Quartz (2) – Meltdown

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Label:	ITM Music – ITMR 101, Mercury – 876 399-1
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:	UK
Released:	1989
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Acid House, House

Tracklist

A		Meltdown (Hardcore Club Mix)
B1		Meltdown (Original Mix)
B2		R - U - Ready

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Copyright © – Phonogram Ltd. (London)
Published By – Copyright Control
Licensed From – iT Music (2)
Pressed By – EMI Records

Credits

Lacquer Cut By – JA*
Producer [Uncredited], Engineer [Uncredited] – Mark Summers
Producer, Mixed By – Quartz (2)
Written-By – Dave Rawlings, Ron Herel*

Notes

℗ 1989 Phonogram Ltd. (London)
© 1989 Phonogram Ltd. (London)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Sleeve): 42287 63991
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, machine stamped / "JA" hand-etched): ITMR 101 A-2U-1-1 JA
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, machine stamped): ITMR 101 B-2U-1-1

Other Versions (5 of 8)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Meltdown (12", 45 RPM, Red Text)	ITM Music	ITM 101	UK	1989
Recently Edited	Meltdown (7", 45 RPM)	Phonogram, Mercury	ITMR 1	UK	1989
	Meltdown (12", 45 RPM, Black Printed)	ITM Music	ITM 1 / ITM 2	UK	1989
	Meltdown (12", 45 RPM, Printed Barcode)	ITM Music	ITM 101	UK	1989
New Submission	Meltdown (7")	ITM Music	7ITM101	UK	1989

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Reviews

JUSTGROOVES Mar 26, 2023
Edited one year ago
What a great track. The sound of WARP records without it being on that label. I love all the early WARP Record releases with their early Bleep / Techno trademark sound. If you love that sound, you will love this.
RussellSprout Apr 30, 2009
ITM is an acronym of "In The Mix", a record store in East London that Rawlings and Herel (Quartz) were working at in 1989. DJ Mark Summers was there every week buying vinyl of the latest House and Garage tracks. Rawlings/Herel discussed making a new track with Summers, and he offered to produce/engineer the track at his home studio. Both "Meltdown" and "R U Ready (For This)" were recorded during one long Sunday at Mark Summers' studio in Chelmsford, Essex, April 1989. After handing over the 8 track tape reel, Summers was neither credited or paid for his efforts, which included the now famous "bell chime" riff sound that Summers had created using a sampler. Summers famously went on to release "Melt Your Body" in retaliation against Rawlings/Herel, and outsold "Meltdown" by 3:1. The rest of the Mark Summers story is firmly cast in Dance Music history....
BomberOne Jan 16, 2005
Edited 19 years ago
One of the tracks that changed the face of music. I recall how everybody in London was getting mad about this incredible hypnotic house track with a monster bass. It truly was a key in showing that Acid House wasn't just 303+808. And it showed how low basses can be either groovy and hard, a formula that WARP would soon exploits.
This one is still unconventional and... weird.
The Hardcore mix here is not that different, more a re-building with more effects and few samples now and there.
The additional track (R U Ready) is even more strange : weird echoed laughters layered on a heavy bass and an obsessive breakbeat.