Credit to the Edit 1

Greg Wilson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tirk
• ASIN: B000A1G9UO
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,777 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)

2. Rockers Revenge - Sunshine

3. Raw Silk vs DMX Krew - Do It To The Funk

4. BT (Brenda Taylor) - You Can't Have Your Cake & Eat It Too

5. The Controllers - I Can't Turn The Boogie Loose

6. Scritti Politti - Absolute / Wood Beez

7. Boystown Gang - Cruisin' The Streets

8. Kool And The Gang - Open Sesame

9. Yello - Lost Again

10. Chicken Lips - He Not In

11. Mike T - Do It Anyway You Wanna

12. Uncle Louie Full - Tilt Boogie

13. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You

14. Chic - Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)

15. Mr Bloe - Groovin' With Mr Bloe

Editorial Reviews

Via his residencies at Manchester’s Legends, and The Hacienda, Greg Wilson introduced black electronic dance music to the UK. Working with just two Technics turntables, a Revox reel to reel tape deck and a stanley knife Greg (literally) cut-up a series of stunning one off DJ re-edits, each exclusive to his dance-floors. These edits virtually wrote the rulebook for DJ’s, re-mixers and producers growing up and going out in early 80s Britain. This career defining anthology, released to coincide with his recent return to the clubs, showcases Greg’s ‘80’s edit style and how this cut up approach influenced everyone from Fatboy Slim & Coldcut to today’s stars such as Optimo (Espacio) & 2 Many DJ’s.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The master strikes, and, boy, am I smilin' now, December 4, 2005

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John Kirk (VANCOUVER, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Credit to the Edit 1 (Audio CD)

You may go through this once or even twice, thinking, hmm, okay. Keep going. Soon you'll be smiling widely, your shoulders pointin' at each beat, your head nodding more vigorously as you go, your smile widening even more as you realize that Greg Wilson is a master at the sublime edit. It's Sunday, nearly 12 hours after I started work, under deadline pressure. This CD has been spinning for about four hours straight now, and I'm more into it each time through. I don't really want to leave work, typing away to the beat and funk guitar..smilin', still smilin'...still.... Giving credit to Greg for the edit doesn't begin to do justice to what I owe him. You, too, soon, I hope. The natural high is hard to get sometimes, and this CD slides in under the cynicism, the fatigue, the jadedness, the same-o sameness of so much new stuff. And it delivers. Oh, I'm...still...smilin'....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore...Literally, October 15, 2006

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G. Mitchell "greggmitch" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Credit to the Edit 1 (Audio CD)

When you hear Greg Wilson's ace track selection - Scritti Politti, Chaka, Mr. Blue, Chic, and many more - you cannot help but tape your toe and nod your head - when you realize that legendary DJ/remixer Wilson originally made many of these custom "edits" using knife, tape, and a whole lot of sweat and tears, it's just all that more inspiring! These are much more than mere edits or extensions, these are bedroom rocker reinventions of dance/disco/funk classics. A must-have for any dance music historian worth its weight in gold. Classic traxx, insightful liner notes, snazzy packaging - nice stuff!