I’m going to get some more edits/reworks uploaded in the coming months, starting off with one I did in conjunction with Henry Greenwood, a rework that was getting a major response until the pandemic went and spoilt the party. 

Recorded by Brooklyn’s Linda Clifford for Curtis Mayfield's Curtom label and mixed by Jim Burgess, ‘Runaway Love’ was somewhat overshadowed by her Disco take on ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’, from the ‘60s Broadway musical/film, ‘Sweet Charity’. Although ‘Runaway Love’ and ‘Gypsy Lady’ were also listed when the album of the same name topped the US Disco chart, ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’ was very much the lead track. ‘Runaway Love’ however was the choice cut in the R&B realm where, having been issued as a single, it reached #3.

As big as it was in the Stateside clubs I can’t ever remember ever hearing a DJ in this country playing ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’ – it was all about ‘Runaway Love’ here, which, from the moment the LP came in on import in ’78 the specialist DJs seized upon. It could have been a UK hit, but was only issued on the flip side of ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’. Besides, it was all about the full-length 12” version, the truncated 7” compromising its wonderful flow and build. The single stalled at #50 – the fact it got as high as that was all to do with the B Side.

To my ears it’s a track that should be as familiar as Rufus & Chaka Khan’s ‘Ain’t Nobody’, but ‘Runaway Love’ is a hidden classic far too rarely heard. This prompted me to team up with Henry Greenwood to put together a DJ friendly rework that retained the song in all its glory, whilst providing a mix in and out and adding contemporary weight to its already infectious groove. I couldn’t have wished for a better outcome, the audience response the proof in the pudding.

The third in a trio of late-‘70s reworks I’ve collaborated on with Henry, following on from Marshall Hain ‘Dancing In The City’ & El Coco ‘Mondo Disco’, which were pressed back to back on limited vinyl as part of the A&R Edits series.

Linda Clifford 'Runaway Love' (greg wilson & henry greenwood rework)

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CRAIG SMITH - B BAR @ SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER 17.03.2024

I remixed DJ Abyss' massive breakbeat monster Dubplate Style in my own Circa 92/93 Breaks, Bass and stab roller style.... Enjoy  

Dubplate Style (JB92 Remix)

A cheeky bootleg of the classic Golden Girls - Kinetic for the summer :) Enjoy!

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Golden Girls - Kinetic (Dee Montero's Tribal Rendition)

This is the full 3hr audio from DJ Spen's set from the Rhino Club, Southampton.  It was one of Emotives (and arguably Southampton's)best club nights. Listen and enjoy and if you were lucky enough to have been there that night reminisce. 

DJ Spen Emotive & Soul Heaven Audio Jan 2006

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Paul Sawyer - Textures Of Me #24

Another one from the archives (we had completely forgotten about)

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Toto - Georgy Porgy (South Beach Recycle)

FNQ's Bob Walker left no stone unturned when he took on this remix.  Working from multi-track, Bob carefully rearranged the entire production, shifting the tempo down to 111 BPM and bringing all the best parts of the track up in the mix. Arranged in Logic - a major amount of reconstruction of the arrangement took place with a hint of additional production that does this classic justice.  Bob left us on December 3 2012 after putting up a very brave fight against Cancer.  I spent a quality week with him in hospital before he passed and his dying wish was to hear this classic remastered.  He got his wish - thanks to Melbourne's mastering guru - Tony 'Jack the Bear' Mantz.  RIP Bobby - this one's up, as you wanted.

Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That (Bob's Triple One Mix) (Remastered)

It's been a great year so far for me and The Soundgarden, so as a thank you, here's a remix that Nicolas Rada and I did. Orbital - Chime (Nick Warren & Nicolas Rada Bootleg). Enjoy :)

Dubplate Style (JB92 Remix)

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