Ron Hardy Mixes

In the mid-1980s, Ron Hardy was one of Chicago’s most influential DJs. When Frankie Knuckles left The Warehouse to open the Power Plant in November 1982, owner Robert Williams opened the Muzic Box at 1632 S Indiana Ave. He poached Ron Hardy from a small bar called the Ritz. After the original Muzic Box was condemned, Williams moved the club to 326 N Michigan Ave. Hardy’s style was imaginative, with radical tape edits, fast tempos, and heavy EQing. Importantly, he inspired local producers and played their tracks.

Most of the mixes below are from DeepHousePage.com (DHP). Tracklists were documented with help from readers, DHP forum members, and Jason at suenomartino.net. Additions and corrections are welcome using the contact form.

For background, please see my interviews and articles on Ron Hardy:

• Stacey Collins interview (Apr 9, 2009)
• Bill Hardy interview (Jun 7, 2010)
• Ron Hardy at Den One (RBMA Daily)
• Ron Hardy at the Music Box (RBMA Daily)

Continued in Ron Hardy Mixes Part 2

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Updated April 19, 2024
Photo copyright: Reggie Corner, The Way We Were

40. ron2

Live at the Muzic Box, ~1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
2. Black Ivory: Mainline (break)
3. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (early version)
4. Jesse Saunders: Funk-U-Up (Bonus Beats)
5. Martin Circus: Disco Circus Medley
6. T-Connection: Do What You Wanna Do (edit)
7. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (edit of Disco Madness mix)
8. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face
9. Trussel: Love Injection

48. ron3

Live at the Muzic Box (Part II), 1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: The Love I Lost
2. Don Armando’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band: Deputy of Love/train sound effect
3. unidentified 1 [mp3]
4. Taana Gardner: When You Touch Me
5. Exodus: Together Forever (Dub)/train sound effect
6. Jamie Principle: Waiting on My Angel (Dub Mix)
7. Made In USA: Melodies (break)
8. unidentified 2 [mp3]
9. Klein & M.B.O.: The MBO Theme
10. Chip E.: MB Dance
11. beats
12. Two Tons of Fun: I Got the Feeling
13. Adams/Fleisner: Modern Digital Recorded Drumcomputer Rhythm Tracks Track Nine (132 Beats A Minute)/Loleatta Holloway: Love Sensation (accapella)/train sound effect
14. Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (break)
15. Chic: Everybody Dance (break)
16. Cheryl Lynn: Star Love
17. Sylvester: Dance (Disco Heat) (break)

50. rong2

Live at the Muzic Box, 1984
Source: DeepHousePage

1. MFSB feat. The Three Degrees: T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) (Philadelphia Classics mix)
2. Supertramp: Cannonball
3. Ashford & Simpson: Found a Cure (edit)
4. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way (Philadelphia Classics mix)
5. Billy Frazier & Friends: Billy Who?

72. ron4

Chicago, ~1987
Source: DeepHousePage

1. train effects
2. Stevie Wonder: As
3. Willie Hutch: Brother’s Gonna Work It Out
4. Diana Ross: Love Hangover
5. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Running Away
6. Side Effect: Always There
7. James Brown: Bodyheat
8. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & Ricky Dillard: It’s U [unknown mix]
9. J.M. Silk: Let the Music Take Control (Insaneappella)
10. Mr. Fingers: Can You Feel It/Al Green: Love and Happiness (intro)
11. Jungle Wonz: The Jungle (edit)
12. Jungle Wonz: Time Marches On
13. Black Ivory: Mainline (break, then beginning)

100. ron5

Live at the Muzic Box, 1987
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Willie Hutch: Brother’s Gonna Work It Out
2. Rhythim Is Rhythim: Move It
3. Thompson & Lenoir: Can’t Stop the House (Instrumental)
4. Risque III: Don’t You Know
5. Lidell Townsell: Party People Jack Your Body (House Mix)
6. Chip E.: It’s House
7. Jungle Wonz: Time Marches On
8. Made In USA: Melodies (break)
9. Thelma Houston: Don’t Leave Me This Way (break)
10. Wood, Brass & Steel: Funkanova

110. ron40

Live at the Muzic Box, 1985 [tape speed problems, crowd noise]
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Kebekelektrik: War Dance (Tom Moulton LP version)
2. Stephanie Mills: You Can Get Over
3. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix)
4. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Fruitness Mix)

116. ron50

Live at the Muzic Box, mid-1980s
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Pam Todd & Love Exchange: Let’s Get Together (Mr. K edit)
2. Billy Frazier & Friends: Billy Who?
3. Evelyn “Champagne” King: I Don’t Know If It’s Right (break)
4. The Charlie Calello Orchestra: Sing, Sing, Sing/“Bessie Smith” radio promo
5. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance

136. ron88

Muzic Box, 1984
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Chip E.: It’s House
2. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix)
3. Persia: Inch by Inch
4. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance
5. The Originals: Down to Love Town (edit)
6. Love Committee: Law and Order (LP version)
7. Patti Labelle: Get Ready (Looking for Loving) (edit)
8. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 3
9. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (House Mix)

155. ron37

Live at Club C.O.D., 1980s
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Diana Ross: Love Hangover
2. Willie Hutch: Brother’s Gonna Work It Out
3. Janice McClain: Smack Dab in the Middle (break)
4. Sylvester: I Need You (Howard Merritt Underground Mix)
5. Third World: Now That We’ve Found Love (break)
6. McFadden & Whitehead: Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
7. Natalie Cole: Annie Mae

200. ron114*

Live at US Studio/Muzic Box, 1/17/1984
Source: DeepHousePage [link has tracks 4-12, but longer version exists]

1. Interboro Rhythm Team: Watch The Closing Doors (Dub Version)
2. Chi Chi Liah: Proud Mary
3. Earl Young’s Trammps: What Happened to the Music
4. MFSB: Love Is The Message (Mr.K Re-Edit)
5. thunderstorm effects
6. Gaz Nevada: I.C. Love Affair (edit)/First Choice: Love and Happiness (intro)
7. First Choice: Double Cross (Larry Levan Remix)
8. T.J. Swann & Company: Get Fly (Part 2)
9. Tia Monae: Don’t Keep Me Waiting
10. Loleatta Holloway: Love Sensation (Shep Pettibone Mix)
11. Diana Ross: Love Hangover (edit)
12. The Players Association: Love Hangover
13. Captain Rapp: Bad Times (I Can’t Stand It) (Instrumental)
14. Stopp: I’m Hungry (Caramba Mix)
15. Sylvester: Don’t Stop
16. George Kranz: Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz)
17. Liaisons Dangereuses: Peut Êtr… Pas
18. Machine: There But for The Grace of God Go I
19. Thelma Houston: I’m Here Again (edit)
20. beats

220. ron300

Live at the Muzic Box, 6/30/1984
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Gaz Nevada: I.C. Love Affair
2. Radio Band: Radio Rap
3. Plastic Bertrand: Stop ou Encore
4. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 5/Indeep: Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life (acapella)
5. I-Level: In the River (Dub Instrumental)
6. Alessandro Novaga: Eletronic Drums [sic] Fusi Five & Six
7. Three Million: I’ve Been Robbed
8. Circle City Band: Magic (Instrumental)
9. Billy Frazier & Friends: Billy Who?
10. Jamie Principle: Your Love

262. ron973

Live at the Muzic Box (Part II), June, 1984
Source: DeepHousePage

1. John Rocca: I Want It to Be Real (break)
2. Kraftwerk: Numbers/Computer World 2
3. Candido: Thousand Finger Man
4. Dinosaur L: #5 (Go Bang!) (LP version)
5. Montana Sextet: Heavy Vibes
6. Fresh Band: Come Back Lover (Dub Mix)
7. Jesse Saunders: Funk-U-Up (original + Bonus Beats)
8. Noise Abroad: Vent That Spleen
9. Hugh Masekela: Don’t Go Lose It Baby (Stretch Mix)
10. Lady B: To The Beat Y’all

318. ron988

Live at the Muzic Box, ~1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
2. Black Ivory: Mainline (break)
3. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (early version)
4. Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge: Sensuous Women Goes Disco
5. Two Tons of Fun: I Got the Feeling
6. Jamie Principle: Your Love (early version)
7. Fresh: The Real Love
8. Jesse’s Gang: Real Dub
9. 52nd Street: Can’t Afford (Unorganised Mix)
10. Mike T: Do It Any Way You Wanna (Club Version)
11. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance

318. ron989

Live at the Muzic Box, ~1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance
2. Jamie Principle: Waiting on My Angel
3. Made In USA: Melodies (break)
4. unidentified 2 [mp3]
5. Solo: Dub Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi)
6. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)/beats
7. Cerrone: Love in C Minor (break)
8. Cymande: Bra (edit)
9. Nick Straker Band: A Little Bit of Jazz
10. Patti Labelle: Get Ready (Looking for Loving) (edit)
11. Thelma Houston: I’m Here Again (break)

333. ron768

Live at the Powerhouse, ~1987 [everything sped up]
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Rhythim Is Rhythim: Move It
2. James Brown: Bodyheat
3. Willie Hutch: Brother’s Gonna Work It Out
4. MFSB: Love Is the Message
5. Bumblebee Unlimited: Love Bug
6. Diana Ross: Love Hangover
7. Wood, Brass & Steel: Funkanova
8. Coffee: I Wanna Be With You
9. Armando: Land of Confusion/Eleanore Mills: Mr. Right (acapella)/First Choice: Love and Happiness (intro)
10. Ralphi Rosario: You Used to Hold Me
11. Thompson & Lenoir: Can’t Stop the House (Instrumental)
12. Phuture: Phuture Jacks
13. Coffee: I Wanna Be With You [again]

395. ron1987

Live in Chicago, 1987
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
2. Konstruktivists: New York (Remix)
3. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix)
4. Phuture: Acid Tracks
5. Magnifique: Magnifique (Bob Viteritti Disconet mix)
6. Diana Ross: The Boss
7. Chantal Curtis: Get Another Love
8. Bonnie Oliver: Come Inside My Love (Instrumental)
9. ESG: Moody (Spaced Out Mix)
10. Goody Goody: #1 Dee Jay (Instrumental)
11. K.I.D.: Hupendi Muziki Wangu (You Don’t Like My Music)

405. ronaka

Live at AKA’s, 1990
Source: DeepHousePage

1. L.T.D.: Love to the World
2. Rodney Franklin: The Groove
3. The Crusaders: Street Life (Disco Mix edit)
4. Project 122: Bus Stop (House Dub Mix)
5. Chaka Khan: Clouds
6. Lil Louis & The World: 6 A.M.
7. Sylvester: I Need You (Howard Merritt Underground Mix)
8. Sybil: Let Yourself Go (Paradise Mix)
9. Soft House Company: What You Need…
10. Colonel Abrams: I’m Not Gonna Let You
11. Logic: The Final Frontier (The Groove)
12. Patrice Rushen: Haven’t You Heard
13. Ron Trent: Altered States

455. ronjamie

Chicago, 1986
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Jamie Principle: Waiting on My Angel
2. Musique: In the Bush (Disco Mix by Francois K.)
3. Made In USA: Melodies (edit)
4. B.T. Express: Peace Pipe
5. 52nd Street: Can’t Afford (Unorganised Mix)
6. The Chi-Lites: My First Mistake (edit)/First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (Frankie Knuckles Mix intro looped)
7. Kat Mandu: The Break (Jonathan Fearing Remix)
8. The Trammps: Disco Party (edit)/Patti LaBelle: The Spirit’s In It (intro)
9. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 3
10. Weeks & Co.: Rock Your World (Jim “Chopper” Cohn Remix)
11. Cymande: Bra (edit)

461. hardy1000

Live at the Muzic Box, 1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Loleatta Holloway: Catch Me on the Rebound (Disco Madness mix)
2. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Bad Luck (edit)
3. Loleatta Holloway: Hit and Run
4. Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge: Sensuous Women Goes Disco
5. Sheila E.: A Love Bizarre
6. Peter Brown: Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me
7. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)/sound effects
8. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 4
9. Liaisons Dangereuses: Avant Après Mars

Ron Hardy at the Music Box 1984, 489. hardy1200 [partial]

Posted by William H Jones IV

1. Solo: Dub Girls (Ah-Ah-Hi)
2. Alias: Civil Defense (Dub)
3. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Bad Boy
4. Jesse Saunders: On and On (4A & B)
5. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)
6. Candido: Jingo (Shep Pettibone Mix)
7. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free
8. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (edit of Disco Madness mix)
9. South Shore Commission: Free Man
10. Taana Gardner: When You Touch Me (instrumental)/reversed
11. Inner Life: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
12. Colonel Abrams: Music Is The Answer
13. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
14. Liquid Liquid: Cavern
15. Master Jay and Michael Dee: T.S.O.B.
16. Richie Weeks: Your Next Door Neighbor (Special Mix by Jim “Chopper” Cohn)
17. The Players Association: Love Hangover

521. ronbootleg [aka Ron Hardy@Music Box 1983]

Live at the Muzic Box
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Tavares: It Only Takes a Minute
2. Cheryl Lynn: Star Love
3. South Shore Commission: Free Man
4. Made In USA: Never Gonna Let You Go (edit)
5. Made In USA: Melodies (break)
6. Loleatta Holloway: Dreamin’ (break)
7. Quincy Jones: Stuff Like That
8. Brothers Johnson: Stomp!
9. Brass Construction: Movin’
10. Michael Jackson: Working Day and Night
11. Gayle Adams: Plain Out of Luck
12. Gichy Dan: Cowboys and Gangsters
13. Tasha Thomas: Shoot Me (With Your Love) (break)
14. Inner Life: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (The Garage Version)

Ron Hardy@Music Box 1983 Pt 2

Posted by Toru S. Magic Cucumbers

1. Inner Life: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
2. The O’Jays: Back Stabbers
3. The O’Jays: Livin’ for the Weekend
4. Donna McGhee: It Ain’t No Big Thing (Remix by Mr. K)
5. Rufus & Chaka Khan: What Am I Missing?
6. The Chakachas: Jungle Fever
7. George Duke: Reach for It
8. Michael Jackson: The Lady in My Life [lots of crowd noise]

Ron Hardy@Music Box 1983 Pt 3

Posted by Toru S. Magic Cucumbers

1. The Dells: Adventure (No Way Back – No Way Back Pt. 2) (edit)
2. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way
3. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness remix)
4. Lyn Collins: Think (About It)
5. James Brown: Bodyheat

594. ronhardywilliam1980s

Live at the Muzic Box, ~1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Oliver Cheatham: Get Down Saturday Night
2. Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground
3. Sylvester: Sell My Soul
4. Undisputed Truth: You + Me = Love
5. Machine: There But for The Grace of God Go I
6. Mouzon’s Electric Band: Everybody Get Down
7. Rafael Cameron: Together
8. Aurra: Make Up Your Mind
9. Jean Carn: Was That All It Was
10. Roy Ayers: Don’t Stop The Feeling
11. Love Committee: Law and Order (Walter Gibbons mix)
12. Bunny Sigler: By The Way You Dance (Mix by Bobby “DJ” Guttadaro break)
13. Chocolette: It’s That East Street Beat (dub)
14. Ripple: The Beat Goes On and On

641. RonHardy1985

Live at the Muzic Box, 1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
2. People’s Choice: Do It Anyway You Wanna
3. The Whispers: One for the Money (edit)
4. Loleatta Holloway: Hit and Run
5. The Dells: Adventure (No Way Back – No Way Back Pt. 2) (edit)
6. J.M. Silk: Music Is The Key (Basement Key)
7. unidentified 5 [mp3]/Colonel Abrams: Trapped (acapella)
8. Chip E.: MB Dance
9. Ron Hardy: Sensation (unreleased dub)/beats
10. Direct Current: Everybody Here Must Party
11. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (edit of Disco Madness mix)

641. RonHardy1985Side2

Live at the Muzic Box, 1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Chip E.: It’s House (part backwards)
2. K Joy: Like This (House Mix)
3. Skatt Bros.: Walk The Night
4. Cymande: Bra (edit)
5. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix/12” version)
6. Lenny Williams: Midnight Girl (edit)
7. The Salsoul Orchestra: Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)
8. MFSB: Love Is the Message (Special Edits by Mr. K) (edit of very end)
9. Patti Labelle: Get Ready (Looking for Loving) (edit)

718. RonHardyHiss, 10. ron1.rm [partial]

Muzic Box, ~1986
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Ten City: Devotion
2. Made In USA: Melodies (break)
3. Steve “Silk” Hurley: I Don’t Know (aka Shooting Stars)/Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I’ve Been To The Mountain Top, I Have A Dream / Free At Last (Excerpts)
4. Drum Track/Class Action: Weekend (acapella), Ecstasy, Passion & Pain: Touch and Go (acapella)
5. Cameo: I Just Want to Be
6. Robert Owens: Bring Down the Walls (Dub)
7. The Dells: Get on Down
8. Blue Magic: Welcome to the Club (edit)
9. Double Exposure: Ten Percent (Disco Madness mix)
10. Billy Paul: Only the Strong Survive (edit)
11. Carl Bean: I Was Born This Way (Club Mix)
12. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix)
13. Sparque: Let’s Go Dancin’ (Club Version)
14. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way
15. Adonis: We’re Rocking Down The House/Powerline: Double Journey/Patti LaBelle: The Spirit’s In It (intro)/Marshall Jefferson: Move Your Body/Rhythim Is Rhythim: Move It
16. [part of non-Ron Hardy mix]

735. muzicbox121583a (RonHardyUS_Studio_Muzic Box 12), 187. ron112.rm [partial]

US Studio/Muzic Box, 12/15/1983
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Curtis Hairston: I Want You (All Tonight)
2. Peech Boys: Don’t Make Me Wait (Dub Mix)
3. Gaz Nevada: I.C. Love Affair
4. Serge Ponsar: Out in the Night
5. Kasso: One More Round
6. Paul Simpson Connection: Use Me Lose Me (Reprise Me)
7. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (Shep Pettibone Remix)
8. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 1
9. Laid Back: White Horse (edit)
10. Night Moves: Transdance (New York Disco Mix)
11. Alessandro Novaga: Eletronic Drums [sic] Fusi Four
12. Liquid Liquid: Optimo
13. The Originals: Down to Love Town (edit)
14. unidentified 10: beats [mp3]
15. Fun Fun: Happy Station (Scratch Version)
16. Positive Force: We Got the Funk (U.S. Re-edit)

735. muzicbox121583b (RonHardyUS_Studio_Muzic Box 12)

US Studio/Muzic Box, 12/15/1983
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Imagination: Burnin’ Up (Night Dubbing version)
2. George Kranz: Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz)
3. Stopp: I’m Hungry (Caramba Mix)
4. Black Ivory: Mainline (edit)
5. Paul Lewis: Girl You Need a Change of Mind
6. The Broads: Sing – Sing – Sing (Mega Be-Bop-Mix)
7. Trilogy: Not Love (Instrumental)
8. Koto: Japanese War Game
9. The Rolling Stones: Undercover of the Night
10. Skatt Bros.: Walk The Night
11. Black Gold: C’mon Stop
12. Earl Young’s Trammps: What Happened to the Music (Dub Mix)

796. ronhardy0702a

Muzic Box, ~1987
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Jamie Principle: Your Love
2. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Running Away
3. South Shore Commission: Free Man (break)
4. Black Ivory: Mainline (edit)
5. Kid Creole and The Coconuts: Endicott
6. Bruce Johnston: Pipeline
7. Risque III: Don’t You Know
8. Dinosaur L: Go Bang! #5 (Francois K mix)

796. ronhardy0702b

Muzic Box, ~1986
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Chaka Khan: I’m Every Woman
2. The Jackson 5: Forever Came Today
3. Cultural Vibe: Ma Foom Bey (Love Chant Version)
4. Third World: Now That We’ve Found Love
5. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face (Female Version)
6. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
7. Secret Weapon: Must Be The Music

796. ronhardy0702c, 569. ronhardyrc.rm

Muzic Box, ~1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Caroline Crawford: Coming on Strong
2. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance
3. Black Ivory: Mainline (break)
4. First Choice: Double Cross (Bobby “DJ” Guttadaro Mix break)
5. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
6. T-Connection: Do What You Wanna Do
7. Patti Labelle: Get Ready (Looking for Loving) (edit)
8. Sylvester: I Need You (Howard Merritt Underground Mix)
9. Loleatta Holloway: Dreamin’ (edit)
10. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix)

796. ronhardy0702d

Muzic Box, ~1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Nightlife Unlimited: Peaches & Prunes (edit)
2. Thelma Houston: Don’t Leave Me This Way (break)
3. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: The Love I Lost (edit)
4. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face
5. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (early version)
6. Loleatta Holloway: Hit and Run
7. T.C. Curtis: You Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
8. Geraldine Hunt: Can’t Fake The Feeling (break)
9. Jamie Principle: Your Love (edit)

861. ronhardycodsa

Live at Club C.O.D., 1980s
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Lyn Collins: Think (About It)
2. Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band: Cherchez La Femme
3. MFSB: Love Is The Message (Mr.K Re-Edit)
4. Janice McClain: Smack Dab in the Middle
5. Nightlife Unlimited: Peaches & Prunes (edit)
6. Rinder & Lewis: Anger
7. Wood, Brass & Steel: Funkanova
8. Revelation: Get Ready for This (edit)
9. Brass Construction: Movin’
10. Inner Life: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

861. ronhardycodsb

Live at Club C.O.D., 1980s
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Inner Life: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough [Hardy on mic at break?!]
2. Patti Labelle: Get Ready (Looking for Loving) (edit)
3. Blue Magic: Welcome to the Club (edit)
4. The Dells: Get On Down (edit)
5. Diana Ross: No One Gets the Prize
6. Spinners: Mighty Love
7. Lenny Williams: Midnight Girl (edit)
8. Imagination: Burnin’ Up
9. Ian Dury/The Seven Seas Players: Spasticus Autisticus (Version)

876. ronhardy1986J326b

Chicago, 1986
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Cymande: Bra (edit)
2. T-Connection: At Midnight/J.R. Funk & The Love Machine: Feel Good Party Time/Peech Boys: Don’t Make Me Wait medley from The Horizon Plate #1
3. Master Jay and Michael Dee: T.S.O.B.
4. Gayle Adams: Plain Out of Luck (edit)
5. Brass Construction: Movin’
6. Craig Loftis: Yes It’s Right
7. unidentified 10 [mp3]
8. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax (Sex Mix)

952. ronhardy1983-0403a, 167. ron100 [partial]

Muzic Box, 1983 [likely 1985, see below]
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix)
2. The Chi-Lites: My First Mistake (edit)
3. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Bad Luck (edit)
4. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: The Love I Lost (edit)
5. Thrust: Surprise No. 1 [train sound]
6. Touchdown: Ease Your Mind (Remix U.S.)
7. Robert Owens: Your Mind
8. Powerline: Double Journey
9. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (edit of Disco Madness mix)
10. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance
11. The O’Jays: I Love Music (Philadelphia Classics mix break)

952. ronhardy1983-0403b, 295. ron888.rm

Muzic Box, 1983 [likely 1985 with “Trapped”]
Source: DeepHousePage

1. The O’Jays: I Love Music
2. Phreek: I’m A Big Freak (R•U•1•2)
3. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (House Mix/edit)
4. Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (break)
5. Stephanie Mills: You Can Get Over (break)
6. Salsoul Orchestra: Salsoul 3001 (intro)
7. Colonel Abrams: Trapped (acapella) / unidentified 5 [mp3]
8. Direct Current: Everybody Here Must Party
9. Alessandro Novaga: Eletronic Drums [sic] Fusi Five & Six
10. Virgo: Under You
11. Paul Lewis: Girl You Need a Change of Mind
12. The Trammps: Body Contact Contract (break)
13. Sparque: Let’s Go Dancin’ (Party Version)

1039. ronhardy1985tb1

Live at the Muzic Box, 1985
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Anne Clark: Our Darkness (Remix)
2. Robert Owens: Your Mind
3. House People: Godfather of House
4. Martin Circus: Disco Circus (break)
5. K Joy: Like This (House Mix)
6. Bumblebee Unlimited: Everybody Dance
7. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix)
8. Direct Current: Everybody Here Must Party
9. Sleezy D.: I’ve Lost Control (House Side)
10. Taana Gardner: When You Touch Me
11. The Originals: Down to Love Town (edit)
12. Parlet: Pleasure Principle

Ron Hardy ‘Live’ @ The Muzic Box, Chicago December 21st, 1985′ [aka 1039. ronhardy1985tb2]

Posted by DJ M-TRAXXX

1. Parlet: Pleasure Principle
2. Thelma Houston: Don’t Leave Me This Way (break)
3. Thelma Houston: I’m Here Again (break)
4. MFSB: Love Is the Message (edit)/Sister Sledge: Lost in Music/Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (brief samples)
5. Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
6. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Baby Wants to Ride (unreleased version)
7. unidentified 9 [mp3]
8. Ron Hardy: Sensation (unreleased dub)
9. Vince Lawrence: Virgo Tracks Again A3
10. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face
11. Vince Lawrence: Virgo Tracks Again A3
12. Patti Labelle: Get Ready (Looking for Loving) (edit)
13. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way

1048. RonHardyBillHardy

~1984, compliments of Bill Hardy
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Jamie Principle: Your Love (early version)
2. Love Committee: Law and Order (Walter Gibbons mix)
3. The Jackson 5: Forever Came Today (edit)
4. Drum Track
5. Bohannon: Let’s Start The Dance III (Instrumental)
6. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: The Love I Lost (edit)
7. Yello: Bostich
8. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix)

1170. ronhardy1985-86-mark

Home studio mix, 1985-1986
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Drum Track
2. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (House Mix/edit)/First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (Acappella)
3. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
4. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (early version)
5. unidentified 6 [mp3]
6. Ron Hardy: Sensation (unreleased dub)
7. dB feat. Bambi: I Have A Dream (Original Dream)
8. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Bad Boy
9. Sleezy D.: I’ve Lost Control (House Side)
10. Chip E.: It’s House (part backwards)
11. The It: Donnie (Hardy Mix)
12. Black Ivory: Mainline (break)
13. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Baby Wants to Ride
14. train effects/Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)
15. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way (very briefly)
16. Donna McGhee: I’m a Love Bug
17. Voyage: Lady America
18. Debbie Jacobs: Don’t You Want My Love
19. Evelyn “Champagne” King: Shame
20. Black Ivory: Walking Downtown (Saturday Night) (break)

1181. RonHardy061984a

Live at the Muzic Box, 6/19/1984
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Lady B: To The Beat Y’all
2. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 3
3. Noise Abroad: Vent That Spleen
4. Prince: When Doves Cry
5. Jamie Principle: Waiting on My Angel
6. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Relax (Sex Mix)
7. Doctor’s Cat: Feel the Drive (Trans Europe Mix)
8. Jackmaster Dick’s Revenge: Sensuous Women Goes Disco
9. MFSB: Love Is the Message
10. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Running Away
11. Tullio De Piscopo: Stop Bajon
12. Jocelyn Brown: Somebody Else’s Guy (Remix break)
13. Womack and Womack: Baby I’m Scared of You

1181. RonHardy061984b

Live at the Muzic Box, 6/19/1984
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Womack and Womack: Baby I’m Scared of You
2. South Shore Commission: Free Man (edit)
3. Dinosaur L: #5 (Go Bang!) (LP version)
4. The Originals: Down to Love Town (edit)
5. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (edit of Disco Madness mix)
6. Jesse Saunders: On and On (5A)
7. Hugh Masekela: Don’t Go Lose It Baby
8. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix)
9. Craig Loftis: Yes It’s Right
10. Klein & M.B.O.: The MBO Theme
11. John Rocca: I Want It to Be Real (Instrumental)
12. Fresh Band: Come Back Lover (Dub Mix)

1297. 1105_ronhardy (Ron_Hardy – Muzic Box)

Live at the Muzic Box, 1986, courtesy of Jamie3:26
Source: DeepHousePage

1. Nightlife Unlimited: Peaches & Prunes (edit)
2. Two of China: Los Niños Del Parque (Tormenta-Mix)
3. Virgo: Free Yourself
4. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Cold World
5. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Baby Wants to Ride
6. Tempest Trio: Do You Like The Way It Feels
7. Hercules: 7 Ways (Club)
8. The Originals: Down to Love Town (edit)
9. Parlet: Pleasure Principle
10. Sleeque: One for the Money
11. Carl Bean: I Was Born This Way (Better Days Version)/train effect
12. Billy Paul: Only the Strong Survive (edit)
13. Loleatta Holloway/The Salsoul Orchestra: Catch Me on the Rebound (Walter Gibbons Mix/Instrumental edit)
14. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Don’t Leave Me This Way
15. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face (Male Version/Female Version)/reversed
16. Blue Magic: Welcome to the Club (edit)
17. Teddy Pendergrass: The More I Get, The More I Want (edit)

1308. ron_hardy84v2*

Live at the Muzic Box, ~1984, courtesy of Jamie3:26
Source: DeepHousePage [second side beginning with track 12 not online]

1. Nick Straker Band: A Little Bit of Jazz (edit of Shep Pettibone Mastermix)
2. Colonel Abrams: Music Is The Answer (Dub)
3. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)
4. Interboro Rhythm Team: Watch The Closing Doors (Dub Version)
5. Jamie Principle: Your Love (early version)
6. Stopp: I’m Hungry (Caramba Mix)
7. Junie Morrison: Tease Me (Dub)
8. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around (edit)
9. MFSB feat. The Three Degrees: T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
10. Jesse Saunders: Funk-U-Up (Drum Apella)
11. Jesse Saunders: Funk-U-Up (Bonus Beats)/Liaisons Dangereuses: Avant Après Mars
12. Diana Ross: Love Hangover
13. The Players Association: Love Hangover
14. Answering Service: Call Me Mr. Telephone
15. Medley: Klein & M.B.O.: The MBO Theme (edit)/Faces Drums 3/Jesse Saunders: On and On 5A/First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder acapella/George Kranz: Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) acapella/Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes intro/Class Action: Weekend (acapella)
16. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 4
17. Montana Sextet: Heavy Vibes (edit)
18. The Salsoul Orchestra: You’re Just The Right Size
19. Jamie Principle: Your Love

Resident Advisor Podcast: Ron Hardy

Live at Club C.O.D. 1987
Posted by Zernell

1. Teddy Pendergrass: The More I Get The More I Want
2. Archie Bell & The Drells: Everybody Have A Good Time
3. Wood, Brass & Steel: Funkanova
4. Rhythim Is Rhythim: Move It/The Children: Work The Box
5. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle
6. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (early version w/extra beats)
7. Isaac Hayes: I Can’t Turn Around
8. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (House Mix/edit)
9. Marshall Jefferson: Move Your Body (unknown version)
10. Lidell Townsell: Party People Jack Your Body
11. Thompson & Lenoir: Can’t Stop the House (Instrumental)
12. J.M. Silk: Music Is The Key (Basement Key)
13. White Knight: White Knight Jacks
14. The Dells: Get on Down (edit)
15. Caroline Crawford: Coming on Strong
16. Cheryl Lynn: Star Love
17. Kleeer: Keep Your Body Workin’
18. Taana Gardner: When You Touch Me
19. Willie Hutch: Brother’s Gonna Work It Out
20. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Running Away
21. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free
22. Geraldine Hunt: Can’t Fake The Feeling
23. Tavares: It Only Takes a Minute

ron_hardy_1984.mp3

Source unknown (possibly Soul Brother Records)

1. Hugh Masekela: Don’t Go Lose It Baby (edit)
2. First Choice: Doctor Love (Shep Pettibone Special Remix)
3. First Choice: Let No Man Put Asunder (edit of Disco Madness mix)
4. The Jackson 5: Forever Came Today
5. The Trammps: Disco Party (Patti LaBelle: The Spirit’s In It intro)
6. Direct Current: Everybody Here Must Party
7. Sabu: We’re Gonna Rock
8. Debbie Jacobs: High on Your Love
9. The Originals: Down to Love Town (edit)
10. Machine: There But for The Grace of God Go I
11. First Choice: Double Cross (Larry Levan Remix)
12. Cymande: Bra (edit)
13. The Clash: Magnificent Dance
14. Jamie Principle: Waiting on My Angel
15. Phreek: I’m A Big Freak (R•U•1•2)
16. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Bad Boy
17. Jesse Saunders: 4A & B
18. Craig Loftis: Yes It’s Right

Ron Hardy Box

Posted by Braxton Holmes

1. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: Bad Luck (edit)
2. Loleatta Holloway/The Salsoul Orchestra: Catch Me on the Rebound (Walter Gibbons Mix/Instrumental)
3. The Dells: Get On Down (edit) [train sound effect]
4. Chip E.: It’s House [backwards]
5. House People: Godfather of House [early version]
6. Jimmy “Bo” Horne: Spank
7. beats
8. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 1
9. beats/thunder effects/acapellas
10. Inner Life: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
11. Chip E.: Time to Jack
12. Robert Owens: Your Mind

Ronnie (A)

Posted by Braxton Holmes

1. Wood, Brass & Steel: Funkanova
2. The Dells: Get On Down (edit)
3. Love Committee: Law and Order (LP version)
4. Billy Paul: Only the Strong Survive (edit)
5. Sylvester: I Need You (Howard Merritt Underground Mix)
6. Frankie Knuckles feat. Jamie Principle: Bad Boy
7. Robert Owens: Bring Down the Walls
8. Thompson & Lenoir: Can’t Stop the House (Instrumental) [edit?]
9. Gaz: Sing Sing (House Mix)
10. Phuture: Acid Tracks
11. Kraftwerk: Numbers/Computer World 2
12. Candido: Thousand Finger Man

Ronnie (B)

Posted by Braxton Holmes
first 11 tracks on 239. ron355.rm, Live at Club C.O.D., 3/14/1987

1. Candido: Thousand Finger Man
2. On The House: Pleasure Control (Dub)
3. Willie Hutch: Brother’s Gonna Work It Out [echo at end]
4. MFSB: Love Is the Message
5. Third World: Now That We’ve Found Love (break)
6. Tullio De Piscopo: Stop Bajon
7. Natalie Cole: Annie Mae
8. Marvin Gaye: “T” Plays It Cool
9. Jean Carn: Was That All It Was
10. Double Exposure: My Love Is Free (Disco Madness mix) [echo at end]
11. Side Effect: Always There
12. Brass Construction: Movin’
13. Wood, Brass & Steel: Funkanova

Ron Hardy at the Music Box 12-1985 T1 S1

Posted by William H Jones IV

1. Liaisons Dangereuses: Avant Après Mars
2. unidentified 11 [mp3]
3. unidentified 12 [mp3]
4. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: The Love I Lost
5. Sparque: Let’s Go Dancin’
6. The Chi-Lites: My First Mistake (edit)
7. Chip E.: It’s House
8. Chip E.: Like This [unknown version]
9. Skatt Bros.: Walk The Night [doubling two copies]
10. Cymande: Bra (edit)
11. The Trammps: Body Contact Contract (break)
12. South Shore Commission: Free Man

Ron Hardy at the Music Box 12-1985 T1 S2

Source: William H Jones IV

1. Sylvester: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (break)
2. Phreek: I’m A Big Freak (R•U•1•2)
3. Klein & M.B.O.: The MBO Theme [edit w/beats, brief snippet of “On & On” intro, “Let No Man Put Asunder” acapella, George Kranz: Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz), Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Annihilation Mix) intro, Class Action: Weekend (acapella), Brian Eno & David Byrne: The Jezebel Spirit]
4. MFSB: Love Is the Message
5. beats
6. Conversion: I Can’t Stop Dancin’ (Dub Version)
7. Loose Joints: Is It All Over My Face
8. 52nd Street: Can’t Afford (Unorganised Mix)

Ron Hardy Live @ AKA, Chicago – 1989 (Side A.)

Posted by DJ M-TRAXXX

1. Fingers Inc.: So Glad
2. Tomorrow’s Edition: In The Grooves
3. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk & The Shy Boyz: U Ain’t Really House (Really House/Really Instrumental)
4. Fingers Inc.: Amnesia
5. House to House feat. Kim Mazelle: Taste My Love
6. Fingers, Inc.: A Path
7. Fingers, Inc.: Amnesia
8. Jesse Saunders: On and On (5A)
9. Jean Carn: Was That All It Was
10. Coffee: I Wanna Be With You
11. Jack Frost: Clap Me
12. Brass Construction: Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
13. Armando: Land of Confusion
14. Royal House: Dirty Beats (Extended Mix)
15. Neal Howard: To Be or Not To Be

Ron Hardy Live @ AKA, Chicago – 1989 (Side B.) (aka 438. ron1987a)

Posted by DJ M-TRAXXX

1. Gene Hunt: Living in a Land/Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: We Shall Overcome (At Zion Hill)
2. Dinosaur L: Go Bang! #5 (Francois K mix)
3. DJ Pierre: Box Energy
4. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around (House in E-Flat Minor)
5. House Family: No Control/Tramaine: Fall Down (Spirit of Love) (acapella)
6. The Night Writers: Let The Music (Use You) (Club Mix)
7. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk: Acid Trip
8. The Players Association: Let’s Groove
9. Da Posse: The Groove/Ten City: Devotion (Halla-Pella)
10. unidentified 4 [mp3]
11. The Coachouse Rhythm Section: Time Warp
12. Robert Owens: I’m Strong (Instrumental)
13. Fingers Inc.: Music Take Me Up
14. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk: The Funk Is On
15. Fingers Inc.: Never No More Lonely

Ron Hardy Recorded Live, on tape, side 1

Posted by Reigning Black

1. unidentified 15 [mp3]
2. Gaz: Sing Sing (House Mix)
3. Marshall Jefferson: Ride The Rhythm (Instrumental) (Remix)
4. Robert Owens: Your Mind
5. Chip E.: It’s House [unreleased hiccup version]/It’s Dub
6. Robert Owens: Bring Down The Walls
7. Lime: I’ll Be Yours [edit with The Clash: The Magnificent Seven and Loleatta Holloway: Love Sensation (Acapella)]
8. Mr. Fingers: Beyond The Clouds
9. Jamie Principle: Your Love (early version)
10. Steve “Silk” Hurley: I Don’t Know
11. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around

Ron Hardy Recorded Live, on tape, side 2

Posted by Reigning Black

1. J.M. Silk: I Can’t Turn Around
2. Phuture: Phuture Jacks
3. B.T. Express: Peace Pipe
4. The Chi-Lites: My First Mistake (edit)
5. beats
6. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)/Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I’ve Been To The Mountain Top, I Have A Dream / Free At Last (Excerpts)
7. Loleatta Holloway: Dreamin’ (edit)
8. Jesse Saunders: On and On (5A)
9. Jungle Wonz: The Jungle (edit)
10. James Brown: Bodyheat (edit)

Ron Hardy @ Muzic Box, Chicago 1984 Side A (Byron Burke Interview)

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1. Jamaica Girls: Somebody New (Larry Levan Mix)
2. Thrust: Surprise No. 1 [train sound]
3. Lime: On the Grid (Re-mix) (Dub Version)
4. Machine: There But for The Grace of God Go I
5. Kikrokos: Life Is A Jungle (edit)
6. Laid Back: White Horse
7. Annabel Lamb: Riders On The Storm (Dub Version)
8. Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Relax (New York Mix)
9. Stopp: I’m Hungry (Caramba Mix)
10. Sylvester: Don’t Stop (edit)
11. Bumblebee Unlimited: Love Bug
12. Jamie Principle: Your Love

Ron Hardy @ Muzic Box, Chicago 1984′ Side B (David Britton Interview)

Posted by DJ M-TRAXXX

1. Jamie Principle: Your Love
2. Sparque: Let’s Go Dancin’ (Party Version)
3. Thrust: Surprise No. 1 [train sound]
4. Loleatta Holloway: Love Sensation (Shep Pettibone Mix) [break]
5. MFSB: Love Is The Message
6. Loleatta Holloway: Dreamin’ (Acapella)
7. Imagination: Burnin’ Up (Night Dubbing version)
8. The Broads: Sing – Sing – Sing
9. Lefturno: Out of Sight
10. Black Gold: C’mon Stop [jet sound effects]
11. Alessandro Novaga: Faces Drums 4
12. Liaisons Dangereuses: Avant Après Mars
13. Master Jay and Michael Dee: T.S.O.B. (The Sound of Brooklyn)
14. Lady B: To The Beat Y’all