Proof that an overused vocal sample can be made magical again. Frankie Knuckles would wreck the Sound Factory Bar with this, continually cutting back to the opening chords which sounded gorgeous on the Bar’s system. One of the signature records of the early days of Frankie Knuckles Fridays, I think.

And just found another Frankie Knuckles favorite, it had been out a couple of years but would still cause a trippy dancefloor freakout every time he played it (although he had a version with less vocals on it and a long hallucinatory breakdown, not sure which mix it was).

A short clip of the club from later on, after the DJ booth had been moved from upstairs down next to the dancefloor.

Underground Network was also a great party. Before the circle dancers started getting in the way, it had the best mixed straight/gay dance crowd I’d ever experienced. And Louie Vega was an amazing DJ, technically flawless and, like Junior at the time, a knack for working a multiple copies of a track. He’d also drop slow classics like Summer Madness and Everybody Loves the Sunshine at just the right moment. Well I guess now I’ve started, and since every track in the world is slowly ending up on YouTube, and it is the start of summer…