Marley Marl's West End Records Mixtape Sessions

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A 2CD set of Marley Marl mixing West End classics. [write-up here]

Anybody have a tracklist for this? Full release Thursday, Nov. 3, apparently.

This must be one of the most suspect sentences I've ever read in a promotional write-up:

"Most important, though, were his skills as a beat maker; Marl was among the first to mine James Brown records for grooves and also learned how to craft his own drum loops through sampling, which decreased hip-hop's reliance on special drum machines and gave his '80s productions a fresh, modern flavor."

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)

Oh, take it back -- the CD's supposed to be out today.

He's DJing an in-store at Virgin next Thursday at 6pm.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

Tracklist :

1. "Heartbeat (1981) - Taana Gardner"
2. "A Heartbeat Rap (1981) - Sweet G"
3. "No Sense (1984) - D'bora"
4. "Fresh Avenue (1984)" Diamond D
5. "Get Into The Mix (1983) - DJ Divine"
6. "Sessomatto (1976) - Sesso Matto"
7. "B-Beat Classic (1983) - B+"
8. "Do It To The Music (1982) - Raw Silk"
9. "Don't Make Me Wait (1982) - NYC Peach Boys"
10. "Ride on the Rhythm (1982) - Mahogany"
11. "Heat You Up (1983) - Shirley Lites"
12. "Is It All Over My Face (1980) - Loose Joints"
13. "Work That Body (1979) - Taana Gardner"
14. "Give Your Body Up to the Music (1979) - Billy Nichols"
15. "When You Touch Me (1979) - Taana Gardner"
16. "Do Like This" Marley Marl (feat. MC Shan)

I'm guessing, as it's 2 cd's, 1 will be mixed and 1 will will unmixed.

― Ellis, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

I wonder who they pick to do this next. I remember Salsoul had that Grandmaster Flash mix (in 2000 or so?) and there've been a few decent ones since then.

― Confounded (Confounded), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

A very predictable tracklist.

― Jacob (Jacob), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 03:01 (twenty years ago)

A very predictable tracklist.
-- Jacob (jwrigh...), October 26th, 2005.

Indeed - all of the famous west end and salsoul tracks have been compiled so many times in the last five years that its starting to get a bit frustrating

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

please splain to me what west end and salsoul is.

thanks

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

― Confounded (Confounded), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

DJ'ing an in-store at which virgin? what town? I would guess nyc just 'cause it's westend and marley marl, but I can't find any info on the internet.

― Dan Gr (certain), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

New York.

Thurs, 11/3, 6pm
Live at Virgin Megastore
52 E. 14th St., NYC

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 27 October 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

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