Tori Amos

UK first press 1996. Record plays with a crackle with many marks.
This one’s a proper snapshot of the mid 90s melting pot. Side A has Armand Van Helden’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix of “Professional Widow” — the venomous piano track retooled into a filthy club monster that basically owned dancefloors in ‘96. Flip it and you’ve got the Dakota Version of “Hey Jupiter” with Justin Meldal-Johnsen and co. softening the edges into torch-song territory, plus B.T.’s Synesthesia Mix of “Talula” with Bob Clearmountain behind the desk. Basically half the decade’s best remixers all crammed onto one 12". FFO: PJ Harvey, Björk, Faithless, Sasha & Digweed