Yup the classic Proclaimers vs 2 Bad Mice has a rather good video made by minnn07 – shame they don’t credit Soundhog for it for tis one of his classics – always gets the party started that one!

EDIT: ooh just seen Soundhog has uploaded this video for Freelance Hairdresser‘s ‘Knees Up Look Sharp’ – a Bastard classic. And a bootleg bastard pop, NOT a mashup ok? Oh and hurry up and download – sH’s site is going to go down on May 2nd…

You might like these previous posts:

• Radio Clash PodCamp set and video – September 7, 2007
• Radio Clash 79: Boot to the Old Skool (2001-2003) Part 1 – June 28, 2006
• Fleetwood Mix – Fleetwood Mac mashup LP – October 19, 2009
• Reckoner Lockdown video – October 12, 2008
• Warning to proto-mashup historians – ignore Wikipedia – July 7, 2010

Calling All Shipping – MV Soundhog is broadcasting on all frequencies for possibly the last time with Radio Soundhog 7 (but then again Ben Hayes like his mate Frenchbloke always says ‘never again’ then pops up on the starboard bow when you least expect it).

It’s a wonderful and in some parts jaw-dropping hour-long mix, if you’ve tuned in before you’ll know what to expect, but if not you get funky 60′s grooves, modern electronica, 80′s tunes and rock all mixed like you’ve never heard before in one special transmission. Expecially amazing this time is the Renegades of Funk vs Human League section, and the Gang Of Four punk backed Mirror in the Bathroom going into manic drum and bass (has he been listening to DJ-C’s mix of ‘Mirror’?).

I hope he increases the frequency (hoho) of this sort of thing, if not long mixes like Radio Soundhog, then remixes or even *gasp* bootlegs or DJ gigs, basically he should stop moaning and get out there

And I love the Tempest quote it ends on, with Dr Who / Mr Wurzel Gummidge Jon Pertwee reading:

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d tow’rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.

And is that Stephen Fry at the end? LOL.

You might like these previous posts:

• Cruise Control: 2 years of DJing, laughs, silliness, no more – January 19, 2009
• 30 years of Hip Hop; 1 hour; 538 tunes – September 18, 2009
• Soundhog – 500 Bad Mice gets a video – April 17, 2010
• Saarbroken: My International Mash Bash set – 1 hour Audio and VJ set – May 29, 2009
• It Aint Girl Talk… – June 23, 2008

Back back back in the mists of time, when men were men, women were women, and Dsico still made bootlegs, there was a messageboard called GYBO. Still is in fact. Now the girls and boys in mid 2003 on said messageboard had an idea – what about getting together and doing a charity mashup album inspired by and for War Child and their recently released Hope album.

That compilation begat London Booted, which begat Parkspliced, which begat the whole mashup compilation phenomenon, I’m willing to bet. It included a few tracks that went on to have a life after the album – Loo & Placido’s groundbreaking ‘Safari Love’ was for the album, as was GHP’s ‘Let the music gimme shelter’, Fondue Meltdown doing their classic Daft Punk vs Beats International bootleg and indeed the aforementioned Dsico contributed an excellent Jennifer Lopez vs Ladytron bootleg ‘ghetto pr0n queen’ which I suspect was one of his last A vs B bootlegs before going all glitch, then ditching bootlegs altogether and declaring them dead. Repeatedly.

The rest of the list is veritably star studded with early-mashup names – Frenchbloke (with and without Son), Ultra396, Poj, Boomselection’s DJ Spec, DJ Crook Air, Cropstar, Miss Frenchie, Bitter Sound Foundation, and some you might not remember such as Steve JH Christ who is dead (yet was resurrected probably 3 days later as Steve SPR aka Steve Supercollider – for fun ask him to show you the video ), Seej, Hepcat and Counter Corporation, amongst others.

Here is said album via Mediafire (162Mb) for the first time in probably 6 years in it’s full 2 CD set with original artwork(s) or failing that (and only if it doesn’t work) then try the direct link here which should never change (warning: any hammering of my server or mass sharing of the direct link and I will take it down again!). The original download asked you to donate to Warchild, I leave that to your conscience!

Disc 1:

1. douglas does electronics – run mary feelgood
2. dj spec – peak a boot (specshul fx edit)
3. dj just in time – you ran over me
4. dsico – keep it real bitch
5. tld productions – try an ugly fiesta
6. tom tom – pink vs the who – there goes my generation
7. ultra396 – beastie blitz
8. fondue meltdown – around the bassline
9. frenchbloke & son – walkable balloon
10. miss frenchie – the lion sleeps
11. voodoo bong – manu chao vs. prodigy).
12. ghp – ultrathin
13. seej – together again

Disc 2:

1. idc – safe from us
2. frenchbloke – seeing pigs
3. bomfunk mc’s – freestyler [poj mix]
4. dj crook air – love will sing it back
5. ghp – let the music gimme shelter
6. bitter sound foundation – check the sensi
7. hepcat – baby got aerodynamic back
8. counter corporation – i hate you tupac
9. dsico – ghetto pr0n queen
10. ultra396 – i’m your love machine
11. cropstar – take my woojet
12. steve jh christ – smacked up dragula
13. loo & placido – safari love

You might like these previous posts:

• Know Your History part 3: Parkspliced Blur remix project – October 31, 2009
• Radio Clash 82: Boot 2 The Old Skool Pt. 2 (1996-2003) – July 28, 2006
• Know Your History part 2: London Booted – October 26, 2009
• Ground Shelter (Hope & Fear) – two topical mashups – November 7, 2008
• Warning to proto-mashup historians – ignore Wikipedia – July 7, 2010

Phil Retrospector’s much awaited ‘Introversion’ mashup album is now out – expect ambient film scores, spoken word, spookiness, 3am moments and quiet reflection in dark modern rooms.

A few of the tracks come from the excellent David Lynch compilation ‘Mashed In Plastic’ but recommended is Bluebird Blackout mashing Harry Dean Stanton with Muse, All Angels and Bob Dylan, Song to the Sigur mixing Sigur Ros with This Mortal Coil, Sleepwalking for Hours mixing Lauri Anderson, Morcheeba and Ligeti with Philip Glass and A Thousand Secrets where Leonard Cohen’s spoken word meets Muse again and Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares.

But really pretty much the whole album with only 1 or 2 slightly niggly exceptions is quality stuff.

You might like these previous posts:

• Always the last to know – A Thousand Secrets – August 2, 2009
• It Aint Girl Talk… – June 23, 2008
• Blogging can kill you – October 2, 2008
• Want to help change the arcane UK copyright law? – March 25, 2007
• Bhangra Bootay – August 3, 2009

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence (yes Banksy you can kiss my arse)

I mentioned on Twitter that I was planning a follow-up to these shows, and without even mentioning that the idea was around the theme of first, dorkland aka Walton (Viera?) in Second Life suggested I do a show on the first mashups that got people hooked on them. I did so on Twitter, Get Your Bootleg On forum and this blog and had an amazing response…so amazing that the show has had to be edited down and some of the responses dropped – but I still have 27 amazing tracks which are all classics and part of bootleg/mashup history (and a few were surprises even for me).

Still ended up over 2 hours though! Very much worth it, because it is a 2 hour 20 long mix of some of the most influential and classic bootlegs of all time.

As I said this is part 1 of a series, the next one as it always happens was playlisted first and already included a few mashups and cutups that were mentioned for this show, so those tracks and shouts will be in the next part.

Thanks to all who responded what their first mashup they heard (or wanted to hear) was!

But you know that we’ve changed so much since then, oh yeah (2 hours 20, 110Mb)

Tracklist:

• Girls On Top – Warm Bitch (first mashup for: me & Cartelmike)
• Freelance Hellraiser – A Stroke of Genius (dorkland, LV15, okiokinl)
• Soulwax – Smells Like Teen Booty (iainh, A&D)
• dj french bloke – destiny’s kennedys (eve massacre)
• Soulwax – Skeelo & Eye Of The Tiger (REMIX) (tigermendoza, RebornIdentity)
• Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse – 99 Problems (Eternalkhaos)
• DJ EZG – Rockerfaction (ACRoZ, Mighty Mike)
• ? – My Name Is Funk Soul Brother (Veering Axiom)
• Pussy 2000 – It’s Gonna Be Alright (dunproofin)
• Tinman – 18 Strings (Promo mix) (ACROZ)
• Freelance Hellraiser – I Just Can’t Get Enough Purple Pills (GaraGara)
• ? – Last Night Billie Jean Saved My Life (Bob Levingbird)
• Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On (X-Press White Label Club Mix) (Oscar TG)
• ECC – Rebel Without A Pause (Pete Juxtaposeur, FM24)
• Osymyso – Intro Inspection (corporation)
• DJ Gauffie – Oops! Slim Shady Did It Again (Norwegian Recycling, DJ Schmolli)
• Jay-Zena – 99 Luft Problems (9freak9)
• Grease Vs Dr Dre & Snoop Dog – You’re The One I Want In The Next Episode (lassoo the moon)
• Girls on Top – We Don’t Give a Damn About Our Friends (Tizwarz, jake9274)
• Soulwax – Dreadlock Child (Lee Spoons)
• Freelance Hellraiser – Step on Man (Ian Fondue)
• Go Home Productions – Jacko Under Pressure (Linus)
• Loo & Placido – Rigby Reggae (CMP)
• DJ Earworm – Stairway to Bootleg Heaven (BenY)
• 10000 Spoons – Whiskey in the Jarre (clivester)
• PartyBen – Boulevard of Broken Songs (psycho acoustic research, WFAH)
• Orbital – Halcyon (Live) (PortPower)

You might like these previous posts:

• Radio Clash 79: Boot to the Old Skool (2001-2003) Part 1 – June 28, 2006
• 72: The event – September 29, 2009
• So Cold The Freak by Fudge Tools (Communards vs LFO video mash) – January 19, 2010
• Where were you on 72? What Girl Talk SHOULD sound like. – June 15, 2009
• fudge tools in the place! – May 2, 2009

I missed these first time (uh, like 2 weeks? YEARS in blog land) but the first is by the excellent ThriftshopXL – I raved about the last Lily video he did with the Cure, and now Lilyest Hobo (please no dog jokes) which got the thumbs up from the label and b3ta and loads of other places. In fact it had pervaded my consciousness that something callled the Lilyest Hobo was out there, but never clicked on the link..If I’d seen TXL next to it I would have immediately because he’s always quality.

And the next is a surprise – me liking a Darkness mashup! I know, Lily now Darkness, what is Tim coming to? Anyway mixed with the wonderful Buraka Son Sistema by the french bootlegger Elocnep (one to watch, kids!) and from Foolklegs II – which if it’s anything as good as the first one is well worth downloading as I just have. I’ll let you know.

You might like these previous posts:

• Things I Never Posted But Didn’t Get Round To It – July 26, 2009
• These files are your files, aka Fuck You Very Much Lily – September 25, 2009
• Dan Bull’s Open Letter to Mandy, the Pirate Finder General – November 26, 2009
• The return of Thriftshop XL* – April 10, 2009
• Yr new tune of the summer – Just Be Good to Green – May 25, 2010

So Cold The Freak (LFO’s ‘Freak’ getting with Jimmy Sommerville’s ‘So Cold the Night’, in a most wonderfully perverted way) is one of my favourite bootlegs of ALL time, so go check it out. Love the Speccytastic menu, also.

You might like these previous posts:

• So Cold The Freak by Fudge Tools (Communards vs LFO video mash) – January 19, 2010
• RC 182: Do You Remember The First Time part one – August 25, 2009
• Bah Humbug mix reposted – December 7, 2006
• Radio Clash 79: Boot to the Old Skool (2001-2003) Part 1 – June 28, 2006
• Mash Ave in Boston – solcofn playing March 25th – March 14, 2005