Prodigy, The - What Evil Lurks
Label:
Catalog#:
XLT-17, XLT 17
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
Country:
UK
Released:
Feb 1991
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Breakbeat,
Hardcore
Tracklist
Credits
Notes
Packaged in a generic die-cut XL-Recordings silver and black sleeve.
Some copies have a sleeve sticker announcing the artist and tracklisting.
Mastered at The Exchange, London.
℗© XL-Recordings 1991
Made in England
Etchings:
A: XLT-17-A1 PAULS' MT C
B: XLT-17-B-1 THE EXCHANGE MT C
Incidental information:
Circulation:
Approximately 7000 copies pressed.
Samples:
A1: Title sample from 1940's radio series 'The Shadow'.
"Breakdance" sample from Break Dancin' - Electric Boogie.
Rap sample from A Chorus Line.
Horn sample from Night Boat To Cairo.
B2: Vocal 'Everybody is in the place' is from M.C. Duke & Merlin - Freestyle Part 2.
Versions:
Counterfeit versions have been pressed. An original copy should have 'THE EXCHANGE' etched into the vinyl run out area. If this is not present, the record is a counterfeit, even if it comes in an original sleeve.
The first counterfeit version came in a plain black sleeve. The B1 title is miscredited as 'Androids'. It lacks 'THE EXCHANGE' etching.
A second counterfeit version came with centre labels appearing identical to the original record. It lacks 'THE EXCHANGE' etching.
There has also been an official reissue XLXV 1501.
Some copies have a sleeve sticker announcing the artist and tracklisting.
Mastered at The Exchange, London.
℗© XL-Recordings 1991
Made in England
Etchings:
A: XLT-17-A1 PAULS' MT C
B: XLT-17-B-1 THE EXCHANGE MT C
Incidental information:
Circulation:
Approximately 7000 copies pressed.
Samples:
A1: Title sample from 1940's radio series 'The Shadow'.
"Breakdance" sample from Break Dancin' - Electric Boogie.
Rap sample from A Chorus Line.
Horn sample from Night Boat To Cairo.
B2: Vocal 'Everybody is in the place' is from M.C. Duke & Merlin - Freestyle Part 2.
Versions:
Counterfeit versions have been pressed. An original copy should have 'THE EXCHANGE' etched into the vinyl run out area. If this is not present, the record is a counterfeit, even if it comes in an original sleeve.
The first counterfeit version came in a plain black sleeve. The B1 title is miscredited as 'Androids'. It lacks 'THE EXCHANGE' etching.
A second counterfeit version came with centre labels appearing identical to the original record. It lacks 'THE EXCHANGE' etching.
There has also been an official reissue XLXV 1501.
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Reviews & Discussion
Aye, bit of a groundbreaker this one, although not that great it somehow managed to carve out a niche for Liam Howlet. I think they timed his next release perfectly, so as to catch whatever this first one had managed to do. Personally i think it caught the people who were getting bored with the way the scene was becoming overground, The Prodigy grabbed the scene Altern-8 had managed to stem, that almost comical but hard edged approach to hardcore and the whole drugs culture. And for the record (no pun inteneded) i had the original promo of this with photocopied press release inside, god knows whose got it now, prolly up in Nottingham with DJ Dizzy.
Illegal or not, this EP absolutely kills it... this was what got me into techno in the first place. Quirky vocal samples, funky breaks, perfect twists and turns into the music... techno just had unlimited potential back then. This record would work any sort of dance floor today: "WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN!"
