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Various - Turntable Tastemakers 1 - The Sound Of Cleveland City
Label:
Catalog#:
MM 80018-2
Format:
CD, Compilation
Country:
US
Released:
Dec 1994
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Progressive House
Tracklist
| 1 | Chubby Chunks - | Testament 1 | ||
| 2 | Screen II - | Hey Mr. DJ (Stab Mix) | ||
| 3 | B-Line - | Herbal Hand | ||
| 4 | B-Line - | Cast | ||
| 5 | TST Fever Posse - | Drive In One | ||
| 6 | Direct 2 Disc - | Don't Stop | ||
| 7 | Tony Di Bart - | The Real Thing (Joy Brothers) | ||
| Remix - Joy Brothers, The | ||||
| 8 | Direct 2 Disc - | Morning | ||
| 9 | Alex Party - | Saturday Night Party | ||
| 10 | Dig The New Breed - | Who's No. 1 | ||
| 11 | Direct 2 Disc - | Excuse Me | ||
| 12 | Rhyme Time Productions - | Swing Man | ||
Notes
A compilation of tracks licensed from the Cleveland City label; it has the same tracks as disc 1 of The Sound of Cleveland City.
The liner notes read "Turntable Tastemakers handpicks and highlights the 'best of' collections from leading dance labels around the world. Issue no. 1 travels to the U.K. and focuses on Cleveland City Recordings. They have consistently pumped out chart topping progressive tracks with distinctively funky, hard edged yet soulful sound. Turntable Tastemakers are guaranteed 100% choice cuts brought to you by #1 U.S. Dance Authority, Moonshine Music."
The artist on track 1 is miscredited as "Chubby Chunks Vol. 1", referring to the release from which the track was taken.
The liner notes read "Turntable Tastemakers handpicks and highlights the 'best of' collections from leading dance labels around the world. Issue no. 1 travels to the U.K. and focuses on Cleveland City Recordings. They have consistently pumped out chart topping progressive tracks with distinctively funky, hard edged yet soulful sound. Turntable Tastemakers are guaranteed 100% choice cuts brought to you by #1 U.S. Dance Authority, Moonshine Music."
The artist on track 1 is miscredited as "Chubby Chunks Vol. 1", referring to the release from which the track was taken.
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Reviews & Discussion
This relentless slab of dancefloor dynamite was a welcome release, presenting a clutch of stunning hard house tracks, mostly assembled in the Cleveland City record shop. Fortunately, the term 'progressive house' hadn't quite found its way into dance music's vocabulary, and thus this sounds like heavy, big room house, with breakdowns that never become excessive or bloated. The handclaps and minor-key chord changes are the early Chicago & Detroit influences, but these tracks are highly original. It was the label's first 'proper' vocal track by Tony DeVit track that made Cleveland City a household name. In the current moment, this collection has lost *none* of its energy and power.