Various - Jukebox

Stumbled across this Jockey Slut CD today and had forgotten all about it.

This was one of the few cover-mounted CDs that was actually any good. Obviously the inclusion of exclusives from Two Lone Swordsmen, Primal Scream and David Holmes helps with this.

Holmes and TLS are both in 'breaks' mode here, and Primal Scream are in full-on dub mode (this is a remix done at around the same time as the Echo Dek album).

Add in a couple of Daft Punk remixes, Lionrock and Underworld and you've got yourself a great wee freebie.

Shame the mag went tits-up, I always enjoyed it...



Various - Jukebox
Part 1 / Part 2
1 - David Holmes - Mosh It
2 - Propellerheads - Lethal Cut
3 - Lionrock - Electro Under Pressure
4 - Primal Scream - Stuka Seven
5 - Two Lone Swordsmen - Slutloop
6 - The Chemical Brothers - Life Is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix)
7 - Gabrielle - Forget About The World (Daft Punk Remix)
8 - Underworld - Dirty
9 - Howie B. - Nordleed

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Secret Knowledge - Sugar Daddy Remixes

It's not often that a remix is as good as the original, but I reckon that at least one of these remixes comes close. Check out the remixers: Sabres Of Paradise, Disco Evangelists and pre-cheese Paul Van Dyk (with Johnny Klimek - odd combo or what)!! I had to get the MFS import rather than the UK Sabres release to get the 'exclusive' PVD mix, but it ruined my 'collect all the Sabres releases' pattern.

The first time I heard the Sabres mix, I couldn't believe what I was hearing after having been so used to the original mix. That final 'oooooohhhh' build up gets me every time. It's the pick o'the bunch for me but the other two are well worth checking out. Must be the only occasion that Paul Van Dyk crossed paths with the Weatherall/Holmes/Needs gang, surely to fuck...?



Secret Knowledge - Sugar Daddy Remixes
A - Sugar Caned (Sabres Of Paradise)
B1 - Out Of Our Brains On The 5:15 (Disco Evangelists)
B2 - Trip Across The Moon Remix (Paul Van Dyk & Jimmy Klimek)

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Death Before Disco / Scubadevils - Ministry / Celestial Symphony

This was the first David Holmes record I bought, immediately after hearing Andrew Weatherall playing it at Pure's 3rd birthday party. How do I remember such things? Well, lets just say I was 'in the zone' when 'Ministry' came on. This was the first time I'd heard a Weatherall set in a proper club (Primal Scream gigs not counting), so I didn't have a fuckin clue WHAT it was. A week later I was round at someone's flat and they put it on. Bravo! Wrote it down and got it the next day.

It was always the A-side for me, but I've stuck up the AA-side as well for all you Holmes completists out there.



Death Before Disco - Ministry (Exploding Plastic Inevitable Mix)



Scubadevils - Celestial Symphony (Angel Delight Mix)

Zipped together on Sendspace to avoid whoring my bandwidth.

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Four Boy One Girl Action - The Hawaiian Death Stomp

Bit of an all-star cast here: David Holmes, Kris Needs, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns. Shove that up yer Travelling Wilburys for a supergroup and a half... I think the 'one girl' was Mr Weatherall's then girlfriend Nina but I could be wrong.

I remember being mega-excited when this first came out then being mildly disappointed by the end product. Dunno though, sounds pretty good to me right now. Dug this one out of the tip of the iceberg last night: balanced on a pair of step ladders, torch in one hand, trying to avoid getting skelfed tae fuck. Managed to get enough to keep going for a good while, but will need to rethink strategy for the next voyage into the unknown.

Came out on the Exploding Plastic Inevitable label in 1993. Couldn't find a pic of the label and tried to take a photo but looks shit, so here's a suitable graphic for it:



New links:
The Hawaiian Death Stomp
Hawaiian Death Dub

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