Half forgotten compilations that are actually pretty good

[Rave Lizard]

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Pete Tong / Paul Oakenfold / Jon Carter – Essential Mix 4


Awful series.

The first release was a rite of passage. It was staple listening at many after parties. Sasha playing 4 tracks in 40 minutes. Tenth Chapter - Wired.

[ddr]

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When there was an explosion of mix cd's being sold in mainstream record stores like HMV and Tower in the late 90's, I was trying to get a feel of what I knew I liked and what I didn't - so there was a lot of hit and miss with my paycheques. And I was moving on from the underground mixtapes era that was coming to an end - I knew the bigger names, but wasn't sure of some of the lesser known UK DJs that North Americans weren't quite as familiar with.

The one thing I did notice was that Cream and the early mixes of Slinky generally seemed like they were trying a different approach compared to the "Let's compile the biggest hits of the year so far and throw them on one comp" philosophy that a lot of Ministry of Sound and other comps were doing. Some of their comps like their Trance Anthems mixes were really well thought out and I got the feeling there was some strategy in how they put it together.

That's not to say that they didn't give in and put out the odd mix that was going for the lowest common denominator, but I found myself liking the Cream mixes a bit more than the other ones that were flooding the market.

many of my weekends back in high school were spent in Tower Records searching through 3 rows of electronic music. almost all of them had a little white "MADE IN ENGLAND" sticker on them and they all costed a pretty penny too. first job at McDonalds just was not enough to fuel my craving... but it helped

family would always go to Vegas for Thanksgiving (back in the 90s it was family centered so tons of things for me to do, many arcades) and the Virgin megastore inside the Caesar's mall was a good spot for CD compilations as well.

[Simeon]

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[unkle]

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One of my precious treasures.

[ddr]

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Here's another one to recommend:

definitely agree!! one of the very few magazine compilations i kept... here is another one, not bad as well 2CD's.

[DIDI]

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One of my precious treasures.

As i may have said before I would love to have the actual CD.

[Simeon]

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[clintlove]

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^^^

Bill Hamel and DJ Moda Nokturnel Mix Sessions were good as well.

[gerald wb]

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one for the summer...

[Simeon]

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[distinctive]

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CD1 is great too!

[Simeon]

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^^^
nice!

loving the deep train series...

[GarryX]

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loving the deep train series...

The Deep Train series was great, as was Terry's Cafe series.

Dont hear enough of those 2 anymore, anyone know why?

[gerald wb]

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^^^
nice!

loving the deep train series...

How can this be forgotten? It's one of the best deep/tech-house mixes of that era

[gerald wb]

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The Deep Train series was great, as was Terry's Cafe series.

Dont hear enough of those 2 anymore, anyone know why?

Terry Lee Brown must be still around as he is releasing his Terry's Cafe mix every year. (I do not really like the newer ones though.) Timewriter is doing mixes (downloads) still as well. I guess their original sound is not that popular anymore