The first release on the Lets Pet Puppies imprint is finally here! A project that has been under development for more than a year is bearing fruit with this very special release. This is a piece of Chicago music history, the kind that still impresses, and rocks the dancefloor today. Moody old school synths adorn what sounds like the perfect blueprint of Chicago drum machine jack work on both sides.

The Marcus Mixx originals are reworked into two brilliant and never-before heard tracks courtesy of Chicago's own legendary Ron Hardy. Recorded at the infamous Head Studios circa 1988, these tracks are magnificent examples of his legacy. Although it's not too uncommon to see tracks titled "inspired by", or "in tribute to" Ron Hardy", the actuality is that Ron did very little production work that ever saw daylight, and here we have the real deal.

The incredibly talented Johnny Fiasco handled all the pre-mastering for this project, and he has managed to re-animate and re-invigorate some terribly deteriorated tracks, as evidenced by the phenomenal-sounding vinyl pressings.

Lucky for us this is not the last we'll hear from Lets Pet Puppies. Releases two through five are already lined up with more Marcus Mixx and some unreleased Armando Gallop for our aural and dancefloor pleasure.

Dedicated to the memory of Antoine Gilkey.