Tom Mouton and Reid Whitelaw from Philly Groove sit down to talk about the Philly Re-Grooved project out next week on Harmless Recordings.
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Philly Re-Grooved – The Tom Moulton Philly Groove Remixes
Label: Harmless Recordings
Genre: Soul : R&B
UPC: 5032698627059
Territory: World
Release Date: 08.31.10
Already one of the most anticipated releases of the year by the Dance Music community, “Philly Re-Grooved: The Tom Moulton Remixes” puts the world’s greatest and most respected veteran mixer of all time with one of the first labels which catered to the emerging Disco sound of the early 1970’s – Philly Groove. Philly Groove exploded onto the world stage with a huge brace of hits for the Delfonics then subsequently followed through with the international smash “Armed & Extremely Dangerous” by First Choice which well and truly ushered the Disco age into worldwide consciousness. Philly Groove followed through with a slew of beautifully recorded gems from the likes of Tapestry, Nat Turner (featuring Major Harris), Finishing Touch and further Disco smashes from First Choice, The Delfonics and the Philly Groove Orchestra (essentially M.F.S.B. under another name).
However most of Philly Groove’s prestigious output was released before the 12 inch format was invented (co-incidentally by Tom Moulton himself). When the opportunity arose for Tom Moulton to go back to the original 2” masters of these early Disco gems and remix them he jumped at the opportunity. So finally we are treated to the full glory of the Philly Groove catalogue remixed for the full 12” versions by the master himself.
