Double Exposure - Ten Percent (Walter Gibbons 12" Mix)

1976

Salsoul's 1976 release, widely cited as the first commercially available 12-inch single, and more importantly the record that put a DJ's re-edit on the label as the main event. Walter Gibbons stretched a three-minute Philadelphia soul record to nearly ten so it would work on a dancefloor. Everything about how house records are built starts here.