Help to ID tracks from Frankie Knuckles mix

**dk_stu** · November 13th, 2003, 04:43 PM

Hi All
ive been trying to ID the 3rd song on this mix for ages ....any help would help put my sanity to rest!!! :roll:

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1. thelma huston- here i am baby
2. originals - down to love town
3. ????(this is the one im really after...and have been for about 3 years!!)
4. ??? - inch by inch??

FYI...the mix is from the warehouse or powerplant from 1983/84

thanks in advance

**vodkatonique** · November 13th, 2003, 05:18 PM

:o OHMIGOD !!! I wanna know toooo !!! It's fantastic ! :P :P :P

**originalbigm** · November 13th, 2003, 06:33 PM

I recalled a record called Inch By Inch but when I pulled the record out it's not the same as the one I heard on the clip.The song I have is called Inch By Inch.The artist is Patti Day .The record is a house style produced by Michael Zager and mixed by David Coles and Robert Clivilles.The year of release is 1989 on the Starway Records label however the tune is strikingly similar to the one heard on the clip with some of the words changed.So I'm wondering if this is a later reworked version of the original song by Michael Zager.The song writer was Diane Warren.

**dk_stu** · November 13th, 2003, 06:56 PM

thanks originalbigm....
i kinda thought that one might be called inch by inch....ill have a dig around when i get home tonight and see if i cant work out who its by.

Im still totally stumped by the third one though!

**Jimmy-Michaels** · November 14th, 2003, 04:25 AM

****! That "Inch By Inch" one I have on a mixed set of Bobby Viteritti's. I dont know who does it LOL but its from no later than 81. May try asking some Trocadero Transfer patrons of back in the day about that one..now I wanna know! LOL

DJ Jimmy M

PS That 3rd one I never heard before..its great though and id love to find out what it is too!

**QUINNY** · November 14th, 2003, 04:28 AM

It sounds incredibly Vince Montana/Salsoul Orch./MFSB don't you think? Although, it sounds too boring and repetitive even for them. I'd swear the vocal was sampled and dropped in (i.e not sung each time) so that would probably place it in 1982-1984, unless Frankie was dropping those from another disc.

Frankie wasn't that much of a mixer then?

**johnnyboy** · November 14th, 2003, 07:47 AM

i dont know the song but theres
persia-inch by inch
could it be the one??

**dk_stu** · November 14th, 2003, 06:58 PM

thanks for all the replies guys....song 3 was remixed by black science orchestra on the soul power music ep (2000)...
i even tried sending a email to the record label asking them what the original was but no reply! :P

ohh well ill keep digging :)

**NickNack** · November 14th, 2003, 07:40 PM

Originally Written by QUINNY

It sounds incredibly Vince Montana/Salsoul Orch./MFSB don't you think? Although, it sounds too boring and repetitive even for them. I'd swear the vocal was sampled and dropped in (i.e not sung each time) so that would probably place it in 1982-1984, unless Frankie was dropping those from another disc.

You and I were thinking very much alike on this one. I swore it was a Salsoul/MFSB thing but too repetitive, not going anywhere. Everything seemed looped and the "vocal" is surely a sample.

**DJ-Pir** · November 15th, 2003, 07:47 AM

Inch by Inch was also done by a group called Strikers,
could that be the one ?

**Giovanni** · November 15th, 2003, 08:00 PM

# 4 is for sure PERSIA "Inch by inch" on Casablanca Records. This was an early Chicago sound classic
#3 is so typically Salsoul that I never concentrated on it (I know this tape for a long time now), but I realy cannot come up with a name..... would say Double Exposure

**johnnyboy** · November 22nd, 2003, 04:18 PM

the 3rd is Dells - Get on down

you can find the exact same reedit on theo parrish "ugly edits" nr 4...

ya´ll happy now ?? :)

**dk_stu** · November 23rd, 2003, 06:13 AM

Yes very very very happy...thank you!

would you believe that i have 2 of the "ugly edits", but not that one.

once again thanks!

**maarten** · November 23rd, 2003, 01:13 PM

And I emailed Frankie directly at www.defmix.com, who then forwarded it to the board at deephouse, where I got the same answer: The Dells!

Now if someone can please explain what these "Ugly Edits" are... want to know more, and where to find them!

Many thanks!

**johnnyboy** · November 23rd, 2003, 06:09 PM

maarten, the ugly edits is what it says..
edits of old and new tracks done by chicago native theo parrish. many similar edits have been done before by such people as dj ron hardy. the "original" edits are all whites and are very limited but they have been booted and can be bought at gemm, ebay or your local record dealer maybe..
for more info do a search in the topics at dhp, they have discussed these to the end..

peace /johnnyboy

**Giovanni** · November 24th, 2003, 05:25 PM

A lot of "a la page" djs of today play the Theo Parrish UGLY EDITS like they are the newest discovery of new millennium house.
But many, not to say everyone, of them ignore that the original edits were done in Chicago mostly by Ron Hardy and his crew.

I was in a record shop with "dj service" "we specialize in house" etc ads, with 2 or 3 famous italian djs last spring, when a new box with fresh imports arrived. Inside was one of the Theo Parrish ugly edits bootlegs. Everybody went crazy listening to the edit of "The love I lost"...... and... wonderful !!!.... genial !!! ....monster !!!.
Luckyly I had one Ron Hardy mixtape with me..........