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Born May 7th, 1970. I started loving music at the age of eight, I should blame the music virus contamination on my cousin Johan...:) Saturday Night Fever, Grease, The Rubettes, Meat Loaf, ABBA, Boney M., Cheap Trick, The Flying Spiderz, Urban Heroes, Gruppo Sportivo, Vitesse, Herman Brood, disco, "beton", my first "Top 100 Aller Tijden", those were the days.
After he moved to New Zealand, I spent a couple of years in the "School of Metal" of his friend Martie. Michael Schenker Group, Accept, Y&T, Raven, AC/DC, those were the days.
February 1984. A Dutch radio show named "VARA's Verrukkelijke Vijftien". The Simple Minds, "Upon The Catwalk", Extended Mix. I was blown against the wall when I heard it. The love of the twelve inch was born, but it was out of reach for my money pocket.
At the age of 18, I started collecting, mostly dance and disco music. First a lot of vinyl: Dance Classics. Sometimes, I came home with 50 12" singles bought for a small price (record shops were trying to get rid of their vinyl).
Later also CDs. Turn Up The Bass. The Best Of 12" Gold. Streetsounds Anthems. Popclassics The Long Versions. The Spanish "I Love" series. Ben Liebrand's Grand 12-Inches. Dorian Wathen's 12"/80s. A multitude of vintage Disky long versions CD boxes. All Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince albums. I created megamixes with just a second-hand turntable, a CD player and the pause button of my cassette recorder.
During my student life, I was taught about alternative music. The Manchester movement. Nirvana. Pearl Jam. But also rehonoured "bad taste" 80s music. Wham! New Romantics. Blitz. Camp. Dutch language pop groups. "Nederpop virus".
I discovered my parents' attic. Old Dutch beat records. Tee Set. Sandy Coast. Golden Earring. Earth & Fire. Q '65, the Dutch Rolling Stones. The Outsiders, the Dutch version of The Who. Stories about smashed guitars, wrecked limousines, demolished hotel rooms and band members fighting with each other. But also carefully saving money, finally buying your favourite 45 and listening to the chart show, getting excited whether or not your favourite 45 was climbing the chart.
My ballroom dancing classes brought me into the world of the crooners/GASB. Alma Cogan. Julie London. Connie Francis. Rosemary Clooney. Dean Martin. Matt Monro. Frank Sinatra.
And today, my life is filled with music: step class in the gym, ballroom dancing, visiting record and CD fairs, Ferry Maat's Soul Show, Radio Veronica's Long Versions, some live jams in my town, and since August 2006... Discogs.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Do not ask me to upload sound files, because I will not respond to such requests. Instead, collect your stuff yourself! (which is, in my opinion, more fun to do)
After he moved to New Zealand, I spent a couple of years in the "School of Metal" of his friend Martie. Michael Schenker Group, Accept, Y&T, Raven, AC/DC, those were the days.
February 1984. A Dutch radio show named "VARA's Verrukkelijke Vijftien". The Simple Minds, "Upon The Catwalk", Extended Mix. I was blown against the wall when I heard it. The love of the twelve inch was born, but it was out of reach for my money pocket.
At the age of 18, I started collecting, mostly dance and disco music. First a lot of vinyl: Dance Classics. Sometimes, I came home with 50 12" singles bought for a small price (record shops were trying to get rid of their vinyl).
Later also CDs. Turn Up The Bass. The Best Of 12" Gold. Streetsounds Anthems. Popclassics The Long Versions. The Spanish "I Love" series. Ben Liebrand's Grand 12-Inches. Dorian Wathen's 12"/80s. A multitude of vintage Disky long versions CD boxes. All Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince albums. I created megamixes with just a second-hand turntable, a CD player and the pause button of my cassette recorder.
During my student life, I was taught about alternative music. The Manchester movement. Nirvana. Pearl Jam. But also rehonoured "bad taste" 80s music. Wham! New Romantics. Blitz. Camp. Dutch language pop groups. "Nederpop virus".
I discovered my parents' attic. Old Dutch beat records. Tee Set. Sandy Coast. Golden Earring. Earth & Fire. Q '65, the Dutch Rolling Stones. The Outsiders, the Dutch version of The Who. Stories about smashed guitars, wrecked limousines, demolished hotel rooms and band members fighting with each other. But also carefully saving money, finally buying your favourite 45 and listening to the chart show, getting excited whether or not your favourite 45 was climbing the chart.
My ballroom dancing classes brought me into the world of the crooners/GASB. Alma Cogan. Julie London. Connie Francis. Rosemary Clooney. Dean Martin. Matt Monro. Frank Sinatra.
And today, my life is filled with music: step class in the gym, ballroom dancing, visiting record and CD fairs, Ferry Maat's Soul Show, Radio Veronica's Long Versions, some live jams in my town, and since August 2006... Discogs.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Do not ask me to upload sound files, because I will not respond to such requests. Instead, collect your stuff yourself! (which is, in my opinion, more fun to do)
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The "special remix" of "Gamma Ray" on this mini single sounds very Ben Liebrand-ish. It has an additional drum beat you may recognise from Ben's remix of Hot Chocolate "Every-1s A Winner". Other additional sounds can also be traced to some of Ben's...
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This compilation is worth buying for the first two tracks alone!
Birth Control "Gamma Ray" is the original near-10-minute version from the 1972 album "Hoodoo Man", which is better than the 12" remix that was released one year before the release of... See full review |
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Forget the badly re-edited German 12" as well as the even more awful 1990s and later remakes / reproductions / re-recordings once and for all; this Rusty Garner 1979 U.S. 12" version is the one to hunt for and the one that should be remembered for...
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It seems to me that "On A Ragga Tip" samples the riddim of Smiley Culture's 1984 ragga hit "Police Officer".
Smiley Culture / The Reprobates - Police Officer / Participation Two. |
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Question: "Are People People?"
Answer: "Dadadang zoozoozoom papap!" Brilliant. Nothing else to say. |
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The chorus of "Let Me Entertain You" sounds very similar to that of Huey Lewis And The News* - Jacob's Ladder.
Makes me wonder why there never was a court case of plagiarism. |
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A salute to 60s rock?
To me, it merely sounds like a salute to The Romantics "What I Like About You" (1980)... ;) |
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Just wondering... who really wants a 12 inch version of this?
And who dares to put this tune in a DJ-mix? |
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I was brought here after a search for the use of Pipe Organs in popular music, most notably progrock, hardrock and heavy metal. That is: the real thing. No (Mini-)Moog, no ARP synthesizers, no Hauptwerk emulation software that allows one to play pipe...
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What? No review of this masterpiece??? Okay, then I'll be first.
You may wonder. Barbra doing disco? Yeah right, together with Donna Summer. "No More Tears", as found on her album "Wet" in its full 11:43 minutes. But Barbra all by herself? For a... See full review |
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Well, S Express "Theme From S Express" uses a similar formula and became a No. 1 hit record, even before Edelweiss.
Jive Bunny "Swing The Mood" did the same late 1989. I would not be surprised if Ben Liebrand also had a copy of KLF's manual. Just... See full review |
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"Hej Gamle Man!" (means: "hey, old man") is the first ever piece of music on which all four members of the (then future) group ABBA can be heard.
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The Rolling Stones Rolled Gold Repackaging Story.
During the early 1970s, the Dutch division of PolyGram found several ways to make money the easy way. One of them was repackaging a forgotten or flopped release, advertise it extensively in the media... See full review |
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Makes me wonder how many of these 42 long versions were actually taken from Master. Many of these were previously released on other compilations, but there is a number of tracks that seem to make their debut here, at least on a V/A compilaition (the...
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Wow... a "New Extended Version"... was this song extended before? I search all over Discogs, of 1982 and earlier, including compilations having the track, but I could not find something like an "old extended version". The 5:52 album version I am...
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Not sure if I am the only person on this planet having this issue, but regarding track 1-10: at the very end of the track, when the song is faded out completely, I hear a part of the first note of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You". The following release...
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The early fade of Rage Hard may be due to time restrictions of the CD.
If I add up the times of all 9 tracks, I get 78:45. If I were to replace the 10:04 early fade with the full 12:08 of "Rage Hard (+)", I would end up with 80:53, with the time limit... See full review |
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The version named "USA 45 RPM" is actually the American 33 1/3 RPM album version, originally released here: Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Herman Brood & His Wild Romance.
The version named "USA 12" Special Disco Mix" is actually the American hit single version (an edit of above version) and was only... See full review |
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This was created in response to Stars On 45 - Proudly Presents The Star Sisters, which was a No. 1 hit in the Netherlands in 1983 (and went on to become single of the year). That single was a resung medley of some Andrews Sisters songs as well as other standards from that era. The idea...
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If "The Killing Moon" is regarded as the best song the 1980s produced, then "The Killing Moon, All Night Version" is what the song really deserved: to be taken to another level. It is not just another 9:12 extended version, and it's not a cut and...
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One of those songs in the category "songs you did not know they were covers". Shuggie Otis already wrote and recorded the song in 1971, but the Brothers Johnson take the song to a whole new level while keeping all the trademark components of Shuggie's...
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This is not a 9:16 edit.
This is the live version from "Here At Last - Bee Gees Live", running more than 9 minutes. B-side is also from that live album. There is a longer version of YSBD, though. It runs 4:45 and is featured on a US promo 12" as well... See full review |
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This 6:36 version also featured in the original soundtrack "Priscilla - Queen Of The Desert".
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Not sure what kind of DJ Bowie had in mind when he made this song in 1979, but fact is that 20 years later, the DJ went on to replace the traditional rock singer as pop music's main superstar, whether you like it or not.
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> Moroder-style...
But of course... Moroder originally recorded this one, together with Chris Bennett. Listen to this album: Giorgio* And Chris* - Love's In You, Love's In Me. The Ann Joy version is a cover. A good one, though. More punchy. |
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"Why You Treat Me So Bad" was only a moderate hit way back in 1987. But in sampled form, it was responsible for three worldwide hits several years later (maybe even more, but these three came into my mind first):
1. Luniz - I Got 5 On It 2. Puff Daddy Featuring R. Kelly - Satisfy You 3.... See full review |
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I decided to have my say somewhat more than 10 years after the review of "irionman".
Agreed, LMFAO are not the best rappers, the best singers, the best songwriters, the best performers. But their track "Party Rock Anthem" is one of those rare... See full review |
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Vocal "fast forward... into the future" was probably inspired by Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle ("time keeps on slippin'... into the future").
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I hear shades of The Prodigy "Breathe" in here.
More Prodigy influences (Firestarter, Smack My Bitch Up) in the Rotten Beats Mix. |
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Maybe totally coincidental, but "Everybody In The Place" has the same C-G-A#-F chord as The The "Uncertain Smile"...
Listen for yourself... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bErFXjUGvQ&t=71s |
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"Head Up To The Sky" bears strong resemblance with Robert Flack & Donny Hathaway "Back Together Again"...
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Actually, a near perfect "Best Disco In Town"... as far as I know, The Ritchie Family were the first to segue fragments of mutiple songs into one single piece of music. That was 1976.
Stars on 45 was from late 1980 early 1981. They popularised the format. |
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This is probably one of house music's politically most agressive albums. Just as hiphop has Public Enemy's "Fear Of A Black Planet" and rock music The Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks", Armand van Helden's "Killing Puritans" served as an eye- and...
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I'm trying to figure out how many different versions of "Sultans Of Swing" were recorded and released during the 1970s. So far, I found the following:
1. According to Wikipedia, the song was recorded first late 1977. This version was released early... See full review |
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The idea behind "Musicians Union Band" started in 1970. Dutch pop music was spreading all over the world. Shocking Blue No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 with "Venus", Golden Earring touring in the US. Foreign record companies started to release Dutch...
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The legend says that "Peter" refers to Dutch language rock 'n roll star Peter Koelewijn, who was ruling the scene with his song "Kom Van Dat Dak Af" (as Peter En Zijn Rockets) at the time of this release.
However, the character Peter in the song... See full review |
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Friendship ends with Hitzone.
No. 100, released February 2022, was the last one. If you can read Dutch, here's the story. https://www.nu.nl/muziek/6184745/hitzone-brengt-honderdste-en-laatste-verzamelalbum-uit-de-cijfers-op-een-rij.html |
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I guess Kate Bush must have been listening to Kraftwerk "Trans-Europe-Express" while writing "Running Up That Hill".
The rhythm tracks of both songs are very similar. |
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At least the vocal "you belong to me" (but maybe the other lines as well) is resung from another record.
Late 1993, Golden Delicious - You Belong To Me was released using the same vocal hook (different vocalist, though). They most likely sampled... See full review |
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It was a product of its time. The era when dance in general got overexposed in the Netherlands. Around 1997/1998, there was "Club 100", "Trance 100", "Dance 100", "Hardcore 100"... unlike the highly acclaimed "Turn Up The Bass" series, there was... See full review |
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Tammy and Tori... ;)
"Feel What I'm Feeling" sounds like a mash-up of Luvspunge "Do You Feel What I'm Feeling" (which uses a Tammy Lucas sample from "Is It Good To You") and the Armand van Helden remix of Tori Amos "Professional Widow"... |
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It's 25 years ago now and I can still remember how things were going. Hakkûhbar no. 1 and Gabber Piet in their footsteps but No Doubt was unbeatable...
But somehow, Hakkûhbar got away with it, while Gabber Piet was dissed (JDA "Voel Je Die Bass",... See full review |
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Translation of Patrick's statement for those who do not understand Dutch:
Alright... this is my first, and also my last, response to the entire "top 40" story. Of course, I NEVER had the intention to get this maxi single into the top 40. I made this... See full review |
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The opening speech is most likely a fabricated dialogue, as is the case with the Euromasters releases. It is a tale about a group of clumsy Brabant people (Geldrop, Budel) trying to get their equally clumsy house track released.
Despite the lyrics... See full review |
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After scoring three domestic No. 1 hit singles within 8 months with their ska-based happy hardcore sound (that is mainstream pop number ones, not dance/club hits!), a full-length one-artist album was needed to fulfil the demand. The resulting...
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Listening to the Tekno Mafia version... it seems to me that the opening synth sound was taken from the movie "De Lift"... the sound that is heard in the final act when the engineer is battling the elevator, shortly after the elevator doors crushed a...
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The "Black Horses" version is of course the epic masterpiece here and the "Night Walk Version" the most popular, but for me, it is all about the "Secret Masterpiece" version. This is an updated version of the "Night Walk Version" and sounds a bit like...
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Mixed feelings about this one. When the series started in 1991, the mixing was done by TCM. Hardly anyone knew by heart who were behind those three letters. It was an era when DJs did not yet have star status in our country. That, however, was going...
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I'm not sure who was the first (but I would like to know, any help is welcome).
Oldest entry I found so far was this from late 1992: Musical Vandals - Damage E.P. (the closing track, "Hakke"). Darkraver is Stefan André Sweet. Musical Vandals are Marco Kruijswijk and... See full review |
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What? Nearly 30 years have passed and still NO REVIEW...??? Then let me be first.
Of course, it's all about the lengthy A-side, "My Presence". Picture yourself the year 1992, when house was splitting into subgenres and especially the Dutch hardcore... See full review |