WAVEFORM

Ashley Beedle — Essential Mix

10 May 1998 · House

Ashley Beedle recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 10 May 1998 — the 2nd of their 2 Essential Mixes in the Waveform archive. It lands in the late-nineties peak of superclub culture, and the set sits in House territory.

The mix runs through 29 documented tracks, opening with Buju Banton — “Hills And Valleys” and closing on Burning Spear — “Jah No Dead”. Along the way it draws on labels like Penthouse, Blue Moon and Tuff Gong.

Tracklist

  1. Buju Banton — Hills And Valleys [Penthouse]
  2. The Abyssinians — Forward On To Zion [Blue Moon]
  3. Bob Marley — Natty Dread [Tuff Gong]
  4. Dennis Brown / Trinity — Funny Feeling [Hawkeye]
  5. Fred Locks — True Rastaman [Vulcan]
  6. Delroy Wilson — I'm Still Waiting [Joe Gibbs]
  7. Mighty Diamonds — Ghetto Living [Joe Gibbs]
  8. Barry Brown — Far East [Channel 1]
  9. Buju Banton — Murderer [Penthouse]
  10. Barrington Levy — Murderer [Jah Life]
  11. Culture — Two Sevens Clash [Joe Gibbs]
  12. Bojangles — Prophesy Reveal [Error T]
  13. Max Romeo — War Inna Babylon [Upsetter]
  14. The Wailers — Keep On Moving [Upsetter]
  15. Bob Marley — Rainbow Country [Disco]
  16. The Royals — Pick Up The Pieces [Studio 1]
  17. Nicolette — Beautiful Day [Talkin Loud]
  18. Trinity — Starsky And Hutch [Belmon]
  19. Randy's Allstars — Batman [Impact!]
  20. Randy's Allstars — Mission Impossible [Impact!]
  21. The Skatalites — Guns Of Navarone [Island]
  22. Ballistic Brothers — Peckings [Junior Boys Own]
  23. Ras Michael / The Sons Of Begus — On Broadway [Groundation]
  24. Winston Francis — Mr. Fix It [Studio 1]
  25. U-Roy — Jah Jah Call You [Ras]
  26. Tappa Zukie — Pick Up The Rockers
  27. I-Roy — Sister Maggie Breast [V2]
  28. Frankie Paul — Pass The TU-Sheng Peng [Greensleeves]
  29. Burning Spear — Jah No Dead [Mango]

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