Rock The House
LABEL: T.D.
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: N/A
RELEASE YEAR: 1986 (based on the dates of the other releases on this label)
CATALOGUE NO: TD 801
RUNOUT GROOVES: TD-801-A (Side A) TD-801-B (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: This was reviewed by James Hamilton in Record Mirror in January 1987, but based on the fact that TD-802 was released in or before April 1986, this one must actually have been released some time before that
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
MR. K MIX BY SPECIAL K ‘Rock The House (Medley)’ (US T.D. Records Inc TD 801)
Reputedly connected with Chicago DJ Vince Lawrence, although not house, this fast-selling 113-114½-115-114¼-115⅔-114bpm mix medley, with a punchier 113¾-113½-113¾-113⅓bpm flipside variation, synchs and scratches James Brown, Hamilton Bohannon and others over what appears to be Magic Disco Machine’s ‘Scratchin’’, to far more smoothly flowing effect than some mixers achieve. A hot one!
SIDE A MIX: ROCK THE HOUSE Part 1
MIXED BY: Danny Krivit
LENGTH: 07:27
GENRE: Funk/Soul/Hip Hop/Disco/House
COMMENTS: Information about this mix is contained in the below article from Big Daddy Magazine Issue 11...
There is also an article on djhistory.com that gives information about how the mix was created...
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:
James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (1969); Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin' (1975); B Boys - Rock The House (1983); Hamilton Bohannon - Let's Start The Dance (1978); Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (1982); Strafe - Set It Off (1984); Funky Four - Feel It (The Mexican) (1983); Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun (1972)
SIDE B MIX: ROCK THE HOUSE Part 2
MIXED BY: Danny Krivit
LENGTH: 05:09
GENRE: Funk/Soul/Hip Hop/Pop/Disco
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:
Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin' (1975); B Boys - Rock The House (1983); Madonna - Into The Groove (1985); Serious Intention - You Don't Know (1984); Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show (1985); Al Hudson & The Partners - You Can Do It (1979); Gwen Guthrie - Padlock (1983); Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (1979); Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (1979)
