Walter Gibbons - Jungle Music (2010) [FLAC]
Label: Strut – STRUT066CD
Format: 2 × CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2010
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Leftfield, House, Electro, Disco
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Walter Gibbons was a true "Native New Yorker." Born in 1954 in Queens he had a rather uneventful childhood growing up in the big apple. By 18 Walter was plugged into the emerging gay nightlife scene and he became one of disco's earliest DJs.
In 1972 Walter was the house DJ for the Galaxy21 club on 23rd Street near the Chelsea Hotel. The club was a cavernous affair created out of two brownstone town houses merged together. The club was an a pot pourri of black, latino, gay, whites and straights, all joined in Walter's tribal percussive symphonies played out with religious fervour.
Pre-dating the amazing cut and paste skills later developed by hip-hop DJs, Gibbons would take two copies of a record and work the drum breaks so adroitly it was impossible to tell that the music you were hearing wasn't originally recorded that way. Two cuts that he was famous for using in this trick was "Erucu" from the "Mahogany" soundtrack and "Two Pigs & A Hog" from the "Cooley High" soundtrack.
John "Jellybean" Benitez is quoted as saying; "I thought I was the best DJ in the world until I heard Walter Gibbons play. Everything he was doing back then, people are doing now. He was phasing records, back-beating them for an echo effect, quick cuts and little tape edits that would freak people out.".
Having spent his final weeks living alone in a YMCA, Walter Gibbons died of complications resulting from Aids on 23 September 1994, aged forty years old. One of his final acts was to donate his record collection to an Aids charity based in San Francisco. Only a small number of people attended his funeral, and his memorial service, a dignified affair held on 11 October 1994 at the Church of St. John the Baptist on Thirty-first Street.
Tracklist:
1-1 –Jakki Sun... Sun... Sun... (Walter Gibbons Original 12" Edit)
Composed By, Producer – Johnny MelfiEdited By – Walter GibbonsEngineer – Edison Youngblood*
9:19
1-2 –Double Exposure Ten Percent (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)
Composed By – Alan Felder*, T.G. ConwayProducer – Baker, Harris & Young Productions*Remix [Disco Blending] – Walter Gibbons
7:06
1-3 –TC James* & Fist O'Funk Orchestra, The* Get Up On Your Feet (Keep On Dancin') (Walter Gibbons Mix)
Arranged By – T.C. James*Composed By – Joseph Davis (4)Mixed By [Special Mix By] – Walter GibbonsProducer – Kevin Misevis, Ulla Misevis
11:11
1-4 –Gladys Knight It's A Better Than Good Time (Walter Gibbons Acetate Mix)
Composed By, Producer – Tony MacaulayMixed By – Walter Gibbons
12:25
1-5 –Salsoul Orchestra* Magic Bird Of Fire (Fire Bird Suite)
Composed By, Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – Vincent Montana Jr.Mixed By – Walter Gibbons
8:06
1-6 –Sandy Mercer You Are My Love (12" Version)
Arranged By – Jay Dryer, Landy McNealComposed By – Bob Johnson, George Pettus*Composed By, Producer – Landy McNealMixed By – Steve D'Aquisto, Walter Gibbons
7:32
1-7 –Bettye Lavette Doin' The Best That I Can (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)
Composed By – Mark SamethProducer – Cory RobbinsProducer, Arranged By – Eric MatthewRemix – Walter Gibbons
11:04
2-1 –Dinosaur L Go Bang (Walter Gibbons Unreleased Mix)
Composed By – Arthur RussellProducer – Arthur Russell, Will SocolovRemix – Walter Gibbons
12:24
2-2 –Strafe Set It Off (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)
Composed By, Arranged By – Steve StandardMixed By – Walter GibbonsProducer – George Logios, Steve Standard
9:45
2-3 –Arts & Craft I've Been Searching (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)
Composed By – Arts & CraftLead Vocals – Willie Daniels (2)Mixed By – Walter GibbonsProducer – George Logios
9:58
2-4 –Luv You Madly Orchestra Moon Maiden (12" Mix)
Arranged By [In Conjunction With], Conductor [In Conjunction With] – Stephen JamesArranged By, Conductor – Kermit MooreComposed By – Duke EllingtonMixed By – Walter GibbonsProducer, Concept By [Conceived By] – Stephen James
8:50
2-5 –Stetsasonic 4 Ever My Beat (Beat Bongo Mix)
Edited By – Rodd Houston, Steve KnutsonMixed By [With Love] – Walter GibbonsProducer – StetsasonicWritten-By – Arnold Hamilton, Glen Bolton*, Leonardo Roman, Martin Nemley, Shahid Wright*, Paul Huston
6:54
2-6 –Harlequin Fours* Set It Off (US 12" Version)
Arranged By – Craig PeytonArranged By [Vocals] – Willie Daniels (2)Composed By – Steve StandardLead Vocals – Barbara TuckerMixed By – Walter GibbonsProducer – George Logios
5:51
2-7 –Arthur Russell Calling All Kids (Walter Gibbons Mix)
Producer – Arthur RussellRemix [With Love] – Walter GibbonsWords By, Music By – Charles Arthur Russell Jr.*
7:16
Record Company – Studio !K7
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Strut
Copyright (c) – Strut
Pressed By – Arvato Digital Services – 54246829
Pressed By – Arvato Digital Services – 54246816
Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering
Compiled By – Quinton Scott
Design [Additional Graphic Design] – Klaus Dahmen
Graphics, Cover – Matt Thame
Mastered By – Giovanni Scatola
Product Manager [Product Management], Coordinator [Release Co-ordination] – Marie Clausen, Quinton Scott
Sleeve Notes – Tim Lawrence (2)
Technician [Vinyl Restoration] – Colin Young (5)
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