Friday, 7 March 2008

The 80's Groove Mastermiks Dance Party Volume 2

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OK, so you get the idea then, I take a full measure of good quality 80's Groove, add a big pinch of cheesey 80's chart soul, stick it through my virtual 'blender' and end up with a 80's Groove 'Smoothie'

Don't worry about the 'lumpy bits' though, just swallow them, It's all good.... even when it's bad?

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So here's Volume 2, more of the same. Not as smooth as Vol. 1 but more inspired at times. Check out New York Eyes, Trapped & Big Mouth (Tom Browne has not yet threatened legal action although one of his fans threatened physical violence).

Anybody wishing to hear the original tracks used in this mix, let me know and I'll dig them out.

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  • Princess - After The Love Has Gone (Chief Inspector Mix)
  • Wally Badarou - Chief Inspector (Precinct 13 Dub)
  • Nuance - Love Ride (Latin Rascals)
  • Masterdon Committee - Funk Box Party (Pt 1 & 2)
  • DSM - Destiny (Instrumental)
  • Midnight Star - Curious
  • Grandmaster Flash - Larry's Theme
  • Harlequin 4's - Set It Off (Beats)
  • Colnel Abrams - Trapped (Dub)
  • Sherrick - Just Call (M&M)
  • Aurra - You & Me Tonight
  • Sybil Thomas - Rescue Me
  • Kremicle - No News (Club)
  • Aleem - Get Loose (Dub)
  • Nicole & Timmy Thomas - NY Eyes
  • Whodini - Big Mouth (Acc)
  • Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (NY)
  • Viola Wills - Dare To Dream (London)
  • Mtume - Juicy Fruit
The download link is here: Download
Filename is: Mastermiks Dance Party Vol 2.mp3 Filesize: 72.58 MB

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Chaos

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An 80’s waltz through testosterone fueled meglomania!

This is an interesting mix that I had a lot of fun making. It begun life as a cassette tape (again) but then I found a whole host of soundbytes that seemed to make themselves comfortable in the music. I've forgotten where I got them from but there's lots of JFK along with Churchill, Reagan & Clinton, William Shatner, a word from Charles Manson and a few newsreel audio clips.

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  • Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Two Tribes (Annihalation Mix)
  • Rolling Stones: Undercover Of The Night
  • Paul Hardcastle: 19 (Extended & Destruction Mixes)
  • Kate Bush: Army Dreamers
  • Human League: Lebanon (12" Version)
  • Nena: 99 Red Balloons (Club Mix)
  • Nik Kershaw: Wouldn't It Be Good (Special Extended Remix)
  • Tears For Fears: Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Disconet Mix)
  • Ultravox: Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Special Remix)
  • Fiction Factory: Feels Like Heaven (Extended Remix)
  • China Crisis: Working With Fire & Steel (Fire & Steel Mix)
  • Heaven 17: Crushed By The Wheels
  • Thompson Twins: You Take Me Up - Machines Take Me Over
The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Chaos.rar Size: 92.1 MB
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Pop Love

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Back in '84, when I put this together, I was feeling a bit sloppy. Two decades later and I still think Phil Collins should've been left off, probably Alison Moyet too. Still, it meant a lot at the time so why change it?

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  • Alison Moyet - Where Hides Sleep
  • Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn
  • Phil Collins - One More Night
  • Elton John - I Guess That's Why (They Call It The Blues)
  • Gary Moore - Falling In Love With You
  • Prince - Delirious
  • Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
  • Belouis Some - Imagination
  • A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
  • Tears For Fears - Head Over Heals/Broken
  • Big Country - Wonderland (Extended Version)
  • Spandau Ballet - I'll Fly For You (Long Version)
  • Paul Young - Tender Trap
  • Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
  • Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
  • Howard Jones - Hide & Seek
  • Don Williams - I Recall A Gypsy Woman
The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Pop Love.rar Size: 91.83 MB

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Fish For Life

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This is a compilation that came about before the After The Fire album. I ended up making an album of this too.

Some great tunes here though, the Extended Dance mix of Loving The Alien and WAX's excellent Unabridged mix with it's false start. The Below The Belt mix of Flesh For Fantasy shows how sex can be used to great effect while the Blue mix of Touch Me shows how you can take something that should work and get it wrong! I think the Disco Mix of West End Girls is just Shep Pettibone's mastermix with 25 seconds removed, I don't miss it. Mancrab is a Roland Orzabal project that disappeared with the mists of time. I would love to find the 12" version of the song.

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  • Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
  • David Bowie - Loving The Alien
  • Godley & Creme - Cry
  • Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun
  • Mancrab - Fish For Life
  • Cindy Lauper - True Colours
  • Roger Daltrey - After The Fire
  • Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy
  • Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
  • Power Station - Some Like It Hot
  • Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie
  • Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
  • Captain Sensible - Glad It All Over
  • WAX - Bridge To Your Heart
  • Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Fish For Life.rar Size: 91.18 MB

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After The Fire

CSI Miami rears it's ugly head and the great Timbuk3 single 'Future's So Bright...' gets dusted off to join this wonderful collection of songs.

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  • John Waite - Missing You (Extended Version)
  • Robert Plant - Big Log
    Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

    China Crisis - Wishful Thinking

    Richard Marx - Hazard

    Fleetwood Mac - Sara

    Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith

    Roger Daltrey - After The Fire

    Timbuk3 - Future's So Bright (I Gotta Wear Shades)
  • Lloyd Cole & The commotions - Perfect Skin
  • ABC - That Was Then But This Is Now
    Big Country - East Of Eden

    Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2

    Swansway - Soultrain

    Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours

    Simple Minds - Down On The Waterfront

    Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light

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The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: After The Fire.rar Size: 92.07 MB

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What's Up?

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This is quite a recent compilation, inspired initially by the UK TV series Life On Mars but that got forgotten after the first track. Stretching across the years from the late 60's to the mid 90's, this is retro rocking with a cool edge. The Who were probably an echo from CSI too but what a great tune!

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David Bowie - Life On Mars
Genesis - Tonight
U2 - Mysterious Ways
Traffic - Coloured Rain
Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil
Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase
Bad Company - Feel Like Making Love
4 Non Blondes - Whats Up?
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Evileen
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Wild One
Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Humble Pie - Natural Born Boogie
Ian Hunter - Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Status Quo - Don't Waste My Time
Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found

The Download Link is here: Download

Filename: Whats Up.rar Size: 90.47 MB

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Sanctuary

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This one has a couple of repeats included. A good track is a good track and Unfinished Sympathy is a bloody good track! Purple Rain ain't crap either so what the hell. I like this mix when I'm feeling a bit down, it's not a lift, more a compliment?


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Train - Drops Of Jupiter
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
David Bowie - Loving The Alien
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms
Big Country - Chance
Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Van Morrison - Moondance
Prince - Purple Rain
The Doors - The Soft Parade
Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
Goo Goo Dolls - City Of The Angels

The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Sanctuary.rar Size: 94.28MB

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Drivetime Mix

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Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
Blondie vs The Doors - Rapture Riders
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Riders On The Storm
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
Toto - Africa
Genesis - That's All
Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
Morcheeba - Tape Loop
Cardigans - Erase and Rewind
New Order - True Faith
Barry White - Ecstacy
Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
Hoobastank - Reason
Another Level - From The Heart
Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Pulp - Common People
Texas - Inner Smile
PM Dawn - Set Adrift On A Memory Of Bliss
Caron Wheeler - Livin' In The Light



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The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Drivetime.rar Size: 91.5 MB

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