Back to Love (Hacienda, Number 1 Club & Renaissance 'Mansfield' Classics)(Part 1 - The Number 1 Club 1992/1993) - Mixed by Mark Anthony (April 2021)

Just over a year ago I mixed a tribute to Manchester's 'Number 1 Club' using tracks selected and chosen from a list compiled by members of the club via the Facebook group 'The No1 Club Manchester (86-93)'.

One Year on and it seems only right that we re-visit the 'Number 1' for another trip down memory lane...

This time instead of doing a 'classics' mix I've tried to re-create a night and capture the sound & feel of the club from late 1992/early 1993. Utilizing some of the tracks I couldn't fit on the first mix and blending them together with the tougher more progressive music of the time I hope it gives you a feel of what a night at 'No 1' club with Tim Lennox on the turntables would have sounded like. Fingers crossed I've pulled it off....

I have to admit this really was a joy to do and although it's firmly a 'Number 1 Club' mix, I have to admit that by mid way through I found myself 50 miles south of Manchester on the dancefloor of another club in Mansfield, nr. Nottingham - the legendary 'Renaissance' (another place that holds many a memory). Tim Lennox was really championing that early 90's Progressive House vibe made famous by Sasha, Ian Ossia & John Digweed. It's a sound that really doesn't get played much nowadays but really epitomizes early 90's club culture and I love it x

1. Da Mabb - You Don't Get Stop
2. Slam - Eterna
3. Club Z - I Wanna Be Someone (A-K-A Vocal Mix)
4. Reel 2 Reel ft. Erick More - The New Anthem (Union City Mix)
5. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M ft. Michelle Visage - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day (Palladium House Anthem 1)
6. East 17 - Gold (Paws On the Floor Remix)
7. Sandy B - Feel Like Singin (Classic Def Mix)
8. Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend (Original Def Mix)
9. Dr Alban - Sing Hallelujah (Easter Remix)
10. Nikita Warren - I Need You (Joey Negro's Frisky Disco Mix)
11. Quincy Jones - Listen Up (The Association DMC Remix)
12. React 2 Rhythm - Intoxication (Clubfield Remix)
13. Mombassa - Cry Freedom (Soweto Mix)
14. Outrage - Theme From Outrage (That Piano Mix)
15. Elisa - Love Vibration (Perfecto Trance Mix)
16. 280 West - Scattered Dreams (Boom Chocka-Boom Mix)
17. Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Boys Own Remix)
18. Serious Intention - You Don't Know (DMC Remix)
19. Inner City - Till We Meet Again (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)
20. B.M.ex - Appolonia (Qatmix)
21. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin Somethin (Brothers in Rhythm House Mix)
22. Heaven 17 - Temptation (Brothers In Rhythm Remix)
23. Golden Girls - Kinetic (Frank DeWulf Remix)
24. The Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Jam & Spoon 'Watch Out For Stella' Remix)

Play it loud, sing, dance, smile, enjoy...

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