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Various - Latin Freestyle - 2 LPs

Various - Latin Freestyle - 2 LPs

$ 39.99

Artist: Various  |  Label: Ace |  Format: 2xLP  |  Genre: Pop /Dance | Album Condition: New | Jacket Condition: Sealed


Various Artists 
Latin Freestyle
Ace XXQLP2 102 - 2 LP set in a thick gatefold jacket 

Latin Freestyle was a dizzying, passionate, ultra-modern music. It was the aural equivalent of a can of thirst-quenching Quatro or a Spanish Harlem dance-off, and it became the electronically constructed bridge between disco and house.

Freestyle grew out of the electro sound of the early 80s, combined clean staccato rhythms with morse code synth hooks, and topped them off with emotive, usually female, frequently Latina vocals. There was plenty more going on besides: proto-house piano lines, Cuban percussion, high emotion and synth hooks to die for.

Put together and annotated by Bob Stanley (who also compiled the acclaimed “The Daisy Age” andFell From The Sun”), “Latin Freestyle” is the first compilation to cover the whole gamut of Freestyle from its early 80s breakthrough to its early 90s revival. So many classics… Lisa Lisa made the UK top ten with the 808 joy of ‘I Wonder If I Take You Home’. Stacey Q’s cosmically great ‘Two Of Hearts’ came out in 1986, while 1987 saw the likes of Company B’s ‘Fascinated’ and Exposé’s ‘Point Of No Return’ become huge UK club hits.

Today, Freestyle is a scene with a solid collector’s market, and rarities like Janelle’s ‘Don’t Be Shy’ sell for hundreds of dollars. It’s a classic summer soundtrack, finally condensed in one Ace Records compilation – “Latin Freestyle”. -- Bob Stanley

Contains;
     Disc One - Side One 
Point of No Return (7" version) - Expose 
Don't Be Shy (vocal / radio mix) - Janelle 
Lover Girl (radio mix) - Meg 
Two of Hearts (12" version) - Stacey Q 
     Disc One - Side Two 
Together Forever (radio edit) - Lisette Melendez 
I Wonder if I Take You Home - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam w/ Full Force 
When I Hear Music - Debbie Deb 
Let's Go (radio version) - Nocera 
     Disc Two - Side One 
Funky Little Beat - Connie 
Show Me - Cover Girls 
Nightime - Pretty Poison 
Fascinated (12" club mix) - Company B 
     Disc Two - Side Two 
Dreamin' - Will to Power 
Baby Talk - Alisha 
Take Me in your Arms - Lil' Suzy 
Thief of Heart - Cynthia 

NEW SEALED import 2 LP set in a thick gatefold jacket 


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