Finally! Larry Heard’s ‘The Sun Can’t Compare’ released

Finally! Larry Heard’s ‘The Sun Can’t Compare’ released

12 November, 2007 | 4.17PM

• Section: Music News Topics: DJ Gossip
• Written by: Zack Rico

It has been a bit of a running joke.

The most recognisable club anthem of recent times wasn’t actually available to buy digitally.

It was huge in Ibiza.

It was huge in Berlin and London.

Ellen Allien included it on her Fabric mix compilation.

Luciano and Craig Richards played it for months on end.

Clubbers can sing along to the words like only a true anthem can create.

But Larry Heard and Mr. White’s ‘The Sun Can’t Compare’ remained a limited edition vinyl, creating a blood-lust demand not often experienced in these digital, global-distribution days.

Finally the track has been released digitally, but the question is, has the record label missed the cash cow?

No I don’t think they have.

Because no matter how late ‘The Sun Can’t Compare’ release comes, its infectious innocent vocals that border on a romantic soliloquy will never get tired.

Its simple acid bassline, downscale drum beats and straight-forward arrangement form the perfect club track.

I remember hearing this at 8am after a particularly hardcore night at Fabric.

Craig Richards was closing up the night, most of the dancefloor was empty, and slowly the vocals drifted out across the foggy, blue-lit room.

You are my dreams. The moon can’t compare to your beams.

It was a haunting, ethereal moment, the kind that can never, ever be replicated. It was a special time, a special place and a special feeling.

Nothing compares to this record.

NOTE: The Long Version is the best version.

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