★★★★☆ (Essential for vinyl-era dance music historians; a treasure trove of lost mixes)
Fans of The Loft , Paradise Garage , Studio 54 , and anyone who believes a song isn’t truly finished until it’s been stretched past the 10-minute mark. VA - Grand 12-Inches Collection -Vol.1-9- -36CD-
The Ultimate Anthology of the Extended Dance Mix Label: Sony Music / Columbia / Various sub-labels (licensed from Sony BMG, Universal, WEA, etc.) Format: 36 Compact Discs (4 CDs per volume, except select volumes) Release Years: Late 1990s – Early 2000s (regional variations: EU, UK, South Africa) Genre: Disco, Post-Disco, Funk, Synth-pop, Hi-NRG, Early House, 12" Pop Remixes Overview In an era before digital DJing and streaming playlists, the Grand 12-Inches Collection stood as a monumental tribute to one of dance music’s most sacred formats: the 12-inch single. Spanning nine volumes across 36 compact discs , this exhaustive series chronicles the golden age of the extended remix—from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s—when producers and remixers turned the pop song into a floor-filling journey. Each volume (with the exception of a few
Each volume (with the exception of a few compilations) is structured as a , housed in a long-box or jewel-case clamshell, often accompanied by liner notes detailing the history of the remix, the DJ culture, and the gear that shaped the sound (e.g., the Roland TR-808, the Synclavier, the early SSL console). the DJ culture
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