Evidence of the creative latitude granted in the ’80s by music executives,& of the maverick studio derring-do that resulted from it,can be found in the track that starts this set.W.B.in 1987,approached Arthur Baker to remix Fleetwood Mac’s 1at single in roughly half a decade.What the label received would be parenthetically titled “Extended Remix,”but “Big Love”underwent something else,what Baker notes in the rich accompanying booklet as “more of a reproduction.”Pattering drums are recast into a slamming beat with ricocheting handclaps.Overdubbed keyboards from David Cole and Gary Rottger roll & bob with as much power as those of a Chicago house track.Gail King executes the wizardly edits, and then — what’s that? — the voice of Stevie Nicks,unheard on the album version,sounding like a would-be house diva.“Big Love”hit the Top 10 of Billboard’s dance chart,the same height reached by well over a ......…Read full story and playlist in the comment
