Back to Love (Hacienda, Number 1 Club & Renaissance 'Mansfield' Classics)(Part 1 - The Number 1 Club 1992/1993) - Mixed by Mark Anthony (April 2021)
 
Just over a year ago I mixed a tribute to Manchester's 'Number 1 Club' using tracks selected and chosen from a list compiled by members of the club via the Facebook group 'The No1 Club Manchester (86-93)'. 
 
One Year on and it seems only right that we re-visit the 'Number 1' for another trip down memory lane... 
 
This time instead of doing a 'classics' mix I've tried to re-create a night and capture the sound & feel of the club from late 1992/early 1993. Utilizing some of the tracks I couldn't fit on the first mix and blending them together with the tougher more progressive music of the time I hope it gives you a feel of what a night at 'No 1' club with Tim Lennox on the turntables would have sounded like. Fingers crossed I've pulled it off....
 
I have to admit this really was a joy to do and although it's firmly a 'Number 1 Club' mix, I have to admit that by mid way through I found myself 50 miles south of Manchester on the dancefloor of another club in Mansfield, nr. Nottingham - the legendary 'Renaissance' (another place that holds many a memory).  Tim Lennox was really championing that early 90's Progressive House vibe made famous by Sasha, Ian Ossia & John Digweed. It's a sound that really doesn't get played much nowadays but really epitomizes early 90's club culture and I love it x
 
1. Da Mabb - You Don't Get Stop
2. Slam - Eterna
3. Club Z - I Wanna Be Someone (A-K-A Vocal Mix)
4. Reel 2 Reel ft. Erick More - The New Anthem (Union City Mix)
5. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M ft. Michelle Visage - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day (Palladium House Anthem 1)
6. East 17 - Gold (Paws On the Floor Remix)
7. Sandy B - Feel Like Singin (Classic Def Mix)
8. Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend (Original Def Mix)
9. Dr Alban - Sing Hallelujah (Easter Remix)
10. Nikita Warren - I Need You (Joey Negro's Frisky Disco Mix)
11. Quincy Jones - Listen Up (The Association DMC Remix)
12. React 2 Rhythm - Intoxication (Clubfield Remix)
13. Mombassa - Cry Freedom (Soweto Mix)
14. Outrage - Theme From Outrage (That Piano Mix)
15. Elisa - Love Vibration (Perfecto Trance Mix)
16. 280 West - Scattered Dreams (Boom Chocka-Boom Mix)
17. Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Boys Own Remix)
18. Serious Intention - You Don't Know (DMC Remix)
19. Inner City - Till We Meet Again (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)
20. B.M.ex - Appolonia (Qatmix) 
21. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin Somethin (Brothers in Rhythm House Mix)
22. Heaven 17 - Temptation (Brothers In Rhythm Remix)
23. Golden Girls - Kinetic (Frank DeWulf Remix)
24. The Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Jam & Spoon 'Watch Out For Stella' Remix)
 
Play it loud, sing, dance, smile, enjoy...
 
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Back to Love (Hacienda, Number 1 Club & Renaissance Classics)(Part 1 - The Number 1 Club 1992/1993)

K-Klass | Haçienda Open Air Leeds 2024

The Golden Massive turned out in force to celebrate the legendary club of the 90's, on Saturday 25/1/25, at The Underground, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, just a stone's throw from where The Void nightclub once stood.
Quite simply, an astonishing atmosphere at this unbelievably good party, nobody does it better!
Close your eyes, and you were there, Back in the Day!

This is what it sounded like, as the doors opened at the start of the night.......... Viva Golden!

Dance...... while you still can......... 

Bob x

Golden Classics 25/1/25

Here's my set from the amazing Golden Anthems event between Graeme Park & K- Klass.

All the original authentic anthems from the real Back In The Day.

Pete Bromley - Golden Classics From The Underground S-O-T 25-01-25 with Graeme Park & K-Klass

MICHAEL GRAY - CLOCKWORK ORANGE BIRTHDAY - OUTERNET - LONDON

I Want to Hide

Innocent Music Tools, Vol. 12

Jazz Club (Edit)

ALISTAIR WHITEHEAD - Clockwork Orange at Ministry Of Sound - The Box

Hacienda classics@church 14/4/17

It’s been a couple of years since I last did an old school mix, and this will probably be my last for a long time to come. (I think all the tracks I love are now in this mix or the other 4 installments). I’ve spent the last few years searching out classic tracks and acapellas and putting them together in new ways that keep those crazy days of the late 80s - early 90s alive... in my own little way. There are already so many classic house mixes out there, so I wanted to think differently about 'Not Forgotten V5'. I went searching for the samples that many house tracks had sampled, back in the day and went about rebuilding them. Like Pierre Ferroldi - Moving Now. I got the original acapella the Italian's sampled from, then chopped it up and restructured it to create a ‘Moving Now’ acapella that no one else has got. Then I banged it over another track, creating a fab new bootleg version in its own right. Of course, these things take time and a lot of patience. With so much of this going on, in many ways this is a mix, sitting on top of another mix. This creates some pretty magical and unexpected mixing moments. It pairs up some formidable anthems together. When you find that Fast Eddy and Brothers in Rhythm fit hand in glove, it feels seriously good. Not quite as good as being 18 and going crazy in a sweaty club, but still pretty good. This mix is over 2 hrs long and I’ve tried by best to keep the audio and the mixing to the highest quality. There’s some well known anthems, sitting along side some rare, seldom heard gems. Some of my very own version excursions like Ellustrious - Dance no more. Some classic Italian piano screamers. Some progressive. Balearic, Chicago, you name it. I wanted to include it all, because there are too many mixes that stick to one style. To me, great house came from a number of different styles spanning a number of different years. Put it all together and you have a seriously fun trip back in time. Enjoy and play it loud.

Not Forgotten - Volume 5

I’ve decided to remake my first ever and probably most popular house mix in glorious hi-fidelity sound originally recorded over 25 years ago. Many may regard this as the golden age of early 90’s house between 91-93 and no doubt you’ll recognise many tunes taken from various sets including Sasha at Universe - Pleasure Planet, probably the most popular house mix amongst UK ravers to date! For me, this is where my house journey began and I still draw a lot of influence from the early 90’s.

This one's loaded with classics throughout. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did mixing it 😎

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1 - The Reese Project - Colour Of Love
2 - Axe Corner - Tortuga
3 - Alisha Warren - Touch Me (Acapella)
4 - Helicopter - On Ya Way
5 - Robin S - Show Me Love (Acapella)
6 - LFO - Brainstorm
7 - Spooky - Schmoo
8 - Charvoni - Always There (Acapella)
9 - Blind Truth - We’ve Got To Live Together (Acapella)
10 - Jimi Polo - Better Days (Sasha Remix)
11 - Masters At Work - I Can’t Get No Sleep (Acapella)
12 - Belgium - Megatonk
13 - India - Lover Who Rocks You (Acapella)
14 - MK - Burning
15 - UFI - Understand This Groove
16 - D-Rail - Bring It On Down
17 - Love Revolution - Give It To Me Baby
18 - Nush - Nush
19 - Photon Inc - Generate Power (Acapella)
20 - Djaimin - Give You (Acapella)
21 - Andronicus - Make You Whole
22 - TC 1991 - Berry
23 - Freestyle Orchestra - Keep On Pumpin It Up (Acapella)
24 - FPI Project - Everybody
25 - Haywire - Let Me Be Your Fantasy
26 - ICP - Free & Equal (Leftfield Mix)
27 - DOP - Get Out On This Dancefloor
28 - Pin Up Girls - Take Me Away (Acapella)
29 - Shades Of Rhythm - The Sound Of Eden
30 - Bomb The Bass - You See Me In 3D (Remix)
31 - Siediah Garrett - Kissing (Acapella)
32 - Debbie Malone - Rescue Me
33 - My Friend Sam - It’s My Pleasure
34 - JT Company - Don’t Deal With Us
35 - Pierre’s Fantasy Club - Dream Girl
36 - 49ers - Move Your Feet (Dub Mix)
37 - Cuba Gooding - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend (Acapella)
38 - Melisa Morgan - Still In Love With You
39 - DH Pinhas - Babaji
40 - Korda - Moving Power
41 - Korda - Move Your Body
42 - Rusty - Everything’s Gonna Change 
43 - Sultana - Te Amo
44 - Ce Ce Peniston - Finally (Acapella)
45 - Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
46 - SK Project - Your Love Is Taking Me Over (Acapella)
47 - SGH - Losing You
48 - Jinny - Keep Warm
49 - Brooklyn’s Poor & Needy - Happiness
50 - Deck 8-9 - When I Dream
51 - Progressive - So Alive
52 - Jomanda - Got A Love For You
53 - Electric Choc - Shock The Beat
54 - The Young Braves - Forever Together
55 - Remake Vs Inner City - Til We Meet Again
56 - Clubland - Love Strain (David Morales Dub Mix)
57 - Raze - Bass Power (Acapella)
58 - Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Boys Own Mix)
59 - Matt Caseli & Terry Lux - Hey Hey (Boizo Edit)
60 - Mimmo Mix - All Your Love (Pianopella)
61 - Greed - Gonna Let You Go
62 - PKA - Powergen
63 - Sheer Bronze - Walkin On
64 - Djaimin - Give You
65 - Petra & Co - Just Let Go (Boizo Edit)
66 - Dajae - U Got Me Up
67 - DJ Pierre - Come & Fly With Me
68 - Degrees Of Motion - Shine On
69 - MK - Always
70 - Dupree - Pump This Party (Acapella)
71 - The Blapps Possee - Don’t Hold Back
72 - Epitome Of Hype - Let The Freak
73 - Zhana - Sanctuary Of Love (Basstones)
74 - BG & The Prince Of Rap - Take Control Of The Party
75 - Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (Acapella)
76 - Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (Perfecto Mix)
77 - Sure Is Pure - Is This Love Really Real
78 - Denise Lopez - Don’t You Wanna Be Mine
79 - K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery (Remix)
80 - Xpansions - Move Your Body
81 - Pin Up Girls - Take Me Away (Remix)
82 - The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Remix)
83 - Inner City - Pennies From Heaven

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History Of My House - Chapter 2 - 07-08-20 (Sasha - Universe)

If you're feeling these mixes with full track lists primarily focused on the 90's U.K dance music scene feel free to follow and share!

The idea behind my page is to log and showcase the music that has influenced me over the last 35+ years so that my daughter, Ebony, can listen to ‘olden day’ music and hopefully appreciate how good we had it. 

Having learnt my craft in the late 80’s at the age of 12 and teaching myself how to beat match on 1200’s within a week, I felt I had a knack for this DJ’ing thing way before it became fashionable. I would class myself as quite a versatile DJ able to lend my hand to most genres. Hopefully all those years of bedroom mixing and house parties have paid off…but that’s up to you to decide. 

I attempt to capture a constant energy in my mixes regardless of genre and am always a firm believer that the mix is as important as the track itself. I endeavour to create seamless transitions whilst maintaining the energy. During longer mixes a welcome switch in style is sometimes required. In fact different genres warrant different styles of mixing, in my opinion. And monotonous sets do nothing for me. Up and down, peaks and troughs, it’s all about building the listener up and letting them down gently.

Never one to choose tracks based on their popularity or current chart position, I hand pick the tunes I mix because I think they’ll stand the test of time. The idea being that during any of my sets I can pick a point and know I’ll dig that track or mix. Although digitally digging isn’t as rewarding as finding physical vinyl records for me, it is a whole lot easier. That said there are a lot of below par tunes out there to sift through before finding worthy tracks. Then the set process begins…I just approach it as a musical jigsaw.

Anyway, enough about me. Whether you’re getting ready to go out for the night, cleaning the kitchen or in the car, turn it up, get in the groove and I hope you enjoy the vibes  😎

History Of My House - Chapter 2 - 07-08-20 (Sasha - Universe)

Craig Scott