Since 98.7 Kiss FM Presents Shep Pettibone's Mastermixes finally made it into my rotation the other week, I've heard a bunch of previously undiscovered gems, like Dyin' to Be Dancin' by Empress and France Joli's Gonna Get Over You. But this one right here might be the prize.
When Sploo convinced me to buy out Funhouse Records' leftover back stock after they closed down in 1999, which to this day remains the greatest record score I've ever stumbled onto, I ended up with multiple sealed copies of this track's original 1981 release on Prelude, mixed by Francois Kevorkian and Larry Levan. You'd think it wouldn't get any better than that, kids. But it did! Shep Pettibone's mastermix is the definitive word on this track. However, I also have to give props to another Body Music video:
which features a (modern day) remix of the original Levan/Kevorkian track, synced up with vintage footage of the Strikers performing it at NYC's Peppermint Lounge in the early 80s.
- Dyn-O-Mite
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