CHAZ JANKEL - Glad To Know You (Todd Terje edit)

Greg Wilson says: " ‘Dirty Talk’ is a track with a bit of history, going back to my time at Legend and Wigan Pier during the early 80′s. I bought it in from Spin Inn in Manchester, the North’s main import suppliers back then (the essential shop outside London for DJ’s like myself, who specialized in upfront black music) – it was on an Italian label called Zanza. This was a track that I could quite easily have missed, as it had been ordered in by Harry Taylor, who looked after the DJ’s who were playing in the regions gay clubs, where they went for a more European sound (the overwhelming majority of tracks played in the black clubs were imported from the US). However, aware of the Electro-Funk direction I was pursuing (at a time when pretty much everyone else on the scene had dismissed this new musical development), Harry brought the track to my attention, knowing that, although I wouldn’t have touched the vocal version with a bargepole, the instrumental ‘USA Connection’ would be right up my street.

There was no such term as Italo Disco at the time, this wasn’t coined until the following year (by German label ZYX), so ‘Dirty Talk’ was, and will always remain, full-blooded Electro in my eyes. The upshot was that it became one of the biggest tracks of 1982 within the black clubs up North, having perfectly fitted into what I was playing at my venues, then the most popular nights on the scene. It wasn’t the first Italian 12″ to go big with the black crowd (although most people would have been completely oblivious as to the European origins of these tracks) – others included Harry Thumann’s ‘Underwater’, Firefly’s ‘Love Is Gonna Be On Your Side’ and Electra’s ‘Feels Good’.

However, this record’s influence would be felt far beyond the black scene. Hewan Clarke, a DJ I knew as a Jazz specialist who appeared on the same bill as me at numerous All-Dayers, had become the resident at a new Manchester club that had opened a few months earlier, in May ’82 – this was The Haçienda. Although their clientele mainly consisted of students and Indie kids, Hewan, obviously clued-up to what was happening in the black clubs, picked up on ‘Dirty Talk’s’ success and began to play it himself. One night whilst it was on, a couple of the guys from New Order came into the DJ booth and asked what the record was and if they could borrow it from him as they were working on some new stuff in the studio and wanted to take it in as a reference. As things turned out, it became a key influence on their next single, the record that would bridge the gap between Indie and dance, taking them high into the charts and breaking them big style commercially – the mighty ‘Blue Monday’ (which became the best selling 12″ of all-time).

It was something of a ‘what goes around’ moment when I was approached in 2007, a quarter of a century on from when I first played ‘Dirty Talk’, to put together a new edit for Flexx, a Belgian label, who’d acquired a license for the track from Tony Carrasco, who co-wrote and co-produced it. I added a few overdubs and incorporated a loop from the follow-up single, ‘Wonderful’ (which was also a big black tune), for my version."

Klein & M.B.O. - Dirty Talk (Greg Wilson Edit)

"Two more excellent re-edits from this obscure Finnish label - the last volume lasted just a few days at Phonica and you can hear why - as Rayko takes Stevie Nicks's "Edge of Seventeen" (with that Bootylicious guitar riff) and Irene Cara's "Breakdancing" to new heights..!! Seriously, seriously ace!" 

- Phonica Records

"Another sick edit by Rayko, this one is pretty dark with a pretty heavy analogue arp bassline and ‘depeche mode‘ esq perc- really nice vocals too." 

- Feelmybicep.com

Irene Cara - "Breakdancing" (Rayko Edit)

Electra - Feels Good

Berlin Hypnotic House XXIX - Backwards Head Mix

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Pure Energy - Party On

A re-edit version by Ron Hardy of Nightlife Unlimited - Peaches & Prunes track 

Nightlife Unlimited - Peaches & Prunes(it's magic!)(Ron Hardy Re-Edit)

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New York based D.C. LaRue has been recording and performing since 1974 but it was his track “Cathedrals” in ’76 that really got him noticed amongst the heavy weight disco releases of the time.  The double A-side 12" single of "Cathedrals" was one of the earliest commercially available 12" singles and went on to hit number 1 on the Billboard Dance Music Club and Disco Single charts.

Subsequent singles “Overture” and “Indiscreet” both topped out at number 2 on the Billboard Dance Music Club charts and “Indiscreet” became an influential track in the hip hop sampling world.

Fast forward to the present day and armed with digital transfers of the original master tapes, Z Records has commissioned remixes of these classic tracks plus “Let Them Dance” and “Do You Want The Real Thing”.

Released over two limited edition picture sleeve 12’s pressed exclusively for Record Store Day 2018, the remixes come from Idjut Boys, Ron Basejam, Dr Packer, Folamour, JKriv and Joey Negro.

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D.C. LaRue – Cathedrals (JKriv Dub)

Webster Lewis - You Deserve To Dance (FunkyDeps Re-Edit) 127 BPM
Original track release in 1979 on the label Epic records

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Webster Lewis - You Deserve To Dance (FunkyDeps Re-Edit)

All About The Paper/The Dells - Disco Dubb Edit

Hugh Masekela ‎– Don't Go Lose It Baby

"Belgian Italo-influenced label largely specialised in high quality reissues (often with new mixes or edits) thus far, with the occasional exception. Despite this, because of its judicious choices, some of the releases seem more current than they actually are, which perhaps says more about the climate we’re currently in. Among the reissues are the highly collectible ‘Cant Be Serious’ by Ginny and the Loft classic OZO’s ‘Anambra’." - Djhistory.com

Klein & M.B.O. - Dirty Talk (Greg Wilson Edit)

Flexx Records