Schlock-Wire: Harmless Records To Release A Definitive Salsoul 12-Inch Mixes Set With MIXOLOGY
Big news for disco collectors: Harmless release a triple-disc set of 12-inch releases from Salsoul Records entitled Mixology: The Definitive Salsoul Mixes. The chronological collection offers a whopping 31 tracks, all in their original 12-inch mixes and taken from the master tapes. All the classic Salsoul acts - Loleatta Holloway, the Salsoul Orchestra, Instant Funk, etc. - are all covered and the list of remixers includes heavyweights like Tom Moulton, Larry Levan and Shep Pettibone. Even better, this is the debut set in a Mixology series that will highlight the work of several classic dance music labels. Read on for all the deluxe disco details...
MIXOLOGY – THE DEFINITIVE SALSOUL MIXES (HARMLESS)
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Harmless who created the brilliant and much reverred Disco Discharge series are launching Mixology this summer, a new series that delves into the catalogues of the cream of the crop of iconic dance music labels, presenting their best key mixes in one package. The first label to feature in Mixology is none other than Salsoul. Mixology - ‘The Defitive Salsoul Mixes’ comes in a triple CD package featuring the label’s key mixes (see full tracklisting below)Ian Dewhirst (Harmless label manager) says, ‘Since all previous Salsoul compilations which I’d done have now all been deleted, I decided it would be nice to try and do a definitive set of all the key original mixes and have them all in one package and sequenced in chronological order from the dates the originals came out. Also there was a part of me that thought that this could be the last time that these brilliant tracks could get a physical release, so when I heard that the company could potentially be sold last year I swooped in and did a deal for this release’Salsoul was launched in 1975 and it tapped into the emerging club scene in New York at that time, which was thriving with clubs like The Paradise Garage, The Loft, The Gallery, Sanctuary and Galaxy 21, and recognised the relevance of the DJ. It was the first time that a label would allow a club DJ to access the original master tapes for ‘remix/re-edit’ purposes. The DJ in question was Walter Gibbons who was brought into the studio to ‘restructure’ Double Exposure’s ‘Ten Percent’ (as featured her). The result was one of the most radical restructures completely changing the original version into a ten minute tour-de-force of dance percussive fury. ‘Ten Percent’ became the first ever commercially released 12’ single and without realising it at the time Salsoul created the birth of the DJ as a remixer. From that point onwards DJs would start clamouring to remix any record they could get their hands on
Salsoul Records had started the cult of the DJ. Throughout the next 30 years the array of DJ talent who mixed or re-edited Salsoul releases would read like a ‘who’s who’ of international DJs. Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Larry Levan, Tee Scott, Shep Pettibone, Francois Kervokian, Masters At Work, Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Grandmaster Flash, Danny Krivit, Dimitri From Paris…the DJ revolution had well and truly commencedThe label went on to discover some of the greatest dance artists and release the biggest dance classics from the last 30 years: Loleatta Holloway’s ‘Hit And Run’, Inner Life’s ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’, Joe Bataan’s ‘The Bottle’, Candido’s ‘Jingo’, First Choice’s ‘Let No Man Put Us Under’, Instant Funk’s ‘I Got My Mind Made Up’, Ripple’s ‘The Beat Goes On’After 400 + releases things were beginning to slow down for Salsoul in 1984. The boom years of disco had long gone and the music scene was going through one of its periodic shifts. The end of an incredible era petered out with Salsoul SG 430. From that point forward Salsoul stripped down the operation, remained 100% independent and essentially became a licensing/re-issue operation for the next 20 years. Salsoul eventually changed hands in January 2011 and passed from the ownership of the Cayre brothers over to its new owners, the Verse Music Group.Like many innovators of their day, Salsoul never fully gained the recognition it deserved at the time. During the golden days of disco nobody came close in matching the quality and consistency of the label’s prolific output. The legacy left by Salsoul Records if anything has actually got stronger over the years with numerous records sampling the original Salsoul classics and of course with the continuous prominence of disco. The most commercial of these records include Black Box’s ‘Ride On Time’ and Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch’s ‘Good Vibrations’ which sampled Loleatta Holloway’s ‘Love Sensation’, Spiller’s ‘Groovejet’ which sampled its entire rhythm from Carol Williams’ ‘Love Is You’, Montell Jordan’s ‘Get It On Tonight’ which sampled Caludja Barry’s ‘Love For The Sake of Love’, Eric B & Rakim’s ‘Paid In Full’ sampled Salsoul Orchestra’s ‘Love Break’ and even De La Soul’s ‘Me Myself and I’ which sampled Edwin Birdsong’s ‘Rapper Dapper Snapper’ amongst many others.Track ListingCD 11. “The Bottle (La Botella)” - Bataan 3.29Original Album Mix January 19752. “You’re Just The Right Size” - The Salsoul Orchestra 4.40Original Album Mix October 19753. “Helplessly” - Moment Of Truth 6.24Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix June 19764. “Everyman” - Double Exposure 7.19Original Album Mix June 19765. “Nice N’ Nasty” - The Salsoul Orchestra 5.21Original Walter Gibbons 12” Mix July 19766. “Ten Percent” - Double Exposure 9.41Original Walter Gibbons 12” Mix November 19767. “Spring Rain” - Silvetti 5.52Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix November 19768. “My Love Is Free” - Double Exposure 9.40Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix November 19769. “Dreamin’” - Loleatta Holloway 6.18Original Album Mix November 197610.“This Will Be A Night To Remember” - Eddie Holman 5.47Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix March 197711.“Love Is You” - Carol Williams 5.06Original 12” Mix March 1977CD 21. “Doctor Love” - First Choice 7.35Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix April 19772. “Getaway” - The Salsoul Orchestra 4.17Original 12” Mix April 19773. “Hit And Run” - Loleatta Holloway 10.59Original 12” Walter Gibbons Mix April 19774. “Runaway” - Salsoul Orchestra ft Loleatta Holloway 4.44Original Album Mix June 19775. “The Beat Goes On & On” - Ripple 6.55Original Jim Burgess 12” Mix December 19776. “Just As Long As I Got You” - Love Committee 8.35Original Walter Gibbons 12” Mix July 19787. “Sing Sing” - Gaz 7.16Original Richie Rivera 12” Mix November 19788. “I Got My Mind Made Up” - Instant Funk 9.46Original Larry Levan 12” Mix December 19789. “First Time Around” - Skyy 6.40Original Randy Muller/Solomon Roberts Jr 12” Mix April 197910. “Crying” - Instant Funk 8.58Original Larry Levan 12” Mix May 1979CD 31. “Jingo” - Candido 9.51Original David Rodriguez 12” Mix July 19792. “Dancin’ & Prancin’” - Candido 6.53Original David Rodriguez 12” Mix July 19793. “All About The Paper” - Loleatta Holloway 6.13Original Bobby DJ Guttadero Album Mix August 19794. “Janice (Don’t Be So Blind To Love)”- Skip Mahoney 6.59Original Bobby DJ Guttadero 12” Mix April 19805. “Love Sensation” - Loleatta Holloway 6.34Original Tom Moulton 12” Mix July 19806. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” - Inner Life 10.26Original Larry Levan 12” Mix May 19817. “I Know You Will” - Logg 6.44Original Larry Levan 12” Mix June 19818. “Take Some Time Out For Love” - The Salsoul Orchestra 6.22Original 12” Mix June 19829. “Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice 7.35Original Frankie Knuckles 12” Mix May 198310. “Heartbreaker” - Leroy Burgess 6.12Original Shep Pettibone12” Mix August 1983