So Just how big is oldskool??

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wayne

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I have always wondered just how big is the catalouge of oldskool excatly?

I am thinking 88-94- all generes- ie Techno; Acid; house; Piano; Drum and Bass; Happy hardcore; hard house; Jungle etc etc?

Does an answer even exisit?

Also who on the site has the most extensive viynl collection of oldskool?

My money is on Barrie or Scott but i have been wrong before?

I have around 2k and probably barely scratch the surface

Answers on a postcard to the usual address please
 
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Oldskool....I hate that term...people now use it for shite 1995 cheesy house through to hardcore through to italian etc etc.

The first house record I have is 1977..Eddy Grant Time Warp which is a stike of genius. However to me its house, to the next it is electro. Im sitting here cleaning and recording to mp3 Kym, Give Me The Dance (1984) which to some would be american electronic pop but to me early chicago house!

I would guess there are 10'000's of house tracks between 84 & 90 with 100'000's after 90 when technoligy became cheaper and computers took over.

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As big or as little as you want it to be I reckon.

I can speak to people who have never heard the term before and label all of it as "dance music" which to be fair, it is.

Then you speak to enthusiasts and it all gets too anal :D

It's all about the B side tracks imo, those hidden away gems that are long forgotten or overlooked ;)
 
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blue jammer said:
As big or as little as you want it to be I reckon.

I can speak to people who have never heard the term before and label all of it as "dance music" which to be fair, it is.

Then you speak to enthusiasts and it all gets too anal :D

It's all about the B side tracks imo, those hidden away gems that are long forgotten or overlooked ;)
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I have always been a fan of The Hollies - The Air That I Breath, but.... the B-Side "No More Riders" is very unknown and brings a tear to my eye.

Hollies, The - The Air That I Breathe (7") at Discogs

YouTube - The Hollies - No More Riders (1974)

:D
 
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A lot of my interest has been rekindled (after refusing to play `old tunes` for around 12 years) due to the lack of quality in recent releases (okay there is some amongst the plethora of shite around), a realisation of how good the music was in 1988 to 1992 and discovering all those hidden gems that I never knew about or that were never played.

I have to thank many on this forum for that.

So thanks :thumbsup:
 
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Its interesting reading everyones thoughts i suppose the answer is there will never be an answer!

Also like quite rightly stated just because my "oldskool" iss 88-94 somone else may completley disagree

I have not bought any viynl for ages really but once i am back up and running at home i am going to start digging around for gems again

Mp3 old skool is just not the same as oldskool on vinyl; you memorise your viynl you cherish it and you know it by the sleeve and it holds memories mp3 is just not as exciting basically
 
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wayne said:
I have not bought any viynl for ages really but once i am back up and running at home i am going to start digging around for gems again

Mp3 old skool is just not the same as oldskool on vinyl; you memorise your viynl you cherish it and you know it by the sleeve and it holds memories mp3 is just not as exciting basically
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Good news and well said :thumbsup:

Welcome back from the dark side.....
 


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