AbstractRadio mixtape - harley sounds - january 2019

Once upon a time, in a London far away, long before house music made the whole world jump up and down like lunatics, underground djs played a rarified mix of funk & soul, hip hop & rap called "rare groove".

Strictly for the cogniscenti, supported by a select few clubs & sound-systems such as the Wag and Shake n' Fingerpop, it existed far from the mainstream.
Only a privileged few - a small network of those in-the-know - had access to the djs & rare vinyl that defined the sound.
This was music heard nowhere else.

Good mixtapes were much-cherished & deeply inspirational - copied from friends & fellow music lovers, stretched & worn out through constant listening; some reached almost legendary status, many are now lost to the ravages of time.

One such C90 was "Harley Sounds", made by Dominic Weaver [thanks Paul!] in a flat on Harley Street in 1988/9.
We played it to death, to the extent that our copy is now unlistenable.

So, as a tribute to those halycon days, we've attempted to faithfully recreate it, trying to adhere as close as can be to our battered original.

We hope you enjoy.

Here's a picture of Winston:

select mixes by genre:

Funky

Jazzy

Lounge

Beats

Chill

Broad

Tracklist

Start	Artist	Track Title
00.00	litmus	got to be the music
03.34	doug fresh	guess who
08.28	incredible bongo band	apache
13.19	fred wesley	blow your head
16.44	candigo	jingo
21.40	herman kelly	lets dance to the drummers beat
25.41	derek b	good groove
30.08	jvc force	strong island
35.33	ll cool j	jack the ripper
40.02	doug fresh	keep rising
42.49	kenny burke	rising to the top
47.56	wee papa girl rappers	faith
50.31	eric b and rakim	i know you got soul
56.10	rob base dj ez-rock	it takes two
60.29	lynn collins	think
62.57	bobby byrd	hot pants im coming
65.20	bill moss	sock it to em soul brother
68.16	african music machine	black water gold
70.36	funk inc	sister janie
75.09	mighty tom cats	cheeba cheeba
82.28	the blackbyrds	doing it in the park
87.57	charles wright	express yourself
91.32	rufus thomas	do the funky penguin

-- Total running time – 1.34.41 --

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