Test Pressing (Unreleased) Prince Special

Some people love him some, people just don’t get it, but personally I think Prince is a genius. From proto-disco, influenced by the like of Laidback’s ‘White Horse’, to ‘Erotic City’ and the balearic beat of ‘Alphabet Street’, he’s had an influence on the dancefloor for many years. To go along with this article from Nick Kent in The Face from September 1988, I have uploaded the One Day Later Prince-productions-only mix from 2007 and couple of unreleased tracks, ‘Do Yourself A Favour’ and ‘Purple Music’, which show how good the music that remains unreleased is. Damn.

Prince: Do Yourself A Favour (Unreleased)
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Prince: Purple Music (Unreleased)
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One Day Later Radio Prince Mix
Prince – Wet Dream Cousin (Unreleased)
Prince – Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (Demo Version)
Prince – Do Yourself A Favour (Unreleased)
Prince – I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Prince – Purple Music (Unreleased)
Prince – The Line (Unreleased)
Prince – I Would Die 4 U
Prince – Desire (Unreleased)
Prince – Strange Way Of Saying I Love U (Unreleased)
Prince – Do It All Night
Prince – Fury
Sheila E – The Glamorous Life
Prince – Around The World In A Day
Prince – Uptown
Prince – When Doves Cry
Prince – Climax (Unreleased)
Prince – Erotic City
Prince – Irresistable Bitch
Prince – Irresistable Bitch (Demo Version)
Prince – I Feel For You
Chaka Khan – I Feel For You
Prince – Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
Prince – Extra Lovable (Unreleased)
Prince – Controversy
Prince – Lady Cab Driver
Prince – Little Red Corvette
Prince – Raspberry Beret
Prince – Take Me With U
Prince – 1999
Prince – Possessed (Unreleased)
Apollonia 6 – Sex Shooter
Prince – Sex Shooter (Demo Version)
Prince – Feel U Up (Demo Version)
Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince – Housequake
Vanity 6 – Nasty Girl
Prince – Head
Prince – Soft and Wet
Prince – Jerk Out (Demo Version)
Prince – G-Spot (Unreleased)
Sheila E – A Love Bizarre
Prince – Kiss
Prince – Kiss (Acoustic Demo)
Prince – Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me (Unreleased)
Prince – Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
Prince – Crazy You
Prince – The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
Prince – Baby Go-Go (Unreleased)
Prince – Sign O’ The Times
Prince – Let’s Go Crazy
Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince – I Miss You (Unreleased)
Prince – Purple Rain

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Mix: Apiento – Joux Joux Le Mix

Here’s a mix I did for my good friends at Joux Joux Le Shoe who have just launched a new ladies shoe company based around the motto of ‘shoes for girls that don’t go home’. The mix is for the morning after the night before and goes from the obvious to the unknown and includes a lovely unreleased track from Phil Mison under his Cantoma guise. Anyway, if you need a present for your good wife have a look at their site as it’s all about to go for Joux Joux.

When Saints Go Machine: Pick Up Your Tears And Run
The King Kong Cast: Kwela Kong
Happy End: Kaze Wo Atsumete
Rainstick Orchestra: Waltz For A Little Bird
Stereolab: Les Aimies Des Memes
ESG: New Day
Crosby, Stills & Nash: In My Dreams
Midlake: Bandits
Kenny Rankin: People Get Ready
Rachel Sweet: It’s So Different Here (Lexx Edit)
TV On The Radio: Ambulance
Robin Guthrie: Sparkle
Rainstick Orchestra: Electric Counterpoint Fast
Moondog: Chaconne In G Major
Cantoma: Untitled
Robin Guthrie: Mission Dolores

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Streatham Island Discs No.11: David Sylvian – Veil (Tim H & Apiento Dub Version)

I’m never quite sure about David Sylvian. Some of his music is sublime, but he has a tendency to take himself a bit too seriously, and sometimes his music gets a bit too over-thought and safe as a result. His first couple of solo LP’s are terrific though. ‘Taking The Veil’ is from the second. Apiento and I reworked it, stripping out most of the vocals and emphasising the rhythm section. I think it turned out pretty well.

David Sylvian – Veil (TIm H & Apiento Dub Version)
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Album: Robin Guthrie – Continental

Just picked this album up from Rough Trade on the weekend. I loved Robin Guthrie’s ‘Continental’ album, and ‘Carousel’ is very much in the same mode. Atmospheric, dreamlike and basically a Cocteau’s album with no Liz Frasier. Quality stuff.

Robin Guthrie: Sparkle
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‘Carousel’ is out now on Rocket Girl records.
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Mix: Jan Hammered – Mystery Man

I am happy to welcome Jan Hammered to Test Pressing as his Dragonfly mix has been a favourite for some time now. Jan is one of the most exciting new DJs on the scene with his recent Airport Airport mix going down as something of an underground classic. This mix dates from September 2004 and was inspired by all the sounds inspiring Jan at the time – from cosmic tapes, to the schooling of Balearic Mike and Moonboots. A new mix will follow soon.

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Just Because: 001

Long live Flowered Up. Read Robin from Heavenly’s spot-on Guardian piece here on the passing of Liam Maher, singer with the band. For all our European cousins, Weekender is perhaps the best film on acid house bar director Wiz’s Boy’s Own ‘E’ film. Watch Part One here and Part Two here. Top boys.

Image pinched from a thread on DJ History. Ta Mikuni.
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YouTube: Look De Ibiza

This is a Ku promotional video from 1985 that is one of the finest films of Ibiza you will ever see. Unfortunately whoever uploaded the video has put a, perhaps inappropriate shall we say, soundtrack to the film. My advice would be to click on one of the Phil Mison within Test Pressing mixes and watch away.

Here’s Part 2 with the correct music. I’ll try and upload the correct first half at some point. Check the soundtrack though from Double to the sound of new beat and The Art Of Noise. Perfect.

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Streatham Island Discs No.10: Ned Doheny – To Prove My Love (Full Vocal)

Ned’s an interesting character, from a wealthy family, part of the David Geffen set in the early 70s. That’s him on the far right in the photo, next to Geffen and Joni Mitchell and (I think) Mama Cass. He then went on to make the classic Yacht Rock LP ‘Hardy Candy’ in 1976.

In 1979 he released ‘Prone’, and ‘To Prove My Love’ from that LP went on to become a soul weekender classic. It was all over pirate radio in the early 80s.

But for reasons lost in the mists of time, the version everyone knows only has vocals on the choruses – the lead vocal line is missing.This is the version with the full vocal, only released in Japan. Good song, great voice.

Ned Doheny – To Prove My Love
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[Tim Hayter]

Mix: Phil Mison – Cafe Del Mar (13:07:94)

Phil Mison: Live At The Cafe Del Mar (Part One)
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Phil Mison: Live At The Cafe Del Mar (Part Two)
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Mix: Toby Tobias – Bits ‘N’ Bobs

Test Pressing is happy to welcome Toby Tobias to the mix table. Toby is just completing his second album for Rekids, as well as another Cabin Fever release. He’s also releasing a double A side on Under the Shade, and has been working with Yam Who on some new projects. Also, look out for his remixes of Kenneth Bager, Mario Basanov and Vidis which are about to drop any day.

Latenightaudio have been preparing their second release, by Toby himself, with a remix by the Motorcity Drum Ensemble.

This mix was recorded on two decks and a CDJ with extra fx added afterwards. It incorporates a tribal sound, from disco flavours to dub, house and dubstep. Nice.

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Podcast: Wandering Feet – Footwork

What has Steve Beckett talking about Aphex’s lucid dreaming got in common with a tune from Darkstar called ‘Aidy’s Girl Is A Computer’? Apart from sharing an interest in the sideways approach to life, they’re both on the new episode of my Wandering Feet podcast. There’s also an interview snippet with Egyptian Lover about old-school electro parties and new tunes from Parallel Dance Ensemble (aka Robin from Owusu and Hannibal and friends), hotly-tipped UK MC Bubbz, Hotflush Records top boy Untold and dreamy low-end dude Lukid. And a D-Bridge remix of UK funky girl, Meleka. Subscribe on iTunes if you’re enjoying.

Wandering Feet: October Podcast
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‘Sup Magazine: Carl Craig Interview

Carl Craig talks Dilla’s ‘Big Booty Express’, Steve Reich, Detroit (of course) and why Leonard Cohen’s band need to loosen up. Interview from ‘Sup Magazine by Kelly “K-Fresh” Frazier and photography by Dennis Duijnhouwer.




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Mix: Lexx – Lovers Lane

Another lovely mix from Lexx. Perfect for Sunday mornings.

Tracklisting
Gordon Lightfoot: Oh, Linda
Booker T: Tennessee Voodoo
The Doors: Indian Summer
Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Lee Shore
Pousette-Dart Band: Woman In My Dreams
Mark & Almond: The City
Bo Hansson: The Sun (Parallel Or 90)
Ned Doheny: I’ve Got Your Number
Al Di Meola: Love Theme From “Pictures Of The Sea”
Jonathan Jeremiah: Happiness (Quiet Village Remix)
Lucio Battisti: To Feel In Love
Matthew Larkin Cassell: In My Life
George Duke: Feel (Slight Edit)
Dennis Wilson: You & I
Boz Scaggs Band: Here To Stay
Kenny Rankin: Peaceful
Ned Doheny: A Love Of Your Own

Lexx: Lovers Lane
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The Face: Northern Soul – A Primer For The New Soul Rebels

Taken from The Face, September 1982, here’s a depth piece on Northern Soul featuring articles and a great chart from Network’s Neil Rushton with additional input and pieces from Robert Elms, Steve Strange, Blue Rondo’s Tony Gordon and Soft Cell’s Dave Ball.









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Mix: DJ Pippi – Pacha 1988

More balearic beats from Ibiza in 1988. This time DJ Pippi playing the likes of ‘Pink Cadillac’ and ‘The Race’.

DJ Pippi: Pacha 1988
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Thanks to Phil Mison.
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Under The Radar No.7: Yennek – Dancing Tides

Lovely uptempo Detroit track with a mellow edge from Kenny Larkin under his Yennek guise. When asked about the Yennek moniker Larkin replied, “”I don’t have any deeper meanings for this. You do without thinking; I just put the Kenney letters backwards.” (That actually doesn’t make sense as it would mean he can’s spell his own name but there we go… – Ed).

Yennek: Dancing Tides
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1935 Ibizan Tourist Brochure

As the description says, this is a 1935 tourist brochure for the White Island, described as, ‘an island paradise of quiet and peace, with a climate of eternal summer’. Hardcore balearic.







Another one from the Phil Mison archive.
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Saint Etienne Revival Heading Your Way Soon

Wasn’t expecting to like this so much but Richard X has turned out a lovely mix of the Saint Etienne classic ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’. Featuring italo synths and a lovely low slung disco feel it really works. Big nod to Heavenly for getting it so right. More to follow apparently…

Saint Etienne: Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Richard X Version)

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