Top 10’S … Old Skool Formats Analysed

Welcome to the next in my series of postings about the most wanted UK old skool hardcore releases. Here are the top 10’s for the other more obscure formats (who buys their hardcore on 7″!!) ordered by most wanted. Some interesting nuggets come to light here, like the ‘Waves Of Extinction (Hardcore Rebellion)’ by Orca and the Video EP by Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era.

Vinyl Album (LP)
# ID Artist Title
Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 26193 The Prodigy Experience XL Recordings 1034 173
2. 310401 Various The Joint LP Suburban Base 188 104
3. 236438 TrueBlood Roots And Culture Mini LP Rhythm Of Life 56 94
4. 28777 Altern 8 Full On .. Mask Hysteria Network Records 159 82
5. 91422 Altern 8 Full On .. Mask Hysteria (Picture Disk) Network Records 125 71
 
6. 229838 Various The Dark Side – Hardcore Drum & Bass Style React 101 68
7. 41919 Various Hardcore Leaders Volume 2 Kickin Records 54 66
8. 87227 The Hypnotist The Complete Hypnotist 91-92 Rising High Records 84 56
9. 25351 Various XL-Recordings: The Third Chapter XL Recordings 146 55
10. 179418 Various Fantazia – The First Taste Fantazia 91 54
Vinyl 7″
# ID Artist Title
Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 244742 Power-Pill Pac-Man Ffrreedom 11 52
2. 137948 Altern 8 Infiltrate 202 Network Records 35 38
3. 7465 The Prodigy Out Of Space XL Recordings 41 32
4. 28597 Kid Unknown Nightmare Warp Records 25 23
5. 218008 Liquid Sweet Harmony XL Recordings 29 21
 
6. 107459 Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era Far Out Suburban Base 31 20
7. 30525 The Prodigy Charly XL Recordings 94 19
8. 929317 Manix Oblivion (Head In The Clouds) Reinforced Records 5 18
9. 59488 The Prodigy Everybody In The Place XL Recordings 72 17
10. 499176 Shut Up & Dance Raving I’m Raving Shut Up And Dance 20 16
CD Single
# ID Artist Title
Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 345 Power-Pill Pac-Man Ffrreedom 159 81
2. 246583 Acen Trip II The Moon – Part 2 Production House 44 48
3. 49477 Acen Trip II The Moon (Kaleidoscopiklimax) Production House 41 46
4. 212446 Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era Flowers In My Garden LP Suburban Base 31 45
5. 49470 Acen Trip II The Moon – Part 1 Production House 59 42
 
6. 534720 Rufige Kru Darkrider Reinforced 18 42
7. 517548 Nookie Return Of Nookie Reinforced 12 41
8. 483036 4 Hero Journey From The Light Reinforced 12 40
9. 7742 The Prodigy Everybody In The Place XL Recordings 104 39
10. 308286 4 Hero Where’s The Boy / Cooking Up Yah Brain Reinforced 19 37
CD Album
# ID Artist Title
Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 60519 4 Hero In Rough Territory Reinforced 61 71
2. 57653 Altern 8 Full On .. Mask Hysteria Network 186 66
3. 28272 The Hypnotist The Complete Hypnotist 91-92 – “Let Us Pray” Rising High 63 62
4. 93309 Various The Dark Side – Hardcore Drum & Bass Style React 46 61
5. 157323 Various The Joint LP Suburban Base 75 59
 
6. 65383 Force Mass Motion The Stone Of The 5th Sun Rabbit City 48 51
7. 23214 Various Reactivate 5 – Pure Trance And Techno React 70 49
8. 34477 Various Reactivate 2 – Phasers On Full React 76 48
9. 315434 Various The Definition Of Hardcore Reinforced 28 47
10. 25718 Various Happiness & Darkness – Further Adventures In Jungle Tekno Jumpin’ & Pumpin’ 67 45
Cassette
# ID Artist Title
Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 1106266 Orca Waves Of Extinction (Hardcore Rebellion) Not On Label 0 18
2. 130790 Liam Howlett The Heavyweight Selection DJ Magazine 37 17
3. 908159 Various Ruf Stuff Volume 3 Not On Label 4 15
4. 908262 Various Hardcore Volume 1 Yaman 13 15
5. 908617 Various Hardcore Volume 2 Yaman 10 14
 
6. 326126 Various A Mixed Up Joint Suburban Base Records 7 13
7. 179458 Kevin Saunderson Mixmag Live! Vol. 5 DMC Publishing 13 11
8. 236876 Various The Dark Side II (Jungle & Technology) React 9 11
9. 244726 Power-Pill Pac-Man Ffrreedom 5 11
10. 567750 Vibe Tribe Life EP Eclipse Records (5) 5 11
VHS
# ID Artist Title
Label Owned By / Wanted By
1. 605942 Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era The Video EP Suburban Base 6 75
2. 209867 Various XL-Recordings: The Video Chapter XL Recordings 13 25
3. 653477 Various Fantazia (The Ultimate Rave Collection) Fantazia 28 9
4. 612575 Various The Book Of Love Amnesia House 6 7
5. 1070660 Various Shelley’s The Legend Part 1 Not On Label 2 7
 
6. 1070646 Various The Second Sight Fantazia 3 6
7. 693599 Various Fantazia (Twice As Nice) Fantazia 14 4
8. 686238 Various Rave Energy Prism Leisure Video 6 3
9. 823092 Various The Global Dance Party Universe 2 3
10. 1089226 Various Fantazia Takes You Into Summertime Fantazia 3 3

Electro Talk – The Street Scene Magazine 1985

Way back in the mid 80’s it was a hard to get info on the latest electro & hip hop releases. Blues & Soul was probably the choice but then Morgan Khan played a blinder with the release of The Street Scene in November 1985. Sadly it only lasted for 25 issues, and every one was pure quality. Here is the very first Electro Talk page. I’ll scan them all up over the next few days and add them to flickr.

One Night That Changed My Life

Staurday 24th July 1993
Rollerbury, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Despite being into the music long before the summer of 1993, up until this night I’d only really been to small gatherings and house parties. Quite odd looking back …. but that’s how it was and I won’t claim anything different.

Thinking about it now, I don’t really remember any specifics about the night … danced a lot right up the front by the stage, shook hands with most members of The Prodigy after their live PA … but I do distinctly remember to this day the overwhelming feeling of discovering something so special when walking out of that place at 7am.

If anyone does happen to have some audio, video or photos from this night, then I’d be eternally grateful if you could pass it/them my way.

The Most Wanted Records On discogs.com

A couple of months ago in amongst a bundle of mixed old skool, I picked up a copy of #1 by Format on ESP Records from 1991. I looked it up on discogs and 99 members wanted that tune. Which got me thinking … what is the most wanted slice of dance vinyl (according to discogs)? Once upon a time they used to publish this information, but not any more … so it’s time to start digging about ….

But what about old skool hardcore, breakbeat business? Well …

and the tunes in most peoples collection …