From 1981 and their debut on the Beggars Banquet label. Produced with Ian Little
A huge Bass synth introduces this little gem, this sits along side plenty of funk and vibe. A Summery vibe on these freeezing days. Peter Maas pops his bass guitar. Disgracefully good !
A fine Jazz Funk jam on the B-side. A versatile band.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/J5FZ8Fuk
Beggars Banquet – BEG 66(T)
| A | Anti-Freeez (Set Me Free) (Disco Version) | |
| B | Mountain Man |
From the ashes of late 70’s Rock Band No Dice, Richard Strange (Bassist) and Roger Ferris (Vocals) formed a band with the help of Ian Curnow and Phil Harding. Released in 1988
Wasn’t a hit even though it was catchy and steeped in Hi-NRG arrangement. There is more than a hint of Propaganda’s “P-Machinery” in that synth riff. Very Euro.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/fxfMuv7b
Lisson Records – DOLEQ 9 |
| A | Safe In The Arms Of Love | 6:34 | |
| B | Safe In The Arms Of Love (Instrumental) | 5:37 |
Proper Roots Reggae from the compilation “Forever Faithless (The Greatest Hits)”. A re-recorded version with some nostalgic lyrics and a chilled, trippy ending on this extended version.
Another different side to this great band.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/7sLPxgJ2
https://qiwi.gg/file/1vrr3630-Faithless-FattyBooCheekyRecordsnocat
https://krakenfiles.com/view/Xikqet9BX7/file.html
| 1 | Fatty Boo (Extended Version) | 6:08 |
Another re-recording from that Compilation.
Planet Funk (the Italian band) go a bit EDM on their 2 mixes.
Beginerz provide the usual uplifting House track, nothing too special but a solid groove.
Goldrun (Nail Tolliday and Simon Mills from Bent) drop Ian Dury (Reasons to Be Cheerful) and “Ain’t Nobody” riff and go for a retro 80’s funk workout with plenty of Maxi.
https://qiwi.gg/file/bwbC2284-Faithless-ReasonsSaturdayNightCheekyRecords2005
https://pixeldrain.com/u/JriwZfkr
https://krakenfiles.com/view/7rlGsOeUPl/file.html
| 1 | Reasons (Planet Funk Remix) | 8:25 | |
| 2 | Reasons (Planet Funk Dub) | 8:25 | |
| 3 | Reasons (Beginerz Deconstruction Mix) | 7:28 | |
| 4 | Reasons (Goldrun Mix) | 4:48 |
Three Faithless posts today.
To promote the Hits Compilation and add more mixes to this track although I think only 2 are new on this September 2005 release.
A more Garagey re-work and a very short mix by
The Fitch Brothers and Armand Van Helden with plenty of additional instrumentation.
Not sure if the Sasha mix has appeared on here before, they’re so many but it is one of my favourite takes of the track, dreamy and techy.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/z8Cw6frd
https://krakenfiles.com/view/X1AW4STWwE/file.html
https://qiwi.gg/file/occy3680-Faithless-Insomnia2005CheekyRecords82876724692CDM
Cheeky Records – 82876724692
| 1 | Insomnia (Blissy Vs. Armand Van Helden 2005 Re-Work) | 3:22 | |
| 2 | Insomnia (Sasha B.A. Remix) | 9:52 | |
| 3 | Insomnia (Armand’s European Vacation Mix) | 8:03 | |
| 4 | Insomnia (Monster Mix) | 8:39 |
No we haven’t finished with these delightful and rare Razormaid comps.
Back to 1986 and featuring more well known artists but obscure tracks.
The Cabs have a track from “The Arm, The Sword….” Razored successfully. Pete Shelley’s track has more overdubbed percussion and some additional edits. Not sure about the cheesy sample hook tho!
A slower , moodier track from Hazell Dean. Still Hi-NRG in arrangement. A cover of a Millie Jackson track from 1983. Guitar licks aplenty.
More experimental French synth with Michel Moers (Telex) and Victor Szell (Z-Moor-Z) get funky with their samplers. Sung in French with , leftfield and quirky, some Early New Beat.
“The Calling” rattles in at Hi-NRG pace, not Bronski Beat btw !!
Sylvester completes more Hi-NRG on their ’87 track. Cue a rocky guitar solo and more synth blasts.
“Wicked Ways” brings back the Funk and real bass and decent Blow Monkeys.
An interesting closing track from UK’s Kino. The trio consisted of Sarah Gregory (former member of “Allez Allez”, “Marine”, “Repetition” and ex- wife of Glen Gregory), Schengel (former member of “Psychotic Tanks”, “Tank Of Danzig”) and Andreas Thein (former member of “Propaganda”, “Rififi”) – Synth pop with a bit of style.
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Razormaid Records – RM-M6
| 1 | Cabaret Voltaire | Kickback |
| 2 | Pete Shelley | On Your Own |
| 3 | Hazell Dean | Extra Sensual Persuasion |
| 4 | Z-Moor-Z | Heros Dynamique! |
| 5 | Ken Heaven | The Calling |
| 6 | Sylvester | Sooner Or Later |
| 7 | The Blow Monkeys | Wicked Ways |
| 8 | Kino | Room In My Heart |
More from this Irish band, released in 1988 and the A was produced by Paul Hardiman.
Taken from the album ”Voice Of Reason” (Link below)
A couple of self-produced B-sides are much more electronic. “Leaving…” , an instrumental, is a moody bit of Irish Folk. Another instrumental, “I Like It…” mixes in the synths and samples with some nice guitar work, very Soundtrack-like.
MP3
https://qiwi.gg/file/9DVH3477-TheFountainhead-Angel-UK12Vinyl-1988MP3
https://pixeldrain.com/u/c5MAECFE
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China Records – CHINX 7
| A | Angel | 4:17 | |
| B1 | Leaving It All Behind | 3:04 | |
| B2 | I Like It Like That | 5:15 |
From January 1988 and a debut on here from the duo of Rock singer and guitarist Dave Lloyd (who was in Liverpool 70’s Rock Band Nutz, and 80’s band Rage) and tech / studio boffin and guitarist, Mark Thomas.
Labelled as British AOR Westcoast, a Scouse duo produced by Jeremy Lewis (Founder of Amazon Studios in Liverpool) and Geoff Higgins. It was mixed by US Producer Neil Dorfsman to give it that US flavour.
This came from their only album, “When Every Second Counts” from the previous year.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/gakMV5rs
RCA – PT 41418
| A | Somebody Someday | 3:55 | |
| B1 | Dreams And Promises | ||
| B2 | Right Now I Need You |
From March 1987 and their debut release on Mute is this militaristic Cover of Queen’s “One Vision”, daft but disturbing in equal message. I’ve always had a liking for the band, Rammstein nicked a lot from their sound. They enjoyed re-inventing and are still going strong.
The use of horns, fireworks and crowd noise plus the accompanying video certainly made you take notice. Simple but effective.
“Live Is Life” is actually an instrumental version and a bit disappointing compared to the pomp of the A-side.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/7Gh1sWV7
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Mute – 12 MUTE 60
| A | Geburt Einer Nation (One Vision) | 4:42 | |
| B | Leben Heißt Leben (Live Is Life) | 4:17 |
From 1985 and my first rip for ages !
(Please don’t make me suffer from “RIP Anxiety” but feedback would be welcome.)
So Phillinganes was Michael Jackson’s keyboard player and it was to have been included on Michael Jackson’s Thriller, but never made it. A cover of Y.M.O’s 1980 track. Eric Clapton covered it later in 1987.
Produced by Richard Perry this is the not credited extended version.
The Instrumental has just the vocoder left in, revealing quite a repetitive arrangement
The little gem here is “Only You” a track co-written with Bill Withers. Funky as with a synth bassline, piano solo and plenty electronic rhythms. A lost Withers classic.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/sxPmUQxa
Planet – RPST 110
| A | Behind The Mask | |
| B1 | Behind The Mask (Instrumental) | |
| B2 | Only You |
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