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He was first person I ever saw live you know. Cleethorpes Pier, it was. 1973 or maybe 1974. Also saw the Fenn Street Gang live there. Peter Cleal was well posh. 

Anyhow, did this edit some years ago and then forgot about it, but since it's just appeared on Matthew Burgess's splendid mix on Emotional Pop (http://www.emotionalpop.com/ep34-matthew-burgess-who-dares-to-love-forever) thought I'd re-up. Here you go. 

LEO SAYER - Easy To Love (Vincent Velocette Edit)

From The Next Day Extra, available Nov. 5. 

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Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)

I got the opportunity to officially remix this classic song to coincide with the release of a new Donny Hathaway box set. I was given the original multitrack master of the studio version (different from the live version)and it consisted of 8 different instrument and vocal tracks (as opposed to the more usual 24 tracks) 
When I take on a remix, my first goal is to make it work on a current dance floor. I like to stay very close to the originally recorded sound and In most case there's plenty to be reworked on the multitrack master to achieve this. 
This case proved a little different as there were few rhythm elements I could use to fit within current standards of club loudness levels. So I decided to take a slightly different approach, and add a new set of (acoustic) drums,  to bend the original Soul vibe a little towards Disco territory. 
This remix is exclusive to my soundcloud page and free to download as a 16bit WAV file 

#FreeDL - Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Dimitri From Paris Inna Disco)SC Exclusive

PHONICA009 North Lake - Marlborol Noir

Ring Ring Ring (Help Is On The Way) (Henry's Party Line)

Horse Meat Disco Volume IV, out June 16th on Strut. http://www.horsemeatdisco-thealbum.com/ 

From the album's liner note:
<b>Elliot Rosoff (producer)</b>: “I am primarily a concert violinist and have played on records by people as diverse as Philip Glass, Deodato and LL Cool J. In the early ‘80s, I had a studio, Opal Studios and our engineer Andy Langston did a lot of R&B and disco production - our projects included a disco version of Jesse Green’s "Nice And Slow." On "Ain’t No Way," the singer was a girl called Brenda Watts – she had released a few records beforehand like "Who Needs A Love Like That" but seemed to disappear from music after Opal. I remember that we received great feedback and a lot of club play across New York.” <b>Phil Barr (writer)</b>: “During the ‘70s, Elliot was one of the few people in New York that had a 24-track studio. ‘Ain’t No Way’ had originally been written as a hard rock track - Elliot liked it and we started working on an R&B version of it which he put out on his label, Silver Cloud.”

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Opal - Ain't No Way [from Horse Meat Disco IV]

To celebrate and thank my now 100.000 followers I feel lucky I have, here's something that's been a fixture of mys sets.
A proper re-edit of my favorite bits from both the LP and DP's official remix versions.
While I'd love you to have it, it is unofficial, so I can only have it streaming here as a showcase of my editing work. Original remix is linked
It still great music so hope you'll enjoy it nonetheless :)

Paft Dunk - Got Lucky Dimitri From Paris Re - Edit

Ride Like The Wind (Henry's Lost Disco Mix)

Another one that was originally made to play in Brixton couple of months back but has come in handy/been requested ever since...am reliably informed it encouraged Greg Wilson to make his own version ;)


Getting Away With It (Henry's Rough Cut)

Parkway Rhythm - Working Girl Club Dub

Amanda Blank - Shame On Me (Yuksek Remix)

I still can't believe this song was recorded 37 years ago ! I was given access to the original masters with all its separately recorded 16 tracks and everything sounded remarkably fresh. The drum beat as it was played by Earl Young became the blueprint not only of the Disco beat but later of the House beat. You can still here many elements of its groove on current productions. It was a huge privilege for me to remix the Love I Lost. Many musical and vocal sections were buried deep in the original 73 mix and i could put them back at the forefront. This is a snippet of the second half of my 11+ minutes remix.

The Love I Lost Dimitri From Paris Super Disco Blend (snippet)

If you like this track support the artist and buy it: http://www.junodownload.com/products/living-ecstasy/1821151-02/

Sister S - Living Ecstasy (Norinton Remix)

AND001 – limited vinyl on A&R Edits

Released: Monday 27th May, 2013

Side A: Buffalo Dance (Reworked by Henry Greenwood)

Selected by GW

Buffalo Stance (Henry's Rework) (preview)

Marina Van-Rooy ‘Sly One’ (greg wilson edit)

128 bpm

Previously exclusive mp3 only via Mixmag 2013.

Back in 1989-91 I was working extensively out of Amazon Studios in Kirby, Liverpool, producing and mixing the Ruthless Rap Assassins, as well as Mind Body & Soul and Sensuround. Also using the studios during this period were Liverpool dance collective 8 Productions, consisting of Ian Martin Wright, Steve Cummerson, Pete Davies and, of course, Peter Coyle, formely of the Lotus Eaters, who’d scored a UK hit in 1983 with ‘The First Picture Of You’. We became friendly as a result, and would often play each other our works in progress – it was certainly something of a mutual appreciation society.

‘Sly One’ was their jewel in the crown – recorded with singer Marina Van-Rooy, it quickly became a cult classic and was snapped up by Haçienda DJ Mike Pickering, who was then head of A&R at Deconstruction, for a full release on the label, although the chart success we all presumed would follow failed to materialise.

8 would also issue tracks by artists including The Donny And Marie Handbag Revolution and Connie Lush, but their greatest triumph was the club night G-Love, which was the early 90’s forerunner to Cream, promoted in conjunction with the local record store 3 Beat and legendary Liverpool DJ John Kelly.

The edit is true to the original, with no additional elements. It’s something I’ve played out a number of times since I put it together last year, and was most recently featured in the mix from London’s Loft Studios:  http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/the-date-loft-studios-london 

Greg Wilson – May 2013

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Marina Van-Rooy 'Sly One' (greg wilson edit)

Noosha was a teenage fantasy figure for me and many of other pubescent boys of the 1970s. She also made great, funky pop records. Here's one of them. 

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