Chip E - "Like This" (feat K-Joy - original club 12" remix)
Frankie Knuckles - "Only The Strong Survive" (original club 12" mix)
Farm Boy - "Move" (original club 12" mix)
Rocky Jones - "The Choice Of A New Generation" (original deep underground club 12" mix)
Loleatta Holloway - "So Sweet" (Original Club 12" mix)
Farley Jackmaster Funk & Ricky Dillard - "It's U" (original sample club 12" mix)
The Endless Poker's - "!The Poke!" (original Quit Poken Me club 12" mix)
Bad Boy Bill - "Jack It All Night Long" (original house club 12" mix)
JM Silk - "Music Is The Key" (original house key club 12" mix)
Fingers INC - "Mystery Of Love" (original club 12" mix)
Farley Jackmaster Funk & Jessie Saunders - "Love Can't Turn Around" (feat Darryl Pandy - original club 12" mix)
Joe Smooth - "The Promised Land" (original club 12" mix)
Tyree - "The House Music Is My Life" (original deep house club 12" remix)
Sterling Void - "Runaway Girl" (original runaway radio 12" mix)
The Children - "Freedom" (original factory club 12" mix)
Mario Reyes - "Lost Love (I Want You Back)" (feat Joenell - original club 12" mix)
Fast Eddie - "Acid Thunder" (original Fast Thunder club 12" mix)
Fingers INC - "A Path" (original club 12" mix)
Chip E - "If You Only Knew" (original If You Dance club 12" mix)
Tyree - "Turn Up The Bass" (feat Kool Rock Steady - original Scratch It Up club 12" mix)
The IT - "Donnie" (original Hardy club 12" mix)
JM Silk - "Shadows Of Your Life" (original Fierce club 12" mix)
Sterling Void & Pairs Brightedge - "It's Alright" (original house clum 12" mix)
Kenny Jammin' Jason & Fast Eddie Smith - "can U Dance" (original club 12" mix)
Tyree - "Hard Core Hip House" (original deep housetrumental club 12" mix)
Holly Jump - "You Can't Hide" (original club 12" mix)
Frankie Hollywood Rodriguez - "Work On Me" (feat MCD - original 99th street piano club 12" mix)
Sterling Void - "Don't Wanna Go" (Original Mike Dunn vocal club 12" mix)
The Project - "Out Of Control" (feat Linda Rice - original FHR club 12" mix)
Mario Reyes - "What Ever Turns You On" (original club 12" mix)
Steel Gray - "Do You Want To Dance" (original Tyree club 12" mix)
2 Young Brothers - "Check Out The Hook" (original Dangerous DJ club 12" mix)
Loftis IV - "Something 4 Love" (original club 12" mix)
Full House - "Communicate" (original AT&T club 12" mix)
Fast Eddie - "Let's Go - Don't u Want Some More" (original club 12" mix)
Review: Harmless Records are keeping Bill Brewster busy. Having seemingly exhausted the back catalogues of an impressive list of New York labels - P&P, Easy Street, Fresh Records, Sam etc - the DJ historian has turned his attention to Chicago's DJ International Records. Over the course of three CDs - not to mention his usual detailed sleeve notes - Brewster tells the story of the influential '80s house label, from the pioneering early works of Frankie Knuckles, Chip-E and Fingers Inc, through the timeless anthems of Joe Smooth, Farley Jackmaster Funk and Sterling Void, to the hip-house of Fast Eddie and Tyree Cooper. Being Brewster, there are also a few forgotten gems and deeper selections to be found, too, making this a fitting tribute to one of dance music's most important labels.
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