acid house compilation tapes 1988 front
Proper club music compilations as opposed to mainstream cash-ins. It's weird how poorly the artwork reflects the contents. Nowadays you'd just slap a big smiley on all of them.
'Upfront 10' is a marvel. It captures the atmosphere of London clubland c. March 1988, when something was happening but hadn't gone overground or really been named yet - which is often the best moment in any scene.
Dance compilation cassettes often had extra tracks and 'megamixes' to equalize the running time of both sides. They were better value than the vinyl versions, in that regard. The 'Mad on Acid Megamix' is perhaps the best I've heard - a dizzying blast of cut-up samples and house as good as the tracks it is made out of.
acid house compilation tapes 1988 front
Proper club music compilations as opposed to mainstream cash-ins. It's weird how poorly the artwork reflects the contents. Nowadays you'd just slap a big smiley on all of them.
'Upfront 10' is a marvel. It captures the atmosphere of London clubland c. March 1988, when something was happening but hadn't gone overground or really been named yet - which is often the best moment in any scene.
Dance compilation cassettes often had extra tracks and 'megamixes' to equalize the running time of both sides. They were better value than the vinyl versions, in that regard. The 'Mad on Acid Megamix' is perhaps the best I've heard - a dizzying blast of cut-up samples and house as good as the tracks it is made out of.