Anyone know if there is a plan to release a decent Fingers inc/Larry Heard compilation especially all the tracks off Alleviated? Much needed and wanted!!

'I'm Strong' has just been re-released and remastered here: https://www.discogs.com/Robert-Owens-Mr-Fingers-Im-Strong/release/11110677What other tracks do you hope to be released? I'm sure a compilation will show up at some point!

If any house album (that rare thing), or music release of any kind, deserves the title "classic", this does. House music, no dressing, just straight to your heart and soul. I can celebrate to this record, I can dance to this record, I can mourn to this record. For me, listening to this record label to label is, basically, a religious experience. What these young geniuses did in their 20s so long ago still astounds almost 30 years later. The beauty of it is the unshakable feeling of artistic integrity, a lack of pretense, of marketing, of any other core intention than to make great music. Obviously they wouldn't have balked at superstardom. But like all artists, the real purpose for these guys here seemed, in my opinion, really to make some personal expression that could serve as a medium to inspire and connect with others. This album is a work of FINE ART that deserves to be treasured for centuries to come.

"On a distant planet in the jacking zone Finger Inc.have been displaying another side of House music sincebefore anyone knew there was one. Far and free from the defects that have conspired (in vain) to weaken house music's exploding popularity - musical thieving, unimaginative productions, hokey singings and dirty deals - Fingers Inc. have filtered their dreams and experiences through a bittersweet blend of hypnotic electronics and oozingly emotional singing to become one of the scene's most popular and respected acts. The Fingers story began in late 1983, when touring R'n'B/Jazz drummer Larry Heard was coaxed by family and friends into vinylisinga tune he'd been fooling around with called 'Mysteries Of Love'. Larry known to his younger brother as 'loose fingers', due to his keyboard playing style - felt that the song demanded a singer, and local DJ Robert Owens was the man. So Mr. Fingers became Fingers Inc. and, in April '86, 'Mysteries Of Love' was released on the DJ International label. What followed was to become, for Chicago, a depressingly typical tale. 30.000 people bought the 'Mysteries...' 12", putting it at Nr. 10 in Billbord's national sales chart, but the initial advance from DJI was all the money the group was to receive. To get out of their contract, Fingers had to give DJI another record, so they recorded 'A Path', an introspective career analysis detailing their bad experiences with DJI (echoes of Marvin Gaye's 'Here, My Dear'). In reality their options were limited, and so their career beat a path to the door of Trax Records where, after releasing 'Bringing Down The Walls' and the 'Can You Feel It' EP, they suffered a similar treatment, and decided to stop stop recording for any Chicago labels. 'I don't know the music business anywhere else', says Larry, 'but the small labels in Chicago are not very honest. At least we got somethig off every record. Some people got nothing, or had their songs stolen.' In the second half of '87, they released 'I'm Strong' and 'A Love Of My Own'on their own Alleviated label, content - after their previous experiences - to be less visible but more independent. Independence has always characterised Finger Inc., not least at all in the subject matter department. 'Jack means nothing to me', claimed Larry at the height of Chicago's jackmania, 'Our songs are about experiences and beliefs. 'A Path' is almost religious.' Roberts lyrics span everything from love wars to Ethiopia and, on songs like 'Feelin Sleezy', reflect their heavily sexual/druggey ambience of Larry's music. 'Feeling Sleezy', explains Robert, 'IS sexually motivated. It's about the all-American feeling of beeing at home, bored, on your own, and wanting someone, going out to find them. Fingers Inc. is about looking at your life, the battle to fit into the circuit of life.' This lyrical idiosyncrasy - coupled with with sophisticated rhythms and subtle productions - has meant that Fingers Inc. have, despite their popularity, never been the victims of blatant musical piracy. But the influence of their style has been enormous. From 'Mysteries Of Love' to their latest single 'Distant Planet' - a collaboration with Dennis 'The It' Harris and Frankie Knuckles - they've pioneered the spaced-out, moody acid tracks House style, and singles like 'Can You Feel It' have profoundly influenced the now-in-vogue atmospheric Detroit sound (Rythim Is Rhythim has often assuemed to be a Fingers pseudonym). 'Another Side' is Fingers Inc. complete work up to date, the definitive document, featuring all the DJI, Trax and Alleviated singles, 'Distant Planet' and another nine previously unreleased tracks, many featuring new group member Ron Wilson (on vocals). It's the consumate debut LP of a Chicago group who any House insider will tell you, possess talent and integrity in unusual abundance. Don't take it from me. Just put the needle on the record!" Simon Witter, NME (this story was taken from the left side inside the gatefold sleeve cover of this compilation) Respect.

This needs re-writing without the mistakes. Terrible effort, if you're gonna quote then quote accurately.

Shame you didn't quote it properly. Who the hell is 'Dennis Harris' ???