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Cliffy’s Essential Hacienda
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Your Love
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Your Love Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle
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Twilight
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Twilight Maze
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Can You Feel It
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Can You Feel It Mr Fingers
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Strings Of Life
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Strings Of Life Rhythim Is Rhythim
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Seventh Heaven
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Seventh Heaven Gwen Guthrie
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Acid Tracks
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Acid Tracks Phuture
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No Way Back (Vocal)
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No Way Back (Vocal) Adonis
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Promised Land
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Promised Land Joe Smooth
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Let The Music Play
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Let The Music Play Shannon
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Dream Girl
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Dream Girl Pierre's Pfantasy Club
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Rebel Without A Pause
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Rebel Without A Pause Public Enemy
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The Soul
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The Soul Al Naayfish
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Dirty Talk
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Dirty Talk Klein & MBO
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Juice (Know The Ledge)
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Juice (Know The Ledge) Eric B & Rakim
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Where Love Lives (Classic Mix)
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Where Love Lives (Classic Mix) Alison Limerick
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Salsa House
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Salsa House Richie Rich
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Boogie Down Bronx
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Boogie Down Bronx Man Parrish
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I'm In Love
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I'm In Love Sha-Lor
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Voodoo Ray
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Voodoo Ray A Guy Called Gerald
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Lets Get Brutal (Brutal House Mix)
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Lets Get Brutal (Brutal House Mix) Nitro Deluxe
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Getting Away With It
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Getting Away With It Electronic
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Passion (Naked Mix)
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Passion (Naked Mix) Gat Decor
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The Sound
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The Sound Reese & Santonio
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Fly Life Extra
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Fly Life Extra Basement Jaxx
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It Takes Two
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It Takes Two Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
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(You Are My) All And All
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(You Are My) All And All Joyce Sims
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Big Fun
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Big Fun Inner City
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Pump Up Chicago (Acid Mix)
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Pump Up Chicago (Acid Mix) Mr Lee
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It's All Right
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It's All Right Sterling Void
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Carino
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Carino T-Coy
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Dream 17
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Dream 17 Annette
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I Like It (Blow Out Dub)
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I Like It (Blow Out Dub) Landlord
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Let Me Show You
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Let Me Show You K-Klass
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Blue Monday
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Blue Monday New Order
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The Funk Phenomena
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The Funk Phenomena Armand Van Helden
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Break 4 Love
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Fools Gold
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Fools Gold The Stone Roses
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Been A Long Time
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Been A Long Time The Fog
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Loose Fit
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Loose Fit Happy Mondays
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Lack Of Love
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Lack Of Love Charles B
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Muzik Xpress
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Muzik Xpress X-Press 2
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Hideaway (Deep Dish Remix)
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Hideaway (Deep Dish Remix) De'Lacey
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French Kiss
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Who Needs A Love Like That (Graeme Park & John Crossley Groove Remix)
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Who Needs A Love Like That (Graeme Park & John Crossley Groove Remix) Cut The Q
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Washing Machine
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Washing Machine Mr Fingers
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I Can Dance
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I Can Dance Fast Eddie
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Pacific State
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Pacific State 808 State
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Humanoid
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Humanoid Stakker Humanoid
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Back By Dope Demand
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Love Sensation
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Love Sensation Lolleata Holloway
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Cliffy’s Essential Hacienda
Cliffy presents his all time top 50 Hacienda classics.
As a relative latecomer to house music in the later 90’s, I have always been playing catch up on what I missed ever since. To this day, I thrive on discovering old tracks from those embryonic days of the late 80’s and early 90’s, and when it comes to new tracks I still favour those that replicate the production techniques of that time.
So, rewind to 1997 – I bought a Hacienda compilation that documented the musical history of the club, and it blew me away. I felt like I’d found a home I’d never even visited…transported back in time, and piecing together the history of what had brought club culture to where it was at that time. When it comes to music, I’m a shameless romantic – I had this perfect image of clubbing life in the 80s, with the most incredible soundtrack, cocktails and that naivety and optimism that had long been driven out of club life. Having a large range of tastes, I found the eclecticism so inspiring, and it really opened my eyes as to what A DJ could achieve.
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