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  • Audio CD (3 Jun 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B000068G4T
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,868 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Spanish grease (Richard Dorfmeister remix) - Bobo, Willie
2. How long has this been going on (MJ Cole remix) - McRae, Carmen
3. Who needs forever (Thievery Corporation remix) - Gilberto, Astrud
4. Is you is or is you ain't my baby (Rae & Christian remix) - Washington, Dinah
5. Feelin' good (Joe Clausell remix) - Simone, Nina
6. Return to Paradise (Mark de Clive-Lowe remix) - Horn, Shirley
7. Wait till you see him (De-Phazz remix) - Fitzgerald, Ella
8. Don't explain (dZihan & Kamien remix) - Holiday, Billie
9. See line women (Masters At Work mix) - Simone, Nina
10. Summertime (UFO remix) - Vaughan, Sarah
11. Strange fruit (Tricky remix) - Holiday, Billie
12. Hare Krishna (King Britte Funke remix) - Scott, Tony (1)
13. OM - Washington, Dinah

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With source material being everything to a remixer, it's astonishing that the vaults of legendary Jazz label Verve haven't been raided earlier. Three years in the making, Verve Remixed is the first dip into their riches and aims to put the original dance music back in the hands of the dance fraternity. Yet while MJ Cole and Rae & Christian respectively do superb jobs of turning Carmen McRae's "How Long Has This Been Going On" and Dinah Washington's "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" into sassy hip swayers, this isn't quite the party piece the esteemed roster of remixers suggests.

Instead, Verve Remixed focuses on the label's mellower side, for an impeccably tailored downtempo collection. Sultry highlights, like the voodoo trip-hop of Tricky's remodelled "Strange Fruit" are numerous, but inevitably it's the label's crown jewels which prove most alluring. Nina Simone's "See-line Woman" rumbles like a frenetic locomotive in the hands of Masters At Work, while her finest hour, "Feelin' Good", is reinvented as shimmering soul by Joe Clausell. As for Sarah Vaughan's classic "Summertime", with the spy movie obsessed United Future Organisation turning up the heat haze with an eerie loop of the original song's smouldering string refrain, it's arguably better than the original. --Dan Gennoe

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Simply amazing!!!!! 4 May 2002
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Format:Audio CD
I dont know if this album will be appreciated by everyone, but I dont think it will be, but also it doesnt need to be. I am a big jazz music fan but also a House music fan so this album is just right for me. Combining the creme de la creme of jazz and electronic dance music, the end result is amazing that makes me want to listen to it again and again. But this cd will probably not be accepted by all the jazz purists. Its fresh, its innovative, its respectful to the original music and above all is a pleasure for the ears. The best album for the summer and a future classic. Thank you Verve, I cant wait for the Vol.2
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Super 30 July 2002
Format:Audio CD
Thid album is brilliant, I bought it yesterday and already have the entire office converted, didn't take long! The artists really have treated the vocals with utmost respect and have mostly put them before the instrumentals. In most cases there is a very good balance... the original vocal tracks are also sounding extremely crisp and clear, very impressive. I do think that on 'Summertime' - remixes by UFO - the vocal is swamped a little by the strings, although this track is very good in their hands, the vocal deserves to shine a little on its own, it doesn't need anything else at times... Rae and Christian drop the bomb as always and MJ Cole / MAW / Joe Claussell show some TIGHT production skillz. The purists must realise that this is what labels should commonly do... remix the music for the new younger generations emerging and keep it all fresh! I'd definitely recommend this purchase.
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By nicjaytee TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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The idea of taking a “classic” track and updating it for club consumption isn’t new and the road to success is littered with the burnt-out wrecks of failure. But when it works it, as it does on most of the tracks here, the results can be quite magical.

So, what makes it work? Well, in the case of Richard Dorfmeister’s stunning interpretation of Willie Bobo’s “Spanish Grease” it’s understanding why the original is so infectious and then overlaying & seriously extending these elements with the very best of electronica/dance to make it… much better. Or in the case of Thievery Corporation’s total rework of Astrud Gilberto’s “Who Needs Forever?” its taking a couple of phrases from the song that capture the atmosphere & essence of the artist and using them to produce something that, while it bears little relation to the original, becomes one of the very best Astrud Gilberto tracks you’ll ever hear.

Clever & brilliantly effective, the whole album is stuffed full of similarly impressive remixes by some of the best club artists around and, if you like this sort of thing, it’s an absolute “must buy”. And, if you don’t, it may well make you think again because once it gets its hooks into you it’s pretty impossible to put down.

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