Hi there!
I'm a newish member from Glasgow who hasn't had much to say so far
but has listened intently. Anyway, here goes.
I have both of the Black market compilations in question (and a
signed copy of Amnesia. Wahey!), I will dig them out for a track listing
ASAP. The Jack Trax compilations were an early introduction to the
world of Derrick, Juan etc. for me and No. 5 in particular is one of my
favorite records of all time. I have heard before however that a lot of
stuff on this label was composed of out-takes, un finished work etc.
and that most of the artists received little or no money for their work
(some of the tracks on Amnesia in particular sound like a bit of a jam
session). Similar in fact to another label with a name not a million
mile removed.
On another note, does anyone on the list have information about a
TRAX (ah, there's that name!) release from 1993 under the name of
Phurture (their spelling). It is a nine track EP called The Lost Souls
and consists of truly bizarre lo-fi Acid tracks which I bought at the
time believing it to be the work of DJ Pierre. The writers' credits are
S Winters on side one and K Kool on the other (cat no: TX 5020 B) and
has "mixed by DJ Dancer" emblazoned on one side!. The mystery deepens.
Is it Brett Dancer in an early guise? Is it DJ Pierre out-takes from
1988? Could it be Henry, the mild mannered Janitor???
One last note, the fuss over the Jaguar rip off reminded me of a
similar case from a long, long time ago when an Italian Producer
blatantly (or bravely, depending on your point of view) ripped off the
Strings Of Life Piano riff and released it, complete with unbelievably
cheesy saxophone and female "give me your love"/"take me higher" vocals
under the name of "Mimmo Mix" on Final Vinyl. Unfortunately it didn't
lead to a massive backlash against Italian piano house and Strings Of
Life never got to number 43 in the British Charts but them's the
breaks. I wonder if Derrick has ever heard it or what he would think of
it now??
thanks for your time
JASON BRUNTON
