Robinson talks about The Preps in the interview
with him on Cognition (http://techno.ca/cognition)
hope this helps. andrew duke
justice 808 wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
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