VARIOUS – Easy Street Records – 40th Anniversary – 2LP – Vinyl [APR 28]

2LP -140g Black Vinyl.

Easy Street Records was launched in 1983, by US music industry executive Michael Gusick.

Two of the labels early tracks by Monyaka and Hot Streak, were released by Polydor Records resulting in two UK Top 20 hits, and both tracks full length versions feature here, along with a further 12 tracks, on this Vinyl 2LP 40th Anniversary celebration.

The back-story is that Hot Streak, which included Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens, were recommended to Michael Gusick by the DJ Producer, Jellybean. Body Work was co-produced by Jellybean and the following year, Hudson and Stevens, had a worldwide hit by aspiring Artist, Madonna; the track,…Holiday. Meanwhile, Body Work found itself as the only independently owned record on the 1984 Breakdance (aka Breakin) soundtrack but the song remains relevant today and has been used as the opening track during Dua Lipas tour. Monyaka were signed after a taxi driver gave a passenger an Easy Street exec – a cassette of his bands music!

Easy Street had massive underground classics by producers which read like a whos who of dance music; Paul Simpson, Jellybean, Blaze and Todd Terry to name but a few. Even after 40 years, Easy Street remains influential, with its Artists still finding themselves at the top of the Traxsource Charts, with re-worked or remixed versions of Easy Street classics by Michael Gray, Dr. Packer, Nick Reach Up and Ladies On Mars, as well as recently having Eric Kupper behind the mixing desk.

This Vinyl 2LP set includes 14 tracks from their vaults and is just a snapshot of this iconic dance labels legacy…DANCE ON!

Tracklist:

SIDE 1
1. Hot Streak – Body Work [Vocal Mix]
2. World Premiere – Share The Night [Club Mix]
3. The Affair feat Alyson – Please Don’t Break My Heart [Radio Edit]
4. Shot feat Kim Marsh – Main Thing [Club Vocal]

SIDE 2
1. Monyaka – Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top) [Club Mix]
2. Cultural Vibe – Ma Foom Bey [Love Chant Version]
3. Serious Intention – You Don’t Know [Limited Edition Special Remix]

SIDE 3
1. Jocelyn Brown – Picking Up Promises [Club Mix]
2. Paul Simpson Connection – Treat Her Sweeter [Dance Mix]
3. Kathy Brown – Happy People [Knee Deep’s To L.B. Dub]

SIDE 4
1. Keisha Jenkins – Goin’ Through The Motions [Motion Mix]
2. Cassio – Baby Love (Asja Iman)
3. De’Lacy – Hideaway [Deep Dish Remix]
4. Adeva – In & Out Of My Life [Club Mix]