RUFF EDITS #1

To launch this new series, edits don Greg Wilson extends a somewhat forgotten Italian cult club classic with a mad as toast title, which was originally issued a decade before the term Italo Disco was coined. ‘Prisencolinensinainciusol’ by Adriano Celentano, with its relentless rhythm and horns, has been described as a rap release before there was such a genre. This glorious oddity found favour both on UK dancefloors and throughout Europe, following its release in 1973. It was still a choice oldie when Wilson started out as a club DJ in ’75, and he would frequently play it, as a 7” single, at his club residencies in New Brighton, the Golden Guinea, the Chelsea Reach and the Penny Farthing , during the following years.

Only recently, a TV recording of Celentano performing the track has brought it to the attention of the YouTube generation, prompting major interest on influential forums like DJ History and Faith (where it was retrospectively proclaimed as Balearic Minimal Hip House!). Watch a video below…

A prototype of Wilson’s edit was first unleashed during one of his appearances at Manchester’s massively influential Electric Chair (RIP) back in 2006. The finished edit, titled ‘Adriano Italiano’ is already eagerly anticipated by the underground DJ community and, as such, destined to become a groove anthem throughout the summer of 2008, 35 years on from it’s original release.

On the flip side of the 12” is another 70’s single, this time not so obscure. ‘Blue Eyed Boz’ sees Wilson extend Boz Scaggs’ super slick slice of smooth Soul sophistication by an extra two and a half minutes to provide the 12” version that never was - the record only being issued on 7” back in 1976 (becoming a huge hit in the process). As with all the Ruff Edits, this is something Wilson first put together for his own personal use, but would now like to share with the wider DJ community.

The next edition of the series will follow in 3 months time.

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