Sources: The Sleeping Bag Records

Sources: The Sleeping Bag Records

Three CD release. This set comes from perhaps one of the most radical of the New York underground independent labels in several different areas - Avant-Garde, Dance, Hip-Hop/Rap and Freestyle, so welcome to the one and only Sleeping Bag Records from New York. Founded in 1981 by the Avante-Garde musician Arthur Russell together with Will Socolov and Juggy Gayles, the label kicked off with the seminal "Go Bang!" by Dinosaur L aka Arthur Russell and quickly established itself with further dancefloor smashes from Class Action, the Jamaica Girls and Konk among others. However undoubtedly one of Sleeping Bag's most significant signings would turn out to be producer extraordinaire Kurtis Mantronik, who, with rapper MC Tee under the name Mantronix, would produce many of the most cutting-edge Hip-Hip/Rap and Electro classics of the 1980s including "Needle To The Groove", "Ladies", "Bassline" and "Who Is It", all of which are included here as well as producing a brace of international smash hits for Joyce Sims including the electro-funk masterpiece "(You Are My) All & All" and the super-slinky "Come Into My Life". Sleeping Bag would remain at the forefront of dance music culture with numerous other significant dance-floor smashes from the likes of Tricky Tee, Felix, Nocera, Dhar Braxton and Kariya's brilliant "Let Me Love For Tonight" among many others. In many ways Sleeping Bag exemplified the perfect New York independent label of the 1980s with it's shrewd A&R philosophy and an interesting balance of staff who were divided between old music industry veterans together with a brace of young keen new inductees who kept the label close to the streets - a winning combination all round. Out of all the labels featured in the Sources series, Sleeping Bag was the most consistently successful in it's era and was undoubtedly the label which was the most hardwired into the sensibilities of the times. This is the most comprehensive anthology available of one of the greatest independent record labels of the 1980s. Sources is a series which examines the output of a number of extremely influential independent U.S. labels throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. This package is full of lovingly re-mastered original 12" mixes. These include many tracks which have never made it to CD before and you can be sure that a variety of 'secret weapons' are included! All notes and scans included in a 16 page color booklet which fits beautifully within the superior digipak.
Country USA
Brand Harmless
Manufacturer Harmless
Binding Audio CD
ReleaseDate 2015-06-02
UnitCount 1
Format Import
EANs 5014797021327

Country	USA
Brand	Harmless
Manufacturer	Harmless
Binding	Audio CD
ReleaseDate	2015-06-02
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
EANs	5014797021327

Sources: The Sleeping Bag Records

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