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A couple of months ago in amongst a bundle of mixed old skool, I picked up a copy of #1 by Format on ESP Records from 1991. I looked it up on discogs and 99 members wanted that tune. Which got me thinking … what is the most wanted slice of dance vinyl (according to discogs)? Once upon a time they used to publish this information, but not any more … so it’s time to start digging about ….

• 3 Steps Ahead - Drop It - 280 members want this


• Drexciya - Uncharted EP - 259 members want this


• Drexciya - Drexciya 5: The Journey Home - 230 members want this


• Brother From Another Planet / DB-X - Planet Earth / Trance Missions - 227 members want this


• Boards Of Canada - Play By Numbers (a CD) - 216 members want this


• Carl Craig - No More Words EP - 200 members want this


• Aphex Twin - Analog Bubblebath Vol. 2 - 162 members want this


• Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life - 160 members want this


• The Black Dog - Virtual - 156 members want this


• Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth - 149 members want this

But what about old skool hardcore, breakbeat business? Well …

• Citrus - Fascination - 104 members want this


• Acen - Trip II The Moon (Part 1) - 94 members want this


• Acen - Trip II The Moon (Part 2 The Dark Side) - 93 members want this


• Krome & Time - This Sound Is For The Underground - 89 members want this


• Acen - Close Your Eyes - 86 members want this


• Acen - Trip II The Moon (Part 3 - Kaleidoscopiklimax) - 84 members want this


• 2-X-Treme - X-Tremity EP - 81 members want this


• Hyper On Experience - Deaf In The Family EP - 74 members want this


• DJ Crystl - Meditation / Warpdrive - 73 members want this


• Metalheads - Terminator - 71 members want this


• Foul Play - Finest Illusion - 67 members want this


• Acen - Trip To The Moon (Omar Santana Remix) - 64 members want this


• Tango - The Tango Project - 60 members want this


• Foul Play - Foul Play Vol.1 - 59 members want this


• Dragon Fly - Visions Of Rage - 57 members want this


• Liquid Crystal - Chromatic EP - 57 members want this


• Economix - Economix EP - 51 members want this

and the tunes in most peoples collection …

• Jeff Mills - Kat Moda EP - 1764 members have this


• The Aztec Mystic - Knights Of The Jaguar EP - 1286 members have this

I’ve got several thousand of them, but up until now, I didn’t have a clue how they were made. I saw some great photos on the JTS Studio site a while ago ..

and then whilst looking for something completely unrelated on youtube, I found this:

How Vinyl Records Are Made Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUGRRUecBik

How Vinyl Records Are Made Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReDh9ec_rk