Saturday 27 August 2022

Tim Page: The Clash Under The Westway Overpass Notting Hill (1982)

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"What do you say about The Clash? This was in 1982. Such is my exposure to music. These are my offerings about music. I got a call out of nowhere to come to their practice studio when they were doing Combat Rock. They had a manager called Kosmos Vinyl. I met them at this pub, and we went over to their studio and Joe Strummer just gave me a big shopping bag -- I hadn't heard their music -- a full shopping bag of all their EPs and their LPs, and a biiiiiiiig, big lump of hash. Then they played about 4-5 numbers from Combat Rock and said, 'Can you come on tour with us?" and I said, 'I'd love to.'  
I didn't know really know who they were. Then they said, 'we'd also want to buy a bunch of your images to project onstage during the tour.' So I went 'oh fuck. yeah.' and then the till was ringing again. I went on tour with them through France. It was sex, drugs and rock and roll. It was pure fucking insanity. It was all a lot of fun. Then I did two or three concerts in the UK. If you're not quite sure what fucking day it is because you're so fucked up. You're back on the coke just to do another performance, then you've gotten so involved since you're backstage. 
I'm looking after bimbos, I plan on taking pictures, but I'm struggling to make sense of my life because of drugs and alcohol. It was a great time, but it was a totally gonzo tour. I had no idea who the Clash were. Then at the time they had just launched this incredible album Combat Rock. So it was a real treat to go on tour and shoot pictures for them, and have my pictures projected. Jesus. What more could you want?"

Friday 26 August 2022

Tim Page: Mentioned in Dispatches (BBC 'Arena' 1979)

Tim Page R.I.P.
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Monday 22 August 2022

Hot Chip (ft. Cadence Weapon) - The Evil That Men Do

OK let me just say that Hot Chip have never really grabbed me perhaps as it was my kids who played them first around the house and to be honest they played a lot of stuff that didn't have that certain 'something'that I need in my music. I could admire their pop cleverness but...
I said as much on Facebook a couple of years ago if not more and an old old London friend of mine said to me to REALLY listen to them. Now I take Mark's recommendations seriously as there are probably quite a few records in your collection that he produced or remixed 
But nah I still didn't get them and then this dropped two days ago and is stunning
This certainly has that something...
Whatever that something is

FUTURAXSTRUMMER

Sunday 21 August 2022

Coldcut Solid Steel: A Keleketla Mix for Worldwide FM

I was listening to this before
Fuck me it's absolutely fugn brilliant and if it doesn't get you moving you are dead

Sunday 14 August 2022

Feel The Pain Mix

The soundtrack playing inside my head 

Future Blues From The Past Mix

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Saturday 13 August 2022

80s Syndrum Roots (Live & Learn Special)

Spotlight on Delroy Wright and his Washington DC-based Live & Learn label. He started off as a producer in the late 70s following the footsteps of his famous brother Hyman (Papa Life) Wright who run the Jah Life label and shop from New York. Both brothers had strong link-ups with JA producers like Junjo Lawes, Linval Thompson, Al Campbell and many affiliated artists and regularly travelled to Kingston in the 80s to book out studios (mainly Channel One) and run sessions. Whilst Jah Life stuck to Roots Radics and Junjo, Delroy was more experimental and diverse, with stand-out artists like Don Carols, Junior Reid, Al Campbell (behind many of the arrangements/compositions), Jr Brammer (AKA Trinity), Michael Prophet and Winston Hussey. This mix focuses on the mid/late 80s productions with heavy use of syndrum

When Music Hits You You Feel No Pain Mix

Tracklist: 
Jamming (12" Mix/Exodus 40 Version)/Punky Reggae Party (12" Mix)/Exodus (12" Mix)/Waiting In Vain (Advert Mix)/Who The Cap Fit/Crazy Baldheads/Johnny Was (Unreleased Mix)/One Drop/One Dub/Smile Jamaica/War (Unreleased Mix)/No Woman No Cry (Live At The Lyceum)

A Donna Summary (I Feel Love)

Kode9 - Dreichwave Mix

Tracklist:
Simple Minds - Film Theme/The Associates - White Car in Germany/100% Manmade Fibre - German Voices on the Radio/Ultravox - Mr. X/The Klingons - Wake Me Up For World War 3/Simple Minds - Somebody Up there Likes You/100% Manmade Fibre - New Day/100% Manmade Fibre - One Way Street/Dick Tracey’s Wrist Radio - She is So Random/100% Manmade Fibre - Escape/100% Manmade Fibre - We Know the Truth/Dick Tracey’s Wrist Radio - Think of You/The Associates - Message Oblique Speech/Simple Minds - Veldt 
(Originally mixed for Laurel Halo's Rinse FM show)

The Under Water Magic of Lee Perry Mix

Tracklist:
1 Congoman (12" Mix) - The Congos 
2 Devils Dub Plate - The Upsetters 
3 Tedious (Dub) - Junior Murvin & The Upsetters 
4 Uh Fi Run It Down/Version - Danny Clarke/The Upsetters 
5 Mr Dubz (Dub Plate Mix) - The Upsetters 
6 Soldier & Police War - Jah Lion 
7 Dreadlocks In Moonlight - Lee Perry 
8 Green Bay Incident/Version - Lord Sassafrass/The Upsetters 
9 Ketch Vampire (Extended Jamaican Mix) - Devon Irons & Doctor Alimentado 
10 Curly Locks/Croaking Lizard - Lee Perry & The Upsetters 
11 African Freedom - Brother Hood 
12 I Forgot To Be Your Lover (12" Mix) - George Faith 
13 Roast Fish & Cornbread - Lee Perry & The Upsetters

Mickey Dread: Dread At The Controls

Ninety Minutes

Dancehall Style Mix (1980-85)

Tracklist: 
1 M-16 - Lone Ranger 
2 Gunman - Michael Prophet 
3 Ganja Smuggler/Wa Do Dem - Eek-A-Mouse 
4 Soundclash - Anthony Johnson 
5 Spar With Me - Toyan 
6 Police In Helicopter - John Holt 
7 Mr Landlord - Half Pint 
8 Mi God Mi King - Papa Levi 
9 Under Me Sensi - Barrington Levy 
10 Under Mi Sleng Teng - Wayne Smith 
11 Original Fat Ting - Echo Minott