1. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music (Dimitri from Paris Remix)

2. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (The Reflex Revision)

3. Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love (Extended Version)

4. Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn

5. Mai Tai – History

6. SOS Band - Just Be Good to Me (12" Version)

7. Change - Change of Heart (Original 12" Version)

8. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Long Dutch Mix)

9. The Pointer Sisters - Automatic (Long Mix)

10. Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I was Lucky (Long Version)

11. Bobby Womack - Living in a Box

12. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Album Version)

13. Cameo - Word Up (Original 12" Club Mix)

14. Madonna - Borderline (Studio Album Version)

15. Kylie Minogue - Shocked

16. Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly for You

17. Duran Duran - View to a Kill

Twelve years in the making and starting exactly where we left off. You may be familiar with these tracks, but not in these formats, and not mixed like this.

1. Second Hand Audio - Brand New (Young Einstein Remix) [feat. Psycho Les]

2. Fort Knox Five - Reach feat. Flex Mathews

3. Stickybuds & Featurecast - 3-6-9

4. Shirley Bassey - Where do I Begin (Away Team Remix)

5. Junior Senior - Can I Get Get Get

6. Trombone Shorty - Here Come the Girls

7. Krafty Skillz – It’s a Booty

8. Second Hand Audio - No Pressure (Wbbl Remix) [Feat. Natty Speaks]

9. A.Skillz and Nick Thayer - Jungle Banger

10. A.Skillz - Track Pant Thing

11. Funkdoobiest - Wopbabalubop (Sammy Senior Remix)

12. Stereocool - The Funktotum (vs. Fais)

13. Dj Marky and XRS - The Way (Featurecast Remix)

14. Second Hand Audio - Brand New (Slynk Remix) [feat. Psycho Les]

15. Second Hand Audio - Got It Like That (D.End Remix) [feat. Dizzy Dustin]

16. A.Skillz and Krafty Kuts - Now Drop

17. Andrew Block - All I Need ft. Ivan Neville (The Noisy Freaks Remix)

18. Slynk and Stickybuds - Full Tilt Boogie

19. TIEKS - Sunshine (feat Dan Harkna extended mix)

20. A.Skillz - You Got The Love (Moment of my life edit)

21. Fort Knox Five - Whatcha Gonna Do feat. Mustafa Akbar

22. Featurecast - Set It Off

23. Mako & Mr Bristow - Hype Fresh Mine

24. Play That Funky Music (Slynk Remix)

25. A.Skillz - Drop the Funk

26. Fort Knox Five feat. Sleepy Wonder & Zeebo - Killa Soundboy (Featurecast Remix)

27. Minimatic - Owner Of A Boogaloo Heart!

28. Definition Of Sound - Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Careful now.

1. When Your Jones Come Down - Sugar Bear Johnson

2. Help Me Now - Slim Moore and the Mar-Kays

3. Cricket Song for Anamaria - Astrud Gilberto

4. Use Me - The JB's (Sly Edit)

5. Why Did You do It - Ferry Ultra and the Homeless Funkers feat Ashley Slater

6. Business Time - Flight of the Conchords

7. Addicted - Featurecast feat D'Fro

8. Reach Your Peak - Sister Sledge

9. Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out - Bentley Rhythm Ace

10. The Masterplan - Diana Brown and Barrie K Sharpe

11. Lady T - Crazy P

12. Freaks Orchestra - The Noisy Freaks

13. Playin Yourself – Badboe

14. Stay Free - Ashford & Simpson (Dimitri from Paris Dubstrumental)

15. The Crown - The Gary Byrd & the Gary Byrd Experience

16. Rapture - Blondie (Rhythm Scholar Recurring Dream Remix)

17. Glow at Night - Dave Gerard

18. White Tiger - Izzie Bizu

19. Love Goes Down - Plan B

20. Queen of Sheba - See I

21. Flow With It (You Got Me Feeling Like) - St Paul and the Broken Bones

22. I Find You Very Attractive - Touch & Go

23. Up Again - Clean Bandit feat Rae Morris

A wandering mix of disperate bar tunes. You’ll like some of it, but you may not like it all.

1. The Originals – Down to Love Town (Dim’s full length Disco Citay Remix)

2. Ashford and Simpson – Found a Cure (Dim’s Blu Lasange Re-Edit)

3. Two Ton’s of Fun – Got the Feeling

4. Donner Summer and Barbara Streisand – No More Tears (Enough is Enough)

5. Chicago – Street Player

6. Dan Hartman – Vertigo/Relight My Fire

7. The Real Thing – Can You Feel the Force?

8. T-Connection – Do What You Wanna Do

9. First Choice - The Player

10. Sister Sledge – He’s the Greatest Dancer (Long Mix)

11. Unlimited Touch – I Hear Music in the Streets

12. Loleatta Holloway and the Salsoul Orchestra – Love Sensation

13. MFSB – K-Jee (Original full Length Version)

14. Young & Company – I Like It (What You’re Doing to Me)

15. The Whispers – It’s a Love Thing

16. Donner Summer – Bad Girls

Lock and load for some serious breaks and beats mixing the new school with some old classics in a two part party stomper. Part one (For the Bar) is a more mellow mix of classic hip hop tracks and melodic breaks, moving into the uptempo ode to Featurecast that is part 2 (For the Floor). Crank it up.

Part 1: For the Bar

1. Barton Fink – Dicey Street Blues

2. Gorillaz – Superfast Jellyfish

3. Spearhead – People in the Middle

4. Roots Manuva – Next Type of Motion

5. TimothyWisdom & Captain Planet (Feat. Dash) – Earplugs

6. Skeewiff – Brother Noah

7. De La Soul feat Chaka Khan – Ain’t All Good

8. Fatboy Slim – Gangsta Trippin

9. Unknown Artist – Mission Impossible

10. Goldbug – Whole Lotta Love

11. Tony D – Dirty Dog (Rae and Christian Remix)

12. A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?

13. Featurecast feat Greg Blackman – Soul Children (The Best Chef Remix)

14. Fort Knox Five feat Sleepy Wonder – The Wonder Strikes Again (John Ohms Remix)

15. My Therapist – Trippin Without a Second to Mould

16. Public Enemy - Do You Wanna Go Our Way (Nextmen UK Mixx)

17. Jurrasic 5 – Work it Out

18. Fort Knox Five – The Brazillian Hipster

19. Caro Emerald – That Man

20. Beats International - Dub be good to me (A.Skillz Festival Edit)

21. DJ Wood bw Featurecast – Avenue Rock

22. John Ohms – Pass it Round

23. Deekline Ed Solo – Bad Boys (Ed Solo Stickybuds remix)

Part 2: For the Floor

1. A Hawkshaw – Dave Allan At Large

2. Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think (Featurecast Remix)

3. Featurecast – Dangerously Happy

4. Featurecast feat Alaska MC– Around the Block

5. Birdy Nam Nam & Skrillex - Goin' In (Featurecast Funked Up Edit)

6. Featurecast – Run for Cover

7. Fort Knox Five Feat Asheru – Insight

8. Marcus Fellows – Spanish Moon

9. The Qemist - Dem Na Like Me

10. Featurecast feat Dynamic – Jump

11. A Skillz Vs Beatvandals – Blowin Up

12. Featurecast – Whoah

13. Featurecast – My Thing

14. Second Hand Audio feat Dizzy Dustin - Got It Like That (Featurecast Remix)

15. The CBs - The Finding (Featurecast remix)

16. Everything Everything - MY KZ, UR BF (Grum Remix)

17. Omegaman - Hip Drop (Jayl Funk Remix)

18. Lyn Collins – Rock me Again

19. Featurecast - Got That Fire (Oh La Ha) (feat Pugs Atomz Ill Legit - CMC Silentaremix)

20. The World Class Art Theives - Blow Your Mind (Featurecast's Saturday In the Park Remix)

21. Funktransplant - Backbone (Featurecast remix)

22. James Brown - Get Up Off That Thing (Regrooved by Featurecast)

I don't know what this is really. Bounce seemed to describe what it was getting at. It's got a fair amount of house music in it and it's pretty upbeat.

1. Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Masters At Work Mix)

2. Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing

3. Neighbour and Thinktank - Night Owl (Original Mix)

4. Sneaky Sound System - Pictures

5. Punk Chic - DJ Spinning (Liquid People Vocal Mix)

6. All Good Funk Alliance featuring Rubber Johnson - Man With A Jam Plan (Fort Knox Five Mix)

7. Ground 96 - Pull Me Up (Federation X Mix)

8. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative (Joe T Vanneli Light Mix)

9. Indo - R U Sleeping? (Grant Nelson's Mix)

10. Drop The Pressure - Mylo

11. Crazy P - Sun-Science

12. The Similou - All This Love

13. Jamiroquai - Little L (Bob Sinclair Remix)

14. Freestylers - Push Up

15. Angie Stone - I Wasn't Kidding (Freemasons Vocal Club Mix)

16. Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered (Nu House Mix)

House Classics Volume 1 - House of Funk

Before the days in which Filtered Funky House was a genre in its own right, DJ’s such as Joey Negro and Dimitri from Paris had been experimenting with fusing disco and funk basslines with house beats to create a very distinctive funk-driven sound throughout the early to mid 90’s. With nights such as ‘Rulin’ at London’s Ministry of Sound, of which I was a regular between 93-96 this sound became a staple element of my record collection. This is a selection of all-vinyl tracks from that period.

1. Karma - High Priestess

2. Larger Than Life - Pieces (Jigsaw Mix)

3. Dimitri From Paris - Free Ton Style (Monsieur D's Classique Extension)

4. The Bucketheads - These Sounds Fall Into My Mind (Jinxx Remix)

5. Doug Willis - Two Tons of Doug

6. Dub Masters - Forget Me Not

7. Young MC - Know How

8. The Flavour - Superfly (Hard Dub)

9. Baffled Republic - On The Surface

10. Sylvester - You Make Me Feel [Mighty Real] (Mother Club Mix)

11. Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango

12. Key to Life Featuring Kathleen Murphy - Find Our Way [Breakaway] (Jazz Path Dub)

13. Kabbala - Ashewo Ara (Mama Mix)

14. Mother - All Funked Up (Mothers Pride Mix)

House Classics Volume 2 - House Classics

These are the anthems that were rocking me both on the dance floor and behind the decks in the mid nineties, when house music was all I was listening to. They are mainly vocal garage, and are much more soul and disco influenced, as were my tastes at the time.

1. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something (Tommy D Mix)

2. The Project Feat Gerideau - Bring It Back To Love

3. Thelma Houston - I Need Somebody Tonight (Original Extended Mix)

4. The Absolute Featuring Suzanne Palmer - I Believe (Never Bring You Down Dub)

5. Z-Factor - Gotta Keep Pushin

6. Boris Dlugosch - Keep Pushin (Path of Club Mix)

7. Daniel J Lewis - Spend The Night

8. Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives (Original 12inch Classic Club Mix)

9. Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy (David Morales 12 inch mix)

10. Nuyorican Soul - It's Alright, I Feel It (Mood II Swing Remix)

11. Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Monsier D's Underground Behaviour Mix)

12. Mica Paris - Carefree (Full Intention Full Length Remix)

13. Daniel J Lewis - I Just Can't Stop (Original Mix)

14. Dimitri From Paris & Alex Gopher - Party People

House Classics Volume 3 - Handbag

Considered as gay at the time as it probably is now, this is my definitive guide to early nineties hand-bag. A predecessor to many of its subsequent sub-genres this is what Saturday night, for an all too brief period, was all about. Does it age? Not really, but if you were into this sort of cheese at the time, as I was, then you’ll be able to re-capture the moment. Smile!

1. Lost Tribe - Gimme A Smile (The Delorme vs Dharma Bums Remix)

2. Tin Tin Out - Always feat Espiritu (Tooley St Mix)

3. The Cotton Club - In My House

4. Chris and James - Calm Down (Original mix)

5. The Flavour - No Matter What You Do (I'm Gonna Get With You) (The Corporation Express Dub)

6. Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin - Passion (A Tin Tin Out Mix)

7. K-Klass - Let Me Show You (Klub Mix)

8. Subliminal Cuts - Le Voie Le Soleil (Way Out West Summer of Love Remix)

9. Gat Decor – Passion

10. Soundsation - Peace and Joy (Original 12inch Mix)

11. Hustlers Convention - Just Can't Give It Up

12. Seal - I'm Alive (BT & Sasha's Atraxion Remix)

13. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Dancin Divaz Club Mix)

House Classics Volume 4 - House of Pop

I could be wrong but i reckon every one of these tracks was either playlisted on radio or were top 40 releases at some point over the last 20 years. 

1. Groove Armada - Superstylin

2. Bassment Jaxx - Red Alert

3. Shakedown - At night (Club Mix)

4. Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

5. Superman Lover- Starlight

6. Jakatta featuring Seal - My Vision (Joey Negro Club Mix)

7. Bodyrockers - I Like the Way You Move

8. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (187 Lockdown Mix)

9. Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man (Mood II Swing main Mix)

10. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

11. X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne - Lazy (Full Length Version)

12. Nitin Sawhney - Sunset (MJ Cole Mix)

13. Freemasons - Love on My Mind (Joey Negro Mix)

14. Moloko - Bring It Back (Boris Dlugosch Musical Mix)

Balearic music has always been difficult to define. It’s origins in the late eighties were characterised by DJ’s who were prepared to mix as eclectic a mix as they could, and as such certain anthems (such as It’s Immaterial’s ‘Driving Away From Home’) could barely be described as even dance music. Throughout the early nineties a definite style began to emerge as laid back electronica began to emulate the sunshine and euphoria that holiday resorts mixed with class A’s characterised. This is an attempt to encompass a selection of classics from the whole period. Ironically I’ve still never been to Ibiza.

1. Electra - Autumn Love (Rave Mix)

2. Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm

3. Soul II Soul - Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)

4. Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

5. MoodSwings - Spiritual High (State of Independence)

6. BBG – Snappiness

7. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro

8. Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory

9. Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke

10. A Man Called Adam - Barefoot In The Head (Acoustic Version)

11. Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running

12. Basia - Drunk on Love (Album Version)

13. Gary Clail - Human Nature (Perfecto Mix)

14. It’s Immaterial - Driving Away from Home

15. Chris Rea - Josephine (La Version Francaise)

A mix which documents some of the new school funk purveyor’s of the last couple of years. And some theme tunes. As suggested by the clever title it mainly consists of work produced by A Skillz, Krafty Kutz and the Fort Knox Five - artists which I think are producing some of the highest quality funky breaks out there at the moment.

1. Henri Salvadore - Mais-Non Mais-Non (Mah-na Mah-na)

2. Gensomaden Saiyuki – Monkey Magic

3. Krafty Kuts & A Skillz - Aint It Funky (Fort Knox Five Vocal Remix)

4. Krafty Kuts & A Skillz - Gimme The Breaks Featuring Kurtis Blow

5. Nickodemus - Give the Drummer Some (Fort Knox Five Remix)

6. Harmar Superstar – EZ Pass (Mint Royale Mix)

7. Malente – We Came To Party

8. Mint Royale – Kenny’s Last Chance

9. Freak Power – Rush

10. Futurama – Theme Tune (Marcus Fellows Re-edit)

11. Ursula 1000 – Electrik Boogie (Fort Knox Five Remix)

12. Soulphonic Soundsystem - Motanica (Ed Royal and DJ Enne Funky Rhythm Remix)

13. A Skillz – Bring Back the Funk

14. DJ Yoda – Fiddy

15. Krafty Skillz – It’s a Booty

16. A Skillz vs The Beatvandals - Beat Don't Stop

17. The Mighty Boosh – The Mighty Boosh Theme Tune

18. Krafty Kuts & A Skillz – Tricka Technology (Ed Funk Vocal Remix)

19. Kraak & Smaak – Squeeze Me

20. Krafty Skillz – Another One Bites

21. DJ Yoda – Pussy Cat Feat Mr David Viner

I'm sure some connoisseurs would have issue with a few of these tracks and I don’t profess to know a lot about Northern Soul but I think this is the sort of thing I would have played given the chance.

1. The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone

2. Fontella Bass – Rescue Me

3. Detroit Emeralds – Feel the Need in Me

4. The Jackson 5 – ABC

5. Marlena Shaw – California Soul

6. Gloria Jones – Tainted Love

7. The Edwin Hawkins Singers – Happy Day

8. Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady

9. Labelle – Lady Marmalade

10. Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered

11. The Jackson Sisters – I Believe in Miracles

12. The Isley Brothers – Shout

13. Stevie Wonder – For Once In My Life

14. Dusty Springfield – Am I The Same Girl

15. The Detroit Spinners – It’s a Shame

16. The Jackson 5 – Rockin Robin

17. Betty Everette – It’s in His Kiss

18. Al Green – Take Me to the River

19. Petula Clark – Tears of a Clown

20. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Nowhere To Run

21. The Velvettes – Really Saying Something

22. The Jackson 5 – Skywriter

23. Young-Holt Unlimited – Ain’t There Somethin’ Money Can’t Buy

24. Stevie Wonder – Beyond the Sea

25. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – The Onion Song

Ambient hip hop? Downtempo breakbeat? I don’t know what you’d call it really, suffice it to say this one is for later in the evening.

1. Cheb Khaled - N'ssi N'ssi (Dim's Exclusive Casbah Jam Re-Edit)

2. Groove Armada - Chicago

3. Quantic - Transatlantic

4. Aim - Original Stuntmaster

5. Space Raiders - Beautiful Crazy

6. Midfield General - Reach Out

7. Air - La Femme D'Argent

8. Marcus Fellows - Static Funk

9. Fort Knox Five - Blowing Up the Spot

10. Zero 7 - Give it Away

11. Parliament - I've Been Watching You

12. Down in the River to Pray (Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack)

13. Mr Scruff - The Whale Song

14. Air - Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi (Automator Remix)

15. Leftfield - Song of Life

What I understand as Guilty Pleasure’s, in music at least are songs you really like that you know aren’t very sophisticated. It’s a way of discarding pretension but not just playing any old mobile-disco rubbish. I like these songs for many different reasons, I won’t go into them.

1. Roachford – Cuddly Toy

2. S-Club 7 – Don’t Stop Movin’ (Jewels and Stone Remix)

3. Take That – Could it be Magic

4. Five – Let’s Dance (Jewels and Stone Promo)

5. Shanks and Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate

6. Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight

7. Hanson – MmBop (Live Acoustic)

8. Foreigner – I Wanna Know What Love is (12 inch)

9. Billie Piper – Honey to the Bee

10. Will Young – Your Game

11. Maroon 5 – This Love

12. Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite (12 inch)

13. The Back Street Boys – Larger Than Life

14. Jennifer Page – Crush

15. Spice Girls – Who do you Think You Are?

16. Annie Lennox – Walking on Broken Glass

17. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World

18. Huey Lewis and the News – Power of Love

19. Genesis – That’s All

1. Crescendo – Are You Out There

2. Grace - Not Over Yet (BT's Spirit of Grace)

3. Underworld – Cowgirl

4. Leftfield – Space Shanty

5. Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Nick Fiorucci DMC Remix)

6. Fluke – Slid

7. Blue Amazon - No Other Love (Jackpot Recs)

8. Underworld – Dark and Long

9. Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Remix)

10. Marcus Fellows – Cry Little Sister

I'm not sure what progressive house is now, or indeed am I sure what it was then, but this a from the limited collection I gathered on vinyl in the early nineties which more or less falls within this genre – classics because they are my favourites from the time. Long songs, long mixes.

Heavily influenced by the Freestyler’s 1998 mix ‘FSUK’ this is a collection of my favourite Hip Hop, Big Beat and Funk. Scratchtastic.

1. Dimitri Of Paris – Sacre Francais (Dim’s B-Boy Edit)

2. Arthur Baker – Breakers Revenge (Freestyler’s Live Version)

3. Clockwork Voodoo Freaks – Deaf Mick’s Throwdown

4. Air – Kelly Watch The Stars (Moog Cookbook Remix)

5. Freestylers – Don’t Stop (Fatboy Slim Mix)

6. The Kreeps – All I Wanna do is Break Some Hearts

7. Erik B & Rakim – Know The Ledge (Juice Soundtrack)

8. The Wiseguys – Ooh La La

9. Freak Power – No Way

10. Moog – What is a Party?

11. The Fort Knox Five – Blowing up the Spot (Ancient Astronauts Mix)

12. The Wiseguys – The Sound You Hear

13. David Holmes – Rip Rip

14. David Holmes Presents the Free Association – Don’t Rhyme No Mo

15. Jurassic Five – What’s Golden

16. Jungle Brothers – Beats on a String

17. Freestylers – B-Boy Stance

18. A.Hawkshaw - Dave Allen at Large

19. C&C Music Factory – Do You Wanna Get Funky (Freestylers Fresh Up!Mix)

20. Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist

21. The Mighty Dub Katz – Magic Carpet Ride

22. Fatboy Slim – Wonderful Night

I’ve got lot’s and lot’s of eighties rare groove. I fucking love it. It’s half way between disco and funk, two of my favourite words. There were that many classics to choose from I ended up filling up two Cd’s.

Disc 1

1. Shakatak - Down on the Street (12inch)

2. Gene Chandler - Get Down (Rick Giantos Special 12 inch mix)

3. Roy Ayres - Turn Me Loose

4. Patrice Rushen - Number One [Original Full Album Version]

5. Evelyn King - Love Come Down (Marcus Fellows 12 Re-edit)

6. Indeep - Last Night a Dj Saved My Life (12inch)

7. Inner Life - Moment of my Life (Original Shep Pettibone 12 inch Remix)

8. Chas Jankel - Glad To Know You (Disconet Re-Edit)

9. Gwen Mcuthrie - All This Love That I'm Giving

10. Leroy Burgess - Heartbreaker (Original Shep Pettibone 12 inch Remix)

11. Kid Creole and the Cocunuts - I'm A Wonderful Thing (12inch)

12. DJ Yoda – Wheels

13. Gwen McCrae - Funky Sensation

Disc 2

1. Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper (Marcus Fellows 12inch Re-Edit)

2. Odyssy - Back to my Roots (Marcus Fellows 12 inch Re-edit)

3. Kenny Burke - Keep Rising To The Top

4. The Mary Jane girls - All Night Long (12inch Mix)

5. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much

6. Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (12inch Remix)

7. Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine

8. Pino D’Angio - Ma Quale Idea

9. Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (Original Larry Levan 12inch Remix)

10. Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night

11. First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (Original Shep Pettibone 12inch Remix)

12. Class Action - Weekend (Larry Levan Weekend Mix)

13. Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida (12inch Mix)

Most audio can be categorised in some way, but sometimes when you are pawing through second hand record shops or downloading endless mp3’s you come across oddities that don’t really fit anywhere. By and large these are novelty records which is why I don’t really think this mix is for sustained listening. Inspired very much by Chris Morris’s radio programme ‘Blue Jam’ in which comedy is mixed with music and weird shit.

1. Ricky V Valentine – Ghetto Classics

2. Nina Gordon – Straight Outta Compton

3. Team America – North Korean Melody

4. Blue Jam – 4 Foot Car

5. Monty Python – Ethel The Frog

6. Midfield General – Midfielding (Feat Noel Fielding)

7. Chef – Simultaneous Loving

8. David Allen Coe – The Pussy Song

9. Eminem – My Name Is (Unedited Album Version)

10. Chris Morris – Monologue (Rothco The Dog)

11. Adam Sandler – I’m Fucking Wasted

12. Sublime - What I Got (Acappella Studio Version)

13. Frank Sinatra – Strangers on my Flight

14. Monty Python – Eric The Half Bee

15. Blue Jam – Club News

16. Kim Jong II – I’m Ronery (Team America Soundtrack)

17. Barefoot – White Lines

18. Henry Gross – Shannon (Introduced By Ron Burgundy)

19. The Sex Pistols – Who Killed Bambi?

20. Monty Python – I Like Chinese

21. Paul Anka – Smells Like Teen Spirit

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (Brothers In Rhythm Mix)

2. Secret Life - Love So Strong (Brothers in Rhythm Experience)

3. Billy Ray Martin - Loving Arms (Brothers in Rhythm Mix)

4. Way Out West - Ajare (Brothers in Rhythm Mix)

5. Inner City - Wish You Well (Brothers in Rhythm Mix)

6. Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain (Brothers in Rhythm Mix)

7. Sting - If You Love Someone, Set Them Free (A Brothers in Rhythm Soundtrack)

8. The Brothers in Rhythm - Such a Good Feeling

Cold War Dance Floor

Cold War Dance Floor 2

Popular opinion deams the eighties to be a musical void. I disagree and I think you often have to listen to a 12” mix to fully appreciate what some songs were trying to do. Most of these tracks could be found on a Guilty Pleasure’s compilation but never in their in their extended format.

I didn’t intend to make a second mix in this genre but with the resurgence in popularity of eighties music amongst the binge drinking generation, I was becoming exposed to so much more of it. I also couldn’t find any other way of getting Grace Jone’s ‘Slave to the Rhythm’ into a mix in it’s full glorious, laborious 12” incarnation. Electro-Funk at it’s very best.

Bubblegum Volume 1

Bubblegum Volume 2

Bubblegum Volume 3

These CD’s are all about melody. And sometimes chords. Mainly down-tempo, sometimes cheesy, occasionally depressing. The songs are all good for a sing-along with the occasional oddity. This is also my favourite CD image. I don’t know why.

The Second instalment and now becoming a vehicle for the superior of the many cover’s that are now out there thanks to Radio One’s live lounge and the likes, but certainly not Jo Whiley. She’s rubbish.

I think this is the best in the Bubblegum series so far. As per the other mixes it strays towards middle of the road/radio 2 territory in parts which I don’t apologise for; but it also unearths some not-so-popular pop songs that deserve to be heard. I’ve also put a bit more work into the mixing, breaking away from the one on/one off technique employed in the previous mixes. Sorry about Katie Melua, but you have to admit it’s a beautifully arranged song. I also fancy her.

1. George Benson - Beyond the Sea

2. Razorlight - Golden Touch

3. Annie Lennox - Cold

4. Jackson Brown - Doctor My Eyes

5. Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation

6. Michael Jackson - PYT (Pretty Young Thing)

7. Jeff Buckly - Hallelujah

8. David Bowie - Kooks

9. Scissor Sisters - Take Me Out

10. Mamas and Papas - Dream a Little Dream

11. Biscuit Boy - Mitch

12. Keane - She Says She Has No Time

13. Beaulah - Strange Kinda Something

14. David Gray - This Years Love

15. Van Morrison - Moon Dance

16. Jose Feliciano - Satisfaction

17. Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight

18. Cast - Magic Hour

19. Eagles - Hotel California (Live)

20. Sammy Davis Jr - The Shadow of Your Smile

1. Patti Jo – Make Me Believe In You

2. Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man

3. Badly Drawn Boy – Once Around The Block

4. Nizlopi – The JCB Song

5. Hard-Fi – Move on Now

6. Ian Brown – Billie Jean

7. The New Radicals – You Get What You Give

8. Razorlight – America

9. Audio Bully’s – Take You There

10. Roachford – This Generation

11. Flunk – Blue Monday

12. Neil Diamond – Cherry Cherry

13. The Beautiful South – Old Red Eyes Is Back

14. Belle and Sebastian – Funny Little Frog

15. Coldplay – Shiver

16. Prince – Every Day is a Winding Road

17. Ike & Tina Turner – Whole Lotta Love

18. Blood Sweat and Tears – Spinning Wheel

19. The Magic Numbers – Love is Just a Game

1. Sweetwater - It Ain't Easy

2. The Feeling - Sewn

3. Athlete - You've Got the Style

4. Zoot Woman - You and I

5. The Brand New Heavies - Shelter

6. Regina Spektor - Fidelity

7. Just Jack - Disco Friends

8. Nitin Sawhney - Sunset (J-Walk Remix)

9. Carol King - Too Late

10. Ali Love - Late Night Sessions

11. Air - Les Proffessionals

12. America - Horse With No Name

13. Katie Melua - I Cried For You

14. Electronic - Getting Away With It

15. Just Jack - No Time

16. Kirsty McColl - Not In These Shoes

17. The Buena Vista Sound feat. Coldplay - Clocks

18. The Buena Vista Social Club - Guantanamera

19. James Morrison - Wonderful World

20. Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie

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