DJ Alex Corton – Vinyl Reviews

Good Looking Records

Blame Presents – Logical Progression Level 2

1997

Today we review the third and final 12” plate on the Logical Progression Level 2 LP. All three tracks have been featured already, within those classic 12” singles, which you can find easily on my blog. One track however, has a special twist to it on this LP, and it’s the one we’ll dissect again with the added bonus of having two of the best Masters of Ceremonies in the business. MC Conrad (R.I.P.) & MC DRS

   The inner sleeves for this disc shows a club photo-shot from a packed night at (I’m presuming) a Logical Progression or a Progression Session night. Can anyone recognize where it is? I can’t bloody remember! I don’t even know if it’s between two rooms. 

   The other side of the sleeve has Bukem, Blame, Conrad and DRS from the same photo shoot as the other two sleeves. You know that as soon as the shot was over they probably just burst out laughing. Blame…I’ve seen pupils like that before ha ha! The memories at this precise moment must be pretty good ones though, prior to the shifting of things onto different paths. 

    The tunes on Side A, have Atlantis (I Need You) by Bukem to start the record, and it’s the one that harks back to those early beginnings on the Good Looking Records label. The write up on this can be found here for GLR 003

https://djalexcorton.music.blog/2025/06/23/good-looking-records-

   It’s our next track on Side A that we open up for dissection, as we have Good Looking Records (GLR 019) from 1996 with Blame’s – ‘360° Clic’ with a very special twist added. Both MC’s hit harmonies and a vibe of verses that stands in place as a monument in the music. It not only provided each MC a chance to rollout their individual talents, but they also got a chance to MC over a tune that has that waltzing 4:3 beat, highlighting the way they both switched up their creativity to the music. I fucking love the way this tune works with their lyrics. It’s a track that is really hard to go back to and hear, without the lyrics on you head, and not have that “360 Degrees make you flip..side to side a whole new trip..” spinning through your brain while it plays. 

   Blame must have been extremely happy with the result on this! 

   Last up is a track we reviewed back in early July on GLR 15 from the Source Direct boys, called ‘Complexities’. I’m really glad that this was the track that was included on this LP rather than the rip-curling raucous of the extremely explosive ‘Secret Liasion’. ‘Complexities’ fits the mood on this album a lot more. Here’s the write up on for you, from this 1995 classic:

https://djalexcorton.music.blog/2025/07/08/glr-15/

    I have to mention the mail order section in the leaflet here too, with the photo of the following artists together. A big shout to Patrick ‘PHD’ Henry, Danny Bukem, MC Conrad, Russell Tayla, Beau, Simon and Dan from Intense, Conrad Blame, Olly ‘Shogun’ Lomax and DRS. What a cracking photo! 

    We sweep into the next Good Looking Records LP, tomorrow. It’s onto the third level of the series as the Logical Progression launch tower gets a very treasured combination of music from both the CD with the live performance from Intense and then the selected tracks which were exclusive to this vinyl release album. 

    The lift is ready…the door has been held for you. Come on in.