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Long time no hear folks:
Let's discuss favorite mixes from the following all-time remixers:
Larry Levan, Tom Moulton and Shep Pettibone
There were many which were favorites in your eyes, but three can make the cut! An Honorable Mention of remixes can be named for extra credit.
Larry Levan
Is It All Over My Face - Loose Joints
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Inner Life
Don't Make Me Wait - The Peech Boys
Honorable Mention - You Can't Hide - David Joseph
Tom Moulton
Love Is The Message - MFSB
Doctor Love - First Choice
Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway
Honorable Mention - Free Man - South Shore Commission
Damn, the whole Philadelphia Classics LP needs to be, honorable mention....
Shep Pettibone
Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice
Thanks To You - Sinnamon
Oooh, I Love It - The Salsoul Orchestra
Honorable Mention - Dreamer - B B & Q
Of course there were many, more mixes by these legends but I went by what I thought were instrumentally and musically, refined ones.
What are your favorites?
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Ya just can't overlook a mix that's second to none. It's Shep Pettibones "Come Let Me Love You." If you haven't heard it then go and find it. Now that's disco style :D
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The KISS Mastermixes Volume I & II were great especially with "Come Let Me Love You" being one of them! All of them deserve honorable mention so we'll go one, step further:Originally Written by paul
Baby Talk - Alisha
And You Know That - The Jammers (Dub Version)
Moment Of My Life - Inner Life
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Whatever happened to Shep Pettibone? The last I heard from him was a remix of Erasure's Blue Savannah which didn't even get a commercial release until years later.
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For further information on Shep Pettibone @ Paradise, please click on the link
http://www.paradisenj.com
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strangely enough the strange synth sample in that remix of Jenette 'Lady' Day came from our own Ian Dury's 'Spasticus autisticus'. Great track!
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I'm not a remix fan per se, but Shep's remix of Olivia Newton-John's 'The Rumour' is quite marvellous. I can see the point of this though - it was a pure pop track & Shep gave it a dance/hi-nrg sound which worked brilliantly. However, I often think remixers just mess about with disco/dance records for the sake of it; why remix a Salsoul or Prelude track when they couldn't possibly be improved? (unless it's to extend it as in the case of 'In The Name Of Love', by Sharon Redd & not Thompson Twins!)
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My favorite remixes were:
1) Central Line-Walking into sunshine
2) First Choice-Love Thang
3) Babyface-Lovers
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The Thompson Twins - In the Name of Love Remix from 1988 was excellent! If we start breaking down the worst mixes from the likes of Shep Pettibone, let's start with:
Doctor Love (Remix) - First Choice
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I'm sure all of you if not, some of you on the Discomusic.com Forum have some highlights from mixes by Larry Levan, Tom Moulton and Shep Pettibone.
Give The Lord some of them.....
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Never took too much notice of who did remixes.... OK a certain name might make me want to try a record, but generally I wasn't swayed by a name and just played what I thought was good.
The early Moulton mixes (which were still a novelty/out of the ordinary) are the ones which made me take most notice.
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In the past and present, I look at who mixed/remixed the songs.
Larry Levan mixes - Good
Shep Pettibone mixes - Better
Tom Moulton mixes - Priceless!!!
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Shep's mix of "let no man put
asunder" belongs in a
disco time capsule,anything
by Tom Moulton,Larry Levan's
"work that body" and ESPECIALLY Francois K's
remix of Musique's "in the
bush"(listen to the orignal LP
mix) to name a few...
Thom
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In the "Get Busy" battle of Shep's Remixes, Let No Man Put Asunder is the winner in a landslide over the competition. Francois K will be one of the featured DJ's in the next topic along with Tee Scott and John Luongo. To counter, the 12"mix of Keep on Jumpin' was great!
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**Tee Scott-fave mix is
Sharon Brown's "I specialize
in love" or even "Love Thang"
***John Loungo-where do
you even start? most famous
would have to be Jackie
Moore"this time,baby"but
then there is Melba Moore,
Gonzales and a personal
favorite that never get's
mentioned Freda Payne's
"I'll do anything(for you)"
Thom
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