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Retro Arena Vinyl Seven
Various — Retro Arena Vinyl Seven, 2002. Verified release details and tracklist.
- Label
- Lightning Records
- Catalog
- LR-2002-022
- Year
- 2002
- Format
- Vinyl
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Listening notes
Retro Arena Vinyl Seven is a four-track vinyl release issued by Lightning Records in 2002 under catalog number LR-2002-022. The record sits at the intersection of acid, electronic, house, and techno, grouping together selections that span the broader landscape of club-oriented electronic music without being tied to a single artist or unified project.
The A-side opens with "Dominator" before moving to "Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix)," a remix credit that points to the involvement of Hardfloor in shaping that particular track. The B-side carries "Three O' Three" and closes with "100% Of Dissin' You (Armando's Dis Mix)," a version that credits Armando as the remixer. Beyond these remix attributions embedded in the track titles themselves, no additional personnel information is available from the verified record data.
As a various artists compilation, the release functions as a curated snapshot rather than a cohesive artistic statement from a single act. That format was a common vehicle for electronic music during this period, allowing labels to package selections from across the genre spectrum onto a single piece of vinyl. Lightning Records positioned this release as part of what the title implies is a numbered series, with "Seven" suggesting at least six prior entries in the Retro Arena line, though details about other volumes in the series are outside the scope of this entry.
No track durations are documented in the available data, and no information about pressings, regional distribution, or additional release configurations has been verified for this record. Readers and collectors seeking further detail on personnel, recording origins, or related volumes in the Retro Arena series should consult primary sources or supplementary discography records before drawing conclusions.
Tracklist
On the record
- A1Dominator
- A2Circus Bells (Hardfloor Remix)
- B1Three O' Three
- B2100% Of Dissin' You (Armando's Dis Mix)



