Anthony Thomas – The Promised Land

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Genre:	Electronic
Style:	House
Year:	1988

Tracklist

		Promised Land (Club Mix)
		Bottom
		Promised Land (Underground Mix)
		Promised Land (Radio Mix)

Credits (4)

Anthony Thomas
Featuring
LA*
Lacquer Cut By
Joe Smooth
Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By
Joe "Smooth"*
Written-By

Notes

First released in the US in May 1988 by D.J. International Records.
"Forceful underground/house with a message and nice vocal."

Being one of D.J. International's best selling 12"s, the US release has several variants:
- 4LW with dot, no TOP, PAN below spindle hole, Anthony Thomas not underlined, single narrow pressing ring.
- 4LW with dot, no TOP, PAN below spindle hole, Anthony Thomas not underlined, single wide pressing ring.
- 4LW with dot, no TOP, PAN below spindle hole, Anthony Thomas not underlined, dipped labels.
- 4LW with dot, no TOP, PAN below spindle hole, Anthony Thomas underlined, single wide pressing ring.
- 4LW with dot, 2x TOP, PAN above spindle hole, Anthony Thomas not underlined, single wide pressing ring.
- 4LW without dot, 2x TOP, PAN above spindle hole, Anthony Thomas not underlined, dipped labels.
- 4LW without dot, no TOP, PAN below spindle hole, Anthony Thomas not underlined, dipped labels.
- 4LW without dot, no TOP, PAN below spindle hole, Anthony Thomas underlined, dipped labels.

Also the internationally licensed releases in the UK and come in different variants. All of them were first released in 1989.

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW / No TOP/ Dipped	D.J. International Records – D J -905	US	1988	US — 1988
	Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, White Label	D.J. International Records – DJ-905	US	1988	US — 1988
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW. / No TOP / PAN Underlined	D.J. International Records – D J -905	US	1988	US — 1988
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW. / 2x TOP	D.J. International Records – D J -905	US	1988	US — 1988
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW. / No TOP / Dipped	D.J. International Records – D J -905	US	1988	US — 1988
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW. / No TOP / Wide Pressing Ring	D.J. International Records – D J -905	US	1988	US — 1988
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW. / No TOP / Narrow Pressing Ring	D.J. International Records – D J -905	US	1988	US — 1988
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Red+Yellow Labels	D.J. International Records – ZYX 6088-12		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, RS On The Right	BCM Records – 12016		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single	Disques Dreyfus – 889 105-1		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 7", 45 RPM, Single	D.J. International Records – 889 104-7		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Single	D.J. International Records – DJINT 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	Promised Land CD, Single	D.J. International Records – BCM 20016		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land CD, Single	Westside Records (2) – CDDJIN 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	Promised Land 7"	Westside Records (2) – IMC / DJIN 6 R	Netherlands	1989	Netherlands — 1989
	Promised Land 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo	D.J. International Records – DJIN 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM	Boy Records (4) – BOY - 043	Spain	1989	Spain — 1989
	Promised Land 7", Single, 45 RPM	BCM Records – 07016		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Yellow Labels	D.J. International Records – ZYX 6088-12		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Promo	D.J. International Records – BOY-043-PRO	Spain	1989	Spain — 1989
	Promised Land CD, Maxi-Single, Cardboard Sleeve	D.J. International Records – 889 105-2		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, White Label	Westside Records (2) – DJINT 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	I Try / Promised Land (New Remix) 12", 45 RPM	Five – FM 13834	Italy	1989	Italy — 1989
	Promised Land 7", 45 RPM, Single	D.J. International Records – DJIN 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	Promised Land 7", 45 RPM, Single, White Label, Stereo	D.J. International Records – DJIN 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, RS On The Left	BCM Records – DJ 12016		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM	D.J. International Records – 6088-12		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Single	D.J. International Records – DJINT 6	UK	1989	UK — 1989
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Olive Labels	D.J. International Records – ZYX 6088-12		1989	— 1989
	Promised Land 7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Repress	ZYX Records – ZYX 6088-7		1989	— 1989	Needs Changes
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM	House Nation – HN 14		1995	— 1995
	Promised Land ('95 Remix & Original Mixes) CD, Maxi-Single	Dance Street – DST 1332-8		1995	— 1995
	Promised Land 12", 45 RPM, Test Pressing, White Label, Stickered	Dance Street – DST 1332-8/12		1995	— 1995	New Submission
	Promised Land 2×12"	Antibemusic – ANT 007	Italy	1998	Italy — 1998	Recently Edited
	The Promised Land 12", 33 ⅓ RPM	Obelisk Productions Multi-Media – OPM001	US	1998	US — 1998	Recently Edited
	Promised Land 2×12"	VC Recordings – 8951816	Spain	1998	Spain — 1998	New Submission
	Promised Land (Remixes) 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM	Maffia Music – MOB 009X	Belgium	2000	Belgium — 2000	Recently Edited
	Promised Land 12", Promo	Maffia Music – MOB 009 PROMO 2	Belgium	2000	Belgium — 2000	Recently Edited
	Promised Land (Supakings Remixes) 12"	Maffia Music – MOB 009 PROMO 1	Belgium	2000	Belgium — 2000
	Promised Land Remixes 2×12"	Maffia Music – MOB 009X	Belgium	2000	Belgium — 2000	New Submission

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Reviews

andtheysaymusicsdead Mar 22, 2025
referencing Promised Land (12", 45 RPM, Single) DJINT 6

A club classic, Pure and simple.
Words words words words
23boogaloo Nov 3, 2024
referencing Promised Land (12", 45 RPM, Maxi-Single) 889105-1

agreed- very nice dynamic pressing of this early house anthem.
cheope_dj Apr 19, 2024
referencing The Promised Land (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, 4LW / 2x TOP / Dipped) D J -905

"and we wild through the darkness" this sentence makes no sense, maybe it could be "and we WILL through the darkness" as stated in every other release
tomwebb101 Feb 7, 2024
referencing The Promised Land / It's All Right (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, Unofficial Release) DJ-905 / DJ-902

Two classics of the genre. No debate.

Side 1 badly non filled.

Side 2 WAY off centre.

Crap quality but the 45rpm sound is excellent!
Rogalal Jan 25, 2024
referencing Promised Land (12", Promo) MOB 009 PROMO 2

While the Phats & Smalls mix is perfunctory and fine, it's the Minister's Vocal Mix that really hits hard here. Its hands-in-the-air gospel garage sound was horribly unfashionable in the year 2000's clubs, which were filled with circuit party drumrolls, epic trance, and tribal tech house, so this really flew under the radar, but the Frankie Knuckles-style piano garage with the addition of gospel choir background singers (!!!) makes for a great remix of a classic. If you're collecting proper soulful house, or looking for a fairly unknown secret weapon of a closing song, this is worth picking up.
Johnmarcus Jan 20, 2024
referencing The Promised Land / It's All Right (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Reissue, Unofficial Release) DJ-905 / DJ-902

Two seminal house tracks on this 12", that have stood the test of time & stir up a lot of happy memories.
inspector.godot Nov 19, 2023
referencing Promised Land (1-800 GIRLS Remix) (File, MP3, 320 kbps) ARMAS2641

Uninspired remix of one of the most inspired songs of all times. This feels a bit like a violation to me.
Vinyliciouschannel Jan 16, 2022
referencing The Promised Land (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Repress) DJ - 905A

Does anybody know the year of manufacturing of this repress version? Thanks
emphor Dec 5, 2020
Edited 4 years ago

referencing Promised Land (12") GC71

Somewhat embarrassed to own this version, The "A" side is a f******* abomination of a stone-cold classic and should be relegated to "D-side" on a crap CD mix compilation on the far side of Enceladus .

The "B" side is, well, you'd have to be dead to not feel the shivers rising and the eyes-closed forgetaboutitjustdanceletsgoweareone unifying nature of the track.
AskeladdenBlack May 24, 2017
Edited 8 years ago

referencing The Promised Land (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 4LW / No TOP/ Dipped) D J -905

The track titled Radio mix is from memory the freestyle mix as someone may have already pointed out, which is actually the opposite of your typical radio type mix, its a really nice dub version that gets over looked but holds its own.