Frankie Knuckles - Rain Falls


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Label: Virgin Records America, Inc.
Catalog#: 0-96173
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country:US
Released:1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Deep House
Credits: Engineer - Hugo Dwyer (tracks: A1 to B2)
Mixed By - David Morales , Roger Sanchez
Mixed By, Producer - Frankie Knuckles
Other [Executive Producer] - John Brown (4) , Judith Weinstein
Producer - John Poppo
Producer [Additional] - Peter Schwartz
Producer, Written-By - Satoshi Tomiie
Vocals, Written-By - Lisa Michaelis
Written By - Billy Scholsser
Notes:Produced by Frankie Knuckles, John Poppo & Satoshi Tomiie for Def Mix Productions.
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Tracklisting:

A1   Rain Falls (David's 12" Soakin Wet Mix) (10:10)
    Remix - David Morales
A2   Raindance (6:42)
B1   Rain Falls (FK Original) (6:09)
    Programmed By [Keyboards], Piano [Grand] - Peter Schwartz
B2   Rain Falls (Rainforest Mix) (6:00)
B3   Rain Falls (Roger's Favorite Mix) (5:31)
    Engineer - Doug De Angelis*
  Keyboards [Additional] - James Preston
  Mixed By, Remix - Roger Sanchez
User Reviews:
Vinyl-is-The-future, Dec 15, 2005

I absoloutley adore this track. If ever there were an example of a lost House Classic, this has to be it. While Frankie Knuckles other productions from this period (aka Your Love, The Whistle Song) seem to get much more attention on the whole, Rain Falls is right up there with the very best of them. Soakin Wet Mix provided by David Morales is easily my favourite of the mixes. Building up from some rhythmic ambient city sounds into that wonderful downtempo piano break and then eventually building up to the Knuckles-defining vocal house stormer it is. This track has it all - including a rather deep and sexy dub section.

Rain Falls is, to me, a truly outstanding Def Mix classic that was sadly a victim of its own stablemates - left behind as its artists more famous track swept the globe. Still well worth tracking down if you love the house classics of this era, and an absoloute essential if your a fan of the almighty Frankie Knuckles and David Morales.

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