Arnold Jarvis ‎– The Way You (Trego Dubs)

Arnold Jarvis records a session with the UK’s Ian Tregoning (aka Trego) for the label Subwoofer, a sub-label of Freetown records. Ian Tregoning is an engineer whose pedigree has seen him form an integral part of the massively influential Warriors Dance crew and man the boards for artists like Yello, Fela Kuti, Joe Strummer, YMO, S’Express, Orbital and many more. The record consisted of 4 mixes and dubs of ‘The way you’, a sublime deep garage groove of the highest degree featuring Tregoning’s mixing desk prowess and Jarvis’ soulful vocals that never saw the light of day due to some tragic events. Existing only as a white label for the last 20+ years and finding favour among the deepest house diggers ‘The way you’ is something of a lost gem. It’s unknown how many white labels were pressed of this sleeper record but it wasn’t a big quantity at all, making this a truly rare and sought after record. Luckily we at Mint Condition HQ can count Ian Tregoning as a close friend and associate and through some discussion the idea was hatched to release ‘The way you’ ‘properly’ for the first time, now in 2017. Access to Ian’s original DAT’s was granted, Arnold came on-board too and gave his blessing and the next thing you know we have this finely crafted, remastered and official version of this lovingly restored lost 12». A piece of mid 90’s house history, made available again to a wider audience for the first time. Beautiful.