Inner City – Paradise
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10 Records – 209 608-630 |
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Vinyl
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UK |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Techno |
Tracklist
| A1 | Inner City Theme | 2:50 | |
| A2 | Paradise | 4:05 | |
| A3 | Ain't Nobody Better | 4:01 | |
| A4 | Power Of ion | 5:00 | |
| A5 | Big Fun | 3:25 | |
| B1 | Do You Love What You Feel | 5:01 | |
| B2 | Good Life | 3:25 | |
| B3 | Set Your Body Free | 4:01 | |
| B4 | And I Do | 4:18 | |
| B5 | Secrets Of The Mind | 4:55 |
Companies, etc.
- Mixed At – Powerhouse Studio
- Mixed At – Pearl Sound Studios
- Recorded At – Powerhouse Studio
- Licensed Through – Best Beat Ltd.
- Licensed To – 10 Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 10 Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – 10 Records Ltd.
- Published By – Drive On Music
- Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Mastered At – The Town House
- Pressed By – EMI Records
- Manufactured By – Virgin
- Distributed By – Virgin
- Marketed By – AVL
Credits
- Artwork, Design – Hills Archer*
- Management [for Best Beat Limited] – Neil Rushton
- Musician [Inner City are] – Paris Grey
- Photography By – Simon Fowler (2)
Notes
Direct Metal Mastering (D.M.M.)
Cat# DIX 81 on labels and spine, DIX81 on rear cover and inner liner. 2nd cat# 209 608-630 on rear cover only, just below the barcode.
Recorded by KMS of Detroit
All tracks recorded at Powerhouse Studio in Detroit and mixed at Powerhouse and Pearl Sound (in Canton).
Manufactured & distributed in the UK by Virgin
On labels:
Produced by Kevin Saunderson
℗ 1989 10 Records Ltd
© 1989 10 Records Ltd
Licensed to 10 Records via Best Beat Ltd (UK)
On rear cover:
Produced by Kevin Saunderson except 'And I Do' produced by Juan Atkins (consistent with inner liner listing)
℗© 10 Records 1989 (also on spine)
Licensed to 10 Records via Best Beat Ltd (U.K.)
Publishers:
On labels:
Tracks A1 to A4, B1 to B5: Drive On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Track A5: Drive On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Copyright Control
On inner liner:
Tracks A1 to A4, B1 to B5: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Track A5: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Cop Con
Cat# DIX 81 on labels and spine, DIX81 on rear cover and inner liner. 2nd cat# 209 608-630 on rear cover only, just below the barcode.
Recorded by KMS of Detroit
All tracks recorded at Powerhouse Studio in Detroit and mixed at Powerhouse and Pearl Sound (in Canton).
Manufactured & distributed in the UK by Virgin
On labels:
Produced by Kevin Saunderson
℗ 1989 10 Records Ltd
© 1989 10 Records Ltd
Licensed to 10 Records via Best Beat Ltd (UK)
On rear cover:
Produced by Kevin Saunderson except 'And I Do' produced by Juan Atkins (consistent with inner liner listing)
℗© 10 Records 1989 (also on spine)
Licensed to 10 Records via Best Beat Ltd (U.K.)
Publishers:
On labels:
Tracks A1 to A4, B1 to B5: Drive On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Track A5: Drive On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Copyright Control
On inner liner:
Tracks A1 to A4, B1 to B5: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Track A5: Drive-On Music/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd/Cop Con
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 5012982508110
- Label Code: LC 3098
- Matrix / Runout (A, stamped - Variant 1): DIX 81 A-1U-1-2 D
- Matrix / Runout (B, stamped - Variant 1): DIX 81 B-2U-1- D
- Matrix / Runout (A, stamped - Variant 2): DIX 81 A-1U-1-3 D
- Matrix / Runout (B, stamped - Variant 2): DIX 81 B-2U-1-12 D
- Matrix / Runout (B, etched - All variants): TOWNHOUSE D.M.M.
- Matrix / Runout (A, stamped - Variant 3): DIX 81 A-1U-1-2 D
- Matrix / Runout (B, stamped - Variant 3): DIX 81 B-1U-1-2 D
Other Versions (5 of 56)
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Big Fun (CD, Album) | Virgin | 7 91242-2, 2-91242 | US | 1989 | ||
| Paradise (CD, Album) | 10 Records | DIXCD 81, 259 608-222 | UK & Europe | 1989 | |||
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Big Fun (LP, Album) | 10 Records | 7 91242-1 | US | 1989 | ||
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Paradise (Cassette, Album) | 10 Records | CDIX 81, 409 608-630 | Turkey | 1989 | ||
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Paradise (LP, Album) | 10 Records | DIX81, 209 608 | Europe | 1989 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited one month agoJust bagged the green vinyl ltd ed. Big Fun was always my big sister's favourite record. She had the 7 and once accused me of breaking it in half as we used to quarrel a lot. I swear I didn't big sis! What is better? Big Fun or Good Life? ... Big Fun every time for me. -
great virgin release by an outstanding producer with killer imagination. BIG FUN, AND GOOD LIFE, has gone on to be world wide pop sensations. kudos to kevin, i must say that after those 2 releases, i was so ready for SECRET OF THE MIND 12 REMIXES, but they never came. lol... still the soung i play the most to this day in sets.
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This is a great album that was randomly sitting in a record store that usually only has rap and rock. And at only $8 in pristine condition. I will never forget it -
I can’t recall any artist producing a techno/house album in the late 80s other than Inner City. If these genres interest you this album is a historical start point. Reference material and when you listen deep replicated in modern day material. -
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Edited 12 years agoBack in '89 there weren't too many 'real albums' out there in the electronic genre and this was certainly it. Paradise is my favorite track.
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Edited 19 years agoThe point of being 'above thirty' is that you'll certainly carry good memories with you.
It's like ing the year of 1989 when I was still a teenager on a French school and a great friend of mine, Sylvain 'Gazza' Justum brought me Inner City's "Paradise" LP.
The mélange between the soulful atmosphere and futuristic-sophisticated sounds from synthesizer lines & the drum sequencers got straight into my mind, and I just couldn't stop listening to the WHOLE LP every-single-day.
I guess the same situation happened with many young kids at that time - it was like the official anthem of the year 1989 had been released!
The tunes were so emotional, delicate and different from anything I have heard before... So intense, so unique, that I really don't know if we'll ever be able to be surprised again by such a magnificent kind of music.
Kevin Saunderson's synthesizer timbres and Paris Grey's vocals had no parallel anywhere else in the whole World. They broke with the traditional paradigms on the dance music Universe and brought a sophisticated, soulful-futuristic perspective that influenced an incredible amount of producers later (just the synth lines timbres on U.R. 001 - "Your Time Is Up", for example).
"Paradise" LP is much more than "Big Fun" and "Good Life". For many people, it was the mark zero for the Detroit Sounds, as some of the hits were played on the main clubs, and even on the radios.
Above all, it was perhaps the album that consolidated the range of the Techno music on the bigger audiences Worldwide.
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