2 0 1 8 and i'm still here. . .

would love to find out the sample source for fannie likes 2 dance.. anyone got anything?

This record came out 4 years before that Alicia song.

i'm pretty sure the sample is Alicia Keys " Feeling You, Feeling Me"

More Fannie please... a lot... a lot... a lot !

I can not wait for Two thousand and thirty one.

I just stopped listening to the old version altogether. Yeah, it's better, the vocals are better, the intro is longer (why the hell did they make the intro shorter? harder to mix now) but I deleted my file of it, I only listen to the new version on vinyl I have, and slowly I'm forgetting the old version. I'm forcing myself to like the new one and to my surprise it's working... just glad to have it. No point complaining really

Just leaving a comment here to remind you for all of eternity that the original is by far the best, and frankly, the new version is terrible.

Unbelievably strong. Can anyone let me know if this is actually getting a repress?

Ace. Great news - nice one for getting back to me, appreciate it!

Do you mean the original pressing or the Stripped & Chewed reissue version with Mimi vs Fannie? The S&C version will absolutely be available again in the next couple months, but as far as I know there are no plans currently to reissue the original as-is.

FWIW i like the new vocals and the cleaner mix.

new vocal got wack juice all over it smell me goonie goo goo

This hasn't strayed far from my turntable since it arrived... love it!

Mimi and fannie are both really good. Low fi sound of mimi or the crisp sound of fannie they are both really swinging. If u grown up with mimi it is hard to leave the nostalgia glassess.

Just incase anyone reads that and gets confused: that's the wrong way round there man- Fannie is the original, Mimi the new version. Really enjoying the new vocal!

Thank you S&C crew!

I much prefer the new vocals on Mimi likes to dance, i always thought that the original sounded like she had a severe case of emphysema, really breathy quite irritating vocals that ruined a great house tune, new ones are brilliant though

Quite like the new vocals too! They're not a woman though, they're sung by Merle himself- such a talent.

Didn't help that Fannie sounded like an old lady's name too, either!

100% real talk...the new vocals are terrible and completely ruin fannie likes to dance. on the other hand the previously unreleased "beautiful" is nice. lesson here is dope lo fi music is often just a moment in time...trying to go back can rob it of its magic.

Couldn't agree more .

I actually prefer the new ones. The generation gap I suppose ;)

Loving this, the new version also, it's awesome :)

all this complaining about the vocals... *sigh*wait till you hear this one outdoors this summer. then you'll get it. xo

The new vocals just don't do it for me. Such a missed opportunity here :/

yup, same here, such a shame

Totally agree! I think the off-kilter quality of the vocals in the original version played an important part in its unique character...

Disappointed by the new vocals to be very honest. The roughness of Fannie is gone and Mimis voice is too exaggerated. I loved the idea of having new vocals due to Merwyn's life changes (congrats on finding true love!), but the new vocals are essentially too clean for me. Rest of the record is awesome with classic Chicago house tracks you definitely want in your set.Apart from my bitching, this is a record I recommend getting. All my opinions are based on the snippets, so come back here once I get the full thing for better comments. Thanks for repressing this :)

Yeah I feel kinda the same, while the roughness is gone it kinda makes sense to have some sort of respect level for Merwyn to go through the pain in the ass of repressing a record, which was private press in the first place. Also if I was someone and had a famous song written about someone I wasn't married to, it would also make sense to change the lyrics and in this sense the content of the record actually has a living history. Imagine being Merwyn and djing a party and having to explain to people that you just re-pressed a record about an ex-girlfriend, with your wife probably there or something. That shit would suck. And the other 4 trax are all sick and still bang exactly the same so thank you for that.