Arthur Baker presents Dance Masters: Shep Pettibone The Classic Master-Mixes 4-cd 2lp

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This collection highlights some of the biggest acts of the ‘80s as well as underground club acts. Some of these remixes are incredibly rare, and some of them are making their CD debut in the UK, including [[extraordinarily) the 12” Shep Pettibone Mastermix of the Pet Shop Boys‘ ‘West End Girls’ [[the version on Disco is a unique Shep hybrid). The same goes for the 12″ Shep Pettibone Mix of Terence Trent D’Arby‘s first single ‘If You Let Me Stay’ which is previously unreleased in the UK on any format, as far as SDE can tell [[all the remixes issued here were by Michael H. Brauer). Other new-to-CD-in-the-UK remixes include Shep’s edited remix of Whitney Houston‘s ‘So Emotional’, his Club Mix of Run DMC’s It’s Tricky and the Club Love Remix of George Benson’s ‘Twice The Love’.
Other highlights include the full 9.05 Shep Pettibone Remix of George Michael‘s ‘Hard Day’, which is almost three minutes longer than the edited variant tacked onto the original Faith CD; Shep’s near eight-minute version of Duran Duran‘s lead single from Big Thing, ‘I Don’t Want Your Love’; Huey Lewis and the News‘ Hip to Be Square [[Shep Pettibone Dance Mix), New Order‘s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ [[12” Shep Pettibone Remix) and many more.
The four-CD edition comes in ‘media book’ packaging which includes a 32-page book with a foreword written by series creator Arthur Baker, a note from Neil Tennant and a “fan essay” by Billboard Magazine dance columist Bill Coleman.
On vinyl, Dance Masters is split into two double LP sets, each with 16 Shep Pettibone remixes [[four per side). So that means the vinyl option gives you 32 remixes compared to the CD set’s 46. Both vinyl parts of volume one of the vinyl package are pressed on clear vinyl. Volume one part 1 is released at the same time as the four-CD set, while volume one part 2 will follow in October this year.