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Greg Wilson — Essential Mix

17 January 2009 · Tech House / Electronic

Greg Wilson recorded this Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, first broadcast on 17 January 2009 — their only appearance in the Waveform archive. It lands in the mid-2000s, as electro and minimal reshaped dancefloors, and the set sits in Tech House and Electronic territory.

The mix runs through 43 documented tracks, opening with The Originals — “Down To Love Town (Dimitri From Paris Edit)” and closing on 808 State — “Pacific State (GW Edit)”. Along the way it draws on labels like Motown, Sussex and Atlantic.

Tracklist

  1. The Originals — Down To Love Town (Dimitri From Paris Edit) [Motown]
  2. Soul Searchers — Blow Your Whistle [Sussex]
  3. Goody Goody — It Looks Like Love [Atlantic]
  4. Shirley Lites — Heat You Up (Melt Down Mix) [West End]
  5. Metro Area — Dance Reaction [Environ]
  6. Talking Heads — Psycho Killer (GW Edit) [Disco Deviance]
  7. Sugardaddy — Love Honey (GW Version) [Tirk]
  8. Chic — I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit) [Supreme]
  9. Q — The Voice Of Q [Philly World]
  10. Nitro Deluxe — This Brutal House [Cutting]
  11. Atlantic Conveyor — We Are [Untracked]
  12. Firefly — Love (Is Gonna Be On Your Side) [Emergency]
  13. Kasso — Walkman [F1 Team]
  14. Rose Royce — Do Your Dance [Whitfield]
  15. Gunchback Boogie Band — Funn [Prelude]
  16. Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan — Ain't Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Mix) [Warner Brothers]
  17. Happy Mondays — WFL (Vince Clarke Mix) [Factory]
  18. Young Dog Alien — Gotta Keep Workin' It (GW Mash-Up) [Reactivate]
  19. Stevie Wonder — Superstition (Todd Terje Edit) [Motown]
  20. Loose Ends — Hangin' On A String (Frankie Knuckles Mix) [Ten]
  21. Aretha Franklin — Rock Steady (Danny Krivit Edit) [Rock]
  22. Gwen Guthrie — Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan Mix) [Garage]
  23. The Commodores — Machine Gun (Situation Edit) [Motown]
  24. B.T (Brenda Taylor) — You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too (GW Edit) [Tirk]
  25. West Phillips — (I'm Just A) Sucker For A Pretty Face [Quality]
  26. Edit The Edit — Two Sides Of Sympanthy (PTA Mash-Up / GW Edit) [Edit The Edit]
  27. Stone Roses — Fools Gold [Silvertone]
  28. Banbarra — Shack Up [United Artists]
  29. War — Me And Baby Brother [Island]
  30. Gino Soccio — Try It Out [Warner Brothers]
  31. Geraldine Hunt — Can't Fake The Feeling [Prism]
  32. Sharon Brown — I Specialize In Love [Profile]
  33. Visual — The Music Got Me [Prelude]
  34. Incredible Bongo Band — Apache [MGM]
  35. Tweet — Boogie 2nite (Fat Camp Mix) [Elektra]
  36. DC La Rue — Cathedrals (GW Edit) [Disco Deviance]
  37. Teenage DJ — I Was A Teenage DJ Pt 1 (GW Edit) [Reactivate]
  38. Sir Joe Quarterman — (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind (Barna Soundmachine Edit) [GSF]
  39. League Unlimited Orchestra — Things That Dreams Are Made Of
  40. TW Funkmasters — Love Money [Champagne]
  41. Last Rhythm — Last Rhythm [American]
  42. The Clash — Casbah Breakdown (Joey Negro Edit) [CBS]
  43. 808 State — Pacific State (GW Edit) [ZTT]

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