Ultra Stereo Field Mixes

Side 1 of a mixtape, compiled 23rd January 2002, and showcasing the remixing and production talents of Leftfield aka Neil Barnes and Paul Daley. 

 

I think the first thing I heard by Leftfield was their Vocalfield Mix of Open Up Your Head by If? in 1991 and I was hooked from there on, trying to get hold of anything I could. Due to a legal dispute with record label Rhythm King, Leftfield could not release their own music for several years, focusing instead on remixing and producing other artists: Stereo MCs, Sandals, Ultra Naté, React 2 Rhythm, Adamski, Inner City... all classics. Open Up, 1993's collaboration with John  Lydon, was a game changer and when debut album Leftism appeared in 1995, it more than lived up to the weight of expectation. 

 

Side One (46:19)

1) I Am Free (Leftfield Escape From Da Da Mix): Morgan King (1994)

2) Space Shanty (Tribal Mix): Leftfield (1995)

3) Body Medusa (The Leftfield Remix): Supereal (1991)

4) Afro-Left (Album Version): Leftfield ft. Djum Djum (1995)

5) Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Mix): Leftfield (1991)

6) Open Up (Full Vocal Mix): Leftfield / Lydon (1993) 

 

Space Shanty (Tribal Mix) originally appeared on the excellent 1997 compilation Foundations: Coming Up From The Streets but suffered from a mastering fault/skip a couple of minutes in. I was able to find a version online without the skip but which cuts out abruptly at the end. The version included here is a (hopefully) sympathetic edit of the two recordings.

Tracks 3 & 5 are edits from the 1996 compilation [Progressive House Classics]. Whilst I now have the full length versions of both, I've kept with the edits to maintain the original mixtape running time.

This is Open Up's third appearance on this blog, albeit in different versions which you can find here and here.

 

Side One (46:19)

 

 

Too Much Trouble And Not Enough Time!

Side 2 of a 1997 mixtape, rescued from the loft. Going South was the hit that should have been for The Wolfgang Press. The Sabres Of Paradise and The Grid had their biggest UK chart successes, with Wilmot crashing in at #36 and Swamp Thing achieving the dizzy heights of #3. Apollo 440 and Björk both made the Top 10, whilst the single version of Open Up by Leftfield / Lydon reached #13 in 1993. Together with Side 1, possibly the closest I got to a "Now That's What I Call Dance Music" hits compilation.

 

1) Wilmot (Full Length Version By The Sabres Of Paradise & Mr. Scruff): The Sabres Of Paradise ft. Wonder (1994) 

2) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub (Joey The Butcher Remix): Apollo 440 (1997)

3) Hyperballad (Subtle Abuse Mix By Outcast aka Beaumont Hannant & Richard Brown): Björk (1996)

4) Open Up (Album Version): Leftfield / Lydon (1995)

5) Swamp Thing (Deep Piece Mix By Stuart Crichton & Michael Kilkie): The Grid (1994)

6) Going South (@440 Mix By Apollo 440): The Wolfgang Press (1994)

 

Side Two (46:02)
 

A Mix In Two Halves

Andrew Weatherall is much missed but never forgotten and a constant in my playlists. This is not intended as a 'best of', simply 10 songs that currently happen to be on my iPod playlist, either created, produced or remixed by Lord Sabre, compiled to make an album of sorts.

 

This one's for Swiss Adam, over at Bagging Area - happy birthday!

 

Side One (21:03)

1) Theme (Album Version): The Sabres Of Paradise (1994)

2) Running On Empty (Andrew Weatherall Vox Mix): Honkeyfinger (2009)

3) Open Up (I Hate Pink Floyd Mix By The Sabres Of Paradise): Leftfield / Lydon (1993)

4) Tiny Reminder No. 3 (Album Version): Two Lone Swordsmen (2000)

5) Swords (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix) (Full Length): Leftfield ft. Nicole Willis (2000) 

Side Two (22:10) 

1) Bubble And Slide (Album Version): The Sabres Of Paradise (1994)

2) Sex Beat (Remix): Two Lone Swordsmen (2004)

3) Anywhere (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix Vocal): Beth Orton (2002) 

4) Gods And Monsters (Two Lone Swordsmen Vocal Remix): I Am Kloot (2005)

5) Come Together (Remix By Andrew Weatherall) (7" Version): Primal Scream (1990)

 

Side One (21:03) (KF) (Mega)

Side Two (22:10) (KF) (Mega)