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walter gibbons - jungle music - strut - cd

Genre: Disco

1. Jakki - Sun... Sun... Sun... (Walter Gibbons Original 12 Edit)
2. Double Exposure - Ten Percent (Walter Gibbons 12 Mix)
3. TC James and The Fist O Funk Orchestra - Get Up On Your Feet (Keep On Dancin) (Walter Gibbons Mix)
4. Gladys Knight Its A Better Than Good Time (Walter Gibbons Unreleased 12 Mix)
5. Salsoul Orchestra - Magic Bird Of Fire (Fire Bird Suite)
6. Sandy Mercer - You Are My Love (12 Version)
7. Bettye Lavette - Doin The Best That I Can (Walter Gibbons 12 Mix)
8. Luv You Madly Orchestra - Moon Maiden (12 Mix)
9. Arthur Russell - See Through (Walter Gibbons Mix)
10. Strafe - Set It Off (Walter Gibbons 12 Mix)
11. Arts and Craft - Ive Been Searching (Walter Gibbons 12 Mix)
12. Luv You Madly Orchestra - Moon Maiden (12 Mix)
13. Stetsasonic - 4 Ever My Beat (Beat Bongo Mix)
14. Harlequin Fours - Set It Off (US 12 Version)

Walter Gibbons remains one of the most important and unheralded DJ / remixers in New York dance music history, a pioneer of reel to reel edits and the art of the remix and a tangible link between early hip hop and disco through his quickfire turntable skills developed during the mid-70's.

At his famed residency at Galaxy 21 (alongside a then young percussionist, Francois Kevorkian), Gibbons perfected his turntable prowess, mixing two copies of records seamlessly at a similar time to Kool Herc's famed block parties across town in the Bronx in 1975. He was among the first to make his own reel to reel edits of tracks, extending breaks and restructuring tracks specifically for the dancefloor. As a direct result, he was the first DJ to be granted access to multi-track tapes as Ken Cayre's Salsoul Records brought him in to re-work Double Exposure's 'Ten Percent' in '76, a mix that would set the blueprint for disco, the 12" format! and all future dance music mixes.

This compilation focuses on some of the more adventurous and ground-breaking mixes that Gibbons produced during the disco era including a freeform treatment of Dinosaur L's 'Go Bang', Paradise Garage favourite 'You Are My Love' by Sandy Mercer and underground disco rarity, 'I've Been Searching' by Arts & Craft.