High Energy Double Dance - Volume.7 1987 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix (2LP Set)

High Energy Double Dance
Volume.7
80 Minutes Non-Stop mix (2LP Set) 1987

If there is one album to be classified as the best High-Energy ever this has to be it.

I remember this came out 1987 when I started standard 7 (Grade 9). This was really when I first got exposed to dance music. The DJ's sneaked in "Male Stripper" when they could (they were from a local club called "Champagne Bowl") - surf shops, cars and portable radios pumped this during the day , the drummies marched to it at functions and it was alive in clubs through the night.

The tracklisting speaks for itself, floor killers by Latin Lover, The Nasty Boys, Fred Ventura (debut??) Modern Talking, Michael Bedford, Patty Ryan, Rudy & Co, Koto , Chikeria, Ken Laszlo, Aleph (Fire On The Moon - Brilliant!!!) and Paul Lekakis.

A triple dose from Man 2 Man: Energy Is Eurobeat (so hot they had to include another remix!), Sex Symbol, Mexico with a little bit of Male Stripper mixed in (probably just to piss our teachers off - snigger).

Another good mix by Andrew Wood. Stunning cover by Lee Selsick - this "High - Energy Dude" was plastered all over the place and became a symbol for the newly evolved genre. As dance compilations go no other one sticks with me like this one does, for many reasons. High-Energy Volume 7 was being played everywhere in 1987!

Side One
Energy Is Eurobeat - Man 2 Man

Radioactivity - Laser Cowboys

Laser Light - Latin Lover

I Was Made For Loving You - The Nasty Boys

Winds Of Change - Fred Ventura

Side Two
Atlantis Is Calling (SOS For Love) - Modern Talking

More Than A Kiss - Michael Bedford

What My Heart Wanna Say - Roger Meno

Stay With Me Tonight - Patty Ryan

Doctor For My Heart - Grant Miller

Side Three
Play The Game - Rudy & Co

Jabdah - Koto

La Freak - Chikeria

Don't Cry - Ken Laszlo

Fire On The Moon - Aleph

Side Four
Boom Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) - Paul Lekakis

Male Stripper - Man 2 Man

Sex Symbol - Man 2 Man

Male Stripper - Man 2 Man

Energy Is Eurobeat - Man 2 Man

Mexico - Man 2 Man

Mixed By: Andrew Wood

Engineered: Someone at EMI studios

Cover: Lee Selsick

Release: 1987

Label: Principal Records
Catalog#:HEDD 7
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Mixed
Country: South Africa
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Italo-Disco, Hi NRG
Credits:
Artwork By - Lee Selsick

DJ Mix - Andrew Wood

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High Energy Double Dance - Volume.9 1987 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix (2LP Set)

 

HIGH-ENERGY DOUBLE DANCE
Volume.9

(2LP Set)

c 1987 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix

The good stuff just keeps on coming'. The cover mentions High-Energy, Italo , House & Eurobeat sounds.

Good tracks from Mike Bow, Far East Connection, UK, Lee Marrow, Fred Ventura, Albert One, Modern Talking, The Nasty Boys, Samantha Fox, Hazell Dean & Ross.
Track one is a type of High-Energy "hooked on classics" number - a bit odd but still good!



Bad Boys Blue feature on this album, you would think that they would have featured more but they, like Modern Talking, carry a bit of a stigma in this country (long story - don't get me started). It still is a good track though.

Lee Selsick gives High-Energy dude a makeover, and Andrew Wood is once again in the mix.
The cool side names are back again! (Yay!)
This was the third High-Energy album released in 1987 - a good year indeed! And a good compilation too!

Side One - The High Energy Side
It's A New History - New History Orchestra

One Shot So Hot - Mike Bow

Ready To Go - Far East Connection

Road Runner - UK

Chinese Bang - The Caesar's Dancers

Side Two - Italo Side
Don't Stop The Music - Lee Marrow

Night And Day - Fred Ventura

Fashion - T. Spencer

Hopes And Dreams - Albert One

In The Night - Sugar Shake

Side Three - The Eurobeat Side

Jet Airliner - Modern Talking

Nasty Relations - The Nasty Boys

Honey - Jilly And Jane

Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now - Samantha Fox

Always Doesn't Mean Forever - Hazell Dean

Side Four - The Intercontinental Side

Come Back And Stay - Bad Boys Blue

Give Me Just A Little Time - Tom

Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Ross

Moonlight - Sugar Shake

Perfume Of Love - Scala

Run away - Patty Devick

Mixed By: Andrew Wood

Engineered: Neville Holmes

Cover: Lee Selsick

Release: 1987

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High Energy Double Dance - Volume.10 1988 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix (2LP Set)

High Energy Double Dance

Volume.10

(2LP Set)

c 1988 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix
 

I'm always truly impressed by the way High-Energy dealt with new music. "If its good we'll add it in!" Its 1988 and High-Energy jumps full swing into House. But GOOD House.

By the time this comp was released there was really so much good House around I'm sure that the High-Energy crew had a hard time compiling this one. They make up for their absence with 2 hot "Jack Mix" style house megamixes (see below) which really shows their awareness of what was good at the time. Other stand-out House trax are from Cappella, Bunker Kru & Harlequin 4's, 49er's and Sybil.

 

Added into this is a selection of the best Hiigh-Energy and Italo sound with a "special" Aerobics mix in recognition of Aerobic Exercisers who consistently used the High-Energy series to work out to (I should know!). Stand out tracks from Beautiful Ballet, Albert One, Mr Zivago, Macho Gang, Amanda Scott, Fred Ventura, Distortion Voice and the massive hit from M & H Band "Popcorn".

Lee Selsick is dumped for the WOM (World Of Music) design studios who do quite a good job, our High-Energy dude is now a trendy watermark on a house-flava cover. Andrew Wood once again delivers the goods. And there are funkee side names again. Altogether an excellent album and brilliant handling of new unfamiliar territory.

Side One - The Energy Mix
Energy - Beautiful Ballet

Everybody - Albert One

Little Russian - Mr Zivago

Red Man - 50 & 50 Brothers

Naughty Boy - Macho Gang

Side Two - The Power House Mix

Set It Off - Bunker Kru & Harlequin 4's

Walkure - 49'ers

Jack It Up (In The House) (Megamix) - Mirror Image

On The Floor - Powerhouse

Side Three - The Hot House Mix
Push The Beat - Cappella

*Hot House (Megamix) - DJ Jack (Vison Masters)

My Love Is Guaranteed - Sybil

Voodoo Love - Judy La Rose

Side Four - The Aerobix Mix
Lies - Amanda Scott

Only You - Tasha

Popcorn - M & H Band

Heartbeat - Fred Ventura

Distortion Voice - Distortion Voice

* Megamix Tracklistings
Jack It Up (In The House)
Jack It UpJingoCriticizeHouse ArrestRok Da HouseLove Can't Turn AroundPlay It Again JackAlways On My MidI Want To Be Your PropertyBeat Dis
Hot House
Doctorin' The HouseTired Of Getting Pushed AroundHouse ArrestTheme From S-ExpressThe Jack That House BuiltBeat DisRok Da HousePump Up The VolumeGood GroovePut Your House In Order

Mixed By: Andrew Wood

Engineered: Wessel Van Der Oudtshoorn

Cover: WOM Design Studios

Release: 1988

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High Energy Double Dance - Volume.11 1988 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix (2LP Set)

High Energy Double Dance

Volume.11 (2LP Set)

c 1988 80 Minutes Non-Stop mix

 

Another direct hit for High-Energy. Another good one this, a grand mix of House and Italo as per volume 10.

They really picked good tracks on this one. Italo/Nrg stuff from Sweet Connection, Man To Man (Housey!!) , All Systems Go (Nice Remake of Pop Music), Denise & Baby's Gang ,Mike Hazzard and the brilliant "Dragons Legend" from Koto and "Passion" form Linda Jo 'from The Flirts' (sampling the Grant Miller track "Red For Love").

 

Fab acid and house are abound, stunners from Cappella, Jack E. Mokassa, Hithouse, Risen from The Rank and the fab mix of "I'm a Man/Ye Ke Ye Ke" by Clubhouse (Silver Pozzoli in disguise!!!).

Some spooky but brilliant "New Beat stuff from OFF and Silicone Dream (why they never included "James Dean Loved Marilyn" by Silicone Dream defeats me, but hey...). Pleasant Balearic from Vanilla and Raul (The Guy who mixed the Bolero Mix Series).
 

Altogether a good album and good mix by Andrew Wood. WOM design studio do a mediocre cover which really didn't live up to the last one. No sign of the High-Energy dude or cool side names - sniff! Still a grand compilation though. Well Done.

Side One

Helyom Halib - Cappella

Opera House - Jack E. Mokassa

Cuba - Man To Man

Need Your Passion - Sweet Connection

Jack To The Sound Of The Underground - Hithouse

Side Two

Space Intro - Silicone Dream

Time Operator - OFF

Time Machine - Silicone Dream

Sampler '83 - Risen From The Rank

Bamboleo - Vanilla

Side Three
Pop Muzik - All Systems Go

Disco Maniac - Denise & Baby's Gang

Do You Like House? - Dalu

It's No Secret - Tasha

Supersonic Level - Antonella

Side Four
Guitarra - Raul Featuring J. Bonnel

Stop Me Baby - Mike Hazzard

I'm A Man/Ye Ke Ye Ke - Clubhouse

Dragon's Legend - Koto

Passion - Linda Jo

Mixed By: Andrew Wood

Engineered: Mark Baker (Get It In The Edit???)

Cover: WOM Design Studio

Release: 1988

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