Discussion on 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 within the Disco Music of the 70s and 80s forums, part of the General Music Discussions at DiscoMusic.com category; Every list of 'Paradise Garage' classics I've seen so far is either just a list of Disco classics ...like the ...
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#76
October 27th, 2007, 05:58 AM
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 Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Every list of 'Paradise Garage' classics I've seen so far is either just a list of Disco classics ...like the (virtually) compete works of Donna Summer, Micheal Jackson and Sylvester...... or a list of tracks that seem to have stayed in possibly deserved obscurity for 25 years as they were about a useful break or a beat and little else. I think these lists are possibly doing a disservice to the man. Eventually someone is going to say 'What was all the fuss about ?' We all know that the night, the atmosphere, the club itself, the time, the place, the drugs, the drink, the love and the euphoria combine to make legends on the dance scene. We all have our legendary times, those nights where it all came together. Did Larry Levan become a legend in context or has his status risen since his passing ?  |
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#77
October 27th, 2007, 10:07 AM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Quote:
Granted their work is noted and loved but passing away at an early age does not make one a legend,so I vote that Larry's Legendary status was earned..Hi Simon... 
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#78
October 27th, 2007, 11:03 AM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Oh how the years can take its toll and build an average but willing to take musical risk Dj into a DJ God. I have a chuckle every time I see this man being set on a pedestal. Yes many DJ's of the time played the same tracks but what is more important is that they mixed it much better than Larry  . I guess it is healthy to discuss these things and keep the memory alive even at the risk of altering history.I can say that I had a great time going to his club and listening to his music but this was largely due to the chemicals flowing through my blood  .Keep the memory alive....what ever the cost!
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#79
November 3rd, 2007, 05:41 PM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 heres an old list i have of paradise garage classics, wait for it its the top erm.... 93  this might be easier to digest and hopefully there will be less steam coming from quinnys ears, hey i said hopefully  and another from the warehouse chigago they rounded it up to 100   |
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#80
November 3rd, 2007, 05:56 PM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Thanks DISCODISK...  Where are those from? The one I know more about, the Warehouse one, seems pretty on point from what my Chi Town friends have taught me. |
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#81
November 3rd, 2007, 06:52 PM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 I want to hear number 55 "Just Like A Doorknob"  Interesting that the Paradise Garage list thanks Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook "for the information" |
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November 3rd, 2007, 07:58 PM
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#83
November 4th, 2007, 12:55 AM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Yeah, its a pretty cool track. It features on the recently released Kings of Disco album (both CD and vinyl) compiled by Joey Negro and Dimitri from Paris, and put out on BBE records. Good stuff. |
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#84
August 31st, 2008, 03:10 AM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 I want to THANK YOU for this wonderful trip down memory lane! What an amazing list. I stumbled across this site while searching for another version of Nick Striker's - Little Bit of Jazz (tonight, makes me feel alright). I remember having another version of this on vynl that may not have been him, but another group. If anyone has suggestions, I would appreciate it! Of course I have been hunting and gathering as many songs that I could download from those most memorable days at the Garage! I will never forget catching a movie in the back room, enjoying the amazing fruit and water bar, hanging out on that incredible roof and of course, that dance floor!! It saddens me to walk by there now and see that it is a garage for Verizon. Long live King St. |
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#85
August 31st, 2008, 03:48 AM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Quote:
Did you own a copy of: 98.7 KISS fm presents Shep Pettibone's MASTERMIXES, a 2-record set on Prelude Records, from 1982. It contains a re-mix/edited version of it, by The Nick Straker Band, that runs 6'35". It's the version they played on KISS fm, when it was popular.
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#86
August 31st, 2008, 04:06 AM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 ontheroof, here's another suggestion, on a more modernized version of 'A Little Bit Of Jazz', I found this cat almost 3 years ago who had a SICK remix that you might like. It's even available for podcast if you prefer. TrackUpload, Upload & Download Tracks From Our WorldWide Network Of Producers And Labels Give it a shot! 
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#87
September 4th, 2008, 04:35 PM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Hey DJScream. Thanks for the tip on the remix of a Little Bit of Jazz, mixed by deniue! I truly enjoyed it! Thanks, On the roof (of the Paradise Garage) |
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#88
September 4th, 2008, 04:44 PM
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| Re: 1000 Paradise Garage Classics 1976-1987 Quote:
 Prelude Records IMO was the best in dance music, West End follows that. Those were the days!
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September 28th, 2008, 02:20 PM
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#90
October 26th, 2008, 02:14 AM
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Found the discussion too interesting to stay away. Believe it or not, I compared the Jahsonic list with the one Markydefad linked to earlier (djkoma). Basically, I dumped the texts into two spread sheets and then alphabetized them. Some interesting numbers come out. Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd. The djkoma list (I'll call List A) had 1366 titles The Jahsonic list (List B) had 1146 titles Between them, they share about 1046 titles (I couldn't quite get the numbers to balance). List A had 317 unique titles (i.e., not on List B). List B had 100 unique titles This means approx. 90% of List B is also on List A, and 76% of List A is found on List B. There's an argument to be made that the lists are derived from a common source. For instance, they both list 2 songs by Revelation (Feel it and Holdin' On), and they both misspell Revelation as "Relevation" for Feel it. In terms of the unique titles, fully half of List A's unique titles date from 1969-1979 (the dates of the songs, obviously, not the years they were played at the PG), which might indicate that the list covers more of the early classics than list B. Of List B's 100 unique titles, 73 of them are from 1985! 2 dozen are from before 1985 and half a dozen are from after. So is there something about 1985 that means it wasn't featured as much in the much larger List A? List A has 16 unique titles from 1985 and the lists share only 15 titles from that year. Kind of strange. While there are obvious inaccuracies in List B (Atmosphere instead of Atmosfear has been mentioned, and even the other Atmosphere tracks should be Cloud One), there were a number of places where List B was more accurate than List A. List B has the artist Farm Boy, where List A has Firm Boy. So I guess I was interested to learn that the lists have a pretty large common core of songs, and obviously the longer one is more complete. Really enjoyed this thread |
