🙏🏼💖Gen X memories! Clubbing was So different growing up these tunes bring back memories 💗thx matey xo

love this old skool mix 💯❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

ReTrO

John Pulling - Retro Smashup

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About the CD:
My second ever house CD! I bought this one for my Christmas box through the Metro Centre in Newcastle if I remember correctly and it was the real catalyst for getting me into clubland and house music. Featuring artists that defied genres and  the underground/overground such as Leftfield, Living Joy, Wildchild and Inner City... this was music all of the UK was dancing too not just to cool kids. A pretty amazing time to be a young kid getting into music heavily... my biggest regret... not buying turntables!

012 - Fantazia presents 'The House Collection vol.3' - Disc 1 - Mixed by Jeremy Healy (1995)

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About the CD:
Wow, 3 disc's of (as the title suggests) absolute stone cold classics. This disc really was the soundtrack of my pre 'proper clubbing' days trying to get into the bars and clubs of Sunderland City Centre. This CD features some absolute bangers like Tony Di Bart's 'The Real Thing', Hard Drive's legendary 'Deep Inside', Felix's 'Don't You Want Me", Sub Sub's "Ain't No Love" and well... the list really does go on, and on, and on, and on. I hope you all enjoy this mix as many of us have. Play it LOUD!

019 - Fantazia pres. The House Collection - Club Classics - Mixed by Luv Dup (1996)

Following on from the first volume of the Retro Smashup, volume 2 focuses on the iconic institution that was Tall Trees in Yarm. 

Huge atmospheric tunes that have never quite lived up to their reputation in any other club since Tall Trees' closure!!!

John Pulling - Retro Smashup Volume 2 - The Tall Trees Edition

Retro Smashup Volume 3

The House Collection, Volume 1 Greame Park

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104 - Cream Live mixed by Greame Park & Pete Tong - Disc One (1995)

Circles

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128 - Fantazia presents 'Club Classics vol. 2' - Disc 2 mixed by Peer (1996)

Gesandhe

A Retrospective Of House 91 - 95 Vol 1 - Jon 'Pleased' Wimmin

all credit goes to fantazia and all artists, I take no credit for any of the music just the editing out of the spaces in the CD recording

Fantazia - House Collection Vol. 1 - CD 3

house collection volume 1 Mike C seamless edit

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

1997

Essential Mix 1997-01-19 - Alex P & Brandon Block

This is the set I played for Shine, The Warehouse Leeds, 29:06:2013
Proper Old Skool!

IAN OSSIA - SHINE Presents FAC51 THE HACIENDA @ The Warehouse - Leeds - 29:06:2013

Hey, Gareth here, I'm a graphic designer who start designing for clubs, parties, and labels in the late 90s. Back then, mix CDs were the holy grail of both design and music. I loved them.

But I wasn't the only one, mix cds were the soundtracks of our nights, our days, our afterparties and lives, for everyone. Yet in today's internet age, the art form has been lost (or just changed) to 2-3 hour online mixes and streaming videos, which just don't create the same magic your CD collection did. Just 60 minutes of music and incredible artwork.

The Classic Mix CD Series celebrates these discs, their soundtrack, their box art and your memories. We hope you enjoy it.

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* We fully support labels and artists. If any disc creates a copyrighting issue let me know and it will be immediately removed. 

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About Gareth:
Digital creative type, gamer, music lover and occasional DJ. Currently living between Dubai & Seoul after setting sail from Sunderland in 2010. As a young designer, club and music culture was the driving force for his work, producing artwork for local club nights and record labels in the North East of England. In particular, DJ mix cds and their packaging were always his 'holy grail of design', especially those from Renaissance, Global Underground and Good Looking Records. It's a pleasure to share these discs back with people and they still influence our tastes to this day. 

For any CD recommendations, bookings, mixes or feedback you can catch me as @asapgareth on Instagram. Or you can check our my design work at www.acid.works

019 - Fantazia pres. The House Collection - Club Classics - Mixed by Luv Dup (1996)

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