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Earliest House Music Works, pre-1985
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Magnetonium


List your favourites of the earliest house music tracks you know. 1984 and earlier. If you cant think of any, just your favourite house tracks from entire 1980s - garage, deep, acid, classic, detroit :)

My top 5:

1. World Premiere (2) - Share The Night (1983)
http://www.discogs.com/World-Premie...t/release/73301
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOT-Il_AFSo

2. Tony Cook - On The Floor (Rock-It) 1984
http://www.discogs.com/Tony-Cook-Th.../release/478314
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TKhyJFOfg

3. Serious Intention - You Don't Know (1984)
http://www.discogs.com/Serious-Inte.../release/250810
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdvghVElvQ

4. Z-Factor - Fantasy (1984)
http://www.discogs.com/Z-Factor-Dan.../release/302513
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w44LcLcxICw

5. Visual - The Music Got Me (1983)
http://www.discogs.com/Visual-The-M...e/release/80290
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1laS_fqcow

Ealiest house music inspirations that I can think of from top of my head:

Dinosaur L - Go Bang! (1981) - very disco, but you can feel the house elements already
http://www.discogs.com/Dinosaur-L-2...sic/master/8344
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYfUGBfKCPU

I label this as house - if you listen to the whole track, you know what I mean:
The Clash - The Magnificent Dance (1981)
http://www.discogs.com/Clash-The-Ca.../release/364454
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RVePCNEFUc

Group Imagination had a lot of great tracks that have a house feeling:
Imagination - Just An Illusion (1982)
http://www.discogs.com/Imagination-...on/master/17427
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcwPWpXQG_U
bas
Just off the top of my head:

Colonel Abrams - Trapped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNWeXGZMcU
http://www.discogs.com/Colonel-Abra...ed/master/87983

Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
http://www.discogs.com/Sister-Sledg...c/master/120210
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNzGZfkHj20 (only version I could find lol)
Magnetonium
quote:
Originally posted by bas
Just off the top of my head:

Colonel Abrams - Trapped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNWeXGZMcU
http://www.discogs.com/Colonel-Abra...ed/master/87983




I love that garage house track ... it has that Easy Street feeling (record label) :crazy:
PSi
quote:
Originally posted by bas
Just off the top of my head:

Colonel Abrams - Trapped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNWeXGZMcU
http://www.discogs.com/Colonel-Abra...ed/master/87983

Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
http://www.discogs.com/Sister-Sledg...c/master/120210
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNzGZfkHj20 (only version I could find lol)


have you heard the boards of canada remix of trapped?
R.j.
New Musik - Warp ? I think it's from 82.
wotyzoid
How do you not have any Jesse Saunders in there?

edit:


(1984)
Magnetonium
quote:
Originally posted by wotyzoid
How do you not have any Jesse Saunders in there?

edit:


(1984)


Z-Factor IS Jesse Saunders :p ;)

That track you posted is much better though, I think I missed it somehow when checking out his music - I am getting to do that right now.

Brilliant posts by everyone who participated so far.
Domesticated
Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body
bas
quote:
Originally posted by PSi
have you heard the boards of canada remix of trapped?

Have not. Is it terrible?
montana
boc aka hell interface remix of trapped is overrated as . their remix of midnight star's midas touch is amazing though

hasbone


Alexander Robotnick - Problemes d'amour (1983)

early acid house :)
PSi
quote:
Originally posted by bas
Have not. Is it terrible?


its nice:



I also love their midas touch remix but in now way is the above over-rated.

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