The Minute Men – All My Friends
At last I managed to succesfully get a copy of this record, after the inital attempt getting lost in the post. So arrived yesterday morning in all its shiny black goodness came this most excellent US hip house from 1991. This featured on a 1991 mix tape I had from DJ Legend Danny Rampling, the recording was from the Ministry of Sound in the year that it opened. The track selection on the tape slid effortlessly between sublime ambient tracks like The McKenzie – No Promises to early 80’s disco classic like Hamilton Bohannon’s Let’s Start the Dance. While I usually avoided Hip House tunes, this one was a real grower, a catchy disco influenced tune sampling Dinosaurs L – Go Bang and a sneaky little sample from Eddie Grants – Timewarp. From producer Norty Cotto whom has done countless reords under many an alias and released on NY Label Moon Roof Records, 1991 a sublabel of Tod Terry’s garage label Freeze that became defunkt in 1997.
With Permission
November 5, 2009 at 4:46 pm
whoa! i’m havin a lot of fun digging your blog. house it’s not exactly my cup of tea (even if i like some of the classics – jamie principle “your love” is great, many thanks for sharing) but this blog is done with such a great passion that you can’t resist. i’m d/l one of your mix (pride 2009), can’t wait to hear it. cheers, k
November 5, 2009 at 9:17 pm
thanks …. So what kinda grooves are you into K ?
November 6, 2009 at 8:51 am
good question… if you check my blog you can have some hints… but looking much deeply to your posts i’m reconsiderin my statement. and thinkin that 2 days ago i was playin and dancin the MAW collections… lately i’m listening a lot of d’n'b.
November 6, 2009 at 11:26 am
Nice Balearic vibes on your blog..it looks great …I love the ecletic selection of music ………. you have to be open minded with music…otherwise you miss out on all the wonderful flavours it offers.
November 6, 2009 at 2:57 pm
thanks for the kind words. balearic fits me nicely!
November 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I agree – quality blog. I’m an early/mid 90s hardcore/D&B/House raver but definitely a child of the late 80s/early 90s house sound when ‘house’ music was really all there was. My buying collecting habits veer all over the place but I always return to that tough edged electro soul sound that I think characterises great techno/ house records. At the moment I’m searching out a lot of old Junior Boys Own sounds – Roach Motel etc… Righteous grooves. Anyways, sending a message cos I was checking out the Minute Men Tune last night – wicked sounds – and then this eve, randomly dropped into e-bay and there it was 2mins to go £4.50! Snapped it right up. Hope it don’t get lost in the post. Keep up the good work.
November 9, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Nice 1…..good spot on ebay
Likewise my collecting habits go all over the place….can never be tied down to one genre……Junior Boys Own put out some great tunes…many heavily disco influenced in origins… one of my favs that I have been playing again recently is http://www.discogs.com/Crime-Flight-In-2-Fantasy/release/17855 …love the drop about 4:40mins in..
clippage here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rTY-jtFm5A