instant vintage
October 23, 2007
I was in the DJ box when Gilles Peterson first dropped this remix. It was 12 minutes or so long but felt so much longer – in a good way. A really good way. It was a CDR and when Gilles took it out I stared in the half-dark at the scribbled email address. I burned the address into my memory and emailed the producer the next day.
At the time the team behind Yam Who were a big secret. People knew of someone who knew one of them, but their identity was hidden. And for that reason Mr Who thanked me for my interest, but said there were only 3 copies of the CDR in existence, and I wasn’t going to be getting one…
Forward a few years and redits of major label artists are everywhere. Re-edit producers put their name out there, fishing for a major label release or remix project. Things are very different out there now.
But there will always be this track.
It did finally get a vinyl release, but in a shortened 6 minute version, that was just the longer track faded in the middle. Very disappointing. Eventually though I managed to get a copy of the original CDR version, the long version. And here it is now, courtesy of Tim H, here’s one for your headphones.
Raphael Saadiq – Sky’s The Limit (Yam Who Spiritual Rework)
Filed under: music from the 00s | Comments (11)
wow, very smooth.
thanks
great story mate. good things come to those who wait. (and all that jazz).
Cheers
Wow… fantastic.
brilliant brilliant tune
tho i prefer the inst on the other side of the 12
is it really only 6 minutes on the 12? as you say time stands still when this is playing
nice one
beautiful…the orginal was one of my most played tunes a good while back…loving this edit tho…
Thankz Jez! you’re the kind one i was waiting to share this , peace
Ezy – yeah it’s difficult to find tracks that haven’t been blogged already! Then someone else gets there first…Eu sou pesaroso!
Cubik – Thank goodness for the internet, I wouldn’t have tracked this down by old school methods alone.
Sherman – Now you can play the instrumental for 6 minutes…and then the 12 minute edit. Time for two cigarettes and a quick read of the Sports pages…:)
All – thanks for the comments everyone.
honestly one of my favourite reworks of all time, as is the original, but i never heard the long version – jez u lucky bastard!!! but seriously thanks for sharing this…. made my day
killer tune!!
an all time favourite.
Gone Gone Gone!!!! Grrrrrr…. Any chance on earth you might be able to re-post this???
wow didn’t knew for the long version….this track blows my mind ‘s off…yes any chance to re-post it ? lol