London Beats Volume 1
LABEL: None
SERIES: London Beats
GROUPING: 80's U.K. Bootleg Mixes
RELEASE YEAR: 1987
CATALOGUE NO: MJ001
RUNOUT GROOVES: MJ001A (Side A) MJ001B (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in August 1987 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
VARIOUS ‘London Beats Vol. 1’ (MJ 001)
Thoroughly dodgy 33⅓rpm white label containing two scratched and mixed medleys, of various murky rare grooves including a fair amount of JBs, side one at 0-102-103-103¼-103⅓-0bpm and the more upbeat flip at 100-100¼-100⅓bpm.
SIDE A MIX: LONDON BEATS VOLUME 1
MIXED BY: Trevor Nelson & Uncredited (source: see Trevor Nelson's social media post below)
LENGTH: 05:07
GENRE: Hip Hop/Funk/Soul/Pop
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Flash It To The Beat (1980); Sweet Charles - Soul Man (1974); Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - More Peas (1973); Biz Markie featuring T.J. Swan - Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz (1986); Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight (1973); Full Force - Alice, I Want You Just For Me (1985); Headhunters - If You've Got It You'll Get It (1975); Equals - Funky Like A Train (1976); Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost (1978); Donald Byrd - (Fallin' Like) Dominoes (1975); Fun Boy Three - Faith, Hope And Charity (1981); Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (1975); Run-D.M.C. - Here We Go (Live At The Funhouse) (1985); Beside - Change The Beat (1982)
SIDE B MIX: LONDON BEATS VOLUME 1
MIXED BY: Trevor Nelson & Uncredited
LENGTH: 04:52
GENRE: Funk/Soul
TRACKS I CAN IDENTIFY IN THE MIX - I have only listed the ones that have prolonged elements or have a short sample repeated multiple times:
J.B.'s - Givin' Up Food For Funk (1972); Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution (1973); Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s - Introduction To The J.B.'s (1973); J.B.'s - Pass The Peas (1972); James Brown - Funky Drummer (1970); Fred & The New J.B.'s - (It's Not The Express) It's The J.B.'s Monaurail (1975); J.B.'s - Hot Pants Road (1972)
