Tracklist
| Set It Off | 9:51 | ||
| Set It Off (Instrumental) | 12:24 |
Credits (5)
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Doris SmilowitzExecutive-Producer
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W.C. Daniels*Executive-Producer
Walter GibbonsMixed By-
George LogiosProducer
Steve StandardWritten-By, Arranged By, Co-producer
Notes
There are various different releases of "Set It Off".
The initial legitimate US pressing has the multi-color logo. As in 1984 this seminal record was a massive crossover hit out of the box, and demand for the record was so high, the label didn't bother with the cool artwork and label-copy when they needed to deal with a surprise hit on their hands, so they rushed out the second pressing with very basic lettering and no logo-artwork, on a yellow (and also on a blue) label.
These pressings were also cut at STERLING and have the same dead-wax inscriptions as the first pressings.
The bootlegger/counterfeiter who released 95% of Danny Krivit's edits, the "Loft Classics", as well as the "Garage Classics" series a.o., pressed a counterfeit with a red-label that copied, though not exactly, the lettering and fonts of the yellow-label pressing. He recorded it directly from the vinyl version of the second, yellow label pressing and increased the amount of treble when he had his own, "in-house" lacquer-cutter re-master from the original wax.
The red-label counterfeit was not mastered at Sterling and is not a legitimate product.
The initial legitimate US pressing has the multi-color logo. As in 1984 this seminal record was a massive crossover hit out of the box, and demand for the record was so high, the label didn't bother with the cool artwork and label-copy when they needed to deal with a surprise hit on their hands, so they rushed out the second pressing with very basic lettering and no logo-artwork, on a yellow (and also on a blue) label.
These pressings were also cut at STERLING and have the same dead-wax inscriptions as the first pressings.
The bootlegger/counterfeiter who released 95% of Danny Krivit's edits, the "Loft Classics", as well as the "Garage Classics" series a.o., pressed a counterfeit with a red-label that copied, though not exactly, the lettering and fonts of the yellow-label pressing. He recorded it directly from the vinyl version of the second, yellow label pressing and increased the amount of treble when he had his own, "in-house" lacquer-cutter re-master from the original wax.
The red-label counterfeit was not mastered at Sterling and is not a legitimate product.
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
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Jus Born Records – JB 001 | US | 1984 | US — 1984 |
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12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Repress, Stereo
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Jus Born Records – JB 001 | US | 1984 | US — 1984 |
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Wide Ring Label (First Pressing)
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Jus Born Records – JB 001 | US | 1984 | US — 1984 |
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM
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Jus Born Records (2) – JB 001 | US | 1984 | US — 1984 |
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
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Jus Born Records – JB 001 | US | 1984 | US — 1984 |
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Set It Off (Remix)
12", 45 RPM, Yellow Label
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Jus Born Records – JB006 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 |
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Set It Off (II)
12", 45 RPM
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Jus Born Records – JB 006 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 |
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Set It Off (II)
12", 45 RPM
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Jus Born Records – JB 006 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 |
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Set It Off (Remix)
12", 45 RPM, Green Label
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Jus Born Records – JB006 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 |
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Set It Off (Remix)
12", 45 RPM, Blue Label
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Jus Born Records – JB006 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 |
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Set It Off (II)
12", 45 RPM
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Set It Off (Remix)
12", 45 RPM, Test Pressing
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Jus Born Records – JB 006 | US | 1986 | US — 1986 |
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Unofficial Release
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Jus Born Records (2) – JB 001 | US | 1987 | US — 1987 | ||||
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Set It Off
CD, Maxi-Single
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SPG Music – SPGS 46 | Canada | 1996 | Canada — 1996 |
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Set It Off 2004
12", 45 RPM
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FunkTeck Recordings – FTR-009 | US | 2004 | US — 2004 | ||||
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Set It Off
CD, Single
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Hard Soul Recordings – HS-1054Cms | US | 2006 | US — 2006 |
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single, Reissue, Stereo
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Hard Soul Recordings – HS1054-061 | US | 2006 | US — 2006 |
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Set It Off
7", 45 RPM
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Hard Soul Recordings – FMG-1 | US | 2014 | US — 2014 |
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Hard Soul Recordings – FMG-1 | US | 2014 | US — 2014 |
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Set It Off (Remixes)
12"
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Dirtybird – DB182 | USA & Canada | 2018 | USA & Canada — 2018 |
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Set It Off
12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Unofficial Release
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Jus Born Records (2) – JB 001 | US | 2018 | US — 2018 |
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Set It Off (Remixes)
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Dirtybird – DB182 | US | 2018 | US — 2018 |
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Set It Off 2004
2×File, FLAC
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Music Access, Inc. – CAT 258647 | US | 2018 | US — 2018 |
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12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Unofficial Release
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referencing Set It Off (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) JB 001
i'm here because of the film "The Principal". anyone else?
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I'd give 10 stars if i could. love this record to death -
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Great mixes on this never fails on the left side -
referencing Set It Off (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) JB 001
Back in the day, we called it electro funk , which branched into acid jazz but the backbone of this track is from jazz funk true fusion,a real masterpiece and was so underground it's a classic !
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referencing Set It Off (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) JB 001
Is it Electro? Is it Boogie? Is it Funk? Is it House? Don't you just hate genre categories sometimes? Fu*k genres, it's a mixture of all four. A very groundbreaking release if ever there was one. -
referencing Set It Off (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) JB 001
No one ever talks about how Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two basically stole the beat from this classic, timeless Electro Funk record. Sampled by many, but the OG is still king. -
Edited 6 years agoreferencing Set It Off (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) JB 001
ittedly not that easily categorisable as a style as it featured two or three elements.
Regardless. Strafe's and Harlequin Four's versions are proper club classics and like both for slightly different occasions. Played throughout the eighties by DJs from all dance and electronic genres from hip hop to disco to house music warehouse pioneers. -
Edited 7 years agoYellow label bootleg has no (c) (p) before 1984 at the bottom. Oh well at least I only paid $5 for it. Better turn up the gain & turn up the treble. It sounds like it's recorded with the mics in the next room. -
referencing Set It Off (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single) JB 001
I have a red label version with the EDP and Sterling stamp...same font as yellow labels but has small inner hole. Does not look anything like the bootleg. What's up with that?
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