VA - The Sleeping Bag Records Anthology by Bill Brewster

01. Class Action Feat. Chris Wiltshire - Weekend (Original Larry Levan 12'' Mix) (8:02)
02. Dinosaur L - Clean On Your Bean #1 (Original Francois K 12'' Mix) (6:36)
03. Jamaica Girls - Somebody New (Original Larry Levan 12'' Mix) (5:32)
04. Sound Of JHS 126 Brooklyn - Chill Pill (Original Killer Whale Under Water 12'' Mix) (4:13)
05. Felix - Tiger Stripes (Original Hippy Torales Jr 12'' Mix) (6:52)
06. Dinosaur L - In The Corn Belt (Original Larry Levan 12'' Mix) (5:56)
07. Indian Ocean - Treehouse School Bell (Original 12'' Mix) (7:02)
08. Clandestine Feat. Ned Sublette - Radio Rhythm (S-I-G-N-A-L-S-M-A-R-T) (Original NS & Killer Whale 12'' Dub Mix) (6:05)
09. Bonzo Goes To Washington - 5 Minutes (Original C-C-C Club 12'' Mix) (5:32)
10. Konk - Your Life (Original Party 12'' Mix) (7:24)
11. Dinosaur L - Go Bang! (Unreleased Walter Gibbons 12'' Mix) (12:25)
12. Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life (Original Mantronik 12'' Mix) (8:20)
13. Mantronix With MC Tee - Fresh Is The Word (Original Mantronik & John Poppo 12'' Mix) (5:32)
14. Nocera - Let's Dub (Original Little Louie Vega 12'' Mix) (6:40)
15. Cash Money & Marvelous - The Mighty Hard Rocker (Original DJ Cash Money 12'' Mix) (4:25)
16. Mantronix - Ladies (Original Mantronik 12'' Mix) (6:54)
17. Too Badd - Cumin' Up (Original 12'' Mix) (5:17)
18. Tricky Tee - Johnny The Fox (Original Mantronik 12'' Mix) (5:23)
19. Ann-Marie - With Or Without You (Original Little Louie Vega & Todd Terry Dub Mix 11 12'' Mix) (5:56)
20. Mikey D & The La Posse - Comin' In The House (Original 12'' Mix) (4:01)
21. Solid Posse - It's Alright Now (Original 12'' Mix) (3:32)
22. Mantronix - Bassline (Original Mantronik 12'' Mix) (6:00)
23. Ann-Marie - Just Waiting For You (Original Master Dub 12'' Mix) (3:45)
24. Joyce Sims - (You Are My) All & All (Original Mantronik Take Twelve 12'' Mix) (6:07)
25. Mantronix - Who Is It (Original UK 12'' Mix) (6:59)
26. Dhar Braxton - Jump Back (Set Me Free) (Original Club 12'' Mix) (8:21)
27. Kariya - I Can't Wait (Original 12'' Mix) (6:39)
28. Joe Church - I Can't Wait For Too Long (To Let Somebody Love You) (Original Club 12'' Mix) (6:07)
29. Tafuri - What Am I Gonna Do (About Your Love) (Original Silkon Steel 12'' Mix) (7:03)
30. Richard Valentine - Come Back Lover (Original Robert Clivilles & David Cole Club 12'' Mix Edit) (6:37)
31. Nicole - Happiness (Original Frankie Knuckles Club 12'' Mix) (6:59)
32. Dubb Clubb - Stay With You (Original 12'' Mix) (5:10)
33. Nocera - Summertime Summertime (Original Mantronik Club 12'' Mix) (5:25)
34. Chocolette - Tell Me That You Like It (Party Mix) (Original Bruce Forrest Party 12'' Mix Edit) (7:50)
35. Raiana Paige - Open Up Your Heart (Original Andy 'panda' Tripoli & Hugo Dwyer Club 12'' Dance Mix 2 Edit) (6:09)
36. Ecstasy - Don't Play Me Raw (Original House In Effect 12'' Mix) (6:33)
37. Kariya - Let Me Love You For Tonight (Original House Club 12'' Mix) (6:20)


Having previously put together seriously good retrospectives for Fresh Records, Sam Records and Easy Street Records, Bill Brewster turns his attention to another seminal New York imprint of the 1980s - Arthur Russell, William Socolov and Juggy Gales' eccentric Sleeping Bag Records. Over the course of its 11 year lifespan, Sleeping Bag moved between dancefloor-friendly genres at will, a facet that Brewster has wisely chosen to celebrate over three discs. So, while there are disco and boogie bangers - Class Action, Dinosaur L', Joyce Sims, Konk etc - we're also treated to dubbed-out beatbox electro (Sound of JHS 126 Brooklyn, Mantronix), freestyle (Nocera, Ann-Marie), bumpin' hip-hop (Cash Money, Mikey D & The LA Posse), proto-house and, of course, early NYC house (Kariya).