In 2002, the money-management and record-keeping firms that sponsor Guns and Hoses, a yearly party for fire and police pension officials, urged delegates to send in the details of their escrow accounts, for compilation in a catalog.
"Someone who says she's my friend/ Told me you've been untrue again" is the unsurpassable opening to a singularly beautiful song called What Am I Gonna Do With You (Hey Baby), written by Gerry Goffin in collaboration with Russ Titelman and found on this compilation in a version by Lesley Gore.
"... likely to be widely adopted for undergraduate courses on compiler design and could become the next classic book in the subject area... .. "This book shines with the experience of those that came before it, covering all of the phases of compilation in a clear, readable fashion.
"I learned how to produce by doing remixes," said the DJ about the compilation in a press release.
Subjective by its very nature, weighted toward New York, which is where I live, and too full of men for my liking, this list presents my best stab at a "greatest hits" compilation in a decade of unforgettable moments.
Pitchfork Media's Jess Harvell felt that it was a "smart" move not to arrange the songs on the compilation in a chronological order and felt it "has the odd knock-on effect of suggesting that their legacy may be based on a smaller body of work than imagined".
Today, Ministry of Sound now focuses on releasing digital compilations in an unmixed form, putting an emphasis on the hottest individual tracks being put out by the world-renowned label.
This, then, resolves the doctrinal tension: Copyright treats facts and factual compilations in a wholly consistent manner.
United under the banner DJs Do Ghetto, the trio started throwing parties at ad hoc venues throughout the city, then released a self-titled compilation in 2006 with a handful of other artists from around town.
The arrival of The Return of the DJ compilation in 1995 signified a major seachange in hip-hop – the first-ever all-DJ/no-MC album.
