Summer of Love (UK) Exact Date

[Amazing Deejay]

OSAers, I need more help from you for my article. Can someone tell me the exact year that this "Summer of Love" thing happened in England ie. Acid House scene.

Was it: 1986 or 1987 or 1988.

Also is there anyone here that saw the tour with fingers. Can someone tell me if this is correct. The participants on the tour were: Larry Heard, Marshall Jefferson, Robert Owens, Ron Wilson, Adonis, Kevin Irving, and Frankie Knuckles. I'm not certain if Frankie was included, can someone confirm this. Also, was the tour called "DJ International Tour" that took place exactly in March 1987...my guess is JM Silk funded most of it.

Next: Were the black label trax records actually sold in London in 1985-1986, or did England only receive the Red labelled ones, as the 1985 pressings were likely changed to red I think in 1987, although this could be wrong as I have a Green Jungle Wonz ahhhahah, and I think a black Time Marches On. I guess I should re-word the question to - were any of the black,green, or Orange colored Trax labels sold in London?

 

[siman91]

OK a few points which I can give some guidance on but not 1st hand experience.

1, Summer of Love was 1988 in UK and was given this tag by the Londoncentric UK press such as the Sun who originally supported the Acid House movement until the police turned society with the evil drugs message. House music was beign played out before 1988 especially in Northern clubs like the Hacienda (1986 ish) etc. 1987 Delerium @ Heaven started but only hit the press in 88 with Shoom etc.

2, DJ International Tour was early 87 with a follow up early 88 from where the Chicago guys commented that the UK had gone mad and realy understood what the music was about. Regarding artists present, I am not sure Frankie Knuckles was there however Larry Heard, Marshall Jefferson, Robert Owens, Adonis and Phuture (inc Joe Smooth)were there. The tours were promotional tours and therefore costs would be minimal with clubs paying for the artists to appear. Dont forget Pete Tong with the backing of London Records bought the UK rights to most Chicago labels including DJ International so likely they paid for the tour.

3, Trax were a complete mess and until circa 1988 were all imports to the UK so could turn up in any colour. Larry Sherman pressed anything using recycled vinyl and any labels he could get hold of. I have at least 1 record where the inner label is miss placed and for the wrong track. Trax pressing plant was pivital to house by pressing other labels like the extremely important JesSay and Precision. The red label trax pressings are commonly post 1987 back catalogue and can be very poor quality due to Larry Sherman and Trax struggling to meet demand meaning quality went out the window. Weve all had warped, poping and hissy Trax pressing which are good for nothing. The original black labels are usually good pressing and therefore go for more. There are also very few picture covers for Trax due to costs, the only one I have is Evie which is very rare with the cover.

I stand to be corrected on any of the above although to get a nuts and bolts history of the history of house music from the people who were actually there and know the artists themselves try the below web site.
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[Jiglo]

It would be fascinating to read the definitive journey of house music from it's influences to inception, then up until the 90's when it exploded mainstream. That would be a book worth reading if there was a collaboration of factual accounts from the pioneers of the scene

Maybe if it's roots were in New York then there'd be a better record of events as disco, punk and hip hop seem to have been tracked better through their histories.

 

[Amazing Deejay]

It would be fascinating to read the definitive journey of house music from it's influences to inception, then up until the 90's when it exploded mainstream. That would be a book worth reading if there was a collaboration of factual accounts from the pioneers of the scene

Maybe if it's roots were in New York then there'd be a better record of events as disco, punk and hip hop seem to have been tracked better through their histories.

I have this information from an out of print book, that I can try scan for you guys. It is probably the most complete History of House. It doesn't go into much during the 90's, it's only on the Chicago guys.

To do a book like that would be far too much of an undertaking, not only that, it's already been done before. Jesse Saunders put out a book, I didn't read it yet though.

One thing you have to be aware of, is that most guys in the House scene, DJs especially are funny kind of 'promoter like' people, and tend to self promote themselves in these books. This is to be expected of course, but often the book is written from the view of their self importance to the genre.

However, any DJ with a brain would do this.

Siman, if you want any of your data referenced to you, send me a PM and I will include you in the footnotes. It doesn't matter if it's first hand experience, it only matters that you wrote it.

 

[granthamdisco]

http://music.hyperreal.org/library/history_of_house.