One of my all time favourite tunes, Cutting Records, its in stereo and has a few faint crackles but it is 20 years old and tell me one person whos owned this and hasnt tried to scratch..."ITTTS TTTIIIMMMEEEE".
Ha Ha, now some of you will be saying this lads had one too many pills and lost the plot and you'd be damn right in thinkin that, but this takes me back to my early teens, a piece of lino, fat laces and a kappa tracksuit, sergio tachinni if you had the money...pirate copys of electro 1 to 20on cassette and a weekly fight with the mods..happy days...enjoy.
Another blast from my record collectin past..Sugar Hill Records tune from 1983..that makes me 12 at the time, got a 13 year old daughter that doesnt share her dads taste in music..these kids know nothing..lol.
Not too sure if this was big around the country, but around the north west it was massive, it also had something to do with the guy who ran my local record shop at the time (Beat Street Records)Hi mike and pru if you stumble across this..happy days...worth a few quid going off discogs aswell.Underground Street Records (hence the (beat) street records) in 1991.
Oldskool classic right at the start of the scene, Orange Lemon aka Todd Terry.
This is my earliest memory of "raving", the Thunderdome Manchester, wicked night in a shady as f**k club, whistles,airhorns and hoodies.
1991 tune from Chill.
There's something about NRG tunes that really hit the spot.
Not one of there more well known tunes but a rough bit of hardcore none the less.
The Godfather himself, bought this mainly because im a sucker for the "Funky Drummer" beat..ive also had to cut the last few seconds to get it on here..another of my obscure tracks but hey variety is the spice of life as they say..hope you like.1993 Polydor records.
Flip side to thats how im living,A nice bopping tune doing the rounds at the start of the scene, usually played driving around the hills of Blackburn trying to find the illegal rave after the club. Champion Records 1989.