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#580

July 18, 2023

70s show this week and next week. My fave pairing is David Coverdale and Captain Beefheart (what the heh?) but the many pairing here are all fun, many of them superior to the aforementioned, plus you get a segment from Nectar’s 1974 prog classic ‘Remember The Future’ to keep it (un?)real. Segue of the day: Demon Fuzz into Coloured Balls.

Nektar

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Artist Song Release Label
Wolfhounds No Soap In a Dirty War Bright and Guilty Optic Nerve Recordings
Groundhogs Promiscuity Crosscut Saw Fire Records
Nektar Images Of The Past Remember The Future Passport Records
Nektar Wheel Of Time Remember The Future Passport Records
Nektar Remember The Future / Confusion Remember The Future Passport Records
Bojoura If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Behind The Dykes 3 Music On Vinyl
Gary Higgins Thicker Than A Smokey Red Hash Drag City
Faces You’re So Rude A Nod Is As Good As A Wink… To A Blind Horse Music On Vinyl
Iron Butterfly So-Lo Heavy ATCO Records
Colin Blunstone Though You Are Far Away One Year Sundazed Music
Emmett Finley Where He Cried Last Emmett Finley Big Potato Records
Peter Howell & John Ferdinando Times (Seven Seasons – The Path – Given Time) Ithaca, Agincourt & Other Psych-Folk Fairy Tales Munster Records

Artist Song Release Label
Roger Rodier While My Castle’s Burning Upon Velveatur Sunbeam Records
Federal Duck Tomorrow Waits For Today Federal Duck Reel
Paternoster Realization Tickets For Doomsday: Heavy Psychedelic Funk And Soul (Ballads And Dirges 1970-1975) Now-Again Records
The Baker Gurvitz Army Mad Jack The Baker Gurvitz Army Culture Factory
Demon Fuzz Mercy (Variation No. 1) Afreaka! Music On Vinyl
Coloured Balls That’s What Mama Said Ball Power Just Add Water
David Coverdale Breakdown North Winds Eagle Records
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band You Know You’re A Man I’m Going To Do What I Wanna Do (Live At My Father’s Place 1978) Rhino Records
Czar (She’s A) Lady Of Love Czar Sunbeam Records
Marble Phrogg Season Of The Witch Marble Phrogg Guestroom Records Records

#579

July 11, 2023

We get to hit some of my favorite artists this week, such as Robert Forster [Go-Betweens], The Slits [there are 2 new archival releases offering stuff you haven’t heard before], The Leaving Trains, and Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. There is the latest release from Igor Records [The Harry Von Zells LP], and awesome Boston band Crow Follow. There is Tom Heyman, an artist I discovered when he toured with Dan Stuart a few years ago.

The Slits

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Artist Song Release Label
Getting The Fear Sometimes Death Is Bigger 1984-85 Dais Records
The Harry Von Zells Stardom Because Play It Backwards Igor Records
Crow Follow 54 Red Velvet Radio Band 4 Band Records
Tom Heyman Baby Let Me In Show Business, Baby Bohemian Neglect Recording Works
Snakepit Waiting For You Wild Gift: Music By Robert Christie And Friends, 1984-1996 Harriet Records
The Leaving Trains What Cissy Said Favorite Mood Swings (Greatest Hits 1986 – 1995) SST Records
The Sea Urchins You’re So Much Stardust 1972
The Exits Cheam The Legendary Lost Album Optic Nerve Recordings
Southern Culture On The Skids Sugar Town At Home With Southern Culture On The Skids Kudzu Records
The Pale Fountains Southbound Excursion Pacific Street Virgin
Whiteout U Drag Me Bite It Demon Records
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance I’ll Be Doggone Go Nutz Music On Vinyl
Radio Birdman What Gives? The Essential Radio Birdman (1974 – 1978) Sub Pop
Party Day Simplicity Sorted! Optic Nerve Recordings
Religious Overdose 25 Minutes Strung Out On Heavens High 1980 – 1982 Optic Nerve Recordings

Artist Song Release Label
Robert Forster She’s A Fighter The Candle And The Flame Tapete Records
Breathless Count On Angels The Glass Bead Game 1972
The New Age Steppers Private Armies The New Age Steppers On-U Sound
The Slits Spend, Spend, Spend (8-Track Demo) Uncut Clepto Records
Codeine Jr Dessau Numero Group
The Optic Nerve Mayfair Lotta Nerve Guerssen
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur Sunbeam Records
The Baker Gurvitz Army Help Me The Baker Gurvitz Army Culture Factory
Czar Cecelia Czar Sunbeam Records
Marble Phrogg Fields Of Sun Marble Phrogg Guestroom Records Records –
Ottilie Patterson The Sound Of The Door As It Closes 3000 Years With Ottilie Sunbeam Records
Maximum Joy White And Green Place (Extraterrestrial Mix) White And Green Place Lantern Rec.
Bobbie Gentry Okolona River Bottom Band The Girl From Chickasaw County (Highlights From The Capitol Masters) UMC

#578

July 4, 2023

4th of July here in the US is a big holiday – Gulls Window Circus has a big change today, leaving 20 weeks on non-rock shows and returning to rock. In typical fashion, this show varies in timeline and geography, intermingling the known, the unknown, Europe, the US, older and newer. Cover star today is Carl wearing a T-Shirt of Boston’s Richie Parsons, who fronts Unnatural Axe, but also has a solo career with melodic pop.

Carl wearing a Black-Throated Blue T shirt

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Artist Song Release Label
Suicide Born In The USA (Live In Paris 1988) A Way Of Life Rarities Mute
Inner Landscapes Armageddon Blues Armageddon Blues Inner Landscapes Records
Stone Foundation Featuring Paul Weller Deeper Love Deeper Love 100% Records
Walter Noons Never Be The Same Never Be The Same Real Records
Golden Earring Eight Miles High (Brugge 1977) Live (The Outtakes) Music On Vinyl B.V.
Stinky Toys I Can’t Reach You I Can’t Reach You Pop Supérette
Those Naughty Lumps Down At The Zoo Harmony In My Head: UK Power Pop & New Wave 1977-81 Cherry Red
New York Dolls Stranded In The Jungle In Too Much Too Soon Mercury
Fish Turned Human Here Come The Nuns Turkeys In China Sequel Records
Christian Death Romeo’s Distress Only Theatre Of Pain Frontier Records
Empire All These Things Expensive Sound Dinosaur Discs
Talking Heads With Our Love More Songs About Buildings And Food Rhino Records

Artist Song Release Label
The RPM’s It’s Only Time Temporary Satisfaction Meanbean Records
The Boyfriends Junk Wrapped Up In A Dream Reminder Records
Uni Boys On Your Lovin’ Mind Do It All Next Week Curation Records
Richie Parsons Beverly Black Throated Blue Lawless Records
Rich Kids Lovers and Fools Ghosts Of Princes In Towers Parlophone
The Batfish Boys Cubatao ’88 Batfish Brew GWR Records
Pink Gin Marimbas The Source Of The River Pink Gin Marimbas / Creedmoors Split single Igor Records
Coloured Balls Flash Ball Power Just Add Water
Benett Don’t Mention Disco So You’re Not Coming Over? WIN Records
Anorak Girl Teenage Dream Plastic Fantastic Hey Suburbia
Jenny Mae Big Scary Face What’s Wrong With Me? (Singles & Unreleased Tracks 1989-2017) Anyway Records
Gina Birch Wish I Was You I Play My Bass Loud Third Man Records
Jeannie C. Riley Widow Jones Harper Valley P.T.A. Sun Record Company
? & The Mysterians Hangin’ On A String Cavestomp Presents: Are You For Real? RockBeat Records
The Harry Von Zells Dear John Play It Backwards Igor Records
Getting The Fear Getting The Fear Death Is Bigger 1984-85 Dais Records

#577

June 27, 2023

The 20th and final week in the non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically series – a continuation of last week’s wrap up, stuff is played randomly. There are a new re-edits in this reggae-heavy show: Ben Jamin edits Carol Williams ‘Just Feel’, a Salsoul track from 1976, Peter Tosh covers Chuck Berry’s 1958 hit ‘Johnny B. Goode’, John Holt covers Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Stoned Out Of My Mind’. The second hour shifts out of the reggae/soul feel and adds some electronic tracks.

Extra Muros: Switzerland

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Artist Song Release Label
Louisa “Markswoman” Mark Baby Simone Breakout Soulgramma
Ben Jamin Moment Is Real TSTD Edits 13 TSTD Edits
Melody Beecher Careless Whisper (Jura Soundsystem Lovers Version) Careless Whisper Isle Of Jura
Full Moon Scientist Lunar Base Dub Jura Soundsystem – Transmission Three Isle Of Jura
The Zenmenn And John Moods Into The Heart Of The Matter Hidden Gem Music From Memory
Korla Pandit Turkish Dance Genie Of The Keys: The Best Of Korla Pandit Craft Recordings
Edwin Starr Running Back And Forth War And Peace Elemental Music
Bobby Womack Featuring Patti LaBelle Surprise Surprise The Poet II ABKCO
Lenny Welch A Hundred Pounds Of Pain Mainstream Disco Funk (The Finest Funky Sound Of Mainstream Records New York 1974-1976) Wewantsounds
Prophecy Whatever’s Your Sign (You Got To Be Mine) (Part 1) Mainstream Disco Funk (The Finest Funky Sound Of Mainstream Records New York 1974-1976) Wewantsounds
Prophecy What Ever’s Your Sign (You Got To Be Mine) (Part II) Mainstream Disco Funk (The Finest Funky Sound Of Mainstream Records New York 1974-1976) Wewantsounds
Peter Tosh Johnny B. Goode Mama Africa Music On Vinyl

Artist Song Release Label
John Holt Stoned Out Of My Mind 1000 Volts Of Holt Trojan Records
Majority Caroline Nowhere Like Here (Love Songs From the Caribbean And Diaspora) Emotional Rescue
Desmond Dekker Shing A Ling This Is Desmond Dekkar Trojan Records
Spivak, Prins Emanuel Kiriaki Extra Muros : Switzerland FLEE
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble Sirocco Here Be Dragons Denovali Records
A Blaze Colour Nowhere Else Against The Dark Trees Beyond OnderStroom Records
Tangerine Dream Nebulous Dawn Zeit Culture Factory
Alex From Utopia Spanish Guitar Tune (Pikes Anthem) DB12 008 Duca Bianco
Black Bones T-2017 DB12 011 Duca Bianco
Talking Drums Monkey King DB12 012 Duca Bianco

#576

June 20, 2023

The 19th week in the non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically series – one more week to go! This week and next week break the pattern and simply cover 12″ singles I received since this series started. The (unspoken) model I had been following, of selecting singles from labels I don’t extensively follow, is also left behind. Many of my favorite labels appear this and next week.

Al Kent

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Artist Song Release Label
Dambala Rebel Revelation Emotional Rescue
East-West Can’t Face The Night (Chuggy Discomix Parts 1 & 2) Can’t Face The Night Emotional Rescue
Dimitri From Paris Vs. Chatobaron I Like (The Music That You Play) (Club Vocal) I Like (The Music That You Play) Le Heartbeat Records
Al Kent Stranger Danger Stranger Danger G.A.M.M.
Two Regime Cosmic Disco Machine Volume Six Cosmic Disco Machine Rewcords
New Order Be A Rebel (Bernard’s Renegade Mix) Be A Rebel Mute
Sadar Bahar & Marc Davis Disco Disco Beat Down EP Fatty Fatty Phonographics
Mukatsuku Presents Francis The Great Look Up In The Sky (Nik’s Mukatsuku Instrumental Re Edit) Look Up In The Sky Mukatsuku Records

Artist Song Release Label
Melody Beecher Movie Star (Extended 12″ Mix) Movie Star Isle Of Jura
Instant House Lost Horizons (The Mind Travel Saturday Night Sunday Morning Mix) Lost Horizons Isle Of Jura
Chocolate Syrup We’ve Got To Get Together (Brotherly Love) Mainstream Disco Funk (The Finest Funky Sound Of Mainstream Records New York 1974-1976) Wewantsounds
Delegation Heartache No.9 (Dimitri From Paris Club Dub Remix) Heartache No.9 Le-Edits Records
Gina Été & Tillmann Ostendarp Le Bouquet Le Bouquet EP Phantom Island
DJ “S” Groovin TSTD Edits 12 TSTD Edits
Paul Thompson Can I Take You Home? Nowhere Like Here (Love Songs From the Caribbean And Diaspora) Emotional Rescue
Flying Mojito Bros Fadin’ West Of LA TSTD Edits 14 TSTD Edits

#575

June 13, 2023

The 17th week in the non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically series closes out the letters, taking us from U to Z. There will be 2 more weeks of the series to cover 12″ singles that came out since this series started. Historic artists in this show are War, E.T. Webster, Klaus Weiss, Womack & Womack and Bernie Worrell. I can identify 5 of the re-edits. Daniel Wang edits Culture Club ‘I’m Afraid Of Me’. Two celebrity remixers: Justin Strauss (of 70s Long Island band Milk ‘n Cookies) remixes Woolfy, and Frankie Knuckles remixes Womack & Womack. Leo Zero edits Eric B. & Rakim ‘I Know You Got Soul’ and The Clash ‘Magnificent Seven’.

Waxist

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Artist Song Release Label
Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold Love Generation Long Black Resista
Volcov Presents Isoul8 On My Heart (KZR Blazed Vocal) On My Heart Neroli
Daniel Wang Unafraid Oto Gelb: N°3 Oto Gelb
War The Kingsmen Sigh (Edited By Joaquin Joe Claussell) Keep On Doin’ Far Out Productions, Inc.
Waxist Rumours Heavy Disco Dance Kaplan Records
E.T. Webster My Music (Part 2) My Music SOL Discos
Klaus Weiss Drums Around (James Pants Rework) Selected Sound Remixes Pt.1 Disques Superfriends
Greg Wilson Boogie Monster Edit The Edit 2 Edit The Edit

Artist Song Release Label
Woolfy Oh Missy (WHATEVER/WHATEVER – Mix) Oh Missy Rong Music
Womack & Womack MPB (Missin’ Persons Bureau) (Paradise Ballroom Mix) MPB (Missin’ Persons Bureau) Melodies International
Bernie Worrell Killer Mosquito Volunteered Slavery Celebrate Life
Young Marco Camel Toe B Camel Toe Camel Toe
Zepp001 The Warm The Warm Delusions Of Grandeur
Leo Zero Got Soul Leo Zero Edits Leo Zero Edits
Leo Zero Magnificent Dub Leo Zero Edits Leo Zero Edits

#574

June 6, 2023

The 17th week in the non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically series brings us to the letter T. Aside from 3 70s tracks [Lamar Thomas, Hamilton Brothers, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons], there are a bunch of original production & re-edits from The Ivory Boy, Tolouse Low Trax, Manuel Tur [Germany], 33.10.3402 [Serbia], Prins Thomas [Norway], Turbo Boom-Boom [France], Tiago (and also his TNT Subhead guise) [Portugal], Tomaga, Tom Of England [London], Anton Klint & Edvin E, Tryck & Ton [Sweden]. The re-edits I can identify are The Ivory Boy edits Le Figlie Del Vento ‘Mare’ 1978 from Italy, Tom Of England (Thomas Bullock) twists Anarchy In The UK into something entirely else, Treasure edits B-52s ‘Deep Sleep’ (from the Mesopotamia LP in 1982), Tropical Tricks has an Al Kent edit of Hamilton Brothers ‘Music Makes The World Go Round’ 1978, Pilooski edits Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, and the show closes with Talking Drums editing the unrelated 1985 band Talking Drums ‘Sweet July’.

Theme From Kaffee

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Artist Song Release Label
The Ivory Boy Mare Theme From Kaffee 01 Local Kaffee
33.10.3402 Danasananas Iz Usta EP Puu
Lamar Thomas Take Me To (New York City) (Original Mix) Feel So Good Inside Favorite Recordings
Prins Thomas Goettsching Goettsching Full Pupp
Turbo Boom-Boom Makwerhu Boom-Boom BEST003 La Bestiole Records
Tiago B – Untitled The Good Times Are Killing Me Ep Jolly Jams
TNT Subhead The Book Of Yes Ecstasy & Release Groovement
Tolouse Low Trax Rushing Into Water Rushing Into Water Themes For Great Cities
Tolouse Low Trax In Quicksilver Rushing Into Water Themes For Great Cities

Artist Song Release Label
Tomaga Greetings From The Bitter End Greetings From The Bitter End Kaya Kaya Records
Tom Of England I Want To Destroy The Care To Destroy EP Hinge Finger
Anton Klint & Edvin E Conga Liver Tryck 003 EP Tryck & Ton
Tryck & Ton Ohh?! 002 Tryck & Ton
Manuel Tur The Traveller Foolin’ Delusions Of Grandeur
Treasure Deep Lips Treasure Treasure
Hamilton Brothers Music Makes The World Go ’Round (Al Kent Edit) Tropical Tricks (Cree Records Remixed) Cree Records
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Who Loves You (Pilooski Re-Edit) Beggin’ EP RSO
Talking Drums Other World DB12 012 Duca Bianco

#573

May 30, 2023

The 16th week in the non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically series involves the letters S & T. The show mostly covers contemporary artists: Alex Smith (aka Omar S). B.J. Smith (Ben Smith of Akwaaba, Bison and Smith & Mudd), Solid State, Space Coast, Spacer, SSOL (Sound Stream), Studio 22, Space:Tricks, Suonho, Tambien, Tensnake, Todh Teri, Todd Terje, Simple Symmetry, and Arsenii (That’s A Steal! 12″). Only one older artist: Gloria Ann Taylor. I can identify 3 of the re-edits: Suonho edits Claudja Barry ‘Love For The Sake Of Love’ 1976, Spacer edits Wally Badarou ‘Endless Race’ 1984 Nassau, Bahamas, SSOL (who also records as Sound Stream) edits Instant Funk ‘Got My Mind Made Up’ NYC 1978.

Suonho

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Artist Song Release Label
Alex Smith Sign and Drive / Here With Me (featuring Diviniti) Here With Me. FXHE
B.J. Smith Hold On To It (Jonny Nash Remix) Between Ship And Shore Part One NuNorthernSoul
Solid State Spanish Heartbeat Dry Ice All Out War
Space Coast Love Games Pt2 (YSE Remix) Glenview Records Presents Crystal Lake Remixes Volume 1 Lovedancing
Wally Badarou Endless Race (Edit) Spacer Boogie Down
Spaziale E.S.P. Star Mover Forest Jams
SSOL B (Untitled) SSOL 001 SSOL
Studio 22 Dune Dune Edizioni Mondo

Artist Song Release Label
Space:Tricks Turkey World Series One Stupid Human
Suonho For The Love Of Soul The Ghetto AK
Tambien + Tiago A (Untitled) EP01 Interzona13
Gloria Ann Taylor What’s Your Word Deep Inside You Music Gallery Recordings
Tensnake In The End (I Want You To Cry) Live + The Vinyl Factory
Todh Teri Sampadan 2 Deep In India Vol 1 Todh Teri
Todd Terje Italian Stallion Eurodans Full Pupp
Simple Symmetry Danza Sueno That’s A Steal! That’s A Steal!
Arsenii Miss Holy Holy That’s A Steal! That’s A Steal!

#572

May 23, 2023

The 15th week of non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically is all about the letter ‘S’. There are contemporary non-rock tracks by Saralunder, Sasac, Session Victim, Mark Seven, Sexy Merlin, and Dan Shake along with 2 Polish artists [Selvy and Jacek Sienkiewicz], an Israel artist [Siam], Senyaka from Soweto, and a bunch or re-edits, 4 of which I can identify: Same Speed Edits work Belair ‘Samba For A Cold Warrior’ 1980, Schenkelspreizer edits Jill Scott ‘It’s Love’ 2001 Philadelphia, Dan Shake edits Merry Clayton’s cover of Neil Young’s ‘Southern Man’, Shrinkwrap (Idjut Boys) edit themselves from their 1997 Idjut Boys & Laj track ‘Outhouse’.

Siam

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Artist Song Release Label
Same Speed Edits Samba Noruega (Same Speed Edit) Same Speed Edits Same Speed Edits
Saralunden I Look Good Suggestive Boy Enfant Terrible
Sasac Talking God (Original) Talking God Alliance Upholstery
Schenkelspreizer IL Büchsenöffner Vol. 2 Schenkelspreizer
Selvy Basics POPS EP No Bad Days
Mingmad Jimsu Madming Music (Live) ‎Sentrall 006 SENTRALL Records
Senyaka Bayanyonyoba Bayanyonyoba Rush Hour
Session Victim Million Dollar Feeling Million Dollar Feeling Delusions Of Grandeur
Mark Seven The Fatal Flaw In Disco (U-4-Ria) The Fatal Flaw In Disco World Building

Artist Song Release Label
Sexy Merlin Heater Heater Pleasence Records
Dan Shake Northern Merry Northern Merry Shake
Shrinkwrap Outhouse (Sunrise Mix) Outhouse U-Star Records
Siam Tel Aviv Downtown (Red Axes Edit) Tel Aviv Downtown Garzen Records
Nicky Siano Dinosaur: Kiss Me Again (A Pabl0 & Shoey re-jig) Love Is The Message: A Night At The Gallery 1977 Soundtrack Part 1 Inspira Records
Jacek Sienkiewicz Case Filter Case Theory WMFRec
Mike Simonetti Needs More Cowbell (Taking Out The Best Parts Edit) Lets Be Careful Out There Not On Label

#571

May 16, 2023

The 14th week of the non-rock 12″ singles played alphabetically series covers the letters R & S. Only one identified re-edit (The Revenge edit Hot Chocolate ‘Heaven Is In The Backseat Of My Cadillac’, Brixton 1976) but a lot of interesting new music [Red Axes, Optic, Rework, Riccio, Roberto, Sonny Rock, Rondenion, Saine], a collaboration by the Italo obscurities guru Flemming Dalum on the Red Laser label, a well-known artist under one of his other names (Psi Performer = Anthony Rother), the iconic Sade remixed by DJ Spinna, obscure US soul-disco band Revelation have a track from 1982, and Walter Gibbons mixes the classic-amazing disco of Salsoul Orchestra.

Regelbau 03

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Artist Song Release Label
Red Axes Shem Shem Vol. II I’m A Cliche
Kid Machine & Flemming Dalum Fantasmi EP No. 1 Red Laser Records
Optic Relic Warm Regards Regelbau
Revelation Dance To The Disco Love Affairs Tambourine Party Records
The Revenge Forever In Their Debt (The Revenge’s Pitched Down Mix) Forever In Their Debt (Remixes) Home Taping Is Killing Music
The Revenge Cadillac The Revenge / 6th Burough Project Split 12″ Jiscomusic
Rework Don’t Try Montpellier Scheinselbständig
Riccio Put Some Love In Your Life Editorial #10 Editorial
Riccio Little Drummer Editorial #10 Editorial

Artist Song Release Label
Roberto New Sensation New Sensation Superior Elevation Records
Jonny Rock Kardes Way Over There The Nothing Special
Rondenion Aging New Style Tokyo Story Still Music
Psi Performer 1987 (Shapes & Forms Remix) Art Is A Division Of Pain (Remixed – Part 1) K2 O Records
Psi Performer 1948 (Alexander Kowalski’s Pain Division) Art Is A Division Of Pain (Remixed – Part 2) K2 O Records
Psi Performer 1976 (Ovuca’s Painless Art Mix) Art Is A Division Of Pain (Remixed – Part 2) K2 O Records
Sade War (A DJ Spinna Re-Freak) Adu-Redu All Right Fresh
Saine Leisure Song Small Remedies Fools & Fables Recordings
The Salsoul Orchestra Magic Bird Of Fire Magic Bird Of Fire Prelude Records
Saine Casual Small Remedies Fools & Fables Recordings