Bill Brewster's 80s Pause Button Tapes (Vol. 6)

It's our final destination. Volume Six. Who'd have thought we'd get this far? Have you marveled at the pause button editing skills on these compilations? I know, shockingly bad, how did he ever get a job involved in music....

Anyhow, this has also got some corkers on it, as all of them have, even if they are segued together in a vastly incompetent manner. There's a particular bent towards roots music on this episode, with everyone from the amazing Billie Holiday in her pomp to the King at his peak and Woody's son Arlo's great boogie rag. Tracklist here:

OTIS CLAY - You Can't Keep Running

BILLIE HOLIDAY - This Year's Kisses

JIMMY RUSHING WITH COUNT BASIE - Gonna Move

MEADE LUX LEWIS - Railroad Blues

ARLO GUTHRIE - Presidential Rag

WILMOTH HOUDINI - Poor But Ambitious

ELVIS PRESLEY - Mystery Train

DC SCORPIO - Stone Cold Lovers

MAGAZINE - The light Pours Out Of Me

LEROY CARR - Barrelhouse Woman

RAMBLIN' JIMMY DOLAN - Hot Dog Race

PAUL JOHNSON - Burning

PAUL JOHNSON - Fear Of Falling

EVERLY BROTHERS -Poor Jenny

Bill Brewster's 80s Pause Button Tapes Vol. 6 by Bill Brewster

DJ History Podcast #71

Well, the weather's calmed down somewhat from the hazy, crazy, lazy days of summer last week, though the hay fever doesn't appear to have abated (atchoo etc). Been working furiously on the Francis Grasso interview CD we are giving away FREE to anyone buying our new book The Record Players, and even though the audio quality is not great (it was recorded in a bar in Brooklyn at 10am in the morning on a cassette recorder with Francis merrily knocking Buds back), he is still clearly audible above the hubbub of the bar. Think it's going to be really good once I've dropped all the music into it, as well as Frank's little intro spiel.

Anyhow, back to the matter at hand. This week's tracklist. Below. Cheers. 

AL USHER - Hilversum (Misericord)

ANDY BLAKE - Leisure Gets Tough (CD-R)

FISH GO DEEP FT. TRACY K - A Dream (Go Deep)

SHARON PHILLIPS - Want 2 Need 2 (Darryl's Edit)

BONAR BRADBERRY - Raum Strasse (Ray Mang Remix) (Under The Shade)

DISKJOKKE - Rosenrød (Smalltown Supersound)

RANDOLPH - GPS (Recloose Mix) (Still Music)

POPULAR PEOPLE'S FRONT - The Baker's Sun (PPF)

PEZZNER - Chiuso Per Ferie (Freerange)

RONNIE & RENZO - Broken Fingers (King Kung Foo) 

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Don Was interview

I was lucky enough to get the chance to interview Don Was a couple of years ago for Mojo magazine. Although Mojo wasn't really interested in his back-story of the early days hanging out with Ken Collier, Electrifyin' Mojo et al, I was fairly obsessed with it, so took the opportunity to ask him about those times in Detroit, going to parties with Ken Collier and making Flamethrower Rap. He was blown away that anyone had even heard of any of the stuff I was asking him about and gave me a brilliant interview.

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Bill Brewster's 80s Pause Button Tapes (Vol. 5)

We now alight upon Volume Five and we are almost at journey's end. Tracklist below.

KAY GEE THE ALL FEATURING DJ DREW - My Record Is Hot
L.T.D. - Your Love Is The Answer
ANTHONY MALVO - Give Me Your Loving
THE ALMIGHTY MC - School's Out
MUDDY WATERS - Mannish Boy
PRIVATE PARTY - Puppet Capers
FIVE RED CAPS - Boogie Till You Drop
FRESH GORDON - Feeling James
THE HOUSEMARTINS - Me & The Farmer
BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Smoke Pt 2
3 MUSTAPHAS 3 - Shouffi Rhirou
MACKENZIES - Mealy Nouths

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 Bill Brewster's 80s Pause Button Tapes Vol. 5 by Bill Brewster

We are now officially at Volume Four of this not particularly epic series. There are a few more to go before I run out of crap old 80s cassette to foist on you and get back to watching England lose on penalties.

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JOHN LEE HOOKER - Boom Boom
DOLLY COOPER - Heyla Ba
FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - Honey In The Rock
THE JUNKYARD BAND - The Word
THE DAVIE SISTERS - I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know
THE SMITHS - Girl Afraid
BILLIE HOLIDAY - When A woman Loves A Man
MAROON TOWN - City Riots
BOBBY BYRD -  I Know You Got Soul
CARL HALL - I Just Love Making Love
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
CALLA PRIIS - Ni Imano Amohoa
3 MUSTAPHAS 3 - Ugga
BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES - Stop Twisting My Arms
MAHOTELLA QUEENS - Asambe Matawane
RANDY NEWMAN - Birmingham
STANLEY WINSTON - No More Ghettos
ROXANNE SHANTE - Have A Nice Day
EDWYN COLLINS - Don't Shilly Shally
BEYOYO BROS. - Maraba Start 500
DAN PICKETT 991/2 Won't Do
FINEST INGREDIENTS - DJ Megamix
IAN TURPIE - The Decimal Point
HANK WILLIAMS - No No Joe
CRIMINAL ELEMENT ORCHESTRA - Put The Needle On The Record
PERCY SLEDGE - Dark End of The Street
STEVE LAWRENCE & EDIE GORME - I Just Want To Love You
BERNICE JOHNSON-REAGAN - Come With Me To The Land

DJ History Podcast #70

Beautiful day, today, innit, the hay fever notwithstanding (atchoo). Seems a shame to be cooped in my lair but come three o'clock I shall be out there, collecting small children, maybe tickling them for a bit (life's small pleasures etc) and then hanging in the garden with a beer, a paddling pool and a Spaniel panting in the shade. In the meantime, check this out, there are some corkers.


TEELOO - Habitant (No 19 Music)
ZEV - Don't Break It (Wolf + Lamb)
WALTER JONES - Hot Contact (UTT)
DISKJOKKE - 1987 (Richard Sen Mix)  (Smalltown Supersound)
ZERO 7 - Futures (Carl Craig Mix) (Atlantic)
KM EDITION - Feelings of Ecstasy (KM Editions)
MARCUS MARR -  Well Alright (??)
GATTO FRITTO - Right Thought
HATCHBACK - Jetlag (Faze Action Remix) (TINAE)

Bill Brewster's 80s Pause Button Tapes (Vol. 3)

OK, so we've reached the heady heights of episode three of what Bill's found in his attic and transferred to MP3. More gear from the mid-to-late 80s. This is two sides of one C90 cassette. I should've separated them for ease of play and everything, but England were playing Slovenia at the time and I forgot. So shoot me. Tracklisting below. Download link here >>

LL COOL J - Get Down

ADMIRAL TIBET - Don't Hide

LEE PERRY & THE FLYING VICARS - Scratch On The Wire

GREAT LEAP FORWARD - Hope's Not Enough Son, Ask Your Parents

ERIC B & RAKIM - Move The Crowd

BERT HOWELL & HIS SHOW BAND - The Aussies And The Yanks Are Here

NEW ORDER - True Faith

MICHAEL COLEMAN -  Woman Loves A Woman

TAJ MAHAL - Paint My Mailbox Blue

ERIC B & RAKIM - Paid In Full

LIGHTNING HOPKINS - Vietnam Blues

EXPLAINER - Is Horse

PALENQUE - El Guabo Dea Yea (can't read my writing, could be anything!)

LEROY GIBBS - Yodel Reggae

WHITSON BROTHERS - High Cost Of Living

HUBERT SUMLIN - West Side Soul

REAL SOUNDS OF AFRICA - Dynamos vs. Dynamos

WOODY GUTHRIE - Talking Dustbowl Blues

BLACK UHURU - The Whole World Is Africa

STARS OF HEAVEN - All About You

PAUL JOHNSON - Song For You

THE SMITHS - Girlfriend In A Coma

PAUL JOHNSON - Every Kind Of People

MASEKASS -  Cold Wings

JUNIOR DELGADO - Illegal Gun