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GRANDMIX 83 Am/Fm - Natascha King Just Be Good To Me - S.O.S. Band New York, Ny - Nina Hagen Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - Indeep When Boys Talk - Indeep All Night Long - Lionel Richie I Like Chopin - Gazebo Sucker DJ - Dimples D Rockit - Herbie Hancock Jam on Revenge - New Clues Get It On - Spence Too Shy - Kajagogoo The Crown -Gary Bird Get The Money - Valerie Oliver Let's Dance - David Bowie Take me to the top - Advance Good Time Superstition Medley - Clubhouse You Are In My System - Robert Palmer It's Alright - NV Hip Hop Bebop - Man Parrish Magic Wand -Whodini You Are Beautiful - Chic Hey You - Rock Steady Crew Play that Beat (Mr. DJ) - Globe & Whiz Kid Feel The Drive - Doctor's Cat How About It - MDMC Where Is My Man - Eartha Kitt Holiday - Madonna Something Special - Steve Harley Get Down Saturdaynight - Oliver Cheatham Billie Jean - Michael Jackson Valley Style - T. Sky Valley Let The Music Play - Shannon On The Upside - Xena In The Bottle - C.O.D. What I've Got Is What You Need - Unique Activate - Sharon Redd New Dimension - Imagination Making Music - Gary's Gang Thriller - Michael Jackson Hypnotic Tango - My Mine Takin' it Straight - Corey Josias Dolce Vita - Ryan Paris I.O.U. - Freeez I Love How You Feel - Sharon Redd Let No Man Put Asunder - First Choice I Love You - Yello (sample) Love Game - Pure Energy Walkin' on Sunshine - Rocker's Revenge (sample) Weekend - Class Action (sample) Last night A DJ saved my life - Indeep (sample) Get on out of my mix - Dolby's Cube (sample) In the bottle - C.O.D. (sample) Wanna Be Startin' Something - Michael Jackson Weekend - Class Action Happy Station - Fun Fun Happiness - Cuba Gooding In The Name Of Love - Sharon Redd Burn It up - Risque (rhythm loop) Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics Owner Of A lonely Heart - Yes Primitive Desire - Eastbound Express Way Blue Monday - New Order Get The Balance Right - Depeche Mode So Many Men - Miquel Brown Searchin' - Hazell Dean Party - Julius Brown My Forbidden Lover - Tapps Vamos a la Playa - Righeira Boys come to town - Earlene Bentley Living on Video - Trans-X Grandmix 83 Blast-off Equipment 2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges 1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels) 1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops 1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads. Speed: 38 cm/s 2track Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level Sennheiser vocoder for robot voices Reel to reel tape The complete mix didn't fit on one reel, and had to be transported in 2 sections. The last 5 minutes of tape 1 were identical to the first 5 minutes of tape 2, and whilst broadcasting I had to sync up the machines at the NOB (NOS at the time) to make a very fast (and unnoticeable) live crossfade from tape 1 to tape 2. Later these tapes were transferred to Sony F1 Digital, solving the live crossfade problem. The first time the mix was broadcasted in 1983, tape box 2 turned out to be empty, and the time gap was filled with Side A of a High Fashion Mix Album by Ben Liebrand. One week later the mix was broadcasted as initially intended.		GRANDMIX 84 Something Heavy Going Down - Golden Earring Matt's Mood - The Breakout Crew What Is Love - Howard Jones Shout - Tears For Fears What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner Solid - Ashford & Simpson When You Look Into My Eyes - Cherelle Just The Way You Like It - S.O.S. Band Feel So Real - Patrice Rushen Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown Selfcontrol - Laura Branigan Tanzen Mit Righuera - Righeira Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan Loveride - Nuance Stop Bajon - Tulio De Piscopo S & M - De De Hyperactivate - Thomas Dolby Dancer - Boogie Boys Sweet Somebody - Shannon Breakdance - Zodiac Boys Beat Box - Art Of Noise Matt's Mood - Matt Bianco Change Of Heart - Change Loverboy - Billy Ocean One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head One Night In Bangkok - Robey Hang On To Your Love - Sade Step By Step - Jeff Lorber feat. Audrey Wheeler This Is My Night - Chaka Khan You Used To Hold Me So Tight - Thelma Houston Push In The Bush - Claire Hicks & Love Exchange I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman Land Of Hunger - Earrons You Are In My System - American Gypsy The Night - Valerie Dore What Goes On - Mai Tai Body & Soul - Mai Tai Kalimba De Luna - Boney M Medicine Song - Stephanie Mills Automatic - Pointer Sisters Down On The Street - Shakatak Treat Her Like A Lady - Temptations Lucky Day - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes Class Style (I've got it)- Linda Lewis Sex-o-matic - Barkays Carribean Queen - Billy Ocean European Queen - Billy Ocean African Queen - Billy Ocean What Do I Do - Galaxy & Phil Fearon Wood Beez - Scritti Politti Absolute - Scritti Politti Cryin'like A Wolf - Rj's Latest Arrival Zorro - My Mine Feel The Drive - Doctor's Cat I'll Be Around - Terri Wells Doctor Love - First Choice I Love The Piano - Claudio Simonetti Uprock - Rocksteady Crew Calling Mr. Telephone - Answering Service Lost In Music - Sister Sledge Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood We Are The Young - Dan Hartman There Is No Stoppin' Us - Ollie & Jerry Reach (Out Ever Lasting Lover) - Unlimited Touch The Mexican - Jellybean White Lines - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel Let It All Blow - Dazz Band Such A Shame - Talk Talk Lovelite - O'Brian Precious Little Diamond - Fox The Fox Florida - Paul Sharada My Heart's Divided - Shannon Dance Machine - Roni Griffith The War Song - Culture Club The Wild Boys - Duran Duran Running - Gwen Presley & Portable Control Dr. Beat - Miami Sound Machine Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. Black Stations, White Stations - M & M Sexcrime (1984) - Eurythmics Bodyrock - Maria Vidal You Are The One For Me - Paul Hardcastle The Second Time- Kim Wilde Shot In The Dark - Michael Zager Jungle Love - The Time Watching You - Shakatak Like A Virgin - Madonna They Only Come Out Of Night - Peter Brown Don't Go Loose It Baby - Hugh Masekela Say Yeah! - The Limit Miss me blind - Culture Club Color My Love - Fun Fun Sex Shooter - Appolonia Six Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams Shaft - Eddy Conrad The Game - Peter Brown I Feel For You - Chaka Khan Erotic City - Prince S.O.S. Fire In The Sky - Deodato Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell In The Evening - Sheryl Lee Ralph Glamorous Life - Sheila E. When Doves Cry - Prince Tour De France - Kraftwerk The Reflex - Duran Duran Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood Total Running time 57:44 Equipment 2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges 1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels) 1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops 1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads. Speed: 38 cm/s 2track Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level Background info After gathering all the dance charts of the year, an initial list was made in the month November. This list was sorted by tempo (BPM beats per minute) and on the 1st of December, work was started on the mix. It took the full month of December to complete and perfect the mix, usually working the last 72 hours in one stretch. Reel to reel tape These early Grandmixes were all edited on tape. Have a look how it was done. As the edited tape was the final thing, each edit and crossfade not only had to be rhythmically correct, but even more important , at the right volume level. The mix would otherwise become louder and louder, resulting in overload and distortion. I never liked limiters and compressors on final mixes, so the grandmix was also made without them. The complete mix didn't fit on one real, and had to be transported in 2 sections. The last 5 minutes of tape 1 were identical to the first 5 minutes of tape 2, and whilst broadcasting I had to sync up the machines at the NOB (NOS at the time) to make a very fast (and unnoticeable) live crossfade from tape 1 to tape 2. Later these tapes were transferred to Digital, solving the live crossfade problem. The robot voices were created using a vocoder, and this grandmix was made in the first Studio located in what used to be a bedroom. Also have a look at the other studios , and the equipment setup for the grandmix 92		CLASSICS MIX House of the Rising sun - Hot R.S. (sound effects) Close Encounters of the third kind - Gene Page (voice over) Popmuzik - "M" Groove me - Fern Kinney Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang Good times - Chic The breaks - Curtis Blow Got my mind made up - Instant Funk Love injection - Trussel Ladies night - Kool & the Gang Ain't no stopping us now - McFadden & Whitehead Rhythm talk - Jocko At midnight - T Connection Second time around - Shalamar You gave me love - Crown Heights Affair You can do it - Al Hudson And the beat goes on - The Whispers I don't wanna be a freak - Dynasty Get down - Gene Chandler Are you ready - Billy Ocean Shake your body down - The Jacksons Don't stop till you can get enough - Michael Jackson He's the greatest dancer - Sister Sledge We are family - Sister Sledge Le Freak - Chic Hot shot - Karen Young Don't let me be misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda Strut your funky stuff - Frantique Let's all chant - Michael Zager Band First Choice - Let no man put asunder Rocker's Revenge - Walking on Sunshine Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove Come on and do it - Poussez La Bamba - Antonia Rodriquez Disco nights - C.Q. Tell everybody - Herbie Hancock Bad girls - Donna Summer Dancer - Gino Soccio Funky town - Lipps Inc. Relight my fire - Dan Hartman Found a cure - Ashford & Simpson I will tell you - Sergio Mendez Tonight I'm alright - Narada Michael Walden Showtime - Gary's Gang In the forest - Baby O Can you feel it - The Jacksons Ring my bell - Anita Ward Beat the clock - Sparks Keep on dancing - Gary's Gang Twilight zone - Manhattan Transfer Happiness - Cuba Gooding (acappella) Chase - Giorgio Moroder I feel love - Donna Summer Moskow Discow - Telex Underwater - Harry Thumann Boogie wonder land - Earth, Wind & Fire Love is in you - Night Life Unlimited (rhythm only) Never gonna say goodbye - Poussez Walk right now - The Jacksons The Break - Katmandu The party is over - Destination Time 59:34 Arriving at the studio past midnight ,I discovered, the mix was 7 minutes too long, so the tape splicing set had to come back in action. Broadcast was at 2 PM, so with less than 2 hours to go, there was no time too lose. Using the mechanical tape length indicator on the tape deck, and a piece of paper to jot down the number of deleted seconds the mix gradually came closer to the length required. A couple of minutes before we had to go on-air the edit was ready. Due to the mechanical nature of measuring, the mix was still a couple of seconds to long. Apparently impressed by this last minute edit, of a close to one hour mix, the Radio Technician muted the otherwise holy and absolute standard 5-second-countdown-beeps before the whole hour normally indicating the exact time. In doing so he gave me the last couple of seconds the mix needed. What can I say............It was one of those moments..... The last dance record of the evening in those years would either be: Antonia Rodriguez : La Bamba, Kat Mandu : The Break or Gary's Gang : Showtime All of which can be found in this mix. Technical Details The mix was transferred into the Akai DD1500 where minor level adjustments have been made, as well as improving a couple of cuts. (remember, 83 84 85 86 87 and the classics mix were originally edited on tape, and tape splicing is limited to changing the splice angle for a somewhat smoother cut.) In the DD1500 the additional tracks were added, and the ending was restored to it's original length. Have a look at the studio back then, and how editing was done. Equipment 2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges 1 x Teac Tascam mixer 3A (8 channels) 1 x Teac Tascam 4 channel tapedeck for tapeloops 1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads. Speed: 38 cm/s 2-track Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level Sennheiser vocoder for robot voices T Reel to reel tape The complete original mix didn't fit on one reel, and had to be transported in 2 sections. The last 5 minutes of tape 1 were identical to the first 5 minutes of tape 2, and whilst broadcasting I had to sync up the machines at the NOB (NOS at the time) to make a very fast (and unnoticeable) live crossfade from tape 1 to tape 2. Later these tapes were transferred to Sony F1 Digital, solving the live crossfade problem. The 'Directors Cut' broadcasted on Radio 538 in november of 1999 was played from DAT.

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