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1983: The new Emulator -- the first digital sampling keyboard. When sounds were programmed into it, the Emulator could "play" breaking glass or vocal fragments from other records, or it could make countermelodies out of just about any sound "tuned" as a musical note. Its first use in a dance record was a subtle one: in Cuba Gooding's revival of his former group The Main Ingredient's "Happiness Is Just Around The Bend" coproducer John Robie created a background chorus out of one syllable, "bop," sung into the Emulator and played back as a chord.

1. Sun Palace - Rude Movements
2. Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
3. Gwen Guthrie - Peanut Butter
4. Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (LP Version)
5. Gwen Guthrie - Hopscotch
6. Will Powers - Adventures In Success
7. David Joseph 'You Can't Hide Your Love'
8. Cybotron - Cosmic Cars [Juan Atkins
9. Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh, I Love it (love break)
10. O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together
11. Visual - The Music Got Me
12. Billie - Nobody's Bizness
13. C-Bank - One More Shot
14. Freeez - I.O.U.
15. Montana - Who Needs Enemies (With A Friend Like You) You)
16. Visual - Somehow, Someway
17. Monyaka - Go Deh Yaka (Go To The Top)
18. Unique - What I Got Is What You Need
19. Fonda Rae - Heobah
20. NYC Peech Boys - Warm Summer's Night
21. System - You Are In My System
22. NYC Peech Boys - Life Is Something Special
23. NYC Peech Boys - On A Journey
24. Captain Rapp - Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)
25. Tracy Weber - Sure Shot
26. Cuba Gooding - Love Is Just Around The Bend
27. Status IV - You Ain't Really Down
28. Loose Joints - Tell You (Today)
29. Tania Maria - Come With Me
30. Womack & Womack - Baby I'm Scared Of You
31. Sinnamon - I Need You Now
32. Glenn Jones - I Am Somebody
33. Status IV - You Ain't Really Down
34. Goldie Alexander - Show You My Love
35. Gwen McCrae - Keep The Fire Burning
36. First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder Shep Pettibone remix for Salsoul
37. Doctor's Cat - Feel the Drive
38. Oliver Cheatham - Saturday Night

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