Description
Easy Street Records was launched in 1983, by US music industry executive MichaelTwo of the labelrsquos early tracks bynbspMonyakanbspandnbspHot Streak, were released by Polydor Records resulting in two UK Top 20 hits, and both tracksrsquo full length versions feature here, along with a further 12 tracks, on this Vinyl 2LP 40th Anniversary celebration.The backstory is thatnbspHot Streak, which included Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens, were recommended to Michael Gusick by the DJ Producer,nbsplsquoBody Workrsquonbspwas coproduced by Jellybean and the following year, Hudson and Stevens, had a worldwide hit by aspiring Artist, Madonna the track,helliprsquoHolidayrsquo. Meanwhile,nbsplsquoBody Workrsquonbspfound itself as the only independently owned record on the 1984 ldquoBreakdancerdquo aka ldquoBreakinrdquo soundtrack but the song remains relevant today and has been used as the opening track during Dua Liparsquos tour.nbspMonyakanbspwere signed after a taxi driver gave a passenger ndash an Easy Street exec ndash a cassette of his bandrsquos musicEasy Street had massive underground classics by producers which read like a whorsquos who of dance musicnbspPaul Simpson,nbspJellybean,nbspBlazenbspandnbspToddnbspTerrynbspto name but a Even after 40 years, Easy Street remains influential, with its Artists still finding themselves at the top of the Traxsource Charts, with reworked or remixed versions of Easy Street classics bynbspMichael Gray,nbspDr.nbspPacker,nbspNick Reach UpnbspandnbspLadies On Mars, as well as recently havingnbspEric Kuppernbspbehind the mixing desk.This Vinyl 2LP set includes 14 tracks from their vaults and is just a snapshot of this iconic dance labelrsquos ..DANCE ON
