Easy Street Records: 40th Anniversary Limited Vinyl 2LP Set – Various Artists

Various ArtistsEasy Street Records: 40th Anniversary Limited Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

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!

Featured Tracks:

Disc: 1

1 Body Work (Vocal Mix) – Hot Streak
2 Share the Night (Club Mix) – World Premiere
3 Please Don’t Break My Heart (Radio Edit) – The Affair
4 Main Thing (Feat. Kim Marsh) [club Vocal] – Shot
5 Go Deh Yaka (Go to the Top) [club Mix] – Monyaka
6 Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version) – Cultural Vibe
7 You Don’t Know (Limited Edition Special Remix) – Serious Intention
8 In & Out of My Life (Club Mix) – Adeva

Disc: 2

1 Picking Up Promises (Club Mix) – Jocelyn Brown
2 Treat Her Sweeter (Dance Mix) – Paul Simpson Connection
3 Happy People (Knee Deep’s to L.B. Dub) – Kathy Brown
4 Goin’ Through the Motions (Motion Mix) – Keisha Jenkins
5 Baby Love (Asja Iman) – Cassio
6 Hideaway (Deep Dish Remix) – De’Lacy