| | Old School Nation! CD (1 Customer Review)
Old School Nation serves up 2CDs packed with the biggest and phattest old school and freestyle jams all in their original, full-length 12” versions! Never before have so many of these extended mixes appeared on one package.
Awful graphic design and a blatant attempted swipe of the Thump label's thunder (see their excellent Old School compilations), Hi Bias' Old School Nation! is a remarkably strong, if safe, set of popular club music released from the late '70s through the early '90s. Most of the tracks have appeared on dozens upon dozens of other like-themed discs, but this is a good resource if you need more than a handful of them. Highlights include Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait," Planet Patrol's "Play at Your Own Risk," Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots," Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love," Starpoint's "Object of My Desire," and J.J. Fad's "Supersonic." Another positive: the superior extended versions are favored over the single and album edits. ~ Andy Kellman
Old School Nation! Songs | 1. | Groove Is in the Heart - Deee-Lite (Meeting of the Minds Mix) |
| 2. | Genius of Love - Tom Tom Club (long version) |
| 3. | Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa/Soul Sonic Force/Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force (original vocal version) |
| 4. | I Feel for You - Chaka Khan (Remix, remix) |
| 5. | Casanova - LeVert (Vocal Extended Mix) |
| 6. | Hooked on You - Sweet Sensation (edited remix) |
| 7. | Object of My Desire - Starpoint |
| 8. | Humpty Dance, The - Digital Underground (Bonus Hump Mix) |
| 9. | For Tonight - Nancy Martinez (Club Mix) |
| 10. | Only in My Dreams - Debbie Gibson (Extended Club Mix) |
| 11. | Good Times - Chic (12" Mix) |
| 12. | What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society (Club Mix) |
| | Old School Nation! Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Situation - Yazoo (12" Mix) |
| 2. | Fascinated - Company B (Club Mix) |
| 3. | Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen |
| 4. | Glamorous Life, The - Sheila E. (club edit) |
| 5. | Lean On Me - Club Nouveau (mix, remix) |
| 6. | Supersonic - J.J. Fad (Vocal Remix, remix) |
| 7. | Let It Roll - Doug Lazy (Vocal Mix, vocal) |
| 8. | Jungle Love - The Time (12" Mix) |
| 9. | More Bounce to the Ounce - Zapp |
| 10. | Diamond Girl - Nice & Wild (vocal disco version) |
| 11. | I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz (Vocal American Mix) |
| 12. | Play at Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol (Vocal Mix, vocal) |
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