Sources is a brand new series which will examine the output of a number of extremely influential independent U.S. labels throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In an age where corporate anonymity reigns supreme and music is being treated like aural wallpaper, the Sources series will go back to a time when record labels really meant something via their A&R policies, their ground-breaking releases, their everyday modus-operandi and their general philosophies. What made these operations unique? How did they manage to compete with the major companies? How did they protect their artist rosters? What sort of people ran these operations and how did they manage to survive in the cut-throat music business? Bill Brewster, co-founder of the influential DJ History website and forum and author of the acclaimed “Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life” will be compiling and writing the sleeve notes for the series. The first six releases will concentrate on 6 New York independent labels which have each been massively influential in the evolvement of Dance Music over the last 30+ years – Easy Street, Fresh, Sleeping Bag, Sam, Streetwise and P&P. Each 3 x CD package will be full of lovingly re-mastered original 12” mixes as selected by Bill. These will include many tracks which have never made it to CD before and you can be sure that a variety of ‘secret weapons’ will emerge from each of these packages! All notes and scans will be included in a 16 page colour booklet which fits beautifully within the 3CD superior digipack. The usual Harmless PR and Radio operation will support all Sources releases. The third Sources package comes from one perhaps one of the most radical of the New York underground independent labels in several different areas - Avant-Garde, Dance, Hip-Hop/Rap and Freestyle, so welcome to the one and only Sleeping Bag Records from New York. Founded in 1981 by the Avante-Garde musician Arthur Russell together with Will Socolov and Juggy Gayles, the label kicked off with the seminal “Go Bang!” by Dinosaur L aka Arthur Russell and quickly established itself with further dancefloor smashes from Class Action, the Jamaica Girls and Konk among others. However undoubtedly one of Sleeping Bag’s most significant signings would turn out to be producer extraordinaire Kurtis Mantronik, who, with rapper MC Tee under the name Mantronix, would produce many of the most cutting-edge Hip-Hip/Rap and Electro classics of the 1980s including “Needle To The Groove”, “Ladies”, “Bassline” and “Who Is It”, all of which are included here as well as producing a brace of international smash hits for Joyce Sims including the electro-funk masterpiece “(You Are My) All & All” and the super-slinky “Come Into My Life”. Sleeping Bag would remain at the forefront of dance music culture with numerous other significant dance-floor smashes from the likes of Tricky Tee, Felix, Nocera, Dhar Braxton and Kariya’s brilliant “Let Me Love For Tonight” among many others. In many ways Sleeping Bag exemplified the perfect New York independent label of the 1980s with its shrewd A&R philosophy and an interesting balance of staff who were divided between old music industry veterans together with a brace of young keen new inductees who kept the label close to the streets – a winning combination all round. Out of all the labels featured in the Sources series, Sleeping Bag was the most consistently successful in its era and was undoubtedly the label which was the most hardwired into the sensibilities of the times. This is the most comprehensive anthology available of one of the greatest independent record labels of the 1980s and will be a consistent catalogue seller from the day of release. Order with confidence! 1. Week End Class Action featuring Chris Wiltshire Original Larry Levan 12" Mix 08:01 2. Clean On Your Bean #1 Dinosaur L Original Francois K 12" Mix 06:35 3. Somebody New Jamaica Girls Original Larry Levan 12" Mix 05:30 4. Chill Pill Sound Of JHS 126 Brooklyn Original Killer Whale Under Water 12" Mix 04:12 5. Tiger Stripes Felix Original Hippy Torales Jr 12" Mix 06:52 6. In The Corn Belt Dinosaur L Original Larry Levan 12" Mix 05:54 7. Treehouse/School Bell Indian Ocean Original Club 12" Mix 07:00 8. Radio Rhythm (S-I-G-N-A-L-S-M-A-R-T) Clandestine ft. Ned Sublette Original NS & Killer Whale 12" Dub Mix 06:04 9. 5 Minutes Bonzo Goes To Washington Original C-C-C Club 12" Mix 05:31 10. Your Life Konk Original Party 12" Mix 07:14 11. Go Bang! Dinosaur L Unreleased Walter Gibbons 12" Mix 12:24 CD2 1. Come Into My Life Joyce Sims Original Mantronik 12" Mix 08:20 2. Fresh Is The Word Mantronix with MC Tee Original Mantronik & John Poppo 12" Mix 05:31 3. Let's Dub Nocera Original Little Louie Vega 12" Mix 06:38 4. The Mighty Hard Rocker Cash Money & Marvelous Original DJ Cash Money 12" Mix 04:23 5. Ladies Mantronix Original Mantronik 12" Mix 06:53 6. Cumin' Up Too Badd Original Courtney & Tracy 12" Mix 05:16 7. Johnny The Fox Tricky Tee Original Mantronik 12" Mix 05:21 8. With Or Without You Ann-Marie Original Little Louie Vega & Todd Terry Dub Mix 11 12" Mix 05:55 9. Comin' In The House Mikey D & The LA Posse Original Paul C 12" Mix 04:01 10. It's Alright Now Solid Posse Original Club 12" Mix 03:30 11. Bassline Mantronix Original Mantronix 12" Mix 05:59 12. Just Waiting For You Ann Marie Original Master Dub 12" Mix 03:43 13. (You Are My) All & All Joyce Sims Original Mantronik Take Twelve 12" Mix 06:05 14. Who Is It? Mantronix Original Mantronix UK 12" Mix 06:59 CD3 1. Jump Back (Set Me Free) Dhar Braxton Original Jhon Fair & Robert Cliviles Club 12" Mix 08:20 2. I Can't Wait Kariya Original Bob & Jerry Club 12" Mix 06:39 3. I Can't Wait For Too Long (To Let Somebody Love You) Joe Church Original Chep Nunez & Ray Gaskins Club 12" Mix 06:04 4. What Am I Gonna Do (About Your Love) Tafuri Original Silkon Steel 12" Mix 07:01 5. Come Back Lover Richard Valentine Original Robert Clivilles & David Cole Club 12" Mix 07:24 6. Happiness Nicole Original Frankie Knuckles Club 12" Mix 07:00 7. Stay With You Dubb Clubb Original Club 12" Mix 05:11 8. Summertime Summertime Nocera Original Mantronik Club 12" Mix 05:24 9. Tell Me That You Like It (Party Mix) Chocolette Original Bruce Forrest Party 12" Mix 08:29 10. Open Up Your Heart Raiana Paige Original Andy 'Panda' Tripoli & Hugo Dwyer Club 12" Dance Mix 2 06:34 11. Don't Play Me Raw Ecstasy Original House In Effect 12" Mix 06:33 12. Let Me Love You For Tonight Kariya Original House Club 12" Mix 06:20