Running Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years Vinyl Part Two [3LP]

Tony Humphries - Running Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years Vinyl Part Two [3LP]

Running Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years Part Two. Telling a tale of house music's early days or roots without mentioning Tony Humphries as a club DJ, remixer and radio disc jockey would make it an incomplete, forged and most of all a bit of a yawn. Born in Brooklyn in 1957, Humphries' musical journey is synonymous with New York City's dance music history and the evolution from up-tempo soul music to house: from being a dancer at David Mancuso's infamous Loft parties to becoming a mobile DJ and getting the call from Shep Pettibone to become his right hand at the then new Kiss FM radio station, followed by countless remix offers and a legendary residency at Newark's Club Zanzibar. Next to that one, it was especially his work as a radio disc jockey for said station during most of the 1980s until 1994 that gave him majestic clout. Breaking new records week in, week out, putting New Jersey acts like Adeva and Jomanda or countless up-and-coming producers from there on the musical map, while simultaneously playing the hottest imports from Europe, trax from Chicago, dance classics and all things straight from New York's music factory that never seemed to stop. Going to his vast and almost complete archive of radio shows from way back when he graced those airwaves, Running Back Rec(more...)

A1. Jomanda - Make My Body Rock
A2. Mae-1 - Sweet Feelin'
B1. Billy "Jack" Williams presents Utterance - Grant Me Utterance
B2. Precious - Definition of a Track
B3. Man-Machine - Elektro-Genetik
C1. Jay Williams - Sweat (Sweat the Club Mix)
C2. Kerri Chandler - Kerri KAOZ Beat (Acetate Instrumental)
D1. Romanthony - Falling From Grace (Tony Humphries Demo Mix)*
D2. Ed The Red - 1-900 (Instrumental) (feat. Passion in Fashion)
E1. The Brotherhood - Love Will Make It Right (Club Mix)
E2. A Slice of Life - You Make Me Feel So (ASOL Mix)
F1. The It - Donnie (Hardy Mix by Ron Hardy)
F2. Cisco Ferreia - Cisco's Groove