Free Download: Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (Classixx Recovery Mix)

Yes, yes! Janet Jackson's iconic 1987 funk anthem The Pleasure Principle from her landmark '86 album Control becomes the perfect Valentine's Day bootleg gift. Thank u L.A duo Classixx! We love how the dance beat is replaced by a golden shine and smoothed out edges. We loooove the original but how awesome to hear this more softer take. The vocals are lifted from the official acapella of the Shep Pettibone 12" Vocal Mix so no wonder they sounds extra crisp and tight! Classixx ain't messin' around! We think the result sounds like an official remix album cut and can you even imagine how awesome that would be. Love it! Listen below and head here for the .mp3! Enjoooy the pleasure!  

Free Download: Madonna - Fever (Zero Experience Remix)

Hehe, it's truly Rain-ing terrific house bootlegs of classic Erotica era Madonna tracks! We're happy to discover as they truly sound like the real early 90's house deal. This time 'round it's M's take on the classic 1956 now standard Fever. She used the added lyrics as written by Peggy Lee, but completely changed the music to a house beat. The album version and the one released as the video version were also totally different from each other and both sound equally as good! We know the Erotica version was made by Shep Pettibone as an instrumental and M just started singing the Fever lyrics on top, winging it as they went along, and that they recorded it all using reel to reel. We love this classic piano driven house remix as it sounds like it could have come straight from the 'special DJ limited edition' red vinyl shown above. Back in the spring of '93 Fever helped bring the groove back to M's chart run after the whole Sex backlash. The drive in this bootleg makes us wanna dance for sure and long for a new Madonna album filled to the brim with insane beats that makes dance floors around the world boil. Listen below! Thoughts?

Shep Pettibone - 1983 Mastermix Dance Party, New York 98.7 WRKS Kiss.FM

Shep Pettibone was in the summer of 1983 a year into creating mastermixes for now defunct and legendary NYC dance radio station Kiss.FM 98.7. His pioneering work creating remixes and mastermixes from reel to reel cut n' paste became so popular they were released as vinyl compilations + saw some overtake the originals in popularity. He started producing for iconic Salsoul Records and his idea of submitting several remixes for one song, thus fitting more radio formats, became the norm in the industry. He was an early collaborator with Pet Shop Boys and did wonders for Janet Jackson's singles from the Control and Rhythm Nation 1814 albums. Of course, he's most famous work is with Madonna; the ingenious production on 1990's Vogue and 1992 album Erotica - legendary. Sooo, we found this mix and wanted to post it as it's awesome, but also as the others are available on vinyl they have a tracklist and cover art. This baby clocks in at almost 100 minutes and we know some of the sickenin' beats. There's Herbie Hancock's Rockit, Nunk (New wave funk) by Warp 9 First Choice's Let No Man Put Asunder and Crown Heights Affair's Rock The World to name but a few. We can only imagine clubbing in the 80's, it would have been so cool to be part of that. But how fantastic since this is a summer '83 mix to be able to post it in July '13! Shep's website looks like it's straight outta 1996 and we saw he owns the Paradise nightclub in New Jersey so we should all hang out there next summer together! Grab the mix below and d.a.n.c.e! PS. There aren't many images of this legendary producer so above is him and M recording Erotica!