Flashback Friday Music Share – 25/09/2015

Thanks Terry. Just came here to set up the post. I’ll add tunes when I get to my work (it’s 08:30 AM here).

Here’s one I encountered last week watching this old rave video:

Title: Better Days
Artist: Jimi Polo
Label: Urban Recordings

Genre(s): House
Year Released: 1989

I’ll admit, I originally thought that intoxicating piano rift was a creation by Fatboy Slim for his classic Song For Lindy. When I encountered that rave video I mentioned, I was entranced by this classic tune that apparently was the original spot Norman Cook borrowed from.

While I easily got a name from the comments, there isn’t much known about Jimi Polo, beyond that he produced a handful of tunes from the late 80s all the way up to 1999. I did find he was originally born in Alabama, but migrated to Chicago in the 80s…which makes sense based on how “Chicago” Better Days sounds. However, it wasn’t until he left the US for the UK in the late 80s that he concocted this classic.

Seems to be too many stories like this of Chicago house talents going nowhere here, but blowing up bigger upon moving to Europe.