Bros - I Owe You Nothing
LABEL: C.B.S.
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: C.B.S. Related White Label Remixes
RELEASE YEAR: 1987
CATALOGUE NO: XPR 1344
RUNOUT GROOVES: XPR-1344-1A (Side A) XPR1344-B1 (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in August 1987 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
Already on an alternative white label promo (XPR 1344-1) in a drastically different and probably far more preferable Double Dee & Steinski/Dynamix II-type 123¼-123¾-123½bpm ‘Blues Bros Bootleg Bust Up Mix’, scratched and created by the Democratic Three featuring DJ Slack (ie: Julian Palmer, in a farewell gesture to CBS?!).
BROS ‘When Will I Be Famous — The Favourite Bits Of Your Hip Hop Hits’ (CBS XPR 1344)
Again on limited white label, what would otherwise be a tiresome repetitively plaintive youthful chant has been rebuilt by the Democratic 3 featuring DJ Slack into a 0-122-122⅔-122¼-0bpm volume-pumper full of pilfered dialogue snips and phrases while fast and furious break beats provide the rhythm, not hip hop maybe but certainly def — in fact, it’s just a shame the brats’ vocals have to be included as it could be a killer instrumental (the flip is the earlier Blues Bros Bootleg Bust Up Mix of ‘I Owe You Nothing’).
SIDE A MIX: I OWE YOU NOTHING Blues Bros Bootleg Bust Up Mix - Bros
REMIXED BY: The Democratic 3 featuring D.J. Slack
LENGTH: 06:21
GENRE: Hip Hop/Electro/House/Funk/Soul
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:
G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. D.J. (1983); Visage - Pleasure Boys (1982); Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me (1987); Moonfou - Shut Up (1987); Adonis - No Way Back (1986); Buggers - The Bugger Groove (1984); Freestyle - The Party Has Begun (1984); Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (1986); Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (1976); Junie - Granny's Funky Rolls Royce (1975); Womack & Womack - Teardrops (1988); James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (1970)
SIDE B MIX: WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS The Favourite Bits Of Your Hip Hop Hits - Bros
REMIXED BY: The Democratic 3 featuring D.J. Slack
LENGTH: 05:59
GENRE: House/Hip Hop/Funk/Soul/Electro
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:
Todd Terry Project - Bango (To The Batmobile) (1988); Criminal Element Orchestra - Put The Needle To The Record (1987); Kurtis Blow - Tough (1982); Norman Cook - The Finest Ingredients (1987); Buggers - The Bugger Groove (1984); E.P.M.D. - It's My Thing (1987); Dynamix II featuring Too Tough Tee - Just Give The D.J. A Break (1987); Wally Jump Jr & The Criminal Element – Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancin') (1987); G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. D.J. (1983); Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer's Beat (1978); B Boys - Cuttin' Herbie (1983); Duane & Co. - Hard Core (On The One) (1987); Dimples D. - Sucker D.J.'s (I Will Survive) (1983); George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) (1983); Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973); Kraftwerk - Tour De France (1983)
