Yeah, the 4 CD is what I was talking about too.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
it's the best thing ever
― flopson, Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
glad to see we agree.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
If you like to hear some of Moulton's pre-PI mixes, this comp was reissued on CD a few years ago, it's pretty awesome too. "Make Me Believe in You" (originally a Curtis Mayfield production) is woderfully gritty and ballsy, and "We're on the Right Track" is one of the most beautiful tracks he ever remixed.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
yeah those two patti jo tracks are something else
― the late great, Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
oooh . not seen that around tuomas.
i need that.
ta for the pointer.
― mark e, Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
just bought that boxset the other day, (the moulton, philly intl one), it is fab. Great liner notes, too, moulton seems like such a rad dude in every interview i've read (like 2)
― brimstead, Thursday, 30 January 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
agreed.there is a current thread re bands and books in a few years.i would love to read toms take on the disco era.though i am concerned he is a little too nerd-esque re editing tapes etc, given the perfection of his mixes.surely he had to be a full on part of the studio 54/disco excess experience ?
― mark e, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
it's so mindblowing reading/thinking about the first 12" records and improvements in audio tech in the 70s, i mean, holy shit, dancers must have been practically hallucinating hearing music sound so good in a big space for the first time.
― brimstead, Thursday, 30 January 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link
Funny I didn't revive this earlier. Anyway, Moulton's been putting up unreleased mixes on Bandcamp. No details per se -- new? old? stuff he did for fun? -- and you gotta wonder about the exact rights issues but nonetheless:
https://tommoulton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tom-moulton-unreleased-mixes-volume-one
https://tommoulton.bandcamp.com/album/the-tom-moulton-unreleased-mixes-volume-2
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 August 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
Very imformative thread, thanks! A couple mentions on Rolling Reissues 2020:From the writers of 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life', Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton have come up trumps again with this fabulous book 'The Record Players'!!!
Leading dance music writers Brewster and Broughton detail the visionary DJs who dramatically changed the course of music: from the very first nightclub DJs, to the founders of entire genres, including northern soul, hip hop, disco, techno, drum’n’bass and beyond.
These are the obsessives, the playboys, the musical eccentrics who founded the craft of DJing, developed amazing techniques for performing with recorded music, and revolutionised the way music is conceived, created and enjoyed. They gave us new ways to have the times of our lives and forged a worldwide industry of nightlife and dance music. From unsung pioneers to overheated superstars, all the biggest DJ names are here!
Includes Tom Moulton, Francois Kevorkian, Louie Vega, Marshall Jefferson, John Peel, David Mancuso, Alfredo, Shut Up & Dance, Danielle Badelli and lots, lots more!!!!!https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/the-record-players-the-story-of-dance-music-told-by-history-s-greatest-djs-by-bill-brewster-and-frank-broughton
― dow, Saturday, 8 August 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
Also just listened to...soundtrack to Tim Lawrence's book, Love Saves The Day: A History of American Dance Culture, 1970-1979, and it's a trip, as expected..."Above And Beyond" is certainly the most sensitive Edgar Winter track I've heard: voices and synths guided through sunset-tinged blue skies by Tom Moulton's production.
― dow, Thursday, July 30, 2020 Descriptions off the cuff, on the fly! Of course.
― dow, Saturday, 8 August 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
Yeah the Tim Lawrence book 'soundtracks' on Bandcamp are truly great.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 August 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link
Disco pioneer Tom Moulton: 'People thought I was from another planet!'
― visiting, Friday, 5 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link