Various Artists - Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: Arthur Baker The Classic Dance Remixes - 4CD, Media book, 32pp Booklet (CD)

Details: Four CD 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.

Tracklist:

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)
12. Daryl Hall ; John Oates - Out of Touch (Club Version)
13. Jennifer Holliday - No Frills Love (Extended Dance Remix)
14. Robbie Nevil - C'est la Vie (Extended Version)
15. Living in a Box - Living in a Box (Dance Mix)
16. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (1/2 Way 2 House Mix)
17. Will Downing - a Love Supreme (Jazz in the House Remix)
18. Jeffrey Osborne - Soweto (Remixed Version)
19. Jermaine Stewart - Jody (Dance Version)
20. Roberta Flack - Uh Uh Ooh Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) (Arthur Baker's Dance
21. Al Jarreau - I Must Have Been a Fool (Remix)
22. Arthur Baker ; the Backbeat Disciples Featuring Al Green - the Message Is Love (Cupid Mix)
23. Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City (Last Remix)
24. Freeez - I.O.U. (Mega Mix)
25. Talking Heads - Blind (Extended Mix)
26. Wally Jump Jr. ; the Criminal Element - Turn Me Loose (12" Version)
27. Tina B - Honey to a Bee (Vocal/Extended Version)
28. Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge (Extended Vocal Version)
29. Cindy Mizelle - This Could Be the Night (Vocal/Extended
30. Atlantic Starr - One Lover at a Time (Extended Version)
31. Boxcar - Freemason (You Broke the Promise) (Shakedown Mix)
32. Gypsy Kings - Bamboleo Latin (Extended Version)
33. Afrika Bambaataa ; Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (12" Vocal Version)
34. Rockers Revenge Featuring Donnie Calvin - Walking on Sunshine (12" Version)
35. Touchdown - Ease Your Mind (U.S. Remix)
36. Second Image - Star (U.S. Remix)
37. Junie Morrison - Tease Me (Long Version)
38. Central Line - Surprise Surprise (12" Version)
39. Glory - Can You Guess What Groove This Is (Short Version)
40. Afrika Bambaataa ; the Jazzy 5 with the Kryptic Krew - Jazzy Sensation (12" Bronx Version)
41. Ritz - I Wanna Get with You (12" Version)
42. Larry Wedgeworth and Clique No More Games - (Short Version)
43. Northend - Can't Put No Price on Love (Long Version)