Introduction

Hello and welcome to the Archive. If you're here, you no doubt have the same passion for megamixes as I do. My name is Matt and I live in the UK. You can find out more about me and how my collection started here.

I consider the megamix to be a true artform and I've been collecting them on vinyl since I was a teenager in the mid 80's. I mainly collect bootlegs but also own a lot of legal and subscription service releases. I have recorded every mix that I've bought over the years and I started a YouTube channel in November 2019 with those recordings, where I am sharing as many of them as YouTube's copyright rules allow me to in the best quality that I can. A link to the channel is below.

The aim of the site is to preserve the history of some of the amazing bootleg megamixes that were created in the late 70's, 80's and early 90's. It will also act as an archive for my entire collection of megamixes, remixes, D.J. cut-ups and live old school hip hop jams, whether they are legal or bootleg releases. This site is very much a work in progress and I am updating it regularly so that every release in my collection will eventually have its own page with all of the information that I can provide about it. The archive currently contains over 2,300 releases and you can view the latest updates I've made to the web site here.

To view details of all the mixes that I have, select the 'Full List Of Mixes' link in the menu at the top of this page. If the release that you're interested in has a link available, you can view all of the usual details about it like the label, catalogue number, year of release etc, and there will be a link to listen to it on YouTube if I have already created a video for it. I will also attempt to provide a full tracklisting for each mix, but will no doubt miss many tracks that are obvious to people who are more familiar with specific genres, so please contact me if you can provide details of anything that is missing. In the menu at the top of the page I have also separated the mixes into the categories of 'Bootlegs', 'Subscription Services', 'Legal' and 'D.J. Cut-Ups' to make it easier to navigate.

Part of the archive also includes scans of important dance music magazines printed in the UK during the 80's. These can be accessed by selecting the 'Magazine Scans' link in the menu at the top of this page.

I hope you find the web site useful and enjoy the YouTube channel.

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

Discopatrick

This is the holy grail for us Bootleg Megamix nerds. I can't tell you how many times I've visited this web site over the years to help me track down a certain mix or find out more information about it. I bought Disco Patrick's fantastic book in 2005 and that has been my bible ever since. This web site has helped me beyond any other in my search for Bootleg mixes.

Hotdiscomix

This is a very comprehensive web site that focuses on the various subscription services that have existed over the years. It has been an invaluable resource in helping me track down and buy a lot of my subscription mixes.

James Hamilton's Disco Page

My web site contains scans of James Hamilton's dance music column in Jocks from its first issue in November 1986 to the end of 1989, but you can view his fully transcribed columns in Record Mirror from the late 1970's to the magazine's demise in 1991 on this truly amazing web site. It really is a valuable resource that helps to detail the history of dance music in the UK.