Acid - Can You Jack?Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1985-95

• Maurice – This Is Acid
• The Sweat Boyz – Do You Want To Perculate
• Virgo – Go Wild Rhythm Track
• Mr Fingers – Beyond The Clouds
• Tyree – Acid Crash
• Phuture – Phuture Jacks
• Fresh – Dum Dum Part 2
• Roy Davis Jnr – Acid Bass
• Sleezy D – I've Lost Control
• Virgo Four – Take Me Higher
• DJ Pierre – Box Energy
• Frankie Knuckles featuring Jamie Principle – Baby Wants To Ride
• Tyree – Acid Over
• Green Velvet – Explorer
• Two Of A Kind – Like This
• Armando – Downfall
• Phuture – Acid Tracks

• 1. Maurice – This Is Acid
• 2. The Sweat Boyz – Do You Want To Perculate
• 3. Virgo – Go Wild Rhythm Track
• 4. Mr Fingers – Beyond The Clouds
• 5. Tyree – Acid Crash
• 6. Phuture – Phuture Jacks
• 7. Fresh – Dum Dum Part 2
• 8. Roy Davis Jnr – Acid Bass
• 9. Sleezy D – I've Lost Control
• 10. Virgo Four – Take Me Higher
• 11. DJ Pierre – Box Energy
• 12. Frankie Knuckles featuring Jamie Principle – Baby Wants To Ride
• 13. Tyree – Acid Over
• 14. Green Velvet – Explorer
• 15. Two Of A Kind – Like This
• 16. Armando – Downfall
• 17. Phuture – Acid Tracks

Following on from our new Acid-Mysterons Invade The Jackin' Zone, 

Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing theis long out of print classic album Acid – Can You Jack? Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1985-95.

Double CD set with 48-page outsize booklet and slipcase. Two separate volume of super-loud heavyweight 180gm double vinyl (each with free download codes) housed in heavyweight sleeves. Also now available here as an exclusive to this site  digital download for the first time.

The extensive sleevenotes to this release charting the phenomenal rise of Chicago house and acid music are written by Tim Lawrence, author or the the definitive book on dance music ‘Love Saves The Day’, as well as the Arthur Russell biography Hold On To Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene 1973-92.  Lawrence also wrote the text for Voguing and The House Ballroom Scene of New York, 1989-92, also published by Soul Jazz Records/Books.

The album features all-time classic full-length 12" tracks such as Phuture’s ‘Acid Trax’ and Sleezy D’s ‘I’ve Lost Control’, Jamie Principle’s ‘Baby Wants to Ride’ alongside many rare and experimental tracks including , Marshall Jefferson’s “Go Wild Rhythm Tracks”, Virgo's 'Take Me Higher' and many more.

The large booklet also contains exclusive photos and interviews with a number of the key players in the birth and rise of Chicago’s original house music scene from originators like Jefferson, DJ Pierre and Adonis to second wave artists like Cajmere and Roy Davis Jnr.

Killer!

Reviews of Acid - Can You Jack?:

'Impeccably timed compilation from Soul Jazz Records' Pitchfork

'Soul Jazz can do no wrong in terms of compiling in my eyes' Resident Advisor

'Suitably comprehensive, featuring many of the touchstone works now widely considered classics'XLR8R