HardCore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1995 [LP]

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Hercules - 7 Ways 06:49
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Vocal Version
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Victor Romeo feat. Leetrece Brown - Love Will Find A Way 04:24
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Club Version
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The House Master Boyz And The Rude Boy Of House - House Nation 08:11
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Duane And Co - J.B. Traxx 03:41
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Vincent Floyd - I Dream You 05:20
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Da Posse feat. Martell - Searchin' Hard (Mike Dunn's AC mix) 06:24
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Mike Dunn's AC mix
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Club Style - Crazy Wild 07:30
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Strong Souls - Twinkles 05:39
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3 2 6 - Falling (Armando's House mix) 04:37
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Armando's House mix
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Victor Romeo feat. Cool Dave-O - Ride On The Ride Rhythm 05:41
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Tracks Edits
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Da Posse feat. Martell - Don't Try To Fight It 08:24
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Rhythm II Rhythm - A Touch Of Jazz (Lifestyles Of The Rich mix) 06:36
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DJ Funk - House The Groove 04:52
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Paul Johnson - Feel My M.F. Bass 04:33
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DJ Funk - The Original Video Clash: Video Clash II (Street mix) 04:41
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Parris Mitchell Project feat. Wax Master - Ghetto Shout Out!! 03:37
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DJ Deeon - Da Bomb 05:15
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Jammin' The House Gerald - Black Women 03:29
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Vincent Floyd - I'm So Deep 07:00
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Tim Harper - Toxic Waste (Club Mix) 06:53
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Robert Armani - Ambulance 03:31
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DJ Deeon - Hypnosis 04:55
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Traxmen & Eric Martin - Hit It From The Back 05:03
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Top Cat - Work Out 04:23
About this album
Originally released in 2014, Strut re-introduces Hardcore Traxx: Dance Mania Records 1986-1997, the highly sought-after definitive retrospective of one of Chicago’s most important and innovative house music labels. Emerging as a raw alternative to the powerhouses of Trax and DJ International during the mid-‘80s, Dance Mania continued to represent street-level Chicago club music into the ‘90s, helping to pioneer the Ghetto House sound. Hardcore Traxx traces the full story of the label from its heyday. Founded in 1985 and managed by Ray Barney from Barney’s Distribution HQ on Ogden Avenue (moving later to West Roosevelt Road), Dance Mania hit the ground running with its second release in ’86, the incendiary ‘Hardcore Jazz’ EP by Duane & Co. Barney quickly became a trustworthy outlet for early house and acid