CHARITY SHOP CLASSICS (37a)

Another charity Shop classics post! I'm spoiling you. Today House hits from 1988 - according to K-Tel that is.

A lunchtime rummage at Oxfam threw up "The Hits of House" album from 1988. A fairly poppy selection but still full of blasts from the past.

The sleeve says "House music is the most powerful dance trend since the disco era of the late 70's. Two years ago a house was something you lived in, but down in the sweaty dives of undergound clubs in London and the Midlands it was something you danced to. It was fresh, exciting powerful. An irresistible hypnotic beat with a hard thumping bass-line that worked up dancefloors into a frenzy of thrashing limbs jackin your body as it was known. It was a musical style imported from Chicago, where the phenomenon began in clubs like the Warehouse (hence the name House Music) which rapidly established itself throughout the UK. When Steve Hurley's Jack Your Body stormed to the top of the charts early last year, it was clear that house music was not a passing fad. The more aware musicians and DJs recognised the potential of house and began building their own. The first hit from a British act came from he House Master Boyz, three Sheffield lads who journeyed for inspiration to Chicago for inspiration and came back with a top ten hit. It was to all intents and purposes a straight imitation of the Chicago sound, but other artists had their own ideas about the direction British House music should take. The Beatmasters enlisted a female rap duo, the Cookie Crew, to create an unlikely fusion of Hip hop and House in Rok Da House, giving the signal that 'anything goes with House music. Whilst Chicago was still exporting traditional strong tracks, it was Britain's potent brews that were tearing up dance floors across the country..." More tomorrow.

S-Express - Theme From S-Express

The DTI - Keep This Frequency Clear

Nitro Deluxe - Let's Get Brutal (Megamix)

The Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - House Nation

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