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The self declared ethos of BBE Records is `Real Music for Real People', and in this compilation Vincent Williams (DJ Spinna) presents a selection of "soulful dance music" to herald the start of a scheduled five part series.
The term `Boogie' is best thought of as offering a generic name to black dance music emerging from (and co-exisiting with) Disco, Philly, Funk and Soul, capturing key elements of those sounds, and doing so away from the musical mainstream. It represented, in many respects, the alternative to the commercial music scene, until it was ultimately superseeded by Electro Funk and Hip Hop (with whom it also significantly co-existed). After this the trends and patterns in black music became more diffuse and separate, and increasingly harder to place under a single, accurately descriptive name.
The records presented here are taken from 1978 to 1984, and manage to succinctly capture the development of new sounds in musical production. Here it is possible to hear the move away from real instrumentation to harder edged, slimmed down electronic sounds. The collection opens with `The Bottom Line' by South Bronx (1982), a bass driven groover, followed by `Tena's Song' by Foxy (1978), with its swinging quirky `Charleston' like rhythm and harmonica fills sounding very much like Stevie Wonder's work. `And You Know That' by TJ Swan (1981) is an Old School Hip Hop classic presented here in its hypnotic dub version, whilst `She Can't Love You' by Chemise (1982) is a pleasant synthesiser driven groove very much of the period. Mtume's `So You Wanna Be a Star' (1980), one of the standout tracks featured, will appeal to fans of Chic with its uplifting bass and beautiful strings, whilst War's `The World is a Ghetto' (1980) should appeal strongly to all the dancers out there. Other standout moments include Captain Rapp's `Bad Times' (I Can't Stand It) (1983), an acknowledged classic, and Modern Romance's `Salsa Rhapsody' (1981) which may appeal to lovers of spacey dub and house. Originally the B side to `Everybody's Salsa' this is undoubtedly the surprise discovery of the compilation.
So. Do you buy?
Purchasers should be aware that the compilation is presented in two discs, one mixed and one un-mixed. Not all of the sixteen tracks featured in the mix are on the second disc, four are missing (Captain Rapp, Slyck, Community People and Masurrati & Huey Harris). Sharp eared listeners may well be able to hear that some of the tracks appear to have been mastered from vinyl, but fortunately not to a distracting degree. The mix by Spinna is smooth and propulsive but it isn't particularly imaginative or technically inspired. Lastly, the release, like many other BBE releases, comes in a relatively flimsy cardboard case, which isn't likely to last for too long. Perhaps this was decided upon as a means to reduce packaging and production costs. Fortunately, despite these minor points, this is a collection well worth purchasing due to the quality of the tracks. Most are very good, and a few are outstanding. It is the qualitative consistency in the choices made that really shines.
Strongly Recommended.
The term `Boogie' is best thought of as offering a generic name to black dance music emerging from (and co-exisiting with) Disco, Philly, Funk and Soul, capturing key elements of those sounds, and doing so away from the musical mainstream. It represented, in many respects, the alternative to the commercial music scene, until it was ultimately superseeded by Electro Funk and Hip Hop (with whom it also significantly co-existed). After this the trends and patterns in black music became more diffuse and separate, and increasingly harder to place under a single, accurately descriptive name.
The records presented here are taken from 1978 to 1984, and manage to succinctly capture the development of new sounds in musical production. Here it is possible to hear the move away from real instrumentation to harder edged, slimmed down electronic sounds. The collection opens with `The Bottom Line' by South Bronx (1982), a bass driven groover, followed by `Tena's Song' by Foxy (1978), with its swinging quirky `Charleston' like rhythm and harmonica fills sounding very much like Stevie Wonder's work. `And You Know That' by TJ Swan (1981) is an Old School Hip Hop classic presented here in its hypnotic dub version, whilst `She Can't Love You' by Chemise (1982) is a pleasant synthesiser driven groove very much of the period. Mtume's `So You Wanna Be a Star' (1980), one of the standout tracks featured, will appeal to fans of Chic with its uplifting bass and beautiful strings, whilst War's `The World is a Ghetto' (1980) should appeal strongly to all the dancers out there. Other standout moments include Captain Rapp's `Bad Times' (I Can't Stand It) (1983), an acknowledged classic, and Modern Romance's `Salsa Rhapsody' (1981) which may appeal to lovers of spacey dub and house. Originally the B side to `Everybody's Salsa' this is undoubtedly the surprise discovery of the compilation.
So. Do you buy?
Purchasers should be aware that the compilation is presented in two discs, one mixed and one un-mixed. Not all of the sixteen tracks featured in the mix are on the second disc, four are missing (Captain Rapp, Slyck, Community People and Masurrati & Huey Harris). Sharp eared listeners may well be able to hear that some of the tracks appear to have been mastered from vinyl, but fortunately not to a distracting degree. The mix by Spinna is smooth and propulsive but it isn't particularly imaginative or technically inspired. Lastly, the release, like many other BBE releases, comes in a relatively flimsy cardboard case, which isn't likely to last for too long. Perhaps this was decided upon as a means to reduce packaging and production costs. Fortunately, despite these minor points, this is a collection well worth purchasing due to the quality of the tracks. Most are very good, and a few are outstanding. It is the qualitative consistency in the choices made that really shines.
Strongly Recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Vinyl
I agree with the previous review well described. But just 4 stars for me cos some of the tracks and mixing are just average. But at this starting price well worth the money, as there are not that many Boogie mix compilations out there. I hope they release more so we can look even deeper into this era that has been overshadowed by disco for so long. Looking forward to playing this in the summer.
Format:Audio CD
Few Months ago I've seen the perfume advertising on TV with this smart song playing "she can't love you". I've search for this record but because it's very old it's very expensive - even as second hand. So I've searched at amazon.co.uk and found this sampler. Finest disco sounds mixed on the first CD and umixed on the second. The first one contains more tracks and the set is in a paper sleeve.
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