i traded four records i didn't like for this, but it was still cheap (£7.00) by discogs standards. the guy in the shop was happy to trade so everyone's a winner! it's been bootlegged with a red label but this is a stone cold first pressing. there were legitimate represses done in '84 with a more basic yellow or blue label after the record blew up in new york. if you look on the label you'll see it was "mixed with love by walter gibbons". he'd been away from the scene for a few years but came back with this incredible mix. the a-side is ace but the b-side is something else. i'd only ever heard the first few minutes of it, on i-f's mixed in the hague vol 2, not realising what else was on the record. it's an instrumental that breaks down into accapellas, percussion and effects. one can only imagine how it sounded at the paradise garage. there's been lots of cover versions but the original is the best.
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