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GrindsMan presents:

VA - The Trax Records Anthology

Artist  : VA
Album   : The Trax Records Anthology
Year    : 2015
Genre   : House
Quality : 958kbps
Songs   : 35
Time    : 3:41:57
Size    : 1517.76 MB

Tracklist

Disc 1/3
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01)  7:50 Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)
02)  5:41 Frankie Knuckles - Bad Boy (Original 12 Inch Version)
03)  8:08 Adonis - We're Rocking Down The House (Original 12 Inch Version)
04) 12:27 Phuture - Acid Tracks (Original 12 Inch Version)
05)  4:21 Mr. Fingers - Washing Machine (Original 12 Inch Version)
06)  6:11 William S - I'll Never Let You Go (Vocal Mix)
07)  5:39 Robert Owens- Bring Down The Walls (Original 12 Inch Version)
08) 12:25 Sleezy D - I've Lost Control (Space Side)
09)  5:44 Kevin Irving - Children Of The Night (Original 12 Inch Version)
10)  4:24 Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk - Farley Knows House (Original 12 Inch
          Version)
11)  6:43 Frankie Knuckles - Your Love (Original 12 Inch Version)

Disc 2/3
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01)  4:59 Adonis - No Way Back (Vocal)
02)  6:58 Virgo - Free Yourself (Original 12 Inch Version)
03)  6:57 Master C & J - Dub Love (Original 12 Inch Version)
04)  4:46 Virgo Four - In A Vision (Original 12 Inch Version)
05)  4:22 M.E. - All The Time (Original 12 Inch Version)
06)  5:03 Phuture - Spank-Spank (Original 12 Inch Version)
07)  7:41 Virgo - R U Hot Enough (Original 12 Inch Version)
08)  6:59 On The House with Marshall Jefferson - Ride The Rhythm (Mixed By Ron
          Hardy)
09)  3:53 Mr. Lee - Pump Up Chicago (Original 12 Inch Version)
10)  6:45 Master C & J - When You Hold Me (Original 12 Inch Version)
11)  8:37 Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants To Ride (Original 12 Inch Version)

Disc 3/3
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01)  5:47 Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It (Original 12 Inch Version)
02)  4:49 Virgo Four - Take Me Higher (Original 12 Inch Version)
03)  4:42 M.E. - Never Want To Lose You (Original 12 Inch Version)
04)  6:56 Jungle Wonz - Time Marches On (Vocal)
05)  5:44 Frankie Knuckles - It's A Cold World (Original 12 Inch Version)
06)  4:28 Virgo - My Space (Original 12 Inch Version)
07)  4:28 Pleasure Zone - Fantasy (Original 12 Inch Version)
08)  6:28 Marshall Jefferson Presents Hercules - Lost In The Groove (Vocal)
09)  6:42 Ron Hardy - Sensation (Long)
10)  5:51 Curtis MC Claine And On The House - Let's Get Busy (Original12 Inch
          Version)
11)  7:21 Willie Wonka - What Is House (Original 12 Inch Version)
12)  5:31 Donell Rush - Knockin' At My Door (Original 12 Inch Version)
13)  6:37 Jungle Wonz - Bird In A Gilded Cage (Original 12 Inch Version)


The tenth release in the Sources series deals with one of the great House Music labels of all-time (along with DJ International and Underground), Trax records from Chicago. Originally founded by Larry Sherman, Trax had the advantage of being one of the local Chicago independent pressing plants, so when this new phenomenon called House music arrived and people started turning up at Trax with tapes that they wanted to press onto vinyl, then Larry smelt a market and thus Trax records was born.

The label was renowned for its almost punk ethic of simply getting the releases out fast and furiously without much in the way of obvious design values or quality control. Their releases were generally pressed on recycled vinyl and housed in recycled card sleeves – in fact, it was not unusual to open the record and see bits of paper pressed into the vinyl and old printing on the inside of the sleeves! However, the operation perfectly suited the ethos of the music, the majority of which was often made on 4 track machines in numerous bedrooms before being tested at Chicago’s two main House clubs – Music Box via Ron Hardy and the Warehouse, where the legendary Frankie Knuckles ruled the decks. If the bedroom tape got the thumbs up from Ron and Frankie, then usually the aspiring producers would turn up at Trax the next morning and beg to get their productions on vinyl. The deals were probably not great but the lure of holding your own record seemed to override all other considerations. And thus dozens of new careers were hatched.