OK, it may not be up everybody's street, but there's some seriously great stuff within this beautiful package.....
Harmless Records proudly present another superlative box set celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the most iconic UK independent labels of all time…
Acid Jazz, the brainchild of Eddie Piller and Giles Peterson was born in 1987 and immediately hit a chord in the UK by appealing to a cross section of serious fans from old school Jazzers, serious Jazz-Funkers, passionate Soulboys, sharp-dressed Mods, nodding Hip-Hoppers and even laid back Dreadas.
Before long the tentacles of the Acid Jazz movement were spreading throughout the world and what began as a bedroom label between two mates soon became a mecca for various tribes who had become disenfranchised from other scenes. From international breakthrough successes like the Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai and the Totally Wired series, Acid Jazz cemented it’s image as one of the most iconic and unique UK record labels of the last 3 decades.
Harmless Records is proud to present a beautiful collectors box set featuring:-
1 x square secure box with the Acid Jazz logo in embossed silver foil * 4 x Audio CD’s + wallets * 1 x video DVD + wallet featuring an exclusive interview with Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland plus 12 vintage Acid Jazz promotional videos * 1 x 20 page booklet featuring the Acid Jazz story with unique pictures written by Dean Rudland and Eddie Piller * 1 x 52 page booklet featuring the Acid Jazz artwork throughout the last 25 years * 1 x 7” vinyl record featuring 2 unreleased original Acid Jazz recordings exclusive to the box set
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Eddie Piller & Dean Rudland have compiled over 5 hours of music across several genres which scans the key periods in Acid Jazz history……
Track Listing
CD1 — Put It All Together and What Do You Get
1. Golden Lady - Jose Feliciano
Original Album Version 4.20
2. Love The One You’re With - The Isley Brothers
Original Album Version 3.39
3. Lady Day & John Coltrane - Gil Scott Heron
Original Album Version 3.34
4. Is It Something You Got - Tyrone Davis
Original 7” Single Version 2.34
5. Don’t You Care - Alice Clark
Original Album Version 2.48
6. You - Spanky Wilson
Original 7” Version 2.10
7. Light My Fire - Erma Franklin
Original Album Version 2.39
8. Right On - Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers
Original Album Version 4.39
9. Bert's Apple Crumble - The Quik
Original 7” Version 2.11
10. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe Part 2 - Jimmy Smith
Original Album Version 4.58
11. Milestones - Mark Murphy
Original Album Version 2.27
12. Smokey Joe’s La La - Googie Rene
Original 7” Version 2.53
13. Black Whip - Boogaloo Joe Jones
Original Album Version 6.46
14. Murriley - Charles Earland
Original Album Version 6.28
15. Expansions - Lonnie Liston-Smith
Original Album Version 6.05
16. Go Bang # 5 - Dinosaur L
Original Francois K 12” Mix 7.33
17. I’m A Man - Chicago
Original Album Version 7.38
18. I Can’t Dance With You - Small Faces
Original 7” Version 3.11
19. I Don’t Do This (To Every Girl I Meet) - Sydney Joe Qualls
Original Album Version 3.12
CD2 — Something Happening At The Dance
1. Blacker - Ballistic Brothers
Original Album Version 6.09
2. The Masterplan - Diana Brown & Barry Sharpe
Original 12” Version 7.05
3. Hot Music - S.O.H.O.
Original 12” Jazz Version 5.06
4. Know How - Young MC
Original 12” Mix 4.01
5. Don’t Scandalize Mine - Sugar Bear
Original 12” Version 4.13
6. The Nervous Track - Nuyorican Soul
Original 12” Ballsy Mix 6.28
7. Earthly Powers - A Man Called Adam
Original 7” Mix 4.55
8. I'm Gonna Love You - Jestofunk
Original MC Turbo 12” Sax Mix 4.20
9. Super Strut - The Apostles
Original Album Version 4.20
10. Jazzy John's Freestyle - Stonebridge
Original 12” Dub Mix 3.38
11. Helping Hand - Arthur Miles
Original 12” Mix 4.39
12. From The Ghetto - Dread Flimstone
Original 7” Version 4.35
13. Bonita Manana - Espiritu
Original 12” Mix 4.06
14. If The Papes Come - A Tribe Called Quest
Original 12” Mix 4.14
15. BNH - Brand New Heavies
Original Album Version 5.52
16. Frederick Lies Still - Galliano
Original 7” Version 4.59
CD3 — How’d We Get Us Here…?
1. Jazz Thing - Gang Starr
Original 12” Mix 4.48
2. Get Yourself Together - Young Disciples
Original 12” Mix 5.23
3. Dream Come True - Brand New Heavies
Original 12” Mix 3.45
4. Love Will Keep Us Together - The James Taylor Quartet
Original Ian Green 7” Mix 3.41
5. The New Avengers - Snowboy
Original 12” Mix 4.32
6. Fresh In My Mind - A Forest Mighty Black
Original 12” Mix 4.38
7. Oh Shit - Pharcyde
Original Album Version 4.29
8. Black Whip - Chapter & Verse
Original 12” Mix 3.59
9. Back By Dope Demand - King Bee
Original 12” Mix 3.35
10. Theme From Starsky & Hutch - James Taylor Quarter
Original 12” Mix 5.52
11. Always There - Incognito
Original John Morales 12” Edit 3.34
12. Too Young To Die - Jamiroquai
Original Album Version 6.03
13. Apple Green - Mother Earth
Original Album Version 4.24
14. Love Sick - The Night Trains
Original 12” Mix 4.26
15. Beads Things & Flowers - Humble Souls
Original 12” Mix 4.05
16. The Ladder - One Creed
Original Album Version 5.03
17. Funky Jam - Primal Scream
Original 12” Mix 5.25
CD4 — Smokers Delight
1. Cosmos SX 2000 - Paul Weller
Original 12” Dub Mix 7.19
2. Non Corporealness - Mother Earth
Original Album Version 6.04
3. Rassellas - Mr Scruff V Manasseh
Original Album Version 5.55
4. Movements In Dub (Roots) - Roots Radics meets the Scientist
Original Album Version 5.08
5. Render Your Heart - Dread Flimstone
Original 12” Mix 5.02
6. Chase The Devil - Max Romeo
Original 7” Version 3.27
7. You Never Get Away - Delroy Wilson
Original 12” Dub Mix 7.22
8. Leaders & Believers - Emperors New Clothes
Original UNKLE Album Mix 5.14
9. Astralisation - Snowboy
Original 12” Mix 6.10
10. The Groove - Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Original 12” Instrumental Mix 5.33 feat Grover Washington Jr
11. I Wanna Get High - Cypress Hill
Original 12” Mix 2.56
12. Galactica Rush - Jhelisa
Original 12” Instrumental Mix 6.01
13. Nothing - Sandals
Original 12” Dub Version 8.02
Out on Bonfire Night — 5th November 2012. Should be fireworks!
Ian D 
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