{"product_id":"first-choice-love-happiness-ron-hardy-edit-salsoul","title":"First Choice - Love \u0026 Happiness (Ron Hardy Edit) [Salsoul]","description":"\u003cwidgetic id=\"67ca61cfecb2a1fc2a8b4573\" resize=\"fill-width\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" autoscale=\"on\" adaptive=\"414\"\u003e\u003c\/widgetic\u003e\u003cscript async src=\"https:\/\/widgetic.com\/sdk\/sdk.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUS female vocal trio First Choice released their version of 'Love and Happiness' in 1973. The song is a cover of Al Green’s original, released just a year earlier in 1972, but First Choice's version likely benefited from an extreme case of nominative determinism: for us, theirs is indeed the first choice. Included on their debut album, Armed and Extremely Dangerous, it stood out on the Philadelphia soul girl group's record as one of the tracks most ripe for sampling by house and techno musicians, such as Todd Terry and the Jungle Brothers. But this time, the legacy of this perceptive interplay between soul and house is honored with a new remix re-edited by the mysterious yet titanic Chicago producer Ron Hardy, whose inclusion on the record is the real star here. Hardy's characteristic tape hiss and overblown presence nuances evoke memories of a pre-DAW production setup, and the dub resonances (wood blocks, four-note hooks, sturdy basslines) perfectly envelop Al Green's original vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tenampa Record Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667560292515,"sku":"","price":480.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/1239\/2867\/files\/Screenshot2025-03-06at9.01.23PM.png?v=1741316512","url":"https:\/\/tenampa.mx\/en\/products\/first-choice-love-happiness-ron-hardy-edit-salsoul","provider":"Tenampa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}