Underworld cover 'Baby Wants To Ride'

[scary man]

Karl just announced on Lauren Laverne's Radio 6 show that they've covered Frankie Knuckles classic, Baby Wants To Ride.

She then played it, I heard a bit, but had to go back to work.

[scary man]

It's a collab with Heller & Farley.
Get it here.

http://www.babywantstoride.com/

[Lx_Nen]

Vinyl is limited to 1000, so you may need to be quick.

[Dirty0900]

Press release I got sent:

Junior Boys Own to release a tribute to Frankie Knuckles, the undisputed Godfather of house, on 31st March, the 1-year anniversary of his passing.

· Stream and download available now via The Elton John AIDS Foundation website.
· Vinyl available to pre-order now

In celebration of Knuckles’ life and music, two of the label’s cornerstone acts - Underworld and Heller & Farley - have joined forces for the first time to record a version of the Chicago classic “Baby Wants To Ride”.

“Baby Wants To Ride” will be released digitally and on limited edition 12” vinyl by Junior Boys Own/Caroline International. All proceeds of the record will go to the Frankie Knuckles Fund (part of the Elton John AIDS Foundation).

On the continued influence of Frankie Knuckles:

‘My relationship with Frankie goes back a long way. Twenty-five years ago, Frankie championed the early music Pete Heller and I made and many of the first releases on Junior Boys Own. He helped turn a group of suburban London music fans into DJs and producers who could travel the world, simply by his patronage.’ Terry Farley

‘As the creator of house music we owe Frankie a huge debt. Karl and I have always seen Frankie as the source and, as Underworld, we’re always swimming in his river.’ Rick Smith (Underworld)

‘When difficult decisions had to be made at the label, I’d often ask myself, “What would Frankie do?’ This meant we should approach the problem with love and respect for the music as our first concern.” Steven Hall (Junior Boys Own)

"It's fabulous. I have always LOVED Underworld. This is a great track and tribute to Frankie. Thanks to everyone involved from me and everyone
at the Elton John AIDS Foundation.” Sir Elton John (Elton John AIDS Foundation)

Iconic dance label Junior Boy’s Own is one of the most consistently successful UK dance labels. They have previously released records by – among many others – the Chemical Brothers, X-Press 2, the Ballistic Brothers and Black Science Orchestra. Underworld and Farley & Heller were among the first acts signed to the label in the early ’90s.

The Frankie Knuckles Fund was established by Defmix and the Elton John AIDS Foundation in Knuckles’ memory, following his passing on 31st March 2014. The fund receives donations for the charity’s work with men at high risk of HIV in Africa as well as African communities in the UK, and African American communities in the U.S.A.

The digital and 12” releases will be available to buy or pre-order from 13.00 GMT 12th February 2015 at www.babywantstoride.com. By ordering direct, you ensure that the proceeds go direct to the charity, without any retailer margin deductions. The limited edition of 1,000 vinyl 12”s and the digital bundle are available at babywantstoride.com as “Pay What You Want” (subject to a minimum of £12 plus shipping for the vinyl and £3 for the digital bundle).

The “Baby Wants To Ride” release has been supported by a team all of whom have given their time and services for free, including: 9PR, Abbey Road Mastering, Beatink Inc., Caroline International, Hub II Studio, Magnum PR, Mark James Works, Townsend Music, Turner Hall, Viaduct Promotions, Vinyl Factory and Your Army.

www.babywantstoride.com

Frankie Knuckles Fund for the Elton John AIDS Foundation

If you'd like to donate to the Frankie Knuckles Fund for the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s HIV programs serving African communities around the globe, please visit: http://www.ejaf.org/london/campaigns/frankie-knuckles-fund/

About Elton John AIDS Foundation

The Elton John AIDS Foundation is one of the largest private funding institutions for AIDS in the world. In the last 21 years, it has raised over £193m ($300m) to support more than 1,200 projects across four continents. Funding has helped leverage a further £228m ($355m) for programme partners, enabling them to reach millions of people infected, affected or at risk of HIV.

To find out more please go to www.ejaf.org/london

[Dirty0900]

Vinyl ordered

[crank]

Vinyl ordered. Were we supposed to get a download code as well?

[King of Snake]

Never imagined Elton John to be an Underworld fan too :)

[cdave2]

Never imagined Elton John to be an Underworld fan too :)

So is Barry Manilow. His music isn't to my taste, but I like the guy.

Loved the snippet I heard and am so proud of the guys for doing this. That's my band! :)

I admit that I'm a transplanted Chicagoan; I wasn't here during the original house era. But one of my fondest memories is from the summer after I arrived, when the city invited Knuckles to DJ as part of their free outdoor dancing series in the Loop - even having Mayor Daley officially declare the occasion Frankie Knuckles Day. I rushed over after work and had barely reached the dance floor when a fellow I'd never seen before in my life wandered past with a "Wanna dance?"...and we didn't stop for the rest of the night. He gave me a history of sorts, pointing out figures such as Jamie Principle hanging out next on Frankie on stage, trading old-skool moves ("remember this one?") with the guy next to us, joining in a "Music Box! Music Box!" chorus of regulars paying tribute to their favorite club. Wish I could remember his name because it was the most joyous welcome to Chicago I could have had.

It embodied the ideal of people from all classes and races coming together to celebrate the joy of music and dancing. Underworld share that spirit; that's why I love them so and why this tribute is so appropriate.

Okay, enough sentimental mush - get back to dancing, ya suckers! :)

[jetpig]

Grabbed the digital download. I prefer the vs Heller & Farley version a little bit more than the vs Misterons. There's a bit more space and it feels larger to me. Both are awesome though. Good to have some new from the boys!

[King of Snake]

Good to hear Rick singing again as well (at least it sounds like him doing a backing vocal on the "baby wants to ride..so high" lines).

[khouri]

Is this Underworld's first cover version???

[Troy McClure]

Is this Underworld's first cover version??? I can't think of anything else as an official release. I know they did a live cover of 'Move Any Mountain' with Mr. C of The Shamen. It's on Underworld's youtube page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt9c4qm_G0



Jason

[TheBang]

Good to hear Rick singing again as well (at least it sounds like him doing a backing vocal on the "baby wants to ride..so high" lines).
I think you're right. What other songs has he sung on though? I can't think of any.

[jetpig]

Scribble (backing Ah-Ah and harmonizing the main refrain) and ALAF (backing heaven and the rhythym).

edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJiUSL2N3CQ second half of the song you see him along with karl.
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUU3i67p4u0

[negative1]

hmm.. i wonder if i should add this to the remixography.

i guess so. since they're doing a remix of another song.

but then again, they are involved with it also.


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[King of Snake]

I think you're right. What other songs has he sung on though? I can't think of any. Hmm well right now I can only think of backing vocals on Boy Boy Boy. (and Best Mamgu Ever but that's not really singing, just using samples of his voice in a cool stretched way). I do seem to remember him singing (along with with Karl) on some other tune during the livesets but I can't really remember which track it would have been so I might be imagining it.

*edit* I see jetpig posted a link already with Rick singing along with Scribble so that must have been it :)

[Lx_Nen]

Is this Underworld's first cover version???

That's debateable - they performed their mix of the Chemical Brothers "Leave Home" at live gigs in the early days.

[TheBang]

Vinyl ordered. Were we supposed to get a download code as well?
Nope, I don't think the vinyl includes any digital version. At least not at the time of order. There might be a physical download code paper in the vinyl, but it doesn't seem to be that way in the product descriptions.

Scribble (backing "its okayyy" opposite Karl) and ALAF (backing heaven in time with Karl).
Only in the live versions though, yeah?

I was asking about album tracks. I did remember that Rick appears on "Vox Jam". I believe he also does backing vocals on Boy Boy Boy.

That's debateable - they performed their mix of the Chemical Brothers "Leave Home" at live gigs in the early days.
That was a remix though, and not really a cover. I think this might be their first cover proper.

[jetpig]

I feel like it is so on the albums too, but discogs isn't helping. Esme smith is credited as backing vocals on alaf, but that's it. Karl's not even credited as vocals though. I will check my album tonight.

[Troy McClure]

Did anyone else have a noticeable skip in the FLAC file at 7:44 in the UW vs Heller & Farley Mix? The 320k file was fine. Thanks in advance.

Other than that I really enjoying both versions. Love the bassline. Would be a trip if Underworld played it live this year.

-Jason

[TheBang]

Did anyone else have a noticeable skip in the FLAC file at 7:44 in the UW vs Heller & Farley Mix? The 320k file was fine. Thanks in advance.

No skip in my FLAC

[jetpig]

Did anyone else have a noticeable skip in the FLAC file at 7:44 in the UW vs Heller & Farley Mix? The 320k file was fine. Thanks in advance. Other than that I really enjoying both versions. Love the bassline. Would be a trip if Underworld played it live this year. -Jason Hrmm, you can only download the files twice each it seems. That's kind of lame. edit: also I hadn't listened to the flacs yet as I hadn't noticed the zip download option gives you the mp3s

edit 2: I get a skip when I play the FLAC on VLC media player, but not on foobar2000. Haven't tried it with my portable yet.

[negative1]

Did anyone else have a noticeable skip in the FLAC file at 7:44 in the UW vs Heller & Farley Mix? The 320k file was fine. Thanks in advance.

Other than that I really enjoying both versions. Love the bassline. Would be a trip if Underworld played it live this year.

-Jason

I get a skip when I play back the FLAC file, but when I convert it WAV i don't seem to have that problem.

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[crank]

I sure would like to hear these tracks while i wait for my vinyl to arrive... :D:):rolleyes:

[Troy McClure]

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I had been playing my FLAC through VLC, but it worked just fine playing it via MediaMonkey and burning it to a disc.

--Jason

[TheBang]

OK, I was able to reproduce the skip in the FLAC while using VLC. I did not encounter it with other players. I think it's a bug in the playback engine of VLC and something specifically about the way the FLAC was encoded, rather than an error in the audio data itself. I was able to get it to skip at other points in the song by clicking around to different points of the file. I re-encoded the FLAC into FLAC again, and the resulting file played fine in VLC.

[jetpig]

The Heller & Farley version is sooooo gooooood. That sound that comes in at 1:19ish is just wonderful, playing with Karl's voice placement and layering of him and Rick (and someone else too?)... I can't get enough.

[joethelion]

That's debateable - they performed their mix of the Chemical Brothers "Leave Home" at live gigs in the early days.


what about "Good Day Today"?

didn't UW re-record the track, and vocals for the 'remix'?

[TheBang]

what about "Good Day Today"?

didn't UW re-record the track, and vocals for the 'remix'?
When the work is commissioned by the original artist and the remixer is paid and it's around the general time of the original release, then I'd say it's a remix, regardless of how much production goes into it.

If it's created independently of the original artist, and the mechanical license fee for covers is paid, then it's a cover.

[negative1]

Apparently there is a cd-r for this,
but no one has it listed yet.
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http://www.discogs.com/Underworld-Vs-Heller-Farley-Baby-Wants-To-Ride/release/6755074

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[Dirty0900]

Anyone relieved their copy yet? My money got debited but no hint at when I'll get a copy of if I get the digital tracks included. Communication is poor. Might have to email the PR I think.

[TheBang]

It says right on the order site, the release date is April 13. It also doesn't say that digital copies are included with the vinyl (they're not).

[TheBang]

Is this Underworld's first cover version???
So, UW considers it their first cover:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/26/frankie-knuckles-house-dance-music-elton-john

Underworld had never covered a song before, although that didn’t dawn on them until they had finished. “Yeah, we didn’t actually realise until we had finished it,” laughs Hyde. “I grew up doing cover versions in a band as a teenager, so didn’t twig we’d never done one as Underworld! But that was good really, because it meant there wasn’t any apprehension of how we should approach a cover.”

[BishBash]

It says right on the order site, the release date is April 13. That's true it does say that. But did it say that when it first went on sale? When they announced it, they said, "Junior Boys Own to release a tribute to Frankie Knuckles, the undisputed Godfather of house, on 31st March, the 1-year anniversary of his passing" However in reality they released the download earlier than that, and they're sending out the vinyl later than that...:confused:

[holden]

So, UW considers it their first cover:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/26/frankie-knuckles-house-dance-music-elton-john

Interesting! I would consider their remix of David Lynch's "Good Day Today" to approach cover version status, as the vocals sound like Karl and the main melody is redone, not sampled. But hey, its a fuzzy line, and if UW say so!

[TheBang]

That's true it does say that. But did it say that when it first went on sale?
Yes, it did.

Additionally, in my order confirmation e-mail receipt, it says "Items Purchased: [...] Baby Wants To Ride (Limited 12 Inch Vinyl Single) (Released: 2015-04-13)"

[Lx_Nen]

Mine just arrrived.

[Dirty0900]

Mine arrived. If the record wasn't for charity, I might not have bought it. Feel scammed that for the price, I don't have a digital copy included. Don't really like torrenting stuff due to poor quality but I'm not paying again. Disappointing communication from the people managing the shop, no response to emails and I reckon they got posted out before the dispatch. No way it could have arrived on Saturday when it was supposedly dispatched at 6.02pm on Friday.

[Mike]

The UK 4 Track Promo CD sold for £73 on eBay yesterday. I missed out on an auction a few weeks ago where it sold for just under £10.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNDERWORLD-VS-HELLER-amp-FARLEY-Baby-Wants-To-Ride-2015-UK-4-trk-promo-test-CD-/301588766837?nma=true&si=6L8eAQyAUuE11fzohsYBMcdRKvk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Surely this has to be the most anyone would pay for a CDR Promo?

[BishBash]

Mine arrived. If the record wasn't for charity, I might not have bought it. Feel scammed that for the price, I don't have a digital copy included. Well certainly by the time postage had been added on, £16 felt like a lot of money, but it did occur to me at the time that I could cancel and just get the downloads for £1 per track (or less for all four tracks). I agree that it would have been nice to get the downloads as a reward for shelling out £16, but they didn't say that we would. It seemed pretty clear to me that I would have to buy the downloads separately, (which so far I haven't done). The long wait for the vinyl also didn't help in terms of getting gratification for your cash. I wonder if they held off so that they could get "the first No1 in the new vinyl chart" as per this Underworld tweet yesterday, https://twitter.com/underworldlive/status/587629516194971648?lang=en-gb. (I've tried to google the chart - there's lots of stuff for "Q1 2015" sales, but I'm struggling to find the exact chart that the tweet referred to. Bored looking now...) .No way it could have arrived on Saturday when it was supposedly dispatched at 6.02pm on Friday. I'm not sure we can complain that the things arrived on Saturday when we weren't meant to get them til Monday.

[BishBash]

Following on from above, here's a little 'thing' about the vinyl singles chart with a quote from Karl about selling 12"s from the back of a car: http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/frankie-knuckles-tribute-baby-wants-to-ride-tops-first-official-vinyl-singles-chart-on-anniversary-of-his-passing__8918/ And here's the elusive chart I was looking for in my previous post: http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-singles-chart/

[TheBang]

Surely this has to be the most anyone would pay for a CDR Promo?
Yeah, it does seem quite high for CD-r promo auctions in recent memory.

I wonder if they held off so that they could get "the first No1 in the new vinyl chart"
I think it had more to do with the lead times for vinyl manufacturing. It seems like they released it (the digital files) fairly quickly after the track was completed, but vinyl manufacturing takes quite a bit of additional lead time before being ready.

[crank]

Anyone in the states receive theirs yet?

[cdave2]

Landed in Chicago yesterday. Can't play it yet because I need to replace my stylus!

[TheBang]

"The Misterons" confirmed as being Steve Hall and Darren Price on the 12" label. Though it was generally known, I think this is the first time it's confirmed in print.

[jetpig]

So I really don't like the misterons mix here. The edit is better, but the 12" mix is aimless and doesn't really go anywhere. The heller and Farley mix on the other hand is fantastic. Odd that it worked out this way as I generally like the misterons take on things. Any other opinions out there?

[gcoleman99]

I agree with your assessment, jetpig, on the H&F mix being better. They're both good, but both mixes of H&F just work better to me.

[cdave2]

Yowsah! Finally got my stylus replaced and just finished listening for the first time. Agreed; I enjoyed the bleepy sound of the Misterons mix, but the Heller & Farley is the one that feels like HOUSE! Doing the 40-something dance around the living room, but wotthehell!

[superdave]

hey ya'll,

years later, i am looking for full version 12 inch Misterons track, but cant find it anywhere. I'd like to download it, but can only find it on apple music to stream. I had it on an old harddrive, but no more.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

[negative1]

hey ya'll,

years later, i am looking for full version 12 inch Misterons track, but cant find it anywhere. I'd like to download it, but can only find it on apple music to stream. I had it on an old harddrive, but no more.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!


if you don't mind buying a cdr, there is one copy on discogs:

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6755074?ev=rb

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[TheBang]

years later, i am looking for full version 12 inch Misterons track, but cant find it anywhere. I'd like to download it, but can only find it on apple music to stream. I had it on an old harddrive, but no more.

It looks like it's not available in the US. It still seems to be available in the UK.

In any case, it looks like it's available for purchase here, if you click on the "Purchase options":
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Wants-Underworld-Heller-Farley/dp/B00TM3PKI8

I'm not sure how strict Amazon is on their geo-restrictions. You may need a proxy and/or a new non-US Amazon account. But they might also require a UK credit card billing address. Edit: It turns out Amazon is really strict on their MP3 purchasing, and requires a credit card with a billing address in that country.

It also appears to still be available on iTunes Store Japan and iTunes UK (as well as a few other countries):
https://music.apple.com/jp/album/junior-boys-own-presents-baby-wants-to-ride-ep/964198938?l=en
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/junior-boys-own-presents-baby-wants-to-ride-ep/1444877107

Purchasing on those can be accomplished using the gift card trick. But maybe the best course of action would be to have someone in the UK purchase it from iTunes or Amazon and reimburse them.