New Larry Levan comp on Rhino

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A new compilation of Levan mixes is coming out on Rhino on April 11 in the US. Tracklisting:

Disc: 1
1. Paradise -- Change
2. Weekend -- Phreek
3. Clouds -- Chaka Khan
4. Haven't You Heard -- Patrice Rushen
5. We Got the Funk -- Positive Force
6. Smack Dab in the Middle -- Janice McClain
7. Bad For Me -- Dee Dee Bridgewater
8. Heartbeat -- Taana Gardner
9. You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) -- David Joseph
10. Love Honey, Love Heartache -- Man Friday
11. Don't Make Me Wait -- Peech Boys

Disc: 2
1. Baby I'm Scared of You -- Womack & Womack
2. Lost in Music -- Sister Sledge
3. Why Leave Us Alone -- Five Special
4. Love Injection -- Trussel
5. Can't Play Around -- Lace
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough -- Inner Life
7. It Should Have Been You -- Gwen Guthrie
8. Lover's Holiday -- Change
9. Situation -- Yaz
10. Once in a Lifetime -- Talking Heads
11. Love Has Come Around -- Donald Byrd & 125th Street, NYC.

Not a replacement for the 3-disc Salsoul comp, but it covers a lot of classics (Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Heartbeat, Don't Make Me Wait, etc.), and has the Talking Heads mix, the first time I've seen it on CD.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 17 March 2006 03:17 (twenty years ago)

Looks great! The Patrice Rushen is a personal favorite o' mine.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 17 March 2006 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Cool! I can't wait to get this. I've got some of these but not all, and this looks like a great suite of music. (No Ednah Holt or Loose Joints, though . . . maybe they figure everybody has the West End comp.)

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Friday, 17 March 2006 05:07 (twenty years ago)

Hmmmm, I think I still have the Peech Boys and Taana Gardner on vinyl somewhere.

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

What does Levan do to the Talking Heads track?

― Affectian (Affectian), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

dunno, I have a really great Masters At Work remix of it.

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Levan merely spun some of the tracks on the comp (what, no Benatar?).

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:12 (twenty years ago)

well, it says mixes above, so i assume these are remixes or edits?

― gritty sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

They're contemplations.

(I'm reading Shapiro's disco book right now, oddly enough, so this is a fortuitous announcement.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

looks like your right, i'm guessing they float some of his work in there, namely the peech boys and the taana gardner

http://www.rhino.com/RZine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=375

― gritty sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

"Legendary Turntablist" Larry Levan

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

wikki wikki wikki

― gritty sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Legendary Roller-dude Larry Levan

― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

I just picked this up today and it's fantastic. It's especially thrilling for me since I have never heard Heartbeat and Don't Make Me Wait before. Works well as a starting point and a primer of Levan's best work.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

Heartbeat's been sampled 1,000,001 times so you're heard the bassline before no doubt

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

i wish i could replicate the feeling i had when i heard 'heartbeat' for the first time. i almost lost it. i was like 'my god what is this perfect music'

i should get this comp.

― geeta (geeta), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

If you've never heard "Heartbeat," go for all the spin-offs too: Sweet G's "Heartbeat Rap," D'Bora's "No Sense" and... damn, I know there's some others. Ini Kamoze's "Hotstepper"...

aack xpost

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Kenny Nix also did some similar ones: Inez Brooks' "Chillin' Out" and Ednah Holt's "Serious Sirius Space Party."

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:28 (twenty years ago)

treacherous three dude!

I'm revoking your MPC license.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Nile Rodger's remix of Lost in Music is incredible! ( Sorry, just kinda talking to myself here.)

Thanks for all the Heartbeat spin-off recommendations, guys.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 20:45 (twenty years ago)

Yes, this is actually really great and makes a really nice set with Live at the Paradise Garage (in the sense that there's almost no overlap... just the Janice McSmack Dab track). It's also sort of cool that it's split down the middle between Levan's mixes/productions and stuff he just thought was great.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 21:43 (twenty years ago)

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