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There is almost no point in attempting to impose a calm, coherent chronology on the house music scene of mid-eighties Chicago, which gathered steady momentum during 1984 before the floodgates opened in 1985. The naivety and desperation of many of the record makers combined with the off-the-hoof machinations of the local label entrepreneurs created a recipe for vinyl chaos. What’s more, there was no established practice, ethical or otherwise, for music makers and publishers to fall back on in order to reference the dos and don’ts of the music business… There was little order, but a great deal of excitement.
Tim Lawrence (from the liner notes for Acid: Can You Jack reissue on Soul Jazz)