Wednesday 30 November 2011

Mr Scruff live DJ mix from Band On The Wall, Manchester, Saturday November 5th



In the good old days, DJs would play the whole night. They'd walk in before the first patron, turn on the decks, start slowly, build a groove, take the crowd through some peaks and troughs, work a room. Control the feel of it. Get to know who was on the dancefloor, who were the club regulars. A 6 hour set was a regular Saturday night residency. Why would you want to play for any less?

Seems like these days, superstar DJs are booked to play an hour. They smash out 4 or 5 tracks (usually their own) and leave. Not a lot of time to try out a new mix, or an old rare track, or a 17 minute mash-up. Just play 4 songs that sound the same and wear a stupid helmet. Have you ever seen a show by Deadmau5? It's a disgrace.

And then there's Mr. Scruff. And his 6 hour set. Of Jazz. And other stuff. In Manchester. For 11 quid.

Tracklisting:-

00.00 WEBSTER LEWIS ‘DO YOU BELIEVE?’
00.21 FLORIS ‘ONE MORE DAY’
00.24 MICHAEL KIWANUKA ‘I NEED YOU BY MY SIDE’
00.27 BLACKBEARD ‘MINT AH MUSIC’
00.31 LONNIE SMITH ‘SIDEMAN’
00.35 THE JBS ‘BLESSED BLACKNESS’
00.38 NOMO ‘CRESCENT’
00.44 MARVIN GAYE ‘TROUBLE MAN’
00.49 RAMP ‘DAYLIGHT’
00.52 SLY & ROBBIE ‘COMPUTER MALFUNCTION’
00.56 SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA ‘MOJUBA’
1.01 EPMD ‘PLEASE LISTEN TO MY DEMO’
1.04 FAZE-O ‘RIDIN HIGH’
1.08 BEN SIDRAN ‘NOW I LIVE (AND NOW MY LIFE IS DONE)
1.17 JIM INGRAM ‘HOME BREW’
1.24 THE HEADHUNTERS ‘IF YOU’VE GOT IT YOU’LL GET IT’
1.29 LEPRECHAUN ‘PARTY FREAKS’
1.33 REP ‘LOOK UP (SEE WHAT’S GOING DOWN’
1.38 BLACKBELT ANDERSEN ‘LORDAG’
1.44 THEO PARRISH ‘ELECTRIC ALLEYCAT’
1.53 ELEVATION ‘HONOR, COURAGE & KARMA/INFINITY OF RHYTHM’
1.58 DJ CLASS ‘CLASS IS IN SESSION’
2.01 23 SKIDOO ‘COUP’
2.04 BILL WITHERS ‘YOU GOT THE STUFF’
2.09 JAMIE L ‘SOMETHING BETTER’
2.14 DR JECKYLL & MR HYDE ‘FAST LIFE (INSTRUMENTAL)’
2.18 ESTHER WILLIAMS ‘LAST NIGHT CHANGED IT ALL’
2.22 NEEDA ‘COME ON AND ROCK’
2.27 AL HUDSON & THE PARTNERS ‘YOU CAN DO IT’
2.32 MORNING FACTORY ‘SULTANS OF SWING (COTTAM MIX)’
2.39 GREGORY PORTER ‘1960 WHAT’
2.51 FLOATING POINTS ‘MYRTLE AVENUE’
3.00 MR. SCRUFF ‘FEEL IT!’
3.06 THEO PARRISH ‘JB’S EDIT’
3.09 MR. SCRUFF ‘WHERE AM I?’
3.16 TIM GREEN ‘CHERRY’
3.21 CHECK THE GUNS ‘FUNK FOR THE FOLKS RE-EDIT’
3.27 ONYX ‘AHH AND WE DO IT LIKE THIS’
3.31 DJ DAY ‘CHANGE YOUR MIND’
3.34 EBO TAYLOR & UHURU-YENZU ‘WHAT IS LIFE’
3.38 STL ‘MINDBENDER’
3.43 THE DUB TEACHER ‘GLORY DUB’
3.45 KAI ALCE ‘DIRTY SOUTH DIRT’
3.48 OMAR S ‘GUNUP RUNUP’
3.52 MR. SCRUFF ‘WOBBLE CONTROL’
3.57 FRUIT ‘IF YOU FEEL IT SAY YEAH’
4.00 PANACHE ‘SWEET MUSIC’
4.05 AFRONAUGHT ‘TRANSCEND ME’
4.13 THE EXPLOSIONS ‘SHUFFLE BUMP’
4.16 ESG ‘BAM BAM JAM’
4.20 BIG 200 ‘APPROACH & PASS’
4.29 MR. SCRUFF ‘BE THE MUSIC’
4.37 RONI SIZE ’26 BASS’
4.40 MR SCRUFF ‘CHIPMUNK’
4.46 MR SCRUFF ‘HONEYDEW’
4.53 FREDDIE MCGREGOR & TOYAN ‘ROOTS MAN SKANKING’
4.54 MAX ROMEO ‘BIRTH OF REGGAE MUSIC’
4.56 MACKA B ‘OUR MUSIC’
4.58 GLEN BROWN ‘WICKED CAN’T RUN AWAY DUB’
5.01 MUNGO’S HI-FI ‘ING’
5.06 CALIBRE ‘STEPTOE’
5.08 ANTI POP CONSORTIUM ‘DEAD IN MOTION’
5.10 RED ASTAIRE ‘FOLLOW ME’
5.14 EDDIE KENDRICKS ‘GIRL YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND’
5.21 TYRONE DAVIS ‘CAN I CHANGE MY MIND’
5.23 THE WHATNAUTS ‘HELP IS ON THE WAY’
5.27 WOMACK & WOMACK ‘BABY I’M SCARED OF YOU’
5.32 MELBA MOORE ‘AIN’T NO LOVE LOST’
5.25 DONNY HATHAWAY ‘THE GHETTO’
5.40 TED TAYLOR ‘GHETTO DISCO’
5.42 COLT 45 ‘IN THE BOTTLE’
5.45 SPLIT DECISION BAND ‘WATCHIN’ OUT’
5.48 STEVIE WONDER ‘ALL I DO’
5.53 PLUMSTEAD RADICAL CLUB ‘ONE WAY’


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