Hithouse – Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Netherlands 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“Jack To The Sound Of The Underground” is a 1988 house single by Dutch music project Hithouse, the project was led by singer, DJ, remixer and producer Peter Slaghuis.

“Jack To The Sound Of The Underground” was a European-wide hit at the end of 1988 / beginning of 1989. The title initially rose to #14 on the UK charts, two months later it entered the top 10 in Germany (#6) and Switzerland (#3).

Sadly Peter Slaghuis died in September 1991 at the age of 30, in a car accident.

SIDE A:
Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Party Mix) 7:49

SIDE B:
The Samples 0:46
Jack To The Sound Of The Underground (Fake Mix) 6:17

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: CBS ‎– CBS 652990 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Euro House

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve] – Gizmo (14)
Producer, Written-By – Peter Slaghuis

NOTES:
Produced for A.R.S. Productions Belgium
Made in Holland

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard:
ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Ricardo
Ricardo
September 15, 2018 12:44 pm

Amazing!! =)

Jasons2
Jasons2
July 21, 2017 11:15 pm

Thank you very much Paul

Gilbert Gonzales
Gilbert Gonzales
April 21, 2017 2:16 pm

Thank you for featuring classic HOUSE music. I missed these so much! I’m also a fan of Peter L. Hope you can feature some of his remixes in the future.

DJ Spade
April 21, 2017 10:28 am

Just as another addition, this was remade in 2013 by Nicky Romero, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano. Thanks Paul for all the music you always post, it is very much appreciated!
=)

John
John
April 21, 2017 10:27 am

I remember this track, back in it’s day, a clever use of samples, one of the samples is from Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill.
Cool post Paul…..Loving the House Style posts.
Have you got Samantha Fox “Love House” or Max Q “Sometimes”, both these tracks had that House M1 piano style vibe.

risildowgtn
risildowgtn
April 20, 2017 1:45 pm

another kickass House anthem from the 80s. i predict some 49ers 😛

THANK YOU!

Roy Mahoney
Roy Mahoney
April 20, 2017 1:34 pm

Many thanks for this Paul. Brilliant piece of music. Don’t have this as a matter of fact, so well pleased. Love the acid house era. Sweet Harmony by Liquid, What is Love by Haddaway and the Quadrant Mix of Playing with Knives by Bizarre Inc. are songs that bring back great memories for me. Didn’t know that Peter Slaghuis died in a car accident. How tragic. The two guys from London Boys also both died in a car accident while crossing the Alps and only learned of this quite recently. Quite a shock as I saw them perform and though… Read more »

Daryl
Daryl
April 20, 2017 1:01 pm

Little-known fact, or useless information, for UK fans over a certain age (though aren’t we all..?) – the opening of this was used as the theme tune to cult topical comedy show The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the early ’90s!

Dirk
Dirk
Reply to  DjPaulT
April 23, 2017 3:42 pm

Ah, finally. There was a night when a friend of mine and I were puzlzing about that small fact. Way before the internet (yes, humanity was not born yesterday via a 3d-printer, to all young foklk with arm, neck and back deformations) we could not look up stuff like that immediately.
I may now rest and have pace. Thank you, Daryl.

Martijn van Heeringen
Martijn van Heeringen
April 20, 2017 12:43 pm

Thanks a lot for this post. Acid house or house in general is not my thing, but Peter Slaghuis, who was behind this and the legendary Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait (Dutch Mix) was in my opinion the best mixer Holland ever produced – better even than Ben Liebrand. Listen to some of his Disco Breaks or 12 inch versions, you will know what I mean.
Tragically he died in a car crash in 1991 so we will never know how he would have transcended the 80s into modern dance music.

ex15
ex15
April 20, 2017 11:55 am

A truly fantastic track…

Thanks for the rip Paul! 🙂

Jeff
Jeff
April 20, 2017 11:44 am

You are thrilling me to no end, Paul with these classic sampledelic montage mixes! This, back in the day, was the jam!! I really miss these types of things, but I have read that, unfortunately, the trend died out because of the over-use of the same old samples, plus the litigation for using un-cleared sound bites. But, I can revel in the past thanks to you with the out-standing fidelity you bring forth. I have to check out others I might have in my collection, like The Criminal Element Orchestra’s “Put The Needle On The Record” and “This Contagious House”… Read more »