Yazz cover’s the 80’s classic from the Corgis’s on this 1995 release. Produced by Steve Lipson it has World Samples and a groovy synth bassline but remains faithful to the original. For Dance fans it’s all about the B-side mixed by Roger Sanchez with additional keys by James Preston. Uplifting House with sampled orchestra stabs.
From 1996 and a busy year for Todd Terry having dragged Everything But The Girl to the dancefloor. He does the same for Swedish nearly Indie group, The Cardigans. House Beats are layered on over 4 mixes and A’cappella. They’re all very similar with the “Freeze Club” being the best re-interpretation.
Catchy Pop/Rock from Roxette , Formed in 1986 in Halmstad, Sweden by Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson. (I didn’t know they were around a long time before their 90’s breakthrough) This was from 1991 and from the album of the same name. Crunchy guitars and Beatles-esque touches (think Magical Mystery Tour) and of course a whistle solo! It was produced by keyboard player Clarence Öfwerman with the definite “Extended Mix” revealing an electronic foundation to the song, almost synthpop remix by Brian Malouf. The synth string on “Come Back” remind me of A-ha and is a genuine, quality B-side !
Building up a head of steam as the 90’s are drawing to close (in about 10 + posts) The comeback single from Phil and the Girls. Four Clubby mixes. Starting from the bottom with Overworld and Strictly Blind mixes ( from Johnny Jay and Neil Claxton – from Mint Royale) give us standard stompers floor stompers with very little vocal from the original. Red Jerry ups the tempo to into almost a Eurodance / Happy Hardcore, bloody messing around with vocals . Hurrah!! the Utah Saints keep the song intact adding sonic rock influences to rave it up instead of going into the chorus (in an attempt to make it less cheesy….Interesting)
I’m sure I heard this over the weekend in Benidorm. A tune I know but didn’t know who by. From 1998 and by American singer/ songwriter Jennifer Paige. David Morales gets the majority of the mixes with personal favourite, Tiefschwarz (German Bros. Ali Schwarz and Basti Schwarz) getting a couple. Mixes of note include the bongo driven “Momo’s Revenge” and the classical piano and strings of the “LA Crush” dub and ” Tiefschwarz Hollywood “ epic.
Still on the Benidorm Cheese Pop vibe and this 1990 release from Aussie Boy Band, Indecent Obsession, the second single from their debut album “Spoken Words.” (1989) Originating from Brisbane in 1987, their early line up was David Dixon – vocals, Michael Szumowski – keyboards, Andrew Coyne – guitars and Darryl Simms – drums. Did they play all these instruments, I’m not sure 🙂 – but it does seem they did perform hard on the Pub circuit before their lucky break. Produced by Ian MacKenzie (Pseudo Echo) the American studio whizz Daniel Abraham remixed and gave it a Latino House vibe, with edits by Chep Nunez.
