RiL074 Marshall Jefferson presents Truth - Open Your Eyes

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I decided to start this series of mixes celebrating 20 years of Back to Basics with the first ever record played at the club - Marshall Jefferson presents Truth - 'Open Your Eyes'. Why did I chose this particular track to play first on November 23rd 1991?  Well, back then I could only beatmix and struggled to mix anything that had an intro starting with keys or bass.  I had learnt to DJ through understanding rhythms.  I had been playing kit drums from the age of 13 so I picked up mixing beats fairly easily but struggled mixing keys and basslines for a long time. So this record gets the hallowed title of, 'first ever record played at Basics' by default - I could play it first track without having to mix it.  Of course the vocals give a cool message and the atmosphere is perfect for a warm up track but I have to admit it was the former reason that was the real push to play it first.  There are far more famous tracks by Marshall of course, this one is a lesser played gem.  

The first in a series of mixes celebrating my 20 years as resident at back to basics club in Leeds, UK. visit www.ralphlawson.co.uk for track listing and sleevenotes for the mix and stories from the club.