Blast-Off To Freak-Out (compilation / mix)

Here's a compilation/mix I did of various groovy tunes.

1. Indio Black (theme from Adiós, Sabata) – Bruno Nicolai
2. He's Not There Anymore – The Chymes
3. I Can See For Miles – Lord Sitar
4. I Don't Need No Doctor – Village Callers
5. Summertime – Billy Stewart
6. Unknown 60’s Cambodian Song and Singer
7. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (theme) – Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
8. Gypsy Woman – The Allusions
9. The Rat – The Ventures
10. Forever Autumn – Vigrass & Osborne
11. Your Little Sister – The Marvelows
12. Der Hund Von Baskerville (Paranoid) – Cindy & Bert
13. Psychedelic Alphabet (Sesame Street) / Om Mani Padme Hum
14. Black Is Black – Los Bravos
15. Follow Me – Gert Wilden & Ochestra
16. Come With The Gentle People – Stu Phillips
17. Mindrocker – Fenwyk
18. Here Come The Double Deckers (theme) – Ivor Slaney
19. La Femme Faux Cils – Annie Girardot
20. Batman – The Standells
21. Wait Til Tomorrow – The Banana Splits
22. Tarot (theme from Ace of Wands) – Andrew Brown
23. Bossa Nova Baby – Elvis Presley
24. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) – The Temptations
25. Hatchet For The Honeymoon (cinema trailer) – Sante Maria Romitelli
26. Popcorn – Discotheque Sound
27. Protestations Juveniles – Piero Umiliani
28. Sweet Popcorn, Part 2 – Franze Auffray
29. Sold To The Highest Bidder – Johnny Moore

You can download it as one single file here: part one and part two

or you can download each track as a seperate file here: part one and part two

Punk Rock Compilation

Here's a punk rock compilation I made a while back. It’s all 70’s punk, except Splodgenessabounds, which was early 80’s.

This compilation includes probably my all-time favorite punk single, if not, probably my favorite single of all time, the double A sided Jilted John. Also the compilation concludes with the complete legendary EP by Television Personalities, Where's Bill Grundy Now?

1. Splodgenessabounds – Yarmouth 5-0
2. The Adverts – Gary Gilmore's Eyes
3. The Stranglers – Peaches
4. Sex Pistols – Silly Thing
5. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
6. Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi
7. Jilted John – Jilted John
8. Jilted John – Going Steady
9. Sham 69 – Hurry Up Harry
10. The Stranglers – No More Heroes
11. The Boys – The First Time
12. Patrik Fitzgerald – Irrelevant Battles
13. The Undertones – Jimmy Jimmy
14. Sham 69 – If The Kids Are United
15. U.K. Subs – She's Not There
16. The Jolt – No Excuses
17. The Heartbreakers – Born Too Loose
18. The Lurkers – I Don't Need To Tell Her
19. The Dickies – Nights In White Satin
20. The Undertones – Male Model
21. The Lurkers – I'm On Heat
22. Swell Maps – Read About Seymour
23. Sex Pistols / Ronnie Biggs – No One Is Innocent
24. The Stranglers – Nice 'N' Sleazy
25. Television Personalities – Part Time Punks
26. Television Personalities – Where's Bill Grundy Now?
27. Television Personalities – Posing At The Roundhouse
28. Television Personalities – Happy Families

Part One is available here and Part Two is there.

Stereo Test Record (mixed by God's Boyfriend)

I’ve been away for a couple of weeks and over that time I’ve been doing a lot of traveling and one thing I’ve been listening to a lot on my MP3 player was this great mix by God’s Boyfriend. It comes highly recommended if you are into all types of classic electronica. It’s brought to you by Go Away records and is free to download here

Khudgarz

Okay, I must admit, I’m not a great fan of Indian contemporary music. I’m sure there’s a lot of good music out there, but from what I’ve been exposed to in the Bollywood movies it all sounds pretty much the same. That is, except for one album which I really love. It’s the soundtrack to the 1987 movie Khudgarz, which to me stands out amongst the others.

The songs comprise of nice vocal melodies and what I really like most about the songs are the musical breaks with cooing female choirs, compressed strings, pounding tablas and more catchy melodies.

I visited Mumbai (Bombay) in 1987 when this movie had just come out and the music from it seemed very popular. Everywhere I went I could hear these songs playing and many times I raced through the Mumbai suburb of Bandra with the songs blaring out the back of my auto-rickshaw.

The music was written by Rajesh Roshan, who is a respected Bollywood music composer and was the soundtrack to his brother, Rakesh Roshan’s movie (the movie is good fun, too). It's also worth remembering that this soundtrack was produced at the time when all the instruments were played by real musicians rather than keyboard samples.

I’ve posted here my three favorite songs from the album.

Ultra Relaxation Trance (spoken word)

Here is a great audio recording to put you into a hypnotic trance and make you feel relaxed. It’s by Paul McKenna, who some of you might know from his TV career, but according to the Sunday Times is also Britain's best selling non-fiction author on hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming. I’ve heard from people that his ‘Quit Smoking’ CDs are very effective. These and others are available from his official website.

Listen and relax here.

Coldcut Solid Steel 21/8/93

Here’s my final Coldcut Solid Steel. This one is hosted by Matt Black and Jonathan Moore and is an incomplete show. When I originally transferred it from the tape I also edited out some of the chat because I thought there was too much.

Broadcast: Kiss FM, 21st August, 1993

Thanks again to Harbour for the set list:

1. Retravibe Movement - The Big Cheese Sound (Phat Vibes)
2. Wizards of Ooze - Doodahdip (Backbone)
3 & 4 Atypic - Focus Mel (Warp)
5. The Black Dog – Parallel
6. Balil – Flux (Rising High)
7. Negativland - The Perfect Cut (SST)
8. Producers For Bob - Everything's Disappeared (Steinski's Warehouse Mix)
9. Henryk Górecki – Lento E Largo - Tranquillissimo (Nonesuch)
10. Loop Guru - Paradigm Shuffle (Bird Of Paradise) (Nation)
11. Tranquility Bass - Mya Yadana (Caroline)
12. unknown ethnic house
13. Delroy & Ken - Won't You Come Home (Studio One)
14. John Holt - A Love I Can Feel (Trojan)
15. The Pioneers – Jackpot (Trojan)

Part One is here and Part Two is there

Coldcut Solid Steel 11/09/93

Here’s another Coldcut Solid Steel hosted by Matt Black. Again it's incomplete with about 40 minutes missing at the end.

I’ve just found I’ve got one more incomplete show from ’93. It’s a bit patchy but if anyone wants it, I can post it.

Broadcast: Kiss FM, 11th September, 1993

Thanks again to Harbour for the tracklisting.

1. Gideon – Planet Nod (unreleased track from scrapped Gideon album on Ninja Tune)
2. Dub Syndicate - 2001 Love (On U Sound)
3. Herman - New Love (Trojan Records)
4. Mother Dawn – Blue Pearl (Orb Buckateer Mix) (Big Life)
5. Polygon Window - UT1-Dot (Warp)
6. Sandoz - Biosynthetic (Touch)
7. Red Cell - Outerrim (B12)
8. Deep Six - Chomsky (Pork)
9. Pato Banton meets Thrash - Depths Of An Ocean's Love (Tribe)
10. Unknown dub
11. Unknown Indian ambience
12. Insanity Sect - Choctaw Ridge(Beyond)
13. Amorphous Androgynous - Mountain Goat(Quigley)
14. Unknown Ry Cooderish guitar

Part One is here and Part Two is there