Big Apple Production Vol. 1
LABEL: B & W
SERIES: Big Apple Production
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1982
CATALOGUE NO: BAM 101
RUNOUT GROOVES: BAM101A (Side A) BAM101A (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: This is the original release of the infamous BIG APPLE PRODUCTION VOL. 1 bootleg mix. It was bootlegged two further times as Big Apple - Big Apple Mix and Big Apple Mix
SIDE A MIX: BIG APPLE PRODUCTION VOL. 1
MIXED BY: The Kids From Brazil (Tuta Aquino & Julio Mazzei)
LENGTH: 12:30
GENRE: Funk/Soul/Pop/Electro/Disco
COMMENTS: This mix can also be found on Big Apple - Big Apple Mix, Big Apple Mix and Targa - Deep Down Inside (2).
There are different opinions about who created this mix, but I think we can categorically say that it was created by The Kids From Brazil based on the below Discogs comment by Freddy Fresh which quotes a 2015 interview with Tuta Aquino of The Kids From Brazil where he says that they created the mix. There is a video of the interview with Tuta that can be viewed on YouTube here but unfortunately it is all in Portugese.
Other opinions are that it was done by Mikey D'Merola as stated in the below article from Grand Slam magazine...
Discopatrick also states that he has heard two stories about who created this mix. The first one is that it was created by Mikey D'Merola (as quoted in the above article), but he thinks that it was created by The Latin Rascals due to the editing style used. This cannot be the case however as Albert Cabrera in a 2005 interview on Groove Therapy Radio (which you can listen to here) says that the only bootleg release The Latin Rascals did was "Genius At Work" and then the mix on J & T - Big Apple Production Volume 2 is played by D.J. Shan the interviewer.
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Sharon Redd - Beat The Street (1982); Heaven 17 - Let Me Go! (1982); Eddie Grant - Walking On Sunshine (1978); Planet Patrol - Play At Your Own Risk (1982); Modern Romance - Can You Move (1981); Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance (1978); Clash - The Magnificent Seven (1981); Nancy Martinez - Can't Believe (1982); Pressure Drop - Rock The House (You'll Never Be) (1982); Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (1982); Nairobi - Soul Makossa (1982); Jonzun Crew - Pack Jam (Look Out For The O.V.C.) (1982); Man Parrish - Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop) (1982); 'D' Train - Keep On (1982); Barbara Norris - Heavy Hitter (1981); Silver Convention - Get Up And Boogie (1976); Aretha Franklin - Jump To It (1982); Howard Johnson - So Fine (1982); Madonna - Everybody (1982); James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine (1970); Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine (1982); Yazoo - Situation (1982); Warp 9 - Nunk (1982); Edwin Starr - Contact (1978); Yazoo - Don't Go (1982); Videeo - Thang (Gimme Some Of That Thang) (1982); 'D' Train - D Train (Dub) (1982); Toney Lee - Reach Up (1982); Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (1979); Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me (1982); Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (1982); ABC - The Look Of Love (1982); Carol Jiani - Hit 'N Run Lover (1981); Divine - Native Love (Step By Step) (1982); Bobby 'O' - She Has A Way (1982); Paul Parker - Right On Target (1982); Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man (1981); Divine - Shoot Your Shot (1982); Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977); Village People - Y.M.C.A. (1978); Roni Griffith - (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up (1982); Lime - Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonite (1982); Patrick Cowley - Menergy (1981); Patrick Cowley featuring Sylvester - Do Ya Wanna Funk (1982); Lime - Come And Get Your Love (1982)
SIDE B MIX:
Same as side A
