various artists - Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: Arthur Baker The Classic Dance Remixes / 4CD set

This latest instalment of Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters finds the production/songwriting/remixing maestro taking the spotlight for a long overdue snapshot of his own classic 12" mixes during a crucial evolution of dance music, club and pop culture. Arthur Baker helped codify the remixer as artist. His genre fluid approach to projects has resulted in a joyous myriad of classics that spans many decades. This 80 's focused Dance Masters collection offers a welcome glimpse at Baker's illustrious career and many long out of print 12" versions and previously unavailable mixes.

This 43 track, four CD edition includes a wide array of selections from the likes of Robbie Nevil's "C'est La Vie", Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love," Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance", Jeffrey Osborne's "Soweto", Freeez's "I O U", Rockers Revenge's "Walking On Sunshine" and of course the juggernaut "Planet Rock" with Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force. Complete with in depth liner notes by Bill Coleman, track by track notes written by Arthur Baker himself, previously unseen session photos from Arthur's personal archives and a signed insert. All tracks remastered by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering.

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (Extended Remix)
    2 New Order - Confusion (12" Version)
    3 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have (Fun Extended Version)
    4 Daryl Hall - Dreamtime (Extended Remix Version)
    5 Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia (Club Vocal Mix)
    6 Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen in Love? (Club Senseless)
    7 General Public - Never You Done That Special Dance Mix
    8 The Colourfield - Running Away (Long Version)
    9 The Cars - Hello Again (Remix)
    10 Carly Simon - My New Boyfriend (Remix)
    11 Bob Dylan - When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky (Full Length Version)
    - Disc 2 -
    1 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out of Touch (Club Version)
    2 Jennifer Holliday - No Frills Love (Extended Dance Remix)
    3 Robbie Nevil - C'est la Vie (Extended Version)
    4 Living in a Box - Living in a Box (Dance Mix)
    5 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (1/2 Way 2 House Mix)
    6 Will Downing - a Love Supreme (Jazz in the House Remix)
    7 Jeffrey Osborne - Soweto (Remixed Version)
    8 Jermaine Stewart - Jody (Dance Version)
    9 Roberta Flack - Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Arthur Baker's Dance
    10 Al Jarreau - I Must Have Been a Fool (Remix)
    11 Arthur Baker & the Backbeat Disciples Featuring Al Green - the Message Is Love (Cupid Mix)
    - Disc 3 -
    1 Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City (Last Remix)
    2 Freeez - I.O.U. (Mega Mix)
    3 Talking Heads - Blind (Extended Mix)
    4 Wally Jump Jr. & the Criminal Element - Turn Me Loose (12" Version)
    5 Tina B - Honey to a Bee (Vocal/Extended Version)
    6 Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge (Extended Vocal Version)
    7 Cindy Mizelle - This Could Be the Night (Vocal/Extended
    8 Atlantic Starr - One Lover at a Time (Extended Version)
    9 Boxcar - Freemason (You Broke the Promise) (Shakedown Mix)
    10 Gypsy Kings - Bamboleo Latin (Extended Version)
    - Disc 4 -
    1 Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (12" Vocal Version)
    2 Rockers Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking on Sunshine (12" Version)
    3 Touchdown - Ease Your Mind (U.S. Remix)
    4 Second Image - Star (U.S. Remix)
    5 Junie Morrison - Tease Me (Long Version)
    6 Central Line - Surprise, Surprise (12" Version)
    7 Glory - Can You Guess What Groove This Is (Short Version)
    8 Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5 with the Kryptic Krew - Jazzy Sensation (12" Bronx Version)
    9 Ritz - I Wanna Get with You (12" Version)
    10 Larry Wedgeworth and Clique No More Games - (Short Version)
    11 Northend - Can't Put No Price on Love (Long Version)