Waiting For You

Last week I tweeted that I would release a free edit on soundcloud as a token of thanks for reaching 3,000 followers. So, as promised, here's a tune from my vault of recent edits and bootlegs I make for my DJ sets. 

This is a bootleg of a tune from Kris Menace's recent LP, Features. If you enjoy this edit, please support Kris' work and buy some of his music. His whole discography is fantastic.

 
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Searching To Find The One

Here's a very slight edit of Unlimited Touch off of the classic bootleg imprint Ballroom Records. Ballroom was responsible for both reissuing tracks & pressing up some useful edits. If any Jammers have further information on the label, please leave a comment.

Unlimited Touch - Searching To Find The One (12" Re-touch)

Mediafire • YSI • 1981

Pick up a copy of the 12" from Discogs. 

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UPDATE:

We struck gold in the comment section, thanks to Em-Uno. Here's what he had to say:

Hey folks-
Ballroom was run by a French fellow of Italian background. I don't want to say his name since he was pretty secretive about doing this for obvisou reasons, but if you were on the record scene in NYC in the '90s/early 2000s you know who I'm talking about. He doesn't live in NYC anymore and isn't involved with pressing records now, to my knowledge. I helped him and his partner with press releases/onesheets and such, later did some re-edit work. Ballroom are almost all straight represses of medium-rare dance classics (this is the promo-only Francois K mix of "Searching"). We also did the Jazz-Funk label, Disco Strut, Disc-O-Lypso and a bunch of one-off reproductions. Some of these repros were so good that they have gotten into discogs and popsike as 'rare originals' or such. I get a kick out of that... Ballroom ended when the guy in charge left NYC, in 2002 I think.

Hot & Use First

I picked both of these up in Dublin in 2005. The shop might have been called Bassbin? Not sure, but Simon Conway put me on to these. Anyway, I'd like to post a couple of the tracks, but first I want to determine if these are edits. I'm suspicious of the Section 25 & Chris and Cosey cuts because they are a different length than the other versions on Discogs. This verion of "Looking From a Hilltop" sounds like a re-edit of the megamix. Does anyone out there have any info on these?

Here are the Discogs entries...

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hot/release/421588

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Use-First/release/190910

Family Tree

Here's a mysterious disco classic - I can't find much about it online, except that the vocalist is Sharon Brown (who happened to be a part of another recent post). Every part of this song, from the horns to the vocals to the percussion, has a very raw and soulful quality to it. I picked it up a while ago on this bootleg, which leads me to believe that this is an old DJ friendly edit. If anyone has additional info on this track, please leave a comment.

Family Tree - Family Tree | Zshare | YSI | 320 kbps

Expect to hear this & more this Thursday, when the Philadelphyinz, Billy Werner & I take over the Barbary:

Remember We

An early 90's hip-hop bootleg I found at the Marvelous. Unfortunately, the remixer is not credited. I will upload a label scan soon.

Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Remix)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

World Renown - Come Take A Ride (Remix)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Da Bush Babees - Remember We (Remix)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Cella Dwellas - Good Dwellas (Remix)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps