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https://www.mixcloud.com/djmarkdevlin/the-class-of-86/
1986 was such a fascinating year in black dance music, as it represented the meeting point between the older styles in soulful 80s grooves, and the emergence of Chicago house. Electro hip-hop was also still big, as was go-go funk coming out of Washington DC. The result was an amazing melting pot of different styles, with SO many classic tunes emerging during this one very special year – so much so that this little trip down Memory Lane ended up being almost 5.5 hours long!
If you don’t want to stream on Mixcloud, you can grab a download of this mix from here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/pzq9e0gypub7qdz/Mark_Devlin_-_The_Class_of_%252786_Mix.mp3/file
Enjoy. (1987 – out next year – is going to be even better!)
- VIOLA WILLS: DARE TO DREAM
- LOOSE ENDS: NIGHTS OF PLEASURE
- HUMAN LEAGUE: HUMAN
- MELISA MORGAN: FOOL’S PARADISE
- PRINCESS: AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE (CHIEF INSPECTOR REMIX)
- THE REAL ROXANNE: BANG ZOOM (LET’S GO GO)
- KURTIS BLOW: IF I RULED THE WORLD
- HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ: MR BIG STUFF
- GO GO LORENZO & THE DAVIS PINCKNEY PROJECT: YOU CAN DANCE IF YOU WANT TO
- DJ JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE: GIRLS AIN’T NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
- WHISTLE: JUST BUGGIN’ (NOTHING SERIOUS)
- MANTRONIX: BASSLINE
- MANTRONIX: WHO IS IT?
- JANET JACKSON: NASTY
- NU SHOOZ: I CAN’T WAIT
- BLOW MONKEYS: DIGGING YOUR SCENE
- FIVE STAR: RAIN OR SHINE
- JAKI GRAHAM: SET ME FREE
- MANTRONIX: LADIES (MANTRONIK
- JOYCE SIMS: (YOU ARE MY) ALL AND ALL
- GWEN GUTHRIE: AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOIN’ ON BUT THE RENT
- AURRA: YOU AND ME TONIGHT
- CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT: DOWN TO EARTH
- ORAN JUICE JONES: THE RAIN
- PRINCESS: TELL ME TOMORROW
- THE S. O. S. BAND: THE FINEST
- MILLIE SCOTT: AUTOMATIC
- PHIL FEARON: I CAN PROVE IT
- SWING OUT SISTER: BREAKOUT
- MICHAEL MCDONALD: SWEET FREEDOM
- SYBIL: FALLING IN LOVE
- ROCHELLE: MY MAGIC MAN
- JANET JACKSON: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
- JANET JACKSON: WHEN I THINK OF YOU
- NITRO DELUXE: THIS BRUTAL HOUSE
- REGINA: BABY LOVE
- JAMES BROWN: LIVING IN AMERICA
- THE CONCEPT: MR DJ
- PAUL HARDCASTLE: THE WIZARD
- CHRIS PAUL (FT DAVID JOSEPH): EXPANSIONS ’86
- DHAR BRAXTON: JUMP BACK (SET ME FREE)
- MADONNA + BORDERLINE (EXTENDED VERSION)
- WHITNEY HOUSTON: HOW WILL I KNOW (JELLYBEAN REMIX)
- CHERELLE WITH ALEXANDER O’NEAL: SATURDAY LOVE
- CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT: MISFIT
- CAMEO: WORD UP
- JANET JACKSON: CONTROL (EXTENDED VERSION)
- BILLY OCEAN: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING
- JERMAINE STEWART: WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF
- KLYMAXX: MAN SIZE LOVE
- FIVE STAR: SYSTEM ADDICT
- THE JETS: CRUSH ON YOU
- MEL N KIM: SHOWING OUT (GET FRESH AT THE WEEKEND)
- RAZE: JACK THE GROOVE
- RAZE: LET THE MUSIC MOVE YOU
- FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK & JESSE SAUNDERS FEATURING DARRYL PANDY: LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND
- J: M: SILK: I CAN’T TURN AROUND (HOUSE MIX)
- STEVE SILK HURLEY: JACK YOUR BODY (ORIGINAL MIX)
- HOUSEMASTER BOYZ: HOUSE NATION
- MARSHALL JEFFERSON: MOVE YOUR BODY (THE HOUSE MUSIC ANTHEM)
- ADONIS: NO WAY BACK
- SANNY X: GOLDEN RULES
- PET SHOP BOYS: PANINARO