LTM > LTMCD 2542 Auteur Labels: Robs Records < Robs Records

Release date

26 April 2010

Format

Compact disc

Catalogue number

LTMCD 2542

Tracklisting

1. Sub Sub - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) [2.47]
2. Beat Club - Security (Sumner Remix) [5.54]
3. A Certain Ratio - 27 Forever (Jon Dasilva Fix Mix) [5.57]
4. Spacer IV - Sirocco [7.35]
5. Strangebrew - Sky Life [7.01]
6. Roy Davis Jnr & Jay Juniel - Egyptian Jazz [4.08]
7. J-Walk - Buggin' Becky (Balihu Remix) [5.50]
8. Mr Scruff - Chicken in a Box [8.25]
9. Anambi - Our Love Climbs Higher (Extended Mix) [6.50]
10. Rack-It! - Tarantella Ritual [5.47]
11. Digital Justice - Theme From It's All Gone Pear Shaped [7.01]
12. A Certain Ratio - Listen to the Sound [4.59]
13. Sub Sub - Inside of This [4.58]

Notes

Founded by Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton, Robs Records was effectively the 'Factory Dance' label that Tony Wilson refused to back. Active for a decade before Rob's untimely death in 1999, Robs and sister label Pleasure released a raft of excellent underground dance music, much of it by Manchester artists such as Sub Sub, Mr Scruff, Digital Justice and Strangebrew, as well as Factory veterans A Certain Ratio. Robs also licensed occasional choice imports, including Roy Davis Jnr and Beat Club, whose cult hit Security is here remixed by Bernard Sumner.

The best known track on the compilation is Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) by Sub Sub, a number three chart hit in Britain in April 1993. The 77 minute remastered CD covers the years 1990-1999 and features a detailed label history and archive images.

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