M|A|R|R|S “Pump Up the Volume” 1987. 4AD Records. 12″ single, US version. British house music/electronic pop with about a million samples. Ok maybe not a million but Wiki lists close to 30, from Run DMC to Fab 5 Freddy to James Brown to the trailer from the 1968 film Mars Needs Women; the track is considered a “milestone in the world of sampling culture the development of British house culture.” “Pump Up the Volume” was the only release for the studio-conceived “band” M|A|R|R|S (a collaboration – that failed quickly – between two groups: Colourbox and A.R. Kane) that hit #13 in the US (#1 on the dance charts) and went to #1 in the UK. The single is technically a double A-side release with “Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)” as the other track, which is more dreamy noise-pop, less stompy hard-dance house than “Pump Up the Volume.” One of the many tensions between the collaborators was which track would be the “single” or A-side but “Pump Up the Volume” – or more specifically the remix – won the dance-floor hearts. Our US 12″ single does not have the song that was relentlessly played on the radio in ’87, but rather the original 7 + minute original “Pump Up the Volume” track, plus an almost 5 minute “Bonus Beats” version and the instrumental variant (really not too different from the other versions), and of course “Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance).”