Greg Wilson essential mix 17 January 2009
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Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester's majorly influential Legend. He was a pioneer of mixing in the UK and in 1983 he became the first ‘dance music’ DJ hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester's now legendary Hacienda club. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk.' In 2003 he set up his own website electrofunkroots to document this crucial era in the evolution of dance culture.
After retiring from DJ work at the end of 1983, Greg returned to spinning records two decades later to massive acclaim, with red-hot appearances at renowned nights including Electric Chair, Horse Meat Disco, Fabric, Back To Basics, Asylum, Melting Pot and the Sub Club, to name but a few. He’s also appeared in the US, Australia and various European countries during recent years, plus a number of major festivals in the UK and Ireland. In 2005 Tirk Records released ‘Credit to the Edit,' a compilation of re-edits spanning Greg's entire career, some even original tape edits from back in the day (Greg still uses his trusty old Revox reel-to-reel tape machine when DJing out). This wasn't Greg's first compilation either, having collaborated on most of the tracks to appear on the Street Sounds ‘UK Electro’ LP in 1984, as well as being the selector behind the ‘Classic Electro Mastercuts’ LP in 1994. Other firsts for Greg include being the first DJ to mix live on British TV (the Tube in 1983), putting together the first UK radio mixes of their type for Piccadilly 261 in Manchester (beginning 1982) and showing a certain Norman Cook how to scratch (Dec 1983). Greg has written for magazines and webzines like Wax Poetics, Grand Slam and Discopia, and has a monthly online radio series, Time Capsule, on Samurai FM.
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01. The Originals - Down To Love Town (Dimitri From Paris Edit) - Motown / CDR
02. Soul Searchers - Blow Your Whistle - Sussex
03. Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love - Atlantic
04. Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Melt Down Mix) - West End
05. Metro Area - Dance Reaction - Environ
06. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (GW Edit) - Disco Deviance / DJ Only
07. Sugardaddy - Love Honey (GW Version) - Tirk
08. Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit) - Supreme / DJ Only
09. Q - The Voice Of Q - Philly World
10. Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House - Cutting
11. Atlantic Conveyor - We Are - Untracked
12. Firefly - Love (Is Gonna Be On Your Side) - Emergency
13. Kasso - Walkman - F1 Team
14. Rose Royce - Do Your Dance - Whitfield
15. Gunchback Boogie Band - Funn - Prelude
16. Rufus Feat Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody' (Frankie Knuckles Mix) - Warner Brothers
17. Happy Mondays - WFL (Vince Clarke Mix) - Factory
18. Young Dog Alien - Gotta Keep Workin' It (GW Mash-Up) - Reactivate
19. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Todd Terje Edit) - Motown / CDR
20. Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Frankie Knuckles Mix) - Ten
21. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (Danny Krivit Edit) - Rock / DJ Only
22. Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan Mix) - Garage
23. The Commodores - Machine Gun (Situation Edit) - Motown / CDR
24. B.T. (Brenda Taylor) - You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too (GW Edit) - Tirk
25. West Phillips - (I'm Just A) Sucker For A Pretty Face - Quality
26. Edit The Edit - Two Sides Of Sympanthy (PTA Mash-Up / GW Edit) - Edit The Edit / DJ Only
27. Stone Roses - Fools Gold - Silvertone
28. Banbarra - Shack Up - United Artists
29. War - Me And Baby Brother - Island
30. Gino Soccio - Try It Out - Warner Brothers
31. Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling - Prism
32. Brown - I Specialize In Love - Profile
33. Visual - The Music Got Me - Prelude
34. Incredible Bongo Band - Apache - MGM
35. Tweet - Boogie 2nite (Fat Camp Mix) - Elektra / DJ Only
36. Dc La Rue - Cathedrals (GW Edit) - Disco Deviance / DJ Only
37. Teenage DJ - I Was A Teenage DJ Part 1 (GW Edit) - Reactivate
38. Sir Joe Quarterman - (I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind (Barna Soundmachine Edit) - GSF / DJ Only
39. League Unlimited Orchestra - Things That Dreams Are Made Of - Virgin
40. TW Funkmasters - Love Money - Champagne
41. Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm - American
42. The Clash - Casbah Breakdown (Joey Negro Edit) - CBS / CDR
43. 808 State - Pacific State (GW Edit) - ZTT / CDR
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