Dance Mix - Dance Hits Vol II
LABEL: Epic
SERIES: Dance Mix Dance Hits
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1983
CATALOGUE NO: DM 2
RUNOUT GROOVES: DM-2-A1 (Side A) DM-2-B1 (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in September 1983 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
VARIOUS: ‘Dance Mix — Dance Hits II‘ LP (CBS DM 2)
Disco Mix Club’s Alan Coulthard luckily started out with strong material to mix into a continuous medley using phasing, doubled-up synchs and edits to restructure much of it along the way (the actual segue points sometimes hiccup in volume), side two building through The SOS Band ‘Just Be Good To Me’ (104-102½bpm), scratch/chop into a much altered Herbie Hancock ‘Rockit’ (111-112), excellent acappella synch into Unique ‘What I Got’ (113), Gladys Knight ‘When You’re Far Away’ (113) closing at the same BPM as side one opens (so get two copies and mix ’em yourself!), with Manhattans ‘Crazy’ (113), NY Skyy ‘Show Me The Way’ (114-115-116-115), Haywoode ‘A Time Like This’ (115-116), O’Jays ‘Put Our Heads Together’ (117bpm).
SIDE A MIX: DANCE MIX - DANCE HITS VOL II
MIXED BY: Alan 'The Judge' Coulthard
LENGTH: 20:42
GENRE: 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:
Manhattans - Crazy (1983); Skyy - Show Me The Way (1983); Haywoode - A Time Like This (1983); O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together (1983)
SIDE B MIX: DANCE MIX - DANCE HITS VOL II
MIXED BY: Alan 'The Judge' Coulthard
LENGTH: 24:36
GENRE: 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:
S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me (1983); Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983); Unique - What I Got Is What You Need (1983); Gladys Knight & The Pips - When You're Far Away (1983)
