The latest RA podcast marks what would have been Ron Hardy’s 56th birthday.

Departing from their usual focus on brand new music, Resident Advisor have this week shared a previously unreleased live mix recorded at Chicago club C.O.D.’s in 1987, and put forward by local DJ Zernell.

“He was on fire!” says Zernell. “Three different versions of ‘I Can’t Turn Around’ back-to-back killed it. That was classic Ron.”

Hardy, who passed away in 1992, was known for his high-volume, rough and ready DJ style (as this mix demonstrates), often pitching tracks up to much faster speeds and adding reel-to-reel edits into the mix.

Head to RA to download the mix.