Hi Jason, Here's what I know... u may already know the following already??
Cliff Thomas was part of the Detroit first wave and,as you quite rightly mention,he owned the Buy Rite store.In '87 he set up his first label Incognito,which was distributed thru Buy Rite,and released early work from Juan Atkins(Triple XXX & Audio Tech,both released in'87),Kevin Saunderson(Keynotes + Reese,both released '87),a Chicago sounding track by a group called Hardhats,as well as stuff by Art Forest("Enterstate"),Blake Baxter("Sexuality")and Fade II Black(a white label ep).A short while later he set up thee Express label(Separate Minds, Santonio Eccles,Janette Thomas feat.the classic Mayday mix,etc.).There's no doubt that Cliff helped and supported the first wave of artists but i'm not exactly sure what happend to him/if he dj anywhere(what with me not being from the D)
Btw-I think he also put out stuff by Was Not Was under the name The Preps.Wasn't Lou Robinson also involved??
Peace Justice Jason wrote:
From: "Jason Birchmeier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org'" <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: [313] Cliff Thomas Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:04:18 -0400 Yesterday I had this conversation, where Cliff Thomas' name was brought up. Sure, I'd heard of the name before, but I didn't quite remember what the story was on him. Guess he had a big role in Detroit's first wave, recording artists such as Atkins, Saunderson, Shakir, and Fowlkes. He also owned Buy Right records, where Mr. Dé and DJ Assault launched their early Electrofunk releases from. Is this factual info? You know how myths seem to litter all these old Detroit stories. I just want to make sure I have the facts straight before I start communicating this info to others. If anyone would like to fill in the blanks, I'm all ears....... ...Jason Birchmeier --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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