Chip E.Jack Trax

Label:

Gotta Dance Records – 504072X

Format:

Vinyl , 12", 33 ⅓ RPM

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

House

Tracklist

A1 It's House
A2 Time To Jack
Vocals [Uncredited]Joe Smooth
A3 House Energy
B1 It's Dub
B2 Time To Track
Vocals [Uncredited]Joe Smooth
B3 MB Dance
B4 Sensuous House

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered AtQCA Studios
  • Pressed ByQCA Custom Pressing

Credits

  • Executive-ProducerMichael Wilson (13)
  • ProducerKurt Landrum

Notes

Published By T.S.O.C.

Important note:
Track A1 on some copies skips in various places.

QCɑ is found stamped in the runout area. This indicates a mastering and/or pressing at QCA Studios and/or QCA Custom Pressing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Etched in the runout of side A): 504072X-A² QCɑ[underlined]
  • Matrix / Runout (Etched in the runout of side B): 504072X-B³

Other Versions (4)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Jack Trax (12", 33 ⅓ RPM) House Records (3) CHP001 US 1985
Jack Trax (12", 33 ⅓ RPM) D.J. International Records DJ 895 US 1986
Recently Edited
Jack Trax (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, Remastered) House Records (2) CHP001 US 2006
Jack Trax (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue) D.J. International Records DJ 895 UK 2014

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Reviews

  • djsolomonalonzo's avatar
    The grey label is not the first pressing. It's the second. The first pressing is Jack Trax ‎(12")
    House Records CHP001 US 1985 Orange label with Jack Master Funk on the left side. It was a second pressing of CHP001 in 1985 without Jack Master Funk on the left side so the grey pressing is actually the third pressing. Chip E explained the pressing situation here in the comments about this record.
    • tnadnort's avatar
      tnadnort
      My copy reveals dark brown translucent coloured vinyl when held up to the light.
      • dylaf's avatar
        dylaf
        Edited 2 years ago

        My comments edited; I stand corrected on the pressing order between the Grey & Orange label pressings!!

        In opposition to the release notes above stating a 'bad edit', if you look closely you will see the stylus jump, so it is a pressing flaw, rather than a bad edit. Nobody would commit an edit like that for the final cut! Still sounds fresh all the same. Many copies of the grey press I have heard to play with heavy background noise, but little visual evidence of play. This likely indicates use of a weighted cartridge to prevent the skipping, which is further evidence that the skips are due to the pressing.

        So regardless of A1's skips/jumps/bad edits or whatever, this remains a rare & classic piece of Chi Town history in its earliest incarnations... House music in it's simplest, most unsophisticated, freshest form.

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