Joaquin Joe Claussell
Praise EP Sampler Volume Two

THE definitive collection of one of dance music's most enduring and infamous left-field anthems, across 2 x 12"s and 1 x bonus 33rpm 7"!The collaborative team of Arthur Russell and Steve D'Acquisto crafted some of the best wonky disco not disco cuts during their short lifespan and 'Is It All Over My Face' is one of their crowning glories. Collected here, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this gloriously weird record, are all the best versions from then, and now. Even a quick dig in the archive yielded some treats with the male and female acapella appearing for the first time EVER, featuring on a specially 33rpm cut 7" alongside Larry Levan's promo 7" mixes. Also, the instrumental version has never been released before, but it is here for this very special limited package in it's full, unedited glory. This is one for the heads, an essential do-not-miss RSD special edition for those who are still 'love dancin' 4 decades later, housed in a classic special West End disco-bag. Don't sleep!Produced in collaboration with Sony / Above Board distribution, 2020.

2018 repress More tight edits from The Fanstasy, Detroit.One of the finest songwriters America has ever seen, Bill Withers crafted this song while he was still working at the factory. Recorded for his debut album, this song was regrettably recorded and arraged according to 1971 standards, with the bass drum almost inaudible, and the arrangement code of pop and soul keeping the song to a criminal 3 minutes. This mix attempts to reverse engineer a Tom Moulton mix of a song that never had one, but deeply deserves that kind of love. 2 If You Want Your Fantasy 6:32 "Come on People", A.R. & Machines, Germany, 1971 An often overlooked Kraut Rock gem from 71, with a kind of Bo Diddley beat to it. It is possible to listen to the original 3 minute version over and over all day long, so we just made a mix that better facilitates all day listening, as well as the ability to play it on ridiculously powerful sound systems. 3 I'm Warning You 5:59 "Gardens of the Pure", Chris & Cosey, England, 1984 If you aren't from Chicago, you might not know the original jack groove came from this Throbbing Gristle offshoot. I can only imagine Ron Hardy melting the minds of the Music Box with the original of this. This mix attempts to unleash the full power of the insane monster inside the original of this song. Freaky. And ultra hypnotic. 4 I Like What I Like 7:52 "I Like What I Like (Because I Like It)", Everyday People, Canada, 1971 From the inception of disco, it was pioneering DJs playing 2 copies of this intro to extended it out forever, to get lost in this strange Sly Stone inspired Canadians known as Everyday People tribal jungle intro to "I Like What I Like". Well we like about every song that references Sing, Sing, Sing or Gene Krupa, so this lost gem was begging for a Fantasy reshape, highlighting their weird bird-call-lost-in-the-psychedelic-tribal-rock-soul-eternal dawn of disco moments.