Okay, so after some detective work, it appears the track that's always been credited as Levan's remix is actually the original version from the 1982 private press LP that the church released to its own congregation, the one that was discovered by Walter Gibbons and that Levan later incorporated into his dj sets. He didn't do any kind of remix to it, though. In fact, that version isn't even The Joubert Singers, but is actually The Celestial Choir of First Baptist Church of Crown Heights.
When they recorded a version in 1985 for Next Plateau, they did so under the name The Joubert Singers, but the mix was completely different and honestly not as good as the original (which is the one everyone seems to know and is mis-credited to Levan).
Phew!
Yeah I think the issue is that the Joubert Singers version was a lot easier to find than the (ostensibly better) original, so people identified the original more strongly with Levan, although he didn't actually do anything to it other than play it in his sets.
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mondosalvo
Okay, so after some detective work, it appears the track that's always been credited as Levan's remix is actually the original version from the 1982 private press LP that the church released to its own congregation, the one that was discovered by Walter Gibbons and that Levan later incorporated into his dj sets. He didn't do any kind of remix to it, though. In fact, that version isn't even The Joubert Singers, but is actually The Celestial Choir of First Baptist Church of Crown Heights.
mondosalvo
When they recorded a version in 1985 for Next Plateau, they did so under the name The Joubert Singers, but the mix was completely different and honestly not as good as the original (which is the one everyone seems to know and is mis-credited to Levan). Phew!
baconfat
Yeah I think the issue is that the Joubert Singers version was a lot easier to find than the (ostensibly better) original, so people identified the original more strongly with Levan, although he didn't actually do anything to it other than play it in his sets.