"A Tom Moulton Mix" CD Compilation

[neonlights]

Just checked on Amazon.co.uk and they have a picture and the tracklist up now.. 2 CDs and seems like a good selection of some of his well known stuff and the not-so-well known.. Really looking forward to this one!



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according to the Soul Jazz website: ""Many of the mixes are exclusive to this CD and have previously only existed as acetates or promos distributed only to Tom’s friends."

1. Al Downing - I'll Be Holding on
2. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin
3. Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose
4. Isaac Hayes - Moonlight Loving
5. B.T. Express - Peace Pipe
6. Don Downing - Dream World
7. Camouflage - You’ve Got the Power
8. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You
9. South Shore Commission - Free Man
10. Clara Lewis - Needing You
11. Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me
12. Orlando Riva Sound - Moonboots
13. The Lovers - Lip Service
14. MFSB - Love Is The Message
15. Andrea True Connection - More More More
16. Udell - Won’t You

Release Date: March 13th
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[TheLordOfFlatbush]

As mentioned by Tom recently to me, this is "Must Have Stuff!"

[jam master jay]

This looks like a worthwhile pickup to me - thanks for the heads up!

[DISCODISK]

another week till release [march 27th] :-?
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[rhessel]

Hi guys:

I was looking for additional information and found all this stuff about it. This information was found in Soul Jazz Records site

Enjoy all...

TOM MOULTON
A Tom Moulton Mix
(Soul Jazz Records)

Information

Tom Moulton is one of the most important people in the history of dance music. From inventing the first ever 12" single to remixer to the stars, the trademark "A Tom Moulton Mix" is a mark of quality given to only the finest records -From Grace Jones’ seminal "La Vie En Rose" to the million-selling MFSB disco anthem "Love Is The Message", to over 4000 remixes.

"As in Life, there are musical benchmarks against which other works are usually sized up in their field. When thinking of Dance Music, and its now long and proud heritage, there is no denying that one of the yardsticks everyone comes back to time and time again is the visionary body of work that Tom Moulton has accumulated over the course of his long and illustrious career.
François Kervorkian
January, 2006

Tom Moulton began his career in the early 1960s as a Promotions man at the legendary R’n’B label King Records, home of James Brown, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard and The Midniters and many more. In the 1960s he also began a career in modelling that would run parallel to his music. In 1971, he visited New York’s Fire Island, the infamous gay holiday resort where he describes seeing ‘white men dancing to black music’ for the first time. It was here that Tom Moulton first began splicing up tapes for the discotheque.
In the early 1970s DJs played 45rpm seven-inch singles which lasted around 3 minutes. Tom Moulton wanted to extend the time of a song in order to keep people on the dancefloor. His first remix was BT Express "Do It Til You’re Satisfied", followed by "Peace Pipe" which he ‘extended’ to over 6 minutes long – and with this invented the "Remix". He then took this further with Gloria Gaynor’s "Never Can Say Goodbye" which Tom Moulton mixed together as an 18-minute medley, once again designed for dancers.


The first time I heard a Tom Moulton "Disco Mix", I realized that this was the definitive version - they were pumped up, spread out, often with a much needed intro & break added. These seemed to be mostly philly-oriented records that I was already in love with, and now they had new added parts, which lots of times was now the best part of the record.
It seemed clear that Tom was able to pick the records he would work on, everything had class, which still holds true today, whenever I talk to him, he's working on a wide assortment of sensational music and after all these years, he’s still completely passionate about it all - a real musicaholic.
Danny Krivit

In 1974 whilst continuing his search for louder, longer records he cut the first 12" single ever along with cutting engineer Jose Rodriguez. (Al Downing – I’ll be Holding On). He also started to write the first ever Disco column for Billboard magazine. Tom Moulton personally delivered many of his original acetates to the underground dance DJs in New York City such as Richie Kaczor, David Rodriguez, Steve Aquisto, Bobby DJ, Larry Levan and Walter Gibbons.
In the 1970s Tom Moulton became the most in-demand remixer in the world. "A Tom Moulton Mix" became a signifier of both musical integrity and chart success as Grace Jones, The Traamps, MFSB, Loleatta Holloway, Andrea True Connection and hundreds more all benefitted from the sonic beauty of "A Tom Moulton Mix".


"Tom Moulton played a major part in laying the foundations of dance music as we know it today. Over three decades he has designed numerous Disco classics as well as Pop hits ranging from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes to Robert Palmer (he was behind "Every Kind of People") taking them many steps above. Today at 60plus he is still mixing and producing, in a crusade against the current musical mediocrity. From a little corner of his Manhattan apartment, his eyes locked on a computer he is harnessed to deliver the legendary Tom Moulton mix, he breathes life into songs that were gathering dust in warehouses, usually forgotten by their current owners, the Major labels. And what a life that is, one that is vibrant and thrilling, miles away from the droney sound of contemporary club music. Tom is definitely a man of sheer brillance, a quality that is all too rare in our scene, meeting him was one of the best encounters I've ever had.
Dimitri from Paris - January 2006"

This is the first album to bring together some of the classic and rare tracks that have been blessed with "A Tom Moulton Mix" on the record label. It is the story of one man and his amazing role in the history of the rise of Disco from it’s funk and soul roots to the hedonistic days of Studio 54 and the Paradise Garage.
TRACKLISTINGS:

CD: AS ABOVE

LP VOL. 1
1. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Truckin
2. Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On
3. BT Express - Peace Pipe
4. Don Downing - Dreamworld
5. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You
6. Clara Lewis - Needing You
7. South Shore Commision - Free Man
8. Camouflage - You've Got The Power

LP VOL. 2
9. Andrea True Connection - More, more, more
10. Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
11. Orlando River Sound - Moonboots
12. MFSB - Love Is The Message
13. Udell - Won't You Try
14. Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose
15. Isaac Hayes - Moonlight Loving
16. The Lover - Lip Service

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[Gabriel23]

I also got that album last month and I realized how many beautiful and danceable tracks are included on it... I loved "Menage A Trois" by Isaac Hayes, it's such a sexy and glamourous song!

[Mixmachine]

So, how is the sound quality of this CD???

Is this a 'CD' or a 'CDR' ???

I can't find another thread where they were dicussing this details.

[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by Mixmachine

So, how is the sound quality of this CD???

Is this a 'CD' or a 'CDR' ???

I can't find another thread where they were dicussing this details.

I would assume it's CD; it's a commercial release. It's also been put out on vinyl. I'll pick it up soon.

[Mixmachine]

Originally Posted by Graham_Start

I would assume it's CD; it's a commercial release. It's also been put out on vinyl. I'll pick it up soon.

I remember a thread dicussing about a Moulton cd release on CDR, but is probably not this one.

Anyways, I'm planning on ordering this but I'm a bit worry about the quality- especially since it is an expensive import- because I just got the "Motown Disco" double CD, and even though I need to listen to it again a few more times , I find many songs that sound very different from the original vinyl, for instance on the Temps "Law of the land" the vocals have been pushed back and Houston's "Don't leave me this way" sounds very 'processed', I guess like it or not, it is what it is.

[Bernie]

Originally Posted by Mixmachine

I remember a thread dicussing about a Moulton cd release on CDR, but is probably not this one.

Anyways, I'm planning on ordering this but I'm a bit worry about the quality- especially since it is an expensive import- because I just got the "Motown Disco" double CD, and even though I need to listen to it again a few more times , I find many songs that sound very different from the original vinyl, for instance on the Temps "Law of the land" the vocals have been pushed back and Houston's "Don't leave me this way" sounds very 'processed', I guess like it or not, it is what it is.

I've only listened to the Tom Moulton CD a few times and with the exception of the obligatory compression used nowadays it sounds fine.

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[neonlights]

Originally Posted by Mixmachine

I remember a thread dicussing about a Moulton cd release on CDR, but is probably not this one.

Anyways, I'm planning on ordering this but I'm a bit worry about the quality- especially since it is an expensive import- because I just got the "Motown Disco" double CD, and even though I need to listen to it again a few more times , I find many songs that sound very different from the original vinyl, for instance on the Temps "Law of the land" the vocals have been pushed back and Houston's "Don't leave me this way" sounds very 'processed', I guess like it or not, it is what it is.

One thing I noticed on the Motown Disco CD was that Thelma Houston's "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" sounded like it was mastered from vinyl.. I thought that was kind of unusual for a major label release..

Anyway, I'm not a huge expert on this, but I don't really remember hearing any major issues with sound quality on the Tom Moulton Mix CD either. I listened to it quite a bit for a few months there and I guess the only real sound quality issue that might stand out would be on the last track, "Lip Service" (one of my faves). That one sounded like it was mastered from vinyl, but it was pretty well done and not so obvious that it would take away from anyone's enjoyment or anything...

I believe the Tom Moulton CD on CD-R was this one called New York Classics Vol. 1 - Mixed by Tom Moulton, compiled by Victor Rosado.. I think that one was an unofficial release anyway..

[Graham_Start]

Just got this the other day, and I have a few questions that hopefully someone will be able to answer...

- it lists Grace Jones "La Vie En Rose" as being from 1981. But it sounds to me like the same mix as the 1976 LP. Is this a typo, or did I miss something?

- it appears that the info that iTunes pulls up for each disc was entered by different individuals. CD1 lists mix details (unreleased acetate, etc.) while CD2 does not. The liner notes surprisingly don't have any of this info... does anyone know the mix details for the second disc?

[Eman]

Graham,
Yeah...you aren't the only one who thinks the Grace Jones track sounds like the 1976 lp mix! When I first got the cd I jumped to that track cuz that's one of my favourites, but then I said to myself what's the difference??? Hopefully you and I aren't the only ones who think this...

[the disco kid]

it says (if i remember correctly) that the "feel the need" mix was never released either, but it's the same as the LP and promo 12" Tom Moulton mix that was released. "La Vie En Rose" is the same as the LP mix that Tom did as well.

i think there's a few more errors in the information, but i don't have the cd in front of me to check it right now.