So I am looking to get into house music. I am so sick and tired of just about everything else that is out there. I'd like some of you Orgers to recommend some good cd's for a gal who wants to start a house collection.

Ok i wanna know something and don't call me dumb or ignorant

Define: "house music", i really don't know

pick up the series "United djs of America" or the best of Strictly Rhythm, there's also a boxed set called "the House Music Box" and one set from Traxx records.there's so many good one's and so many bad ones...

My favorite is a compilation that I bought waaaaay back in the late 1980s. It's one of the first house music compilations. It's called "Best Of House Music" and it is on Profile Records.

Here are the tracks:

You Used To Hold Me - Ralph Rosario featuring Xavier Gold
I Can't Get Enough - Liz Torres featuring Edward Crosby
Just Another Man - Jeanne Harris
7 Ways - Hercules
Fantasize Me - Pleasure Pump
Fun With Bad Boys - Screamin' Rachael
Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem) - Marshall Jefferson
Let's Work It Out - Exit
Jack Your Body - J.M. Silk
Do It Properly - 2 Puerto Ricans, A Blackman, And A Dominican
Shut Up - Moonfu
Carino - T-Coy

Also, you must check out anything that features Martha Wash.

It's really hard to explain. I think of house music as a modern reincarnation of disco.

TheRealFiness said:

Defected In The House is the best house compellation I have ever heard...awesome..I got it while in Europe (w/ a bonus third cd that is the best of the lot)...

house music labelwise u can never go wrong with the stuff on these labels

eightball
Traxx
Dj International
Cajual
Strictly
Nervous
King street
Henry street
Subwoofer
Downtown 161
Peacefrog
slip N slide
Ovum

I have the 4CD box set from Profile Records. That's the best I've seen.

TheRealFiness said:

I love Nervous's stuff. I also have a Henry Street collection somewhere, and it's the shit!

Actually, I'm getting my stuff confused. It's Nervous Records, and it's called The Henry Street Brooklyn House Party.



Wind - - :14
Horn - - :15
Bucketbeats - Bucketheads - :53
Sunshine - Mateo & Matos - 9:08
Come and Be Gone - Bucketheads - 4:51
Bumped Off - Syncopation 2 - 5:26
Brooklyn Beats - Fathoms NY - 1:24
Feel the Groove - Mateo &Matos - 7:51
Bucketbeats - Bucketheads - :28
Work Me Goddamit - Old School Junkies - 5:32
Musek - Brooklyn Queens Express - 3:33
Get up, Stand Up - DJ Sneak Presents Polyester EP - 3:21
It's Jazzy - Syncopation - 4:06
Play the World - Johnick - 3:22
Keep Dancin' - First Take Sessions - 4:54
A Summer Fling - Johnick - 4:15
The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) - Bucketheads - 6:27
Tribal Rydims - Bucketheads - 1:05
Walk for Me! - Tronco Traxx - 3:44
Don't Stop - Johnick - 1:04

Kenny Dope (Bucketheads) used to release alot of stuff through Nervous Records.

TheRealFiness said:

Add "Om" to that list

Yeah, I have Volume 1 of that. It is excellent.

CinisterCee said:

you know Old skool junkies is Armand Van Helden right?

TheRealFiness said:

I do now

Hey thanks for the suggestions everybody. I have been saving my pennies and picking up some of the sugessested titles that I could find.

not to be a stick in the mud, but even if you find all of the great house tracks in history ( and the odds are stacked against you, sadly as most of them are waaaaay out of print, and lots and lots of underground stuff)...you'll probably never be able to recapture the total feeling of euphoria when we were able to feel when you would hear these infectious songs banged out from some huge ass 10-feet tall speakers in dirty ole warehouse setting...people just getting their drink and smoke on and partying til 5, 6, 7 am (several times i went to the club before midnight and came home just in time for saturday cartoons)...it's kinda like when people describe Woodstock, or Studio 54..if you weren't there, there's nothing that can compare.
(but good luck anywhoo )

meltwithu said:

God knows that is true.. I have been lucky enough to be treated to some nice spots in the City in my younger days. So i have some sweet memories when it comes to the whole vibe of it. i was so stupid not to get a collection of the music then. I guess I was too busy tryin to get some ass...aaaaah those were the days LOL

nammie said:

Hey Nammie,

I'm a big big househead. Everyone on this thread to my utter surprise gave you some good advice on what to get. There is so much good house music out there. I was telling SUPA that it's hard to meet people that like the same kind of house music. Techno, Downtempo, Deep, Garage, UK Garage, Jungle, Drum & Bass, Gospel. I personally like deep, not too deep, and lots of vocals. There are a lot of great web sites where you can listen to full sets of great house music. Check out GARAGEHOUSEMUSIC.COM


"It's all Jesus....." & "I'm giving you something with Jazz to move your body, shake your body...."(current faves)

vainandy said:

No way!That was the 1st house compilation I ever purchased back in the day(1987 to be exact)

Black Box mixed up features a lot of Martha Wash.
Ministry of Sound has some good deep house(4 to the floor)compilations
Also check out Brilliant the global dance music explosion vol.1-6

House Music all night long!!

I can tell you the best house track out right now is "Lola's Theme".