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Jesse Saunders - On and On (First House Track on Vinyl?)

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Jesse Saunders - On And On

Label:
Catalog#:
JS9999, PRL8426
Format:
Vinyl, 33 ⅓ RPM, 12", Limited Edition, Black Label, White Text
Country:
US
Released:
Jan 1984
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
House

Tracklist

A   On And On 7:57
  On And On Tracs
B1   119 (1984) 3:00
B2   5A 3:00
B3   1A 3:00
B4   4A & B 3:00
B5   Im The D.J. 3:00

Credits

Producer, Performer, Arranged By - Jesse Saunders
Written-By - Jesse Saunders , Vince Lawrence (tracks: A)

Notes

The first 500 copies were pressed with a black label with white text. The subsequent presses had a white label with black text.
Based on Mach - On and On, which in turn took the bassline from Player/Playback - Space Invaders.

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Review by Sultitan Apr 03, 2007 (edited over 2 years ago)
Jesse Saunders has been too often uncredited. So, he got influenced by a certain Frankie Knuckles who used to loop beats so that he could better mix whatever he was playing at his club. So, he participated in the production of the Fantasy 12" above weeks before he released "On And On". But if I'm Mr Jo Blow from Canada, what is the first ever typical "House" record that I could have bought and own? "On And On". So IT IS the originating house music track. Period. It is telling also that the first ever release of TRAX Records, which claim to be the first house music label ever (I wonder what that makes of Jes Say Records) was by Le Noiz, a nickname for Jesse Saunders. I'm pretty sure Saunders know what part of what he did was influenced by Knuckles DJ-ing techniques, and what part was purely his own music, but this one should defenitely go down in history.
Review by DaJacker Dec 01, 2006 (edited over 2 years ago)
Although On & On is the first House track pressed on vinyl, this was the result as Fantasy by Z-Factor on Mitchbal was supposed to be the first House record. Numerous delays with the release of Fantasy in early 1984 prompted Jesse Saunders to release On & On under his own label Jes-Say which was out just weeks before Fantasy was finally pressed later that same year. Both releases were mastered and pressed by Precision Records also known as Trax Records.
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Review by eiskristall Jan 21, 2004
Here probably it is, THE first recorded house release in today's sense ever! Everyone seems to know the first detroit techno track, but house? It is told anytime and everywhere that House Music has many founding fathers, but I'm sure, this record it is...