I remember hearing this for the first time sitting in the family room with my parents years ago and I was so intrigued. This 1976 arrangement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony reinvigorated and made it club ready. I know there has been a mash up that samples this as well and a Soulwax remix of the song but this is the “original.” Not quite Ludwig’s arrangement but that classic 5th nonetheless.

Walter Murphy – A Fifth of Beethoven [YSI]

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