Get Ready for This
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"Get Ready for This" was later remixed and re-released for 2 Unlimited's compilation album Greatest Hits Remixes
.
series albums, including Dancemania Super Techno II (2001), Dancemania Speed 6
(2001) and Dancemania Super Techno Best (2002).
in 2001, two white labels were released with remixes of "Get Ready for This". The first 12" was released in May 2001 in Belgium
with a Trance
remix by heavy weight DJ/producer Yves De Ruyter
. Although just a single sided pressing featuring the full 12" remix, the radio edit was officially released later in the 2002 release Trance Remixes (Special Edition)
.
Originally, the remix De Ruyter made was to be released in the 2001 release of Greatest Hits Remixes
but was one of the stolen master tapes taken to Russia
for a bootleg release in 2000.
DJ/producer Robbie Rivera
. Also released on white label, these remixes focussed more on the Latino
House
genre with some sleight of hand cross-overs into other House
genres.
Roughly mixed, and clouded in samples from other sources, the release also had very little success, but is now regarded as a collectable item and is sought after by fans of Robbie Rivera and 2 Unlimited.
The Robbie Rivera remixes were never released officially anywhere else.
A "Get Ready for This" (Rivera Latin Groove Remix)
B1 "Get Ready for This" (Big Groove Remix)
B2 "Get Ready for This" (Dark Remix)
Greatest Hits Remixes
Greatest Hits Remixes was a remix album by 2 Unlimited that was released in Japan in 2001. It is the only remix album by the band to feature a remix of a non-single: Delight from 1992's Get Ready!.-Track listing:# No Limit...
.
Dancemania
The song has appeared on the eurodance compilation DancemaniaDancemania
Dancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
series albums, including Dancemania Super Techno II (2001), Dancemania Speed 6
Dancemania Speed
Dancemania Speed is a sub-series of Toshiba EMI's Dancemania compilation series. This series features faster, further remixed versions of recordings from previously released Dancemania albums or faster remixed covers of various famous songs...
(2001) and Dancemania Super Techno Best (2002).
Yves De Ruyter remix
After the moderate success of the 2 Unlimited compilation album Greatest Hits RemixesGreatest Hits Remixes
Greatest Hits Remixes was a remix album by 2 Unlimited that was released in Japan in 2001. It is the only remix album by the band to feature a remix of a non-single: Delight from 1992's Get Ready!.-Track listing:# No Limit...
in 2001, two white labels were released with remixes of "Get Ready for This". The first 12" was released in May 2001 in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
with a Trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
remix by heavy weight DJ/producer Yves De Ruyter
Yves Deruyter
Yves Deruyter is a Belgian DJ and artist famous for his work on Bonzai Records.-DJ-ing:Yves Deruyter started his DJ career in 1985 and has played in Belgian clubs such as Globe, Barocci, Cherrymoon, Extreme, Carat, BBC, and La Rocca. In 1991, like so many DJs, he also started an artist career....
. Although just a single sided pressing featuring the full 12" remix, the radio edit was officially released later in the 2002 release Trance Remixes (Special Edition)
Trance Remixes (Special Edition)
Trance Remixes was a remix album by 2 Unlimited that was released in Japan in 2003.-Track listing:1 No Limit 2 Twilight Zone 3 Tribal Dance...
.
Originally, the remix De Ruyter made was to be released in the 2001 release of Greatest Hits Remixes
Greatest Hits Remixes
Greatest Hits Remixes was a remix album by 2 Unlimited that was released in Japan in 2001. It is the only remix album by the band to feature a remix of a non-single: Delight from 1992's Get Ready!.-Track listing:# No Limit...
but was one of the stolen master tapes taken to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
for a bootleg release in 2000.
Robbie Rivera remixes
Following the May 2001 release of the Yves De Ruyter remixes, August the same year saw the release of the another "Get Ready for This" remix by Puerto RicanPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
DJ/producer Robbie Rivera
Robbie Rivera
Roberto "Robbie" Rivera is a prolific house music producer and DJ born in Puerto Rico. He has an extensive catalog of original productions and remixes to his credit, ranging from Tribal to Progressive House, as well as incorporating Garage and Latin elements. He and his wife Monica Olabarrieta...
. Also released on white label, these remixes focussed more on the Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
genre with some sleight of hand cross-overs into other House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
genres.
Roughly mixed, and clouded in samples from other sources, the release also had very little success, but is now regarded as a collectable item and is sought after by fans of Robbie Rivera and 2 Unlimited.
The Robbie Rivera remixes were never released officially anywhere else.
Track listings
12" white labelA "Get Ready for This" (Rivera Latin Groove Remix)
B1 "Get Ready for This" (Big Groove Remix)
B2 "Get Ready for This" (Dark Remix)
Remixes
- Yves De Ruyter radio edit (3:18)
- Yves De Ruyter remix (8:50)
- Rivera Latin Groove remix (6:35)
- Big Groove remix (7:52)
- Dark remix (7:00)
- K-Groove mix edit (3.38)