Various Artists - Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters - Arthur Baker

This latest instalment of ARTHUR BAKER Presents DANCE MASTERS finds theproduction/ song writing/ remixing maestro taking the spotlight for a long overdue snapshot of his own classic 12 mixes during a crucial evolution of dance music, club and pop culture�I've always felt like I was on a mission to make music from the time I heard Motown,Philly and Sly and the Family Stone My mission started as a hobby and still feels likeone now You've got to keep on pushing and hustling It can be a drag sometimes butif you really love what you're doing, it's worth the work I still really love what I doArthur Baker helped codify the remixer as artist His genre fluid approach to projects has resulted in a joyous myriad of classics that spans many decades This 80 's focused DANCE MASTERS collection offers a welcome glimpse at Baker's illustrious career and many long out of print 12 versions and previously unavailable mixesThis 35 track, six LP expanded edition includes a wide array of selections from the likes of Robbie Nevil's C'est La Vie Fleetwood Mac's Big Love, NenehCherry's Buffalo Stance, Jeffrey Osborne Freeez I O U, RockersRevenge Walking On Sunshine and of course the juggernaut Planet Rock with Afrika Bambaataa Soulsonic ForceComplete with in depth liner notes by Bill Coleman, track by track notes written by Arthur Baker himself, previously unseen session photos from Arthur's personal archives and a signed insertAll tracks remastered by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering4 CD and 2 LP editions are also available