Bits & Pieces '87
LABEL: Dance (2)
SERIES: Bits & Pieces
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1986
CATALOGUE NO: 1004
RUN OUT GROOVES: 1004-A DCHARLES (Side A) 1004-B DCHARLES (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in November 1986 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror). This release contains the same mixes as Bits & Pieces 87
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
VARIOUS ‘Bits & Pieces 87’ (US Dynamite Mix 1004)
Actually that’s all the information on the label, in random order, this being the latest hot bootleg mixer, blending neatly through ‘Rumors/Hungry For Your Love/ Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent/Find A Way’ at 0-112-111-110½-115½-114bpm and flipped by a c119…121½bpm sequence of breaks.
SIDE A MIX: BITS & PIECES 87
MIXED BY: Carlos Berrios
LENGTH: 09:22
GENRE: Freestyle/Funk/Soul/House
COMMENTS: This is the same mix that is on side A of Bits & Pieces 87
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:
Hanson & Davis - I'll Take You On (1986); Timex Social Club - Rumors (1986); Hanson & Davis - Hungry For Your Love (1986); Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent (1986); Joyce Sims - (You Are My) All And All (1986); Jocelyn Brown - Love's Gonna Get You (1985); Nuance featuring Vikki Love - Loveride (1984); Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase (1972); James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine (1970); Russ Brown - Gotta Find A Way (1986); First Choice - Double Cross (1979); N.V. - It's Alright (1983); Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately (1986); T-Connection - At Midnight (1978); Dhar Braxton - Jump Back (Set Me Free) (1986); Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You (1986); Mr. Fingers - Mystery Of Love (1985)
SIDE B MIX: BITS & PIECES 87
MIXED BY: Carlos Berrios
LENGTH: 06:01
GENRE: Dance/Disco/Hip Hop/House
COMMENTS: This is the same mix that is on side B of Bits & Pieces 87
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:
Leather & Lace - Let Your Body Go (1986); Mystery Assignment - Cloud Nine (1985); Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance (1978); Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire (1984); Chip E. Inc. featuring K. Joy - Like This (1985); Phyllis Nelson - I Like You (1985); Quest - Mind Games (1985); Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body (1986); J-A Groove - Release The Tension (1986); Information Society - Running (1986); Man Friday – Love Honey, Love Heartache (1986); Colonel Abrams - Music Is The Answer (1984)
