Peter Hook-Hacienda Acid House Classics

Peter Hook is set to release a double-disc collection of acid house classics with a Haçienda spin next month.

The New Order bassist could be said to have helped bankroll the Factory Records-owned club in its early days, back when it was a poorly attended gig venue, but the late '80s saw the club reverse its fortunes when Chicago house started to hit the shores of the UK. The acid house craze brought ravers to the Haçienda by the thousands, with resident DJs Mike Pickering, Graeme Park and Jon Dasilva overseeing what would become the soundtrack to a generation of house acolytes.

Peter Hook may have once suggested that New Order would have been better off if they gave ten pounds to every person who came to the club instead of keeping it open, but this compilation will see him personally selecting and mixing two CDs of acid anthems that slayed the Haç dance floor in the late '80s and early '90s. Now classic cuts such as "Baby Wants to Ride," "Voodoo Ray," "This Is Acid" and "Washing Machine" all appear alongside more obscure but no less worthy inclusions from Phortune and Charles B, with Hook also seeing fit to include the dub version of New Order's "True Faith."

The compilation has been scheduled to coincide with the October 5th release of the book Haçienda: How Not To Run A Club, which chronicles Hook and others' personal experiences of the venue.

Tracklist CD1:

1. Man Ray – Ways Of Making Music
2. A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray (HAC09 Manray Edit)
3. Hardfloor – Acperience 1
4. Frankie Knuckles ft. Jamie Principle – Baby Wants To Ride
5. Bassheads – Is There Anybody Out There?
6. Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder (Fast Eddie Mix)
7. Mr Fingers – Washing Machine
8. Phuture – Rise From Your Grave (Wake Da Fuck Up Mix)
9. Charles B & Adonis – Lack Of Love
10. Maurice – This Is Acid (Dovsa CD)
11. Josh Wink – Higher State Of Consciousness (Tweakin Acid Funk Mix)
12. Ralphi Rosario – An Instrumental Need
13. Mr Lee - Pump Up London

CD2:

1. Man Ray – We're On It
2. Sleezy D – I've Lost Control
3. Phuture – Acid Tracks (Afro Acid Mix)
4. The Party Boy aka Bam Bam – The Twilight Zone
5. New Order – True Dub
6. Rhythmatic – Take Me Back
7. Victor Romeo – Acid Raid
8. Last Rhythm – Last Rhythm
9. Jack Frost and the Circle Jerks – Two The Max
10. Reese & Santonio – Rock To The Beat
11. Neal Howard – Indulge
12. Phortune – Jiggerwatts
13. Ecstasy Club – Jesus Loves The Acid

New State Music will release Hacienda Acid House Classics on October 19th, 2009.

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Ah, it's finally getting a release - good stuff! :)

Whatever you think about the cash-in, etc, it's not a bad set of tracks...

(And if that's actually "True Dub", then I'll be overjoyed)!

...with Hook also seeing fit to include the dub version of New Order's "True Faith.

And no prizes for guessing which Dub version it actually is (Tall f**kin' Paul's) - I've checked a promo copy.

johnny james wrote:

...with Hook also seeing fit to include the dub version of New Order's "True Faith.

And no prizes for guessing which Dub version it actually is (Tall f**kin' Paul's) - I've checked a promo copy.

Aaaarrghhh... We're destined never to get that track digitally (apart from 50 pound note's excellent series)...

Ordered the promo version, anyway!

How do you order a promo? I thought they were given to the elite few?

This looks awesome! Ralphi Rosario 'Instrumental Need' is KILLER!

FtotheDoubleOff wrote: How do you order a promo? I thought they were given to the elite few?

Second-hand shops! :)

Nick King wrote:

FtotheDoubleOff wrote: How do you order a promo? I thought they were given to the elite few?

Second-hand shops! :)

tHIEVES lIKE US tWO

RM wrote:

Nick King wrote:

FtotheDoubleOff wrote: How do you order a promo? I thought they were given to the elite few?

Second-hand shops! :)

tHIEVES lIKE US tWO

El Jarvo wrote: Am I alone in thinking the New Order offering is easily the shittest thing on that tracklisting?

New Order shouldn't be rubbing shoulders with any of that lot.

Yer not alone Al !

And no SWEET HARMONY by LIQUID

Who's Man Ray anyway, is that Hooky finally using that name after all these years?

And yes, the Tall Paul mix doesn't really belong, though it is vaguely 'acid'.

El Jarvo wrote:

johnny james wrote: Who's Man Ray anyway, is that Hooky finally using that name after all these years?

Ooh, yes, you're absolutely right. It's our 'Ooky, so it seems.

Will it just be him shouting "COOOME OOOOON MAN-CHES-TEEER!", or something vaguely half-decent?

Either way, still doesn't deserve to be rubbing shoulders with the rest of the tracks.

Come someone remind me - how many times did Hooky actually DJ at the Hacienda then?

Remember seeing Nu Ordah at the HAC in 87, shit venue, terrible sound, dunno what all the fuss is about it was a 3rd rate club ws it not?

El Jarvo wrote:

johnny james wrote: Who's Man Ray anyway, is that Hooky finally using that name after all these years?

Ooh, yes, you're absolutely right. It's our 'Ooky, so it seems.

Will it just be him shouting "COOOME OOOOON MAN-CHES-TEEER!", or something vaguely half-decent?

Either way, still doesn't deserve to be rubbing shoulders with the rest of the tracks.

Come someone remind me - how many times did Hooky actually DJ at the Hacienda then?

Hmmm, I know a bit more about this remix - I *think* (from memory), it's got something to do with Greg Wilson?

bit of a clue with it starting both discs as well (was gouing to write both sides then - showing my age!)

El Jarvo wrote: Er, what remix?

We still talking about Man Ray, Nickos?

This Blog suggests it's actually the man himself.

That's a bit sneaky, innit? Slipping your own unreleased material in amongst some stonewall classics!

A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray (HAC09 Manray Edit)

Think it's a collaboration between Greg Wilson and Hooky (or something like that)! I was supposed to be given a copy at some point, but still waiting... ;-) :p

But, yeah, Man Ray is generally a pseudonym for Hooky (as far as I can remember) - was fairly pissed/shattered in a nightclub in the early hours of the morning when I got told that! :p