Fans of old disco chestnuts will recognize the title Ten Percent at once as on of the biggest hits for the legendary Salsoul label. In fact, Double Exposure’s Ten Percent was the first commercially released 12″ ever. The Philadelphia natives Jimmy Williams, Joe Harris, Chuck Whittington, and Leonard Davis, surfaced in in 1968 as United Image. In the early 1970s they recorded African Bump for Stax Records. Their first release as Double Exposure for Salsoul Records was also the first commercial 12″ single ever released in 1976. Almost twenty years later Jonnie Polyester & K-Boy give this classic mirror ball favourite the house update. The Exposed 2 Timing Vocal is a nice tribute to the vintage disco sound with driving house beats, a little filtering and the vocals we all know. The Dirty Double Dub makes clever use of the bassline to guarantee even more hot dancefloor action. Although actually I think it’s a little bit bold from Jonnie Polyester & K-Boy to release this without mentioning Double Exposure.
Tracklisting of Ten Percent: 1. Exposed 2 Timing Vocal/ 2. Dirty Double Dub | released September, 12th 2005 Black Booty Records
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