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CD Disc 1
01. Risco Connection - Ain,t No Stopping Us Now
02. Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
03. Patti Labelle - The Spirits In It
04. The Winners - Get Ready For The Future
05. Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars
06. Crown Heights Affair - Say A Little Prayer For Two
07. T.W.Funkmasters - Love Money
08. Man Friday - Love Honey, Love Heartache
09. Ednah Holt - Serious,Sirius Space Party
CD Disc 2
01. Resonance - Yellow Train
02. Fingers Inc. -Mystery Of Love
03. Ten City - Devotion
04. Karma - high Priestess
05. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
06. War - City Country City
07. Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
08. Sun Palace - Rude Movements
09. Brian Biggs - Aeo
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CD Disc 1
01. Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling
02. Demis Roussos - L.O.V.E. Got A Hold On Me
03. D Train - Keep On (Vocal)
04. Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay - How Much Are They?
05. Barrabas - Woman
06. Sandee - Notice Me
07. Johnny Hammond - Los Conquistadores Chocolates
08. Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
09. Eddie Kendrick - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
CD Disc 2
01. M.A.W. - The Nervous Track (Ballsy mix)
02. Soulboy - Harmonica Track
03. Salsoul Orchestra - 212 North
04. Willie Colon - Set Fire to Me (Latin Jazzbo Version)
05. Arthur Russell - Go Bang Original LP version
06. Joe Gibbs - Chapter Three
07. Holy Ghost - Walk On Air (Sun & Moon mix)
08. Steve Miller Band - Macho City
09. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
10. Dorothy Morrison - Rain
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History of The Loft - Page 2
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The first issue of this page is about the most important club in the club history, The Loft in NYC.
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The Loft Classics
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Loft Classics referrs to "the songs David Mancuso spinned at the Loft". To better understand the Loft, the following are some musical notes. Generally, the music at the Loft was "Jazzy, soulful dance music". All genres were represented by mostly minor labels. David just spun "good music", eventually people began to call them "Loft Classics". Though a series of vinyls named "Loft Classics" are released, they are not authorized by David to be labeled as such- even worse, the sound quality is bad. They are far from perfect, and these releases have been a source of trouble. Now we can buy a compilation album edited by David himself, released on nuphonic (which CDs are shown left side of this page). This remastered album boasts almost "original" sound quality, perhaps better than the original.
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Personal Thoughts
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Personally I think these two albums are essential, in understanding "the Loft Sound". We can describe these songs, whose common point is just "good sound", as the Loft Sound. Bootleg version don't reflect David's intensions of sound. In this sense, I strongly recommend these compilation albums. Here are just some explanations regarding the songs:
Manu Dibango/Soul Makossa
A famous song "discovered by David". They say David was whooped with joy when he found this song at a small shop run by a Jamaican. At that time nobody except David had this record, and this song became a club-hit instantly. Also, this song has another story.- Kool & The Gang wrote "Jungle Boogie", which was inspired by Dibango`s song.
Loose Joints/Is It All Over My Face
A famous song and "underground classic" in the 70s and 80s. The Loft became this
song's premier venue. In fact, the people who attended Loft parties, took vocal part in it. Without the Loft, this song wouldn't have had the acclaim that it did.
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