"=== Bringing Edits to the masses (The Latin Rascals) ===

Hall and Oates out of touch; the edit dub had to be one of the most
memorable tracks for me in the history of editing. The Latin
Rascals became superstars with rockstar status. Listening to their
edits; you never knew what was coming next; they were frenzied but
on time. They were the first editors I remember playing with speed
(slowing down voices/phrases) They seemed to be on everything from
radio(ktu,kiss fm and hot 103.5 and hot 97.1) club music to hip hop
(king kut; Run Dmc King of Rock) and pop. They produced many hits in
the club/freestyle genre; appeared on movie soundtracks
(disorderlies) and appeared on television (the music show second
generation with andy panda and tony moran) produced a hip hop
platinum album (the fat boys) became succesful artists (bach to the
future; arabian nights) and world reknowned remixers. Out of the
pack (omar santana; carlos berrios, chep nunez, etc...) these guys
did it all. Albert Cabrera appeared on Ktu solo and what he
accomplished with a pause button was nothing short of amazing. I'm
still in shock at some of the things I heard done; this coupled with
the ability to do megamix medleys seperated him from the bunch; when
he paired with tony moran things got crazier. The remixes they did
with Little Louie Vega on vinyl (information society's running)and
the exclusive mixes (called hotmixes specially made for bill lee the
on air personality who requested they do special versions)were
incredible; two of them appeared on cutting remixes; dont' break my
heart and let me be the one. The radio only version of Jody watley's 
I'm lookin for a new love was insane!!!!!!!! So was the
cover girls show me and Noel's silent morning; these were radio only
remixes that never appeared on vinyl. I only heard Little Louie Vega
play them when he rocked hearthrob nightclub in nyc. If anyone has
access to them; I wish they'd post them up. These were definitley
staples in the art of multi editing and remixing. Eternal props
and much respect to The ultimate duo The Latin Rascals!!!!!!

David Anthony Mendez

> To this list I would like to add DJ's from the left coast
> (West Coast) who are always forgotten!

I would recommend trying to limit your list to some
(likely) forgotten names in strictly the tape cutting trade,
or very prominently focussing on cutting up masters,
because the ones we know, like Cabrera, Berrios etc.
well, everyone can mention those...

Also, not all DJ's do impressive cutting.
If we're gonna mention each and every person
who has cut tape once, where do you draw the line?


HZ wrote:

> I think the Latin Rascals did a lot of things before Nuance.
> By the time of Nuance feat. Vikki Love - ""Loveride""
> they were already working separate from Arthur Baker as well,
> and some of those Arthur Baker things
> must have been earlier. ""Loveride"" was 1984,

Remarkable is that this 12 inch does not even credit them
anywhere, even though everybody knew, if only from their
peculiar dark 'sound', that Cabrera and Moran had touched it ;-)

> Arthur Baker's discography at http://www.arthurbaker.net/ mentions
> ""Confusion"" by New Order in 1981 (which is weird, I'm pretty sure it
> was 1983), which has multiple edits.

Yes, but it might have been 1982 when Jellybean and Baker
tried out their first versions of 'Confusion' in the Funhouse club.
It usually took quite some time back then, for the world to hear
those tracks, or have them available as a release on vinyl.

Also interesting;
http://www.record-producers.com/roster/arthurbaker/biography.html

And I found:

[Jonathan Scott] ""In early 1984 I spoke to a member of New Orders sound crew
who mentioned a Confusion mix he 'had heard' that was basically an unreleased
Arthur Baker/Jellybean project mixing the basic elements of 'Confusion'
with parts of Freeze's 'IOU'. [...] I have been told that it surfaced
on a dub-plate (acetate) and was produced in a New York cutting house.""

Reportedly, a mix of Confusion/IOU used to be played a lot at the Hacienda around 1984/85.

Q: What are those strange colours on the sleeve?
A: It's a colour code Peter Saville same up with, see Power, Corruption and Lies for decoding information.

Q: What does the ""W-W-R-L"" in the beginning of the song mean?
A: Barney's lyrics are always up to the interpretation of the listener but one possible explaination
that has surfaced is that ""W-W-R-L""