Rosie Gaines – Closer Than Close

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Label:	Bigbang Records – 12 BBANG 1
Format:	Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country:	UK
Released:	May 19, 1997
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	House, UK Garage, Garage House

Tracklist

A1	Closer Than Close (Mentor Original) Edited By [Additional Eatme Edit] – Bill Padley Producer – Mentor Productions* Producer, Remix, Engineer – Hippie Torrales, Jr*, Mark Mendoza, Rosie Gaines	6:41
A2	Closer Than Close (Mentor Club Mix) Edited By [Additional Eatme Edit] – Bill Padley Producer – Mentor Productions* Producer, Remix, Engineer – Hippie Torrales, Jr*, Mark Mendoza, Rosie Gaines	7:28
B1	Closer Than Close (Tuff Jam's "Even Closer") Producer – Tuff Jam Productions* Remix, Producer [Additional] – Karl "Tuff Enuff" Brown, Matt "Jam" Lamont	6:59
B2	Closer Than Close (Frankie's Classic Club Mix) Engineer – David Sussman Remix, Producer [Additional] – Frankie Knuckles	10:20

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bigbang Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Bigbang Records Ltd.
Produced For – Mentor Productions
Produced For – Tuff Jam Productions
Engineered At – Quad Recording Studios
Edited At – Wise Buddah
Distributed By – The Total Record Company
Distributed By – BMG
Published By – Motown Songs
Published By – Dredlix Music, Inc.
Published By – Songs Of Polygram International
Published By – Dredlix Music Ltd.

Credits

Written-By – Dana Bailey, Francis Jules, Rosie Gaines

Notes

Back cover:
A1, A2 produced remixed and engineered for Mentor Productions. Additional Eatme Edit @ Wise Buddah.
B1 remix and additional productions for Tuff Jam Productions.
B2 Engineered @ Quad Studios New York

Thanks Go Out To The Following People:
Bobo, Satty, Hippie, Cheny, Mark, Claire, Alan, Liz, Bruce, Paul Trouble Anderson, Minnie, Camacho, Bobby & Steve. Everyone @ Kiss. Able (in our London office). Jerry Juste, Adrienne White, John Loken @ Motown Records. Judy Weinstein, Frankie Knuckles and everyone @ Def Mix.
Karl & Matt and everyone @ 51st Records. Tony (SPUD) and everyone @ The Total record Company.
Most of all Rosie Francis, and Dana. And to all the shops and DJ's that make this record happen.

© 1997 Bigbang Records Ltd.
℗ 1996 Bigbang Records Ltd.
Published by Motown Songs/Dredlix Music Inc.
Administered by: Songs Of Polygram Int.
Distributed by: The Total Record Company 'via BMG'.

Labels:
Published by Motown Songs/Dredlix Music Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Printed): 5 018524 139262 >
Barcode (Scanned): 5018524139262
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 12 B BANG 1 A2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 12-B-BANG 1 B1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Closer Than Close (CD, Single)	Bigbang Records, Bigbang Records	CD BBANG 1, CD BBANG1	UK	1997
Recently Edited	Closer Than Close (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo)	ZYX Music	ZYX 8667-12	Germany	1997
Recently Edited	Closer Than Close (12")	Hi-Bias Records	HB-086	Canada	1997
Recently Edited	Closer Than Close - Mixes (2×12", 33 ⅓ RPM)	Bigbang Records	12 BBANG 1X	UK	1997
Recently Edited	Closer Than Close (CD, Single)	Dance Pool	664834 2	Australia	1997

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Reviews

SC725 Jul 3, 2024
Tuff Jam paid homage to the Armand/CJ Bolland Remix on their "Even Closer" version (which was confirmed by Karl Brown on a recent Instagram post that they looked to replay the classic bassline).

This remix also inadvertently caused an issue with Tony Humphries who was quite vocal about the (then) rising UK Garage movement not being "real Garage" (particularly Speed Garage), but was caught playing the Tuff Jam Remix in his own sets.
Em-ty Nov 7, 2023
The Club Mix on this version is not the one listed as Clubmix video below on YT, even though label looks the same. Must be one of the European 12s.
https://www.discogs.com/release/26916947-Rosie-Gaines-Closer-Than-Close
TRIPOBEAT Nov 20, 2019
Waoooaw... The must hit single classic release... By the vocaliste of prince... The top hit underground house of 1997. Intemporel et indémodable
therealsubwaybaby Jul 4, 2018
A1 - Closer Than Close (Mentor Original) .... All bout the " Hippie Torrales" mix ... Assum 1997 gruuuvy house ... Such a big track ... // Subwaybaby
bobhudson Jul 21, 2016
Contains a sample of the first solo album Tropea, was released in 1975.
morris8371 Jul 4, 2009
A track more than any that changed house music in the UK. The underground house sound played in London from 93-97 was US dubs (MK mixes, Todd Edwards, MAW etc) of classic tracks plus some good (but mainly bad) UK attemps at US sounds.

This track split music in the UK because Tony Humphries played it on one of his legendary tours. From memory he told the press that he thought it was a Hippy Torales track, probably because of Rosie Gaines earlier (and better) track "I want u".

However this track was already big on the UK underground scene (which was beginning to be called UK Garage) and with Humphries giving the track the thumbs up, the UK scene felt he was playing one there own tunes and they had come of age.

Sounds silly now but really this track caused a ton of commotion at the time, it also went top 10 in the UK.