Late 1980s UK Rave, Second Summer of Love

[@nedthestaffieegan3452]

One of the best things about those times was how it brought people together. There was no sense of division by class or race and it felt like we were a part of a special tribe. Everyone was united through a love of the music, dancing, fun and having experienced this, its saddening to think a movement like this may never happen again in my lifetime.

[@Debagio]

@@deb8498 Speak for yourself.

[@catherinetewhare]

You are so right, was just saying that to my partner. The best times ever and no violence. Such truly amazing times.

[@seanmurphy6480]

Nice tabs Nice times

[@seanmurphy6480]

Never again we were so lucky, shortage of infantry though so it had to be stopped xxx

[@seanmurphy6480]

GOD BLESS YA NED p.s. NO GURNIN HAHAHA 😵‍💫👍

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

Am 54 now god I am so blessed I was raving right at the beginning and still love it today the raves in them days was 🤫 😂

[@Hebbs]

I love that no one has interest in watching the dj. Everyone just dancing and caring about about the music and each other. ❤

[@TheLunarnotes]

And no one is facing the DJ like they’re some kind of a messiah, they’re there to dance with each other.

[@internetuser4689]

No smartphones in hands also. Just music and good vibes.

[@steve-xx6or]

Thank god someone is saying tgat❤ what has happened

[@danielrayner7681]

This footage is pure gold. The birth of rave culture right before our eyes

[@davidmichaelpitchford8133]

feel like im watching the birth of my entire adult musical life! born in 85, to have been 18 in 1988, it just sounds so raw, new, fresh, and now in 2023 200 thousand people are going to DJ led festivals with more relevance than bands..how did we get here...HOUSE MUSIC

[@AnthonyChara]

Randomly watched this vid and spotted my best mate dancing away in the middle of the footage!!! Thank you for uploading 👍🏼♥️

[@potyesz]

Yeah! Must be an amazing discovery. I envy that feeling. 😊

[@bottlediggingchris3966]

I'm 50 this year, this brings back so many memories. Proper tunes, proper raves.

[@solcutta3661]

I'm 48 so I don't need to say anything to u apart from...... Electro Street sounds.. House house house, house nation... Deep heat/thin ice... Aciiiieeeeeed. Acid maaaaan. Hardcore, u know the score. My step thru the years as I followed the Electronic music scene. Lol

[@solcutta3661]

Proper choons indeed

[@solcutta3661]

Even freakier... Iam or was a bottle collector... With my probe rod and a yearning to discover the whereabouts of georgian/victorian refuse dumps. Lol

[@seanmurphy6480]

WANT WE SO LUCKY 🥸👍

[@reeseprince8]

Right old rave up

[@eXusUK]

thank you to the person videoing this they had the foresight this video would one day be testament to the legacy of the beginning of RAVE! @ fantastic tunes!!!!!! i really wish i was there! thankyou so much!

[@neat3468]

Aww man, so depressing that 30 years have passed since this great time. Big respect and condolences to any raver in this video who has sadly passed away since then.

[@zamiadams4343]

Same here my friend I was there back in '88 and beyond still at it! Seems like yesterday, the glory days.

[@barrybradshaw7925]

Alot of people passed away due to getting hooked on smack which was used to come down from E but we mostly took eggs

[@barrybradshaw7925]

@Daniel Thompson yeah dam right they were, but sadly those days are long gone, i see alot of students fully clothed in 80s and 90s clothes and even have the hair styles, its good to see in a way, its like they are paying there respects to our generation, or are they trying to relive the 80s/90s ? Maybe they realise how shit these times are ?

[@stephkarma4961]

@@barrybradshaw7925 exactly. Many can't remember this aspect of this time. I pointed this out a while back to someone on here, the amount of people that had been lost due to this, but most seem to have forgotten. The e's started being cut with heroin as well? Good times but worth it?...who knows.

[@neat3468]

@@zamiadams4343 Thanks for all the comments! I had no idea about them. I was sadly not here at this time since I was like erm 8 lol. I did however start in 1995 or so and I can say that Raves were still great, until about 2002 or so when for whatever new forms of rave music seemed to stop being invented and I think DubStep is awful which is where it seemed to mostly end. For me though everything was ruined by mobile phones, I started to see it, everyone holding their phones up trying to record whatever shit footage they could, people stood in the corner on their phones. The atmosphere was starting to get lost. And then well, CDs and MP3s came along and everyone was collecting rave music to listen too at home, and then youtube came where we can watch all these for free, and then Covid... I was glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s and I do feel sorry for the youth of today, not just because raves are not as good as they used to be, but just everyone really, locked like zombies in their phones with 15 second clips on tiktok.

[@simonthomas1228]

Tracklist: MC Merlin - Unknown Fresh Color - Disco Nature Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici With Alexander Robotnick ‎- Love Supreme N.O.I.A. ‎- Stranger In A Strange Land (Club Mix) Bluejean ‎- This Is The Sound Of (House Music) (Reg-O Mix) Electribe 101 ‎- Tell Me When The Fever Ended (Raggamix) Kelli Saé ‎- It's Too Late (Cool Dub) The Minutemen - I Like It Raul Orellana ‎- The Real Wild House (Wild House Mix I think) Debbie Malone ‎- Rescue Me Home Boys Only ‎- Turn It Out (Hip House) Qaurtz - R U Ready (For This) (Divine Club Mix)

[@danielwelsh1043]

Simon Thomas please help me out, if you go to another part of this video, it's called. It's called illigal rave 1989,acid house, ginger bloke on video. Skip to 4.30. Name of tune please, I am desperate for this tune.

[@simonthomas1228]

Daniel Welsh if it's the one I'm thinking of, this is the tracklist. It's The Latin Rage one you're after. Corporation of One - So Where Are You (Hashish Dub) Latin Rage - Sueno Latino (Extended Remix) J.D. - Good Vibrations BCN Orchestra - Quien Tu Te Crees? Bits & Pieces 89 (R/U/DEF/BOY. Mix) Looney Tunes Vol 1 - Another Time, Another Place Unknown - Unknown Shiela - Acid Kiss (Hacienda Mix) Liaisons-D - Heartbeat The Centrefield Assignment - Mi Casa (DJ's Dope Long Mix) The KLF - 3 AM Eternal (Blue Danube Orbital Mix) Mickey Oliver - In-Ten-Si-T (might be the Dash Rip Rock mix).

[@danielwelsh1043]

Simon Thomas. . Nice one, cheers.

[@mr_diatribe2324]

A Massive big up to Simon Thomas!!!

[@danielwelsh1043]

Simon Thomas. . Knowledge.

[@blackmagic998]

Does anybody reconise their younger selves? I was born 87 and missed these days and i really do feel i missed the best times. Always looking for videos on rave history

[@stevehaddon151]

Yes I'm in this!

[@JDugald221]

I'm only in my 30s and wanted so badly to be a part of this scene and many other legendary club scenes. Thank you for letting me be this close to it.

[@7777maki7777]

100%

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

@JDugald221, I'm in my 60s and I was there at the beginning in 1988 🤗 at least you love the vibe of those days, you're closer than you could imagine pal 🤗

[@fuzion2003]

For sure man 👍

[@jamesadamscherub100]

This is the best rave footage on youtube love it .. 💙

[@simonkenny3497]

Michele Murray. Memories of great times.

[@potyesz]

I wonder how the October 21 party went on... :)) This one looked amazing. This whole clip, and some other related clips of this particular party is totaly mindblowing for me. Im extremely greatful that I lived these times fully.

[@andyhawkins9541]

Memory lane love this so glad to have been part of ❤

[@Gaffer96]

for those who made it till now..they tried to stop us and failed....best year ever.

[@swiftcee266]

Debby Malone.........Pioneering track....lovely vocals and top break.

[@Crukren89]

Beautiful track mate

[@pauladavison2491]

All in our 50s 60s now, wow!

[@Zaandick]

Mad isn't it Paula. 57 now. Where did it go? Ha. Strange feelings watching this. I can actually remember when Rescue Me was played and dancing next to my girlfriend at the time. Never been so happy.. 😊

[@Crukren89]

@@Zaandick Hold on are you the guy at 29.46? Must of been great times back then. You can feel it through the screen. I was born in 89 and mum used to tell me how big this era of musical freedom was.

[@stevehaddon151]

52 😬

[@andrewstannard8361]

Went to my first rave as a 16 year old in 1988, Sunrise! Micro dots, purples oms,and strewberry fields..

[@annisha68]

Damm i remember the name purple oms. You just brought back a whole lot of memories

[@jameslewis3495]

Big tripper

[@andyhawkins9541]

I definitely remember those micro dots mad times 🤯but stuck to doves 🕊️beautiful waves all night and morning

[@rebeccaseppanen7239]

The drugs were the best back then. I've heard everything is laced with God knows what now. I'm so glad I got to enjoy all the best of everything when it first came out. Great drugs, house music, acid music, everything about the 80's and early 90's. It was an honour👍💗😍

[@bencheesecake8795]

drugs are now better than they ever were. It's a bit a myth perpetuated by nostalgic ravers, you can't really recreate the feeling of the honeymoon period of drugs when you are young. We won't see anything like the acid house explosion again, because it was a new mass-movement. There is still plenty of good rave culture if you get into the scence

[@millsbomb007]

doves!!!!! best ever!

[@millsbomb007]

@@bencheesecake8795 you ever had a double dipped dove?

[@notsure1115]

I agree 100%. At least back then you got MDMA most of the time

[@antonym7704]

Mitsubishis!!!

[@dodger2264]

Yea man best time of my life proper eye opener. Reunion is needed

[@seansmith445]

They can bring their walking frames.

[@Lufcwaccoe2310]

When UK was king of the world. Now look at us/the youth of uk 2 day

[@StreetsOfRage2]

Social media has turned into attention seeking whores. We're all self obsessed zomboids nowadays. We need booting up the ass.

[@fabishakenbake1971]

You sound old:)

[@shughy1]

Back when it wasn't about the DJ, people knew it's just someone playing other people's music

[@thehitman1980]

Back when the DJ wasn't dancing harder than the crowd cause they actually had to concentrate on mixing vinyl instead of pressing buttons like today's "dj's" !!

[@FunkHumpty]

This is how I remember raves. Evil Eddie Richards, proper acid house rave! Good times

[@sbertrand43]

19:40 perfect entrance to that song

[@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097]

Those vinyls are now collectors items.. Gems

[@captinweestain526]

Invisible man goes for money as well, Second track though 'Giovanotti Mondani Meccanici With Alexander Robotnick ‎- Love Supreme' even the repress is 30 quid already....

[@matv90]

Back when raves weren't sexualized and it actually was about the music.

[@adevore1971]

Right?? A more wholesome vibe

[@grifforama]

So awesome. Back when if you didn't have the record, it didn't get played.

[@nickdean3152]

So true,a lot of effort and passion to get the best imports,white labels and lesser known records.

[@MsCeci1981]

Me encanta!!la gente solo baila ,todo el mundo está contenta ,viaje en la música,gracias por dejarnos ver estos maravillosos momentos!

[@jagatgurung46]

It gave me goose bump those people are the luckiest one

[@TonyStark-uu9us]

One family. Perfect harmony.

[@thenightfly3685]

No phones...it was the best time of our lives...the fashion and the peace but most of all we had fun and thanks for the gud drugs so we could strut out stuff

[@scroez]

I fully agree, Though at the time, we thought it would last forever + We didn't realise 87-94 We were living during the best years of our lives, It seemed the whole of our generation/ age group where together in unity by our Love for Raves all across the UK each weekend. I do wish I had a camera to document each Rave we went to, PS As an artist I'd like to paint what it was like back then as a raver in a series of large paintings. : )

[@beaulieuc8910]

nah drugs kill

[@martingonzalez450]

@22:23 probably one of the best tracks “real wild house - Raul orellana” @31:06 that adidas jacket is hard AF

[@julianclark8819]

7:30-8-00 features my old mate ' Bradley' from Pompey - Top boy doing what he loved all those years ago - Sadly he is no longer with us but his spirit lives on?!

[@neat3468]

The guy in the purple? Sorry to hear about your loss. 30 years is a long time, i dare say a fair few of the people in this video have sadly passed on...

[@julianclark8819]

@@neat3468 Yes mate it's the guy in the purple top - We were good mates back in '88/'89 & went along to all the best places in London with a good crowd from Pompey - The first six months of The Downham Tavern were probably the best &' Bradley ' was there from the beginning as was I - Unfortunately, he passed away a couple of years ago - He was proper full-on back in the day & certainly knew how to have a good time - J.

[@agatka1543]

miss it, would love to go back!

[@drpeterthompson5894]

me too

[@annisha68]

I am 53 now from Australia and used to go to lots of outdoor raves. One famous one in Victoria is called Earthcore. I remember dancing whilst the sun was coming up and experiencing such a real feeling of harmony and peace with everyone else. I do love the EDM of today as well and would love to go to some of the huge outdoor raves they have now but i feel too old and out of place. One thing i noticed is that today the kids all face the dj and focus on them whilst looking through their phones. I dont know how they are living in the moment when they are all trying to get the best shot. However they all have smiles on their faces and are enjoying it all. I just want to go to one of them before i get way too old lol.

[@cmasseylynch]

Coke dealers/gangs/Thatcher/Mainstream Promoters/X Factor/Record Companies /etc helped push this sub culture into the Commercial Profit Arena over a period of time...Lager sponsored festivals is the norm now.With some exceptions.

[@SonnyB273]

Holy cow, how pure was this, even the people dont look that mullered 👌

[@stevehaddon151]

Oh we were this is the day after the night before!

[@barneyrichardson4676]

Calis, smileys, phet

[@GezzaGee]

I was there!

[@NoctisAquila]

no wayyyy!!! Do TELL!!!😊

[@jodear3997]

Take me back! Best times ever :)

[@YaxkinRetrodisko]

Debbie Malone !! best use of Lyn Collins drum breaks ever! Richie Rich prod. big in UK

[@geoffwilson7322]

Thr extensive library og videos you have is astounding, well done.

[@ianosa6985]

Back when the parties were good

[@mumblerocks77]

@@pdottie212fuThis can happen again. We already have enough people interested in dance music, we need no phone rules and promoters who support local DJ's that know how to play more than just "bangers". Post COVID times are gonna be different, we can revive this energy.

[@reeseprince8]

I can assure you people ain't on there phone there too fucked to be your going off shitty places like Glastonbury

[@StudioMargalima]

I so love the outfits.

[@ttllymxico]

Stop fetishizing Us

[@skullduggery1096]

Happy daze,such a privilege to have had these amazing times.My PA system (Skullduggery) is still looking to do one last event,let me know.

[@Fckouttahere]

In Chicago people were good at dancing so it was kinda intimidating, in the U.K. I woulda fit right in with my two left feet😂😂

[@brwhizz3060]

I seriously doubt people in Chicago can/could dance any better than Brits.

[@mumblerocks77]

@@brwhizz3060 lmaoooo

[@stevencoardvenice]

​@@mumblerocks77 yeah he doesn't know about the gay black disco scene in Chicago

[@MultiGuvnor]

@@brwhizz3060😂

[@mysticfire_impact2653]

Evil Eddie what a legend

[@puffbombe]

A proof that music and a happy nation is all it takes, for the people is able to have fun without any drinking

[@marioandrikopoulos2158]

Oh boy this was a good time 👍

[@jimmymartin8684]

I was at that race evil Eddie played st my mates club a few times xstatic on canvey island legend of a dj

[@janedesouza877]

Listening now wicked times 😘

[@bestfloors5084]

Music was ace people was awesome drugs were better wat els could you ask for go back to them times anyday anywhere old skool never dies 40 and still buzzing from the tunes in work all day got loads of very rare tunes

[@safenafe1]

@25.12 the guys asked to sip water... everyone knew back then they had to share the water whilst buzzing 😂...

[@SHEARMINATOR]

Never made the early Raves but been into the scene since day one😀 43 ATM and music today is so good the kids still through decent raves

[@lakakwkwkwk294]

Nice to hear some positive stuff about today instead of moaning lol

[@rediri7619]

The music is bomb!!!

[@Steve-cu4uc]

im 64yrs I was having it back then and before lol

[@VrakDock]

I was six years old but I had the deep heat double lps haha

[@craiggill4360]

Oh yess...Evil Eddie Richards. 🥳👀

[@Fractal_blip]

I was tripping on acid when i found this the other night. What a great vibe, even thru the vhs rips. Edit:allegedly

[@ozahmed4523]

This was the end of the Electro era, and the beginning of the House era in the mid to late '80s.

[@davidjames1210]

was 1989 but some Elcectro still played

[@mumblerocks77]

Damn bruh you all had energy.

[@FinalCurse]

Carl Cox now and then STILL THE KING

[@davidjames1210]

he wasnt at this one 🙂

[@Soundeagle3456]

uk ahead of everyone else with this trend.

[@ZVEZDANADRAMLIC]

Great time ❤

[@JackAcid]

THIS IS WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. X

[@ronaldinho5860]

Man would I love to be there.

[@damienjonesmusic]

Really wish I’d have been there!

[@readigo]

NO SMARTPHONES PERFECT

[@tomLUFC96]

Just a Juno 60 chillin' in the background

[@petro6350]

17:30-18:53. As for me, the most impressive part

[@icancatchcarp]

GREAT TIME'S

[@capoo1337]

Back when its was about the music, not the “superstar dj’s”

[@dancefloorabduction]

Fourth Floor Records....... EPIC AF

[@russianvoodoo]

Music interrupts. The crowd doesn't make any slight noise.

[@vvv-hh6wo]

I clocked a young Tim Westwood in the crowd 🎤👍😁

[@annisahibrahim1690]

Anyone know what is the song at 8.55? Also thanks Simon Thomas for replying to everyone asking for tracks!

[@tomderby7759]

Annisah Ibrahim stranger In a strangle land n.o.i.a

[@paulwatson8626]

My Generation ❤

[@thewoodclubandthewoodfamil9170]

Absolutely devastated I was born in 92 and not 1970 ...would of been sumat else these , not like today’s repetitive , 2 step , staring at the DJ with your phone out bollocks

[@mumblerocks77]

This can happen again. We already have enough people interested in dance music, we need no phone rules and promoters who support local DJ's that know how to play more than just "bangers". Post COVID times are gonna be different, we can revive this energy.

[@reubaloo8871]

Bollocks init

[@fliptk6772]

Well we certainly knew how to party, the youth of todays huh, house music all night long 🎉🙄

[@jasmineseaman853]

My uncle used to go to these

[@joeschmo4679]

Anyone know who the DJ in the red top is? Great set and music

[@JaeGates]

Eddie Richards

[@martinfarias2377]

imprecionante los 80

[@Anto-im9bn]

nobody talking about Barney Stinson dancing at 22:02 "It's gonna be legen.. wait for it

[@scarecrow7313]

To Hell with today's s#%t, socalled music! Makes me proud to have grown up listening to this.

[@tyfustim]

oke

[@emzed1275]

Did Paula from Norfolk make it to the decks ?

[@simonstones1918]

Raw. Free. Early days

[@datboycdot]

18:52 the look on his face haha

[@bazzookabod5250]

Based Seal dudes wearing a red onezie

[@leewilliams316]

Not a lot of gurning going on. Nice, clean 100mg safrole MDMA.

[@stevencoardvenice]

Sounds good

[@alanhall6774]

I love hal. You. Ravrs. For ever 😊

[@drdickhead9656]

lol at the dj at 2.20, just smash it in think about matching it after. those were the days.

[@drdickhead9656]

wow, he's really quite bad! i mean, beatmatching is an essential skill to dj successfully. did nobody notice back then?

[@mr_diatribe2324]

We didn't care!!! Lol... Actually if you watch some of the people dancing, they dont stop and just carry on jacking to the groove ;)

[@norepetitivebeats]

There is no transition going on at 2:20, what are you talking about? If you actually knew anything about dance music history you would know that the Dj is Eddie Richards, probably one of the best DJs around.

[@dunsmoregaines4239]

@@norepetitivebeats Yeah he spent time on the pitch, rolling the record with fingers over baseline, resetting letting it go and repeat until he had it. He was matching.

[@Pedster9]

Still have my 1210s in flight cases Vestax mixer and all the vinyl i bought back then up and till 2004. MY YOUTH GOOD TIMES

[@jameslewis3495]

Fkn Proper was lucky to be a big part of it 😃

[@darrenspiers2003]

Youth.. The Time, The Place.. You Never Knew How Good We Had it! Acid Baby!

[@jordanmills1106]

no beef in that room just fun times

[@captinweestain526]

0:58 "and my bday " lol

[@sarahForensicCriminologistBSc]

Debbie malone rescue me.. tune 🎶

[@Diego-es5kf]

I these years hardcore , break beat and trance dont exist yet

[@kelvintaylor4659]

What is THAT TUNE starts at 8.55... please

[@lascintilla2081]

Dedicato a mia sorella Paola che mi ha iniziato ai rave io all'Hardcore Techno dei Rotterdam Terror Corps e Tiziano Gariboldi e Flavia Pivetti e De Rosa e a Raoul e Erasmo Goretti alla Techno Tribale

[@johnbuoy1401]

Respect