Mix from 2013, pulling together some of the more famous and a few obscure world music beauties...

ONE LOVE
1. MARIO BAUZA & HIS AFRO-CUBAN ORCHESTRA Tanga
2. RMM ALL-STARS Come Together
3. FANFARE CIOCARLIA 007 (James Bond theme) 
4. THE KRONOS QUARTET Smoke Rises Across The Water
5. SHU-DE durgen Chugaa (Tongue Twisters) 
6. JORGE BEN Porta de Lanca Africano
7. MICKEY HART/DRUM PLANET Bones
8. THE CHIEFTAINS The Timpán Reel
9. ROMANO, SCLAVIS & TIXIER les Petitis Lits Blancs
10. DOUGON NDIAYE ROSE Khine Sine
11. KING SUNNY ADE Ja Funmi
12. EBENEEZER OBEY Eyi Yato Elere ni Wa Joromi
13. ZUCO 103 + LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY Love Is Queen Omega
14. FELA KUTI Teacher, Don't Teach Me Nonsense
15. ARTHUR LYMANN Aloha No Honolulu

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MIXTAPE come together WORLD MUSIC #1

In 1979, the BBC gave the airwaves over to BOWIE so he could play two hours of his FAVOURITE music. Here's the second hour of that show...

BBC Radio 6 Music - David Bowie Star Special, Episode 2

The first hour of Bowie's 2hr stint as a radio DJ on the BBC in 1979... 

BBC Radio 6 Music - David Bowie Star Special, Episode 1

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 8pm, Saturday 30th of January 2016, this is DAVID BOWIE in his own words, and features interviews hitherto unbroadcast... 

David Bowie Verbatim [BBC R4 30JAN16]

The third of our three FAB FOUR mixes pulls together the album that might have been - tracks from John, Paul, George & Ringo's solo albums, all mixed up.
Just like John, Paul, George & Ringo once The Beatles ended...

MIXTAPE beatles BLACK ALBUM

Those big British MOR hits it wasn't cool to like at the time, but, bejasus, they were catchy... 

MIXTAPE Silk Shirt & Sideburns 05NOV12

MIXTAPE Luna Tunes #3 GOD ONLY KNOWS

The third of our three CHRISTMAS MIXES is a sweetly eclectic affair, mixing old favourites, such as Louis Armstrong, Jim Reeves and Lightnin' Hopkins with new elves on the block, like Sleeping At Last, Bobba Pop and, eh, Nick Lowe....

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MIXTAPE snow tunes #3 DEC2014

The second of our three 80min Christmas mixes is actually three smaller mixes stuck together.
The first hovers around gospel whilst including the likes of Tom Waits' Way Down In The Hole and Rod Stewart's rather killer early 1970s version of Amazing Grace.
The second is, well, even more gospelly, kicking off with The Blind Boys Of Alabama's version of People Get Ready and The Fairfield Four's take on Dylan's faith-twisting era Are You Ready?...
The third section goes pop, with the likes of Slade, Wizard and all the other party favourites.
To be taken at least twice a day leading up to Santa's arrival!

MIXTAPE snow tunes #2

The very first of our 80min Christmas mixes, this one's got all the expected festive delights - Lennon, Pogues, James Brown, Peggy Lee - mixed in with a few spirituals from the likes of Nick Cave, Johnny Cash and The Fab Four.
It's feckin' sweet, and should melt the heart of even the toughest agnostic...

MIXTAPE snow tunes #1 XMAS MIX

Put together anonymously by a clearly devoted Fab Four fan, The Beatles Anthology Revisited is an 18-part, 28-hour podcast telling the band's story entirely in their own words, those who were there, and various TV and radio newsreels of the time. There are also Beatles tunes, of course, most released, some buried treasures.
It's both exhilarating and exhausting, but, if you take a break every four or five hours, your life will finally have meaning. 
Bottom line, it's everything you ever wanted to know about The Beatles, and a little bit more...

Episode01

Beatles Anthology Revisited #1

The second of the 18-part BEATLES ANTHOLOGY REVISITED, a devoted Fab Four fan's exhaustive and exhilarating aural history of the greatest band in the world, told entirely through their words and music... 
This time out, the Hamburg years begin to pay off in The Cavern Club.

Episode02

Beatles Anthology Revisited #2

The third installment of the 18-part BEATLES ANTHOLOGY REVISITED, one anonymous fan's stunning 28-hour aural history of the greatest band in the world, told through their own words and music. 
Holy. Feckin'. Shit. It's great.

Episode03

Beatles Anthology Revisited #3

The fourth installment of the magnificent BEATLES ANTHOLOGY REVISITED - pay attention. There will be questions afterwards.

Episode04

Beatles Antology Revisited 4

The plot thickens, and the grooves get wilder, as the Fab Four begin to really hit their stride.
All human life is here. Soundtracked.

Episode05

Beatles Anthology Revisited 5

Continuing one fan's incredible hsitory of the world's greatest band, as told entirely in their own words and interviews, broadcasts and recordings... 
It's really all you need.

Episode06

Beatles Anthology Revisited 6

The Beatles get deep into their stride, as fame merely spurs them on to ever-greater confidence when it comes to songwriting...
Fuck me, how great are these guys?

Episode07

Beatles Anthology Revisited #7

Outing #8 for this stunning 28-hour audio history of The Greatest Band In The Feckin' World. In this one, the boys are getting married, and their success hits full Beatlemania...

Episode08

Beatles Anthology Revisited #8

And the saga of The Greatest Band In The World continues, as Imelda Marcos convincing them that touring is a cunt, and the double A-side of Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields points to exciting times ahead for the  Fab Four...

Episode09

Beatles Anthology Revisited #9

Wherein The Beatles turn it up to 11, with Sgt Pepper, baby!

Episode10

Beatles Anthology Revisited #10

The aftermath of Sgt Pepper sees the band buckle a little under their own reputation, but, hey, the music still hits those highs...

Episode11

Beatles Anthology Revisited #11

The Beatles go deeper into the rabbit hole, reeling from Pepper, and Epstein's death, and finding new sensations by bending the rules of a pop song ever further and further...
Which sounds pretentious, of course, but I'm in a hurry, and can't remember exactly what's on this episode. So, you know, suck it up.

Episode12

Beatles Anthology Revisited #12

We're going deeper through the looking glass onion, as The Beatles have a little fun with their own legend, the expectations, and all the existential angst and pressure that comes with that...

Episode13

Beatles Anthology Revisited 13

Wherein The Beatles reckon it's a good idea to bring the cameras into the studio, to see how they work. And the lights, camera, action merely cripple any spontaneity, and bring growing rivalries to the core.
When Mother Malcolm comes to me...

Episode14

Beatles Anthology Revisited 14

Wherein John goes deeper and deeper into the mothering arms of Yoko, taking on the world whilst leaving his three former bandmates in the difficult position of dealing with the bedlam for peace approach of their lovestruck buddy...

Episode15

Beatles Anthology Revisited #15

And Paul is definitely, categorically, and without a doubt, dead. Sure, look at all the clues, man...
The band bow out with the towering Abbey Road, but the end comes with more of a whimper than a bang as the fab four try and keep their cards to their chest...

Episode16

Beatles Anthology Revisited #16

"The Beatles have died again - and we'll see what comes out of it..." John

Episode17

Beatles Anthology Revisited #17

The final podcast, meticulously put together from interviews, outtakes, classics and beyond by an anonymous Fab Four fan.
Whoever you are, my son, Elvis bless you. Best 28 hours of my life, or thereabouts. Makes me want to go for yet another walk, just to dive deeper into the history and the mindset of the finest band that ever got together and had just the most incredible party...

Episode18

Beatles Anthology Revisited #18

Hey, Hey, it's the Greatest Band In The World! 
The first of three lovingly-compiled 80min mixes, each made with lots of TLC and just a tint of LSD.

MIXTAPE beatles COME TOGETHER

The second of our three FAB FOUR mixes. Pay attention. There will be questions in the after-life.

MIXTAPE beatles mix #2 GET BACK

A collection of sun-kissed favourites, to help that good weather just turn itself up to 11...

MIXTAPE sun is shining SUMMER MIX

Yep, it was the decade where everyone played dress-up, and mashed-up everything that had gone before, for what felt like ten years of partying. It certainly felt that way in the charts, as proven here...

MIXTAPE back to the eighties PARTY

Part of the Stepping Stones: Battle of The Bands 2018 competition, the mighty threesome Blush unleash their rather fine I'm Still Loving You upon some unsuspecting judges. Nice.

Blush I'm Still Loving You Stepping Stones 2018

We should list all the tracks right about here, but, hey, if you don't know 'em by ear, you don't know Robert Ignatius Horatio Mary Zimmerman...

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