WAVEFORM

Portishead — Essential Mix

23 April 1995 · House / Techno

Portishead recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 23 April 1995 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the show's formative years, when Radio 1 first handed two hours of its airwaves to club culture, and the set sits in House and Techno territory.

The mix runs through 45 documented tracks, opening with G.B. — “G.B. Beats” and closing on Portishead — “Numb”. Along the way it draws on labels like Go! Beat, Vinyl Solution and Def Jam.

Tracklist

  1. G.B. — G.B. Beats [Go! Beat]
  2. Portishead — Strangers [Go! Beat]
  3. Depth Charge — Number 9 [Vinyl Solution]
  4. Original Concept — Can You Feel It? [Def Jam]
  5. Brand Nubian — Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down [Elektra]
  6. Skool Beats — My Thing [Skool Beats]
  7. James Brown — Blind Man Can See It [Polydor]
  8. Barry White — Can't Seem To Find Him [Pye]
  9. Franco Micalizzi — Affanno [Cometa Edizioni Musicali]
  10. Lalo Schifrin — Scorpio [Viva]
  11. Rhythm Heritage — Theme from S.W.A.T. [ABC]
  12. Marva Whitney — Unwind Yourself [Famous Flame] (Bootleg)
  13. Ray Charles — The Train [His Master's Voice]
  14. The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band — Spreadin' Honey [Jay Boy]
  15. The Winstons — Amen, Brother [Street Beat]
  16. Barry Gray — Theme from Space:1999 [RCA]
  17. Badder Than Evil — Hot Wheels (The Chase) [Buddah]
  18. Jimi Hendrix — Crosstown Traffic [Track]
  19. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown — Fire [Track]
  20. The Incredible Bongo Band — Apache [Street Beat]
  21. The John Gregory Orchestra — Griff [Philips]
  22. Lou Donaldson — Pot Belly [Blue Note]
  23. A Tribe Called Quest — If The Papes Come [Jive]
  24. The Crooklyn Dodgers — Crooklyn (Instrumental) [MCA]
  25. Portishead — Lot More [Go! Beat]
  26. Craig Mack — Flava In Ya Ear [Bad Boy]
  27. Show And AG — Next Level (Premier's Nytyme Remix) [Payday]
  28. Gang Starr — The ? Remainz [Chrysalis]
  29. Bahamadia — Total Wreck [Chrysalis]
  30. Black Sheep — The Choice Is Yours [Mercury]
  31. A Tribe Called Quest — Oh My God [Jive]
  32. Portishead — Sheared Times [Go! Beat]
  33. Nine — Whutcha Want? (Acapella) [Profile]
  34. Federation — Rusty James (Portishead Remix) [Mo Wax]
  35. The Mystic Moods — Cosmic Sea [Warner Bros.]
  36. Lalo Schifrin — Dirty Harry's Creed [Viva]
  37. Gordon Staples & The String Thing — Strung Out [Motown]
  38. The City of Prague Philharmonic Big Band — Theme from The Streets of San Francisco [Silva Screen]
  39. Pretty Purdie — Soul Drums [Soul Syndicate]
  40. Weather Report — Non-Stop Home [Columbia]
  41. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [Parlophone]
  42. Stevie Wonder — Light My Fire [Tamla Motown]
  43. Manzel — Midnight Theme [Vinyl Dogs]
  44. Massive Attack — Karmacoma (Portishead Experience) [Wild Bunch]
  45. Portishead — Numb [Go! Beat]

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