Let's Dance
LABEL: Rham!
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1988
CATALOGUE NO: RS8802
RUNOUT GROOVES: RS8802A1 JA MPO (Side A) RS8802B1 MPO (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in July 1988 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
GRAND GROOVE ‘Let’s Dance’ (Rham Records RS 8802, via Red Rhino/The Cartel)
Movie dialogue overdubbed and samples crammed scratching routine (0-)111½ bass bomber created in Manchester (and three mixes) by Gary Morris.
SIDE A MIX: LET'S DANCE 12" Mix
MIXED BY: Grand Groove
LENGTH: 06:15
GENRE: Hip Hop/Funk/Soul/Go-Go/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:
M.C. Shy-D - Rapp Will Never Die (1985); Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds - Also Sprach Zarathrustra (2001) (1973); Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap (1979); Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 - Jazzy Sensation (1981); World Class Wreckin' Cru - World Class (1985); Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - Apache (1973); Princess - Say I'm Your No. 1 (1985); Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Flash It To The Beat (1980); Pleasure - Let's Dance (1976); Air Force 1 - See The Light/Feel The Heat (1984); Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer's Beat (1978); Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - It's A Shame (Mt. Airy Groove) (1982); Double Trouble - Stoop Rap (1983); G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. D.J. (1983); Run-D.M.C. - Here We Go (Live At The Funhouse) (1985); Whodini - The Haunted House Of Rock (1983); Trouble Funk - Pump Me Up (1980); Spoonie Gee meets The Sequence - Monster Jam (1980); Run-D.M.C. - Jam-Master Jay (1983); James Brown - Funky Drummer (1970); Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Freedom (1980); Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine (1982); Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983); Gaz - Sing Sing (1978); Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983); Chic - Good Times (1979); Beside - Change The Beat (1982); Word Of Mouth featuring D.J. Cheese - King Kut (1985); Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin' (1985); Uncle Louie - I Like Funky Music (1979)
This release also has other tracks on it that are a variation of the main mix.
SIDE B:
LET'S DANCE Instrumental - Grand Groove
LET'S DANCE Radio Edit - Grand Groove
