VARIOUS ARTISTS 12" Dance: The Definitive Collection 1978 - 1995 (2009 UK 32-track 3-CD album set - The creative forces behind Ministry of Sound's 'Anthems' series, and Universal's '12" 80's', come together to present a megalithic album of the biggest, best and most iconic dance anthems of all time. Straddling 3 decades of Dance and Club culture, CD1 focuses on the explosion of the iconic 12" single mix onto the embryonic club-scene of New York and Chicago in the 70's and its eventualtake over of the world's dance-floors with timeless, powerhouse disco anthems from Chic, Sugarhill Gang, Sister Sledge, The Trammps & Earth Wind And Fire and tipping us into the next great dance movement with Blondie and Donna Summer. CD2 leads us into the 80's, evoking neon blooded rebellion and the rise of Pop, Rap and Techno / House featuring classic mixes of Miami Sound Machine, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, S'Express, Inner City, Womack and Womack and more including the biggest selling 12" single of all time New Order's seminal 'Blue Monday'. Pushing on into the hedonistic electro-dance fuelled 90's with a momentum that will leave you breathless for the next installation, CD 3 features club classics from Adamski, Beats International, Jamiroquai, Deee-lite, C&C Music Factory, Snap!, Happy Mondays, Jamiroquai, and that all time favourite No 1 by Everything But The Girl - 'Missing'. With the ultimate 24 carat track-list, crossing a plethora of genres from disco, soul, new wave, pop, rap, house, techno and beyond, stretching across 3 decades and numerous generations of youth & club cultures, '12" Dance' cannot fail to pull the heartstrings and evoke dance-floor moments for people of every age in every community!)