bassline remix killer! Sounds like someone sawing a piece of wood yet we all thought it was ace. And it is ace.

Azzido Da Bass Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix)

Junior Jack Thrill Me (VC Recordings) 2002

Dark and funky house sounds. Check the bassline...

Junior Jack Thrill Me

Incognito feat Jocelyn Brown Always There (Morales Mix) (Mercury) 1991

What a classic this one is. The mighty voice of diva Jocelyn Brown. Amazing.

Incognito feat Jocelyn Brown Always There (Morales Mix)

Chaka Khan Never Miss The Water (WEA) 1996

Classic from the legendary Chaka Khan.

Chaka Khan Never Miss The Water

Daft Punk Discovery-High Life (Virgin) 2001

Never has a loop sounded so good!

Daft Punk High Life

A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray (Rham) 1988

Classic Acid house sounds from Manchester's A Guy Called Gerald.

A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray

Blue Six Music & Wine (Naked Music) 1999

A lesson in how top make soulful deep house. This is an awesome record. It is on the World Series UK Mixes on Hed Kandi on an amazing house mix. Find it, you won't regret it.

Blue Six Music & Wine (Naked Music)

Jay Dee Plastic Dreams (R&S Records) 1992

Dark house classic from Jay Dee. Sinister organs and synths plus a simple breakbeat make this an instant classic from back in the day.

Jay Dee Plastic Dreams (R&S Records) 1992

Inner City Good Life (Magic Juan Mix) (Virgin) 1988

Classic house again from Inner City. Winner from 1988. I've opted for Magic Juan's mix which was on the B Side.

Inner City Good Life (Magic Juan Mix)

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Let The Beat Hit 'Em (Columbia) 1991

Classi house music from 1991. The soul hip hop mix was wicked as well, will post that soon.

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Let The Beat Hit 'Em

Blapps Posse Don't Hold Back (Tribal Bass) 1991

Two mixes here of old skool breakbeat action. I preferred the Blappstramental. Loaded with beats, samples and scratches this is a classic.

Blapps Posse Don't Hold Back (Blappstramental)


Blapps Posse Don't Hold Back

The Source feat Candi Staton You Got The Love (Erin's Bootleg Mix) (True Love) 1991

These two tunes were seemingly made for each other. Never has a bootleg sounded so good as this one did. Candi Staton's You Got The Love a cappella over Frankie Knuckle's Your Love. Worked an absolute treat and still does. A tune that still sounds good today, largely down to the power of the two tracks used. CLASSIC.

The Source feat Candi Staton You Got The Love (Erin's Bootleg Mix)

Ce Ce Rogers Someday (Atlantic) 1987

One of house music's finest moments. Absolutely beautiful. House was just so soulful in these days. Almost the equivalent of Martin Luther Kings I have A Dream speech, Ce Ce really moves us with this song. Fantastic stuff. The timeless piano and vocal has been sampled many times and to good effect. Liquid's Sweet Harmony was a massive tune back in the hardcore/rave days and so was Urban Shakedown's Some Justice. Possibly the best house tune ever.

Ce Ce Rogers Someday

Dee Patten Who's The Bad Man (Hard Hands) 1992

Dee Patten's classic breakbeat tune. Samples Jimmy Cliff from the great Jamaican film The Harder They Come. The breakbeat is the Apache break that is arguably the number one breakbeat for the hip hop b-boys.

Dee Patten Who's The Bad Man

Donna Giles And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (Ore Music) 1994

Classic.

Donna Giles And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going

My Friend Sam featuring Viola Wills It's My Pleasure (Network) 1992

Last one from the old skool before I hit the sack....Viola Wills It's My Pleasure..Loved her classic Dare To Dream from the mid 80's and was surprised to hear her on a house tune. This was a big one on the old skool circuit I seem to remember. Great tune, real and raw soul coming through in Viola's vocals. Incidentally Dare To Dream is here.

My Friend Sam featuring Viola Wills It's My Pleasure

M Gee Feat Mica Paris Bodyswerve (Swing City) 2003

What an absolute killer from Swing City this was/is. Mica Paris on vocals as well! This was absolutely massive and sounds awesome in a club. This is a record not to be forgotten, I will stick my neck out now and call it a classic. Because that's what it is.

M Gee Feat Mica Paris Bodyswerve

Mantronix Got To Have Your Love (Capitol) 1989

I would suspect that the majority of planet earth know this record. This is one record a DJ should never leave home without. You never know when you might need that trump card as you accidentally took the wrong record off the deck AGAIN. Classic soul groover from the late 80's.

Mantronix Got To Have Your Love

Ministers De La-Funk Featuring Jocelyn Brown Believe (Subliminal) 1999

MASSIVE anthem from Jocelyn Brown on the label of the day Subliminal. Explodes after the organ at the start with the help of Chuck D's booming voice and a funky guitar. Then in comes Jocelyn and we have a serious tune on our hands. Wicked funky house.

Ministers De La-Funk Featuring Jocelyn Brown Believe

Jimi Polo Better Days (Urban) 1991

Got a feeling that the version I am posting here is from a white label and not the version on this Urban label. Anyway this was a MASSIVE piano anthem back in the old days. Soulful vocal over that classic riff used to go down very well indeed. Also had a nice build up that you could recognise coming in as well. This ensured the stragglers from the toilet/bar/on the ceiling/asleep could make it to the dancefloor on time for the piano drop..BANG! Absolute classic for the old skool crew.

Jimi Polo Better Days

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel (Sugarhill) 1981

Having a sh*t night behind the decks? No one dancing? Stop that record that no one is listening to, play this one, go for a p*ss. When you come back everyone will be dancing..Grandmaster Flash with his ace cut up on Sugarhill. If you think P Diddy invented the remix then maybe you need to think again. Or stop being so f*cking stupid.

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel

Nathan Haines Feat Verna Francis Earth Is The Place (Peaktime Mix) (Wave Music) 2001

Mine is on Chillifunk records but this is the best image I could find! Marvellous soulful house tune this from 2001. From the beginning you can tell you're onto something special with this one. Great sounds he uses on this. The lyrics are killer as well. Check 'em out.

Nathan Haines Feat Verna Francis Earth Is The Place (Peaktime Mix)