I wouldn't normally look to bore anyone with the minutiae of my life, but today was such a surprise I'm willing to break my self-imposed rule on this.
Picture the scene: a sleepy Oxfordshire market town; I'm there to complete some tedious shopping (personal hygiene products etc.); the weather is unseasonably warm.
On the off-chance, I venture into a well known charity shop. I've been here before, and the audio items on offer have been the normal uninspiring candidates: Westlife, S Club 7, Kylie etc. etc.
On this occasion, however, things are different. At the front of the normally piss-poor collection of CD's is Lionrock's Carnival - I've been looking for this for ages, both on-line and in the real world. Next I discover Tripwire by the same esteemed artists. My pulse quickens (such is the banality of my life).
It becomes clear that someone's collection of early 90's CD singles has somehow ended up here. They are either a music lover who has lost the faith, or whose other half has chosen to punish them for unknown misdemeanours.
No one gives this stuff away, at least not if they are in their right mind. Here's my haul in full:
Gary Clail & On-U Sound System:
Escape
These Things Are Worth Fighting For
These Things Are Worth Fighting For (Justin Robertson Remix)
Leftfield:
The Afro Left E.P.
Lionrock:
Tripwire
Carnival
Pop Will Eat Itself:
Karmadrome
Bulletproof!
Sheep On Drugs:
TV USA
Track X E.P.
Motorbike/Mary Jane
System 7:
Habibi
Once I've burned them, and worked out what's not been posted before (or is available to purchase) I'll share my good fortune.
Charity's never been so good...
27 October 2009
Oxfordshire Market Town Defies Expectations...
5 October 2009
Cheeba E.P.
More choice tunes from Rising High, this time from Project One.
This 12" bought off the back of XL Recordings: The Third Chapter.
Although the Linval Thompson sample on Smokin' is well worn, and dare I say it clichéd now, back then it was fresh.
Ah, takes you back to an age of innocence...
A1 Smokin'
A2 It's Driving Me
B1 Give It All You Got
B2 Live Vibe II
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Brutal-8-E (Orange Edition)
Hypnotic St-8
Ah, happy days, with Altern 8 for company.
All sounds a bit samey now.
Didn't back then.
A1 Hypnotic St-8 (Higher St-8 Mix)
A2 DJ Nex's Break
B1 Infiltrate 202 (Joey Beltram Remix)
B2 Armageddon (We H-8 Garage Mix)
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The Head E.P. Volume 1
Embarrassingly, I think I bought this as much for the names of the artist and the E.P. than anything else.
Never heard anything before or since by Dub Collective, and would be interested in hearing the other Head E.P.'s, as hearing this again was definitely nostalgic.
Of the four, Bongo Burial's the one that does it for me, like the hypnotic bass line...
A1 Death By Dub
A2 Bongo Burial
B1 Re-Energized
B2 The Light
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8 September 2009
Big Mouth/Dirty 12"
Browsing through Moggieboy's old posts reminded me of this one, and although it's probably the best known of messers Emerson, Hyde and Smith's Lemon Interupt incarnation, I think it still stands up pretty well.
Certainly, if you're an Underworld devotee, there's plenty here you'll recognise from their better known alter-egos.
A1 Big Mouth
AA1 Dirty
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6 September 2009
Origins Of Dance 12"
Until the dreadful Swamp Thing (when the wheels came off a bit), I think The Grid were pretty solid, and this tune (with Dr. Timothy Leary collaborating), has a nice low-key, chill out room feel to it.
I guess in 1990 you would always get some interest if Dr. Leary was involved...
A1 Origins Of Dance (Electronic Future Mix)
B1 Origins Of Dance (Hi-Tec Pagan Mix)
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