Line Out - Comments on Jane & Barton - It's A Fine Day http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day Musik Kontrapunkt Kontrol, out of Reykjavik, an amazing blog that mostly focuses on italo-disco, recently posted this amazing discovery. It's the rare original version of the Rave classic, "It's A Fine Day" which was made famous by Opus III... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:09:17 -0800 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:32:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cosby very nice - thank you.

i would like to point out, even though it's obvious to people knowledgeable about early 90's rave tunes, the opus iii version of 'it's a fine day' is the sample source for 'halcyon' by orbital (which is still a gigantic anthem for me, i dropped way too much money on an original copy of 'radiccio' last year).

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c906376 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c906376 Dust Bin Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:19:56 -0800 Comment by brandon oooooooooh-lalalalala...

ditto, cosby. "halcyon" is one of my all-time favorite tracks. thanks, terry!

]]> brandon http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c907219 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c907219 Dust Bin Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:30:56 -0800 Comment by brandon wait, i'm confused. did someone named kirsty hawkshaw re-record the vocal for opus III? or did they use this vocal, and that name is just some sort of copyright infringment cover-up? because this a capella is unquestionably the source for "halcyon," and that is credited to kirsty hawkshaw / opus III. weird-O.

]]> brandon http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c907301 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c907301 Dust Bin Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:25:16 -0800 Comment by cosby kirsty hawkshaw and opus iii covered the original and the opus iii version was sampled by orbital. i don't know if the sample was cleared or not, i would assume not due to when it was released.

an old friend of mine has been working with kirsty hawkshaw on new material and her voice is as stunning as ever.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c907733 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/01/jane_barton_its_a_fine_day#c907733 Dust Bin Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:32:37 -0800