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.

The aim of this web 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, whether they are legal or bootleg releases. This site is very much a work in progress and I am updating it regularly with all of the missing tracklistings and information that I can. You can view the latest updates I've made 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 have a lot of legal and subscription service releases. I have a YouTube channel that I started in November 2019 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.

To view details of all of the mixes that I have, select the 'Full List Of Mixes' link in the menu at the top of this page. This list will eventually include a link to every release in my collection as I'm adding new ones all the time. Each release will have its own page where I detail all of the usual stuff like the label, catalogue number, year of release etc. I have also attempted to provide a full tracklisting for each mix, but my knowledge of late 70's disco and early 90's techno music is very limited and I may have missed some tracks that are obvious to people who are familiar with those genres. Please contact me if you can provide more details of the tracks in each mix. In the menu at the top of the page I have also broken the mixes down into their relevant categories of 'Bootlegs', 'Subscription Services', 'Legal' mixes and 'D.J. Cut-Ups'.

Part of the archive also contains scans from 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 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 web site. It really is a valuable resource that helps to detail the history of dance music in the UK.