{"id":950,"date":"2009-04-03T07:11:14","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T14:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=950"},"modified":"2009-04-03T07:11:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T14:11:14","slug":"smooth-but-hazzardous-push-up-the-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=950","title":{"rendered":"Smooth But Hazzardous &#8211; Push up the Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an ace Ron Wells track currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/sell\/list?release_id=80942&#038;ev=rb\">too rich for my wallet on original press<\/a>, thankfully it was repressed on both the remix EP plus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Various-The-Sound-Of-Obsession-Volume-1\/release\/525839\">this excellent comp<\/a>, both of which I have on vinyl.  The tune has all the trademark elements of a Ron Wells \/ Jack Smooth production (aka &#8220;that early Basement sound&#8221;), which is a bit hard to describe but which is unmistakable when you hear it &#8211; drums propelling the track forward along a 4\/4 kick backing + stripped down song structure and melodic elements. Excellent stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Sound quality is getting a bit dire on these rips, new needles this weekend I promise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/Smooth-But-Hazzardous-Made-You-Dance-Carl-Cox-Remix\/release\/80879\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/smooth_but_hazzardous.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<A href=\"\/blog\/audio\/Smooth But Hazzardous - Push Up The Levels (Original).mp3\">Smooth But Hazzardous &#8211; Push Up The Levels<\/a><Br><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-950-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/blog\/audio\/Smooth%20But%20Hazzardous%20-%20Push%20Up%20The%20Levels%20(Original).mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/blog\/audio\/Smooth%20But%20Hazzardous%20-%20Push%20Up%20The%20Levels%20(Original).mp3\">\/blog\/audio\/Smooth%20But%20Hazzardous%20-%20Push%20Up%20The%20Levels%20(Original).mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an ace Ron Wells track currently too rich for my wallet on original press, thankfully it was repressed on both the remix EP plus this excellent comp, both of which I have on vinyl. The tune has all the trademark elements of a Ron Wells \/ Jack Smooth production (aka &#8220;that early Basement sound&#8221;),&hellip; <\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/?p=950\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smooth But Hazzardous &#8211; Push up the Levels<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,162],"class_list":["post-950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tunes","tag-16","tag-ron-wells"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogtotheoldskool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}