Originally posted by E. G. Ekin:
it's much more interesting to view the work on it's own merits rather than what some of it became in later incarnations.
Certainly agree with this point.
It's also difficult to judge a track that's nearly 20 years old when we are all more used to hearing the artists more recent work.
Like everything else, context is the important thing.
Either way, of the Nation 12 material, this is the track that keeps turning up on compilations and the like.
It's probably commercially the most significant track they recorded, and certainly had some influence at the time.
The same applies to remixes. As many people know I'm a fan of the idea of people remixing John's work and think that most of them are excellent. In fact, I can't think of a bad one.
BUT they need to be judged on their own merits as pieces of music, not compared with what the original source.