FFRR (Full Frequency Range Recordings) sits right at the fault line where Chicago house crossed the Atlantic and rewired the UK. While the name itself comes from Decca’s post-war high-fidelity recording tech, the label’s real cultural impact landed decades later, when London Records relaunched FFRR in the mid-to-late ’80s as a home for emerging club music. At that exact moment, Chicago house was exploding, raw, drum-machine-driven tracks from pioneers like Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Marshall Jefferson, and Lil’ Louis were reshaping dance floors, and the UK was hungry for it.
FFRR became one of the key conduits for that sound. By licensing, releasing, and heavily promoting Chicago house records in Britain, the label helped translate a gritty, underground Black American club culture into a mainstream UK rave and house movement. Tracks like Baby Wants To Ride, French Kiss, and Tears didn’t just chart — they educated an entire generation of DJs and clubbers. In short: Chicago invented it, FFRR amplified it, and UK dance culture was never the same again.
Tracklisting:
01. Club House - Deep in My Heart (Funky House Version)
02. T-Empo - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (T-Empo Mix)
03. Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride (Andy Mowat Remix)
04. Jamie Principle - Baby Wants to Ride (X-Rated Version)
05. Prince & The New Power Generation - My Name is Prince (LP Version)
06. Orbital - Belfast (Sasha vs The Light Remix)
07. Together - Hardcore Uproar
08. Sterling Void - It’s All Right (House Mix)
09. Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (Remix)
10. Degrees of Motion - Shine On
11. Sex-O-Sonique - I Thought It Was You (12 Inch Mix)
12. Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride (Club Mix)
13. DSK - What Would We Do? (Clay & Deller’s ‘Industry Standard’ Mix)
14. Sagat - Fuk Dat (Raw/Radio Edit)
15. Tinman - Eighteen Strings (Full On Kitchen Mix)
16. Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me (12 Inch Mix)
17. Quake - The Day Will Come
18. The Good Men - Give It Up (DJ Quicksilver Remix)
19. Goldie - Inner City Life (Rabbit in the Moon’s Vocalic City)
20. Crescendo - Are You Out There
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