Gwen Guthrie - Padlock (Larry Levan Mix)

1983

Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare's reggae rhythm track, remixed by Larry Levan for the Padlock EP on Garage Records. Guthrie's voice over a Jamaican bassline, stretched to seven minutes, is one of the strangest and most durable things ever played at the Paradise Garage. It is also the record that shows how far outside disco Levan was willing to reach.