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DJ Harvey — Essential Mix

31 May 1998 · House

DJ Harvey recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 31 May 1998 — the 1st 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 25 documented tracks, opening with D-Train — “Keep On” and closing on Santana — “Free As The Morning Sun”. Along the way it draws on labels like Prelude, Atlantic and Virtigo.

Tracklist

  1. D-Train — Keep On [Prelude]
  2. Billy Cobham — Storm [Atlantic]
  3. Vangelis — Let It Happen [Virtigo]
  4. The Last Poets — Mean Machine [Douglas - 7]
  5. Instant Funk — Got My Mind Made Up [Salsoul]
  6. Herb Alpert — Red Hot [A & M]
  7. The Pudmen — Pud Music [Cookhouse]
  8. Wamdue Project — King Of My Castle [Eruption]
  9. Pleasure — Joyus [Pleasure]
  10. Those Norwgians — Can You Dig It
  11. Vampire Sound Inc — Lions & The Cucumber [Warners]
  12. Azymuth — Dear Limertz [Milestone]
  13. Don Blackman — Hearts Desire [Arista]
  14. Artist Unknown — Love & Happiness
  15. ChéyAnne — I've Waited Too Long (For Your Love) [Syncopate]
  16. Beat Box — Art Of Noise [ZTT]
  17. Harvey & UFO — Pioaresque Eye [Browns Wood]
  18. Brooklyn Dreams — Street Man [Millenium]
  19. Stevie Wonder — Lovelight In Light [Motown]
  20. Micheal Wilson — Groove Your Body [Prelude]
  21. TOT — George Porgy [Columbia]
  22. Eddie Russ — Zabis [Impact]
  23. Steely Dan — Do It Again [MCA]
  24. The Trolley Dollies — Space Cake [Sunday Best]
  25. Santana — Free As The Morning Sun [CBS]

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