The Tenth Anniversary Collection, Pt. 1: 1990-1995 (2000)

About this title: Masters at Work's Tenth Anniversary Collection is a prescient, inestimably valuable four-disc compilation of MAW tracks covering the first five years of what may be the greatest partnership in house music. As surprising as it is to see a single-artist house box set, perhaps the label of release (BBE) makes it a bit more fathomable, considering MAW's Kenny Dope has mixed volumes in two different BBE series (Hip Hop Spectrum and Strange Games and Funky Things). Still, BBE spared no expense with this box, licensing tracks from many different labels -- always a problem considering the large ... read more

Tracks:

1. Love and Happiness (Yemaya y Ochún) [House Nation Mix] [India [Latin]/Vega]
2. Comin' on Strong [Spagatini Mix] [Parkhouse/Yiannokou]
3. Beautiful People [the Underground Network Mix] [India [Latin]/Sprin]
4. I Can't Get No Sleep [Ken/Lou 12"] [India [Latin]/Vega]
5. Ride on the Rhythm [India [Latin]/Vega/]
6. Voices in My Mind [Vega/Gonzalez]
7. I Get Lifted [The Bar Dub] [Vega/Matthews/Tucke]
8. Helpless (I Don't Know What to Do Without You) [the Kenlou Remix] [Springsteen]
9. Carry On [Beall]
10. When You Touch Me [India [Latin]/Vega/]
11. Photograph of Mary [Maw Dub] [Swirsky]
12. Ran Kan Kan [Puente]
13. Hip Hop [Gibson/Zulla/Zulla]
14. Gettin' It Right [the Hotel Mix] [Limerick/Anderson]
15. Crazy Love [Lyter/OHara/Rich]
16. Set Your Loving Free [Stansfield/Devaney/]
17. Chic Mystique [Edwards/Rodgers/Pri]
18. Para los Rumberos [Puente]
19. Thrill Me [Hucknall]
20. The Nervous Track [Ballsy Mix] [Vega/Gonzalez]
21. Moonshine [Gonzalez/Vega]
22. Listen [Louies Master Mix] [Akinrinola/Barali]
23. Blood Vibes [Dope/Vega]
24. Justa Lil Dope [Gonzalez/Vega]
25. What a Sensation [Sensational Mix] [India [Latin]/Gonza]
26. The Bounce [Vega/Gonzalez]
27. The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) [Wolinski/Gonzalez]
28. Boomin' in Ya Jeep [LP Mix] [Gonzalez/Herrera/Do]
29. The Ha Dance [Ken/Lou Mixx] [Gonzalez/Vega/Dope]
30. Souffles H [King St Club Mix]
31. Bass Tone [House Nation Mix] [Vega]
32. Freaky [Vega/Burn]
33. Deep Inside [Original Version] [Vega]
34. Our Mute Horn [Vega/Gonzalez]
35. We Can Make It [Underground Network Mix] [Salandy/Vega]
36. Reach ['Little' 'More' Mix] [Vega/Morrillo]
37. Sume Sigh Say [The Masters Remix] [Terry]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.