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Oh is it? I didn't know. I kinda missed jungle as I wasn't in London at the time.

25. The Jbs - The Grunt Bought from Popbeat in Camden. I know it's well known, 'cos of the sampling by PE if nothing else but it still bangs.

Have to have a couple of JBs' tunes in here, as the revival of his music was such a dominant thing at the time. This was always a (lesser known perhaps) personal fave. 24. Vicki Anderson - Land of Milk & Honey

23. Curtis - Right on for the Darkness My first Curtis record. His post-Vietnam trauma record.

22. Four Below Zero - My Baby's Got ESP Think this one was revived by the Northern crowd first, must've been that tempo is pure Northern, even the production is a bit late for their tastes. Incredible tune though.

21. Fazeo - Riding High Absolute monster. Had totemic significance as a London pirate tune to me.

I could just list some of the more anthemic tunes that got revived back then, things like Jackson Sisters "I believe in Miracles" but tbh, "90 %of me is you" etc etc but tbh, they suffer from over saturation, we've all heard them to death. So gonna try and dig in the memory banks and pull out a...

Around 86/7 or so, "rare groove" began to emerge (or be rediscovered), and my tastes began to be more strongly influenced by retro. This was one of the first things I totally fell in love with. Note: its not at all "rare groove", just an amazing piece of gospel disco that got revived

Another early doors proto-house classic. Again, weird trying to understand and process these records in my bedroom when I'd never actually been to a club at that point. The overuse of vocal samples and scratches really serves to place it in time. I'm wondering if the bassline ripped off Wally...

Switching tempo a bit - this is something I remember from the time, but I don't think I really understood it. It's a real on the edge of experimentation club track. But it stuck in my head for 30 years. I think there's a bunch of remixes and alternate versions but I can't be arsed with that...

I said these tunes are bringing back weird memories, this one seems mostly associated, not with a terribly sad love affair, but with failing Physics. Me and a couple of mates basically used to sit at the back of the class singing Anita Baker tunes and breaking the equipment. We were challenged...

Having said I'd avoid obvious tunes, fuck it, I absolutely love this and I don't care who knows it. Not trying to steal Craner's thunder as the board's leading fan of Luther Vandross, so I've gotta rep the great man's only contemporary rival, Alexander. 15. Saturday Love - Alexander O'Neill &...

14. Zapp - Computer Love When I was 15, this song seemed like the absolute height of sophistication. Could there be better music? No, of course not. I think my 15 yr old self was onto something. This thread is unleashing lots of random memories, girls I failed to get off with 30 years ago etc...

Everyone knows The Finest, surely? (Actually starts playing in my head every time I'm in fucking Tescos and see The Finest range), trying to think of a few tunes that are not totally obvious, so I thought I'd go for this slow burner: 13. SOS Band - Weekend Girl

A big crossover point for me though was being from Essex, which was kinda the soul county in the 80s. Why was Essex the soul county? Ultimately I think like everything in Britain, it's a class thing. Essex is full of guys who moved out from the East End, then Dagenham, and working class...

I see I remain Funkmaster Wizard Wiz's sole disciple :cry:

Thought I'd branch out into some soul. I know this will be known to a bunch of you. I'm including as I remember it being an LWR powerplay, LWR being the first pirate I listened. Maybe that helped break this tune in London, idk? Electro-soul realness diva action doesn't get better. 11. Gwen...

Thank you! Plenty more where that came from

!0. Troubefunk - So Early in the Morning One of the many great things about rap is the way in which it just opens you up to other musics. A little remembered byway these days is go-go, a super-percussive dance band music outta Washington. I actually went to see TroubleFunk, the biggest and best...

Before I move away from the electro/early rap selection, another one I'm curious if people have hear? One of the first cut up records, infamous for taking the early breakbeats as used the likes of Herc and Jazzy Jay, and basically cashing in on their earlier experimentation. Still a barnstormer...