I saw a bizarre-looking compilation in the shop yesterday - a cartoony bulldog and a cartoony eagle square off on the cover against a backdrop of clashing American and British flags. I think the compilation was called "The Showdown!" or something like that, with the general idea being that it showcased a "battle" between UK and US techno producers.
So on the "American" side you get "Nude Photo", "When We Used To Play", and a few other tracks I already have. The "British" side had nothing I recognised - music licensed from labels like Deconstruction. I didn't bother buying it, opting instead for the mint copy of "Techno - The New Dance Sound of Detroit", which is *the* example of a perfect compilation. In particular, you can't argue with "Un Deux Trois" (still sounds extremely futuristic to me, and that's not a word I use very often) or the version of "Techno Music". Brendan | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 14 January 2003 07:54 | To: O.L. From The Basement | Cc: [email protected] | Subject: Re: (313) Hidden Detroit Techno Gems | | | Mad On House 1 (Needle Recs) has also The Bedroom Scene on it. | House X-Ter-C (Rough Trade) has Blake Baxter's When We Used | To Play and Model 500's O.K. Coral. | Best Of House 3 (Serious) has Essence Of A Dream by Risque III. | iirc on one of the Jack Trax comps (#4? or was it another | Best Of House on Serious?) you can find the Acid Burns Mix of | Nude Photo. | but all of these comps are by far not as expensive as the original 12" | | "O.L. From The Basement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > I recently purchased a copy of the compilation LP "Upfront | 9, A Sign Of The | > Times" (Serious UK) which contains Triple XXX "The Bedroom | Scene" (Straight | > Up Mix). Does anyone know of other vinyl compilation LPs | from the '80s and | > early '90s that contain Detroit techno tracks that are | difficult to find and | > therefore expensive as originals? Another one is "Electro | 4" (Streetsounds | > UK) which contains Cybotron "Techno City". | > | > O.L. | > | > |
