Salt City Orchestra – The Book (Turquoise Vinyl)

The latest reissue on the nostalgic Decks Classix imprint takes us back to 1994 and the first ever release on legendary UK deep house imprint Paper Recordings: Salt City Orchestra's brilliant 'The Book'. This edition boasts the two key mixes from the original 12", starting with the 'Paperback Vocal'. Topped with a mixture of spoken and sung vocals, it's a chunky, organ-rich fusion of warming chords, booming bass, shuffling beats and dark noises of the sort that were then popular at legendary NYC venue the Sound Factory. The real killer, though is the flip side 'Hardback Dub', a tough, near ten-minute excursion that not only boasts meatier bass, but also gets sweatier and sweatier as it progresses. A stone-cold club classic that should be in every house DJ's collection!