Can we say he was the best remixer ever?

No.

not even.

Not really. I like his work, but there are better remixers. William Orbit is one of them. Heck, I aint even a fan, but Aphex Twin is better.

i used to like all the motiv8 mixes i would hear. i have no idea who or what motiv8 is/was, though.

Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Larry Levan for me, please.

pet shop boys do good remixes...i like that they retain the essence of the original song and add actual substance with their mixes.

Shep was really good 15-20 years ago. Remixing has come a long way since then. What has he done lately?

I really liked Stuart Price/Jacques Lu Cont before Madonna sunk her fangs into him.

I think his stuff if good for the time he was a hot remixer. Probably my favorite work he's ever done is as a producer for Madonna's "Erotica".

Shep Pettibone, is/was still a great dj/producer/Remixer and Friend... ive sat with shep at the Prelude Offices with Pat Adams and ive watched him work at such clubs at "Zanzibar.. silver shadow, Red Parrot,Funhouse,Better days" of which these clubs ive spun at as well. How i met shep was funny, i knew his boyfriend he used to work at Prelude as well. and we used to talk about stuff, and in comes shep.lots of his early work. was when he did the "Mastermixes" for 99.1 WXLO FM in NY.. which we called "99X" this is goin way back. then he started doinf remixes for Prelude. for cuts like

Must be the Music-Secret weapon

Gonna take a chance on Love-France Joli

Body Music-The strikers

Inch by Inch-The strikers

Etc.Etc

ive seen him and Francois Kevorkian dj together and that was one of most amazing sets ever.

IAintTheOne said:

Nice! He did a lot of work on the Original Salsoul Classics 2 CD set that was released in 1992. Was he working with them early on?

RipHer2Shreds said:

Shep,Walter Gibbons,Frankie,Levan and Bobby (Dj) Guttadaro were Salsoul's Remix Team
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IAintTheOne said:

Gotcha. I knew about Levan and Frankie's affiliation with Salsoul, but not Pettibone. I first became aware of him through his reworking of Into the Groove. Great reworking of that song.

RipHer2Shreds said:

well how Shep got the Gig with Madge, was from Benitez who used to do the "Bits N Pieces Mixes. and Madge used to listen to 99x and then when it switched over to 98.7 kiss.in the early 80s. everyone knew Shep Pettibone

All I know is he did a remix of Hard Day by George Michael. 'Nuff said.

Romera said:

He remixed almost the entire Rhythm Nation album. Every 12" seemed to have some kind of Shep remix.

Anx said:

Yes. I'm not familar with their remix work but they did a really great job on Madonna's "Sorry" and I read or heard Neil say something about how remixes back in the day used to do that and didn't make the song nearly unrecognizable (he obviously isn't a fan of the modern remix).

And while Shep is great as Madonna's partner on her early ninties efforts, he destoryed "Into The Groove". For shame!

VinnyM27 said:

i love their remixes of blur's "boys and girls" and bowie's "hallo spaceboy"...i'm sure there are other PSB remixes i like, but those are the big two for me.

Anx said:

That's right! Two notable remixes...the "Boys and Girls" mix was a huge hit (I think "Hallo Spaceboy" also did some damage...It's very highly acclaimed). Have you ever heard their live verison of "Boys and Girls".