13th March 2008 - Phonic FM 106.8 (22:00-00:00)

Preparation for this show was left to the last minute due to Mrs Stylus unintentionally instigating a vinyl tidy up operation earlier this week - my record collection has grown to such a size that it no longer fits within the confines of the lab, so when my wife had helpfully stacked up a pile of the overflowing vinyl in front of my turntables I had no choice but to sort them out before even starting to lay down this week's mixes. Unfortunately, when I started sorting through them I realised that I'd have to cull about a crate's worth of vinyl to fit them on a shelf - and so the reorganisation began.

A couple of evenings later I had achieved two things; all my decent records now have their deserved shelf space (with the older big beat and trip hop rubbish relegated to storage in the shed), but more importantly I found loads of old stuff that I'd completely forgotten about, including a cache of classic 88-89 hiphop that I don't even remember buying. Needless to say, I had to work some of this into the show - and this is why the tracklisting is so hiphop heavy this week.

Anyway, that's enough of the trials and tribulations of being a vinyl junkie - what about the show? Aside from the hiphop focus, highlights include the new Random Heroes 7", a couple of cheeky on-the-fly J5 and Lyrics Born accapella mash-ups, our awesome featured 7" from the Heavy Handed label and of course, Smoove's ace cut and paste DJ mix. This show also holds the current station record for most tracks played in a two hour slot (and I reckon it'll be a while before we break it...)

• The Beatnuts - Turn It Out (Relativity)
• Roots Manuva - Son Of The Soil (Big Dada)
• People Under The Stairs - Code Check (OM)
• J5 - Quality Control (Interscope)
• Lord Sear - Ya Mouth Stink (Instrumental) (Buds International Distribution) / J5 - Quality Control (Accapella) (Interscope)
• James Spencer - Take That Woman Off The Corner (Memphis)
• Lee Dorsey - A Lover Is Born (HS Edit) (Amy)
• Osaka Monaurail Feat. Marva Whitney - I Am What I Am (RD)
• The JB's - Giving Up Food For Funk (People)
• The Jackson 5 - It's Great To Be Here (Kenny Dope Mix) (Disco Juice)
• The Soul Hustlers - Supernatural Thing (Pt. 2) (All City)
• Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype (Def Jam)
• Antoinette - I Got An Attitude (Next Plateau)
• Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches (Cold Chillin')
• The Pharcyde - Officer (Delicious Vinyl)
• DJ Format - 33% B-Boy (Genuine)
• DJ Format - 3 Feet Deep (Instrumental) (Genuine) / Lyrics Born - Do That There (Accapella) (Quannum)
• Lyrics Born - Do That There (Quannum)
• Ugly Duckling - Eye On The Gold Chain (Ugly Duckling '92 Remix) (XL)

• Smoove 25 Minute Mix

  • Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Arista)
  • Ohmega Watts - That Sound (QSO Remix) (Instrumental) (Ubiquity) / Ozomatli - Saturday Night (Accapella) (Up Above)
  • Breakestra - See Sawng (Instrumental) (Ubiquity) / Common - Go! (Accapella) (Universal Island)
  • T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat (Grand Groove)
  • All The People - Cramp Your Style (Alpha Omega)
  • Unknown* - Aquarius (Unknown*)
  • Pointer Sisters - Automatic (Instrumental) (Planet Records) / Quantic Feat. Spanky Wilson - Don't Joke With A Hungry Man (Accapella) (Tru Thoughts)
  • Caveman - Fry You Like Fish (Jazz Remix) (Profile)
  • James Brown - Soul Power (Polydor)
  • Afrodisiac Sound System - Afroheat 3 (Afrodisiac) / 7A3 - Goes Like Dis (Accapella) (Geffen)
  • Jurassic 5 - Red Hot (Up Above)
  • Eclectic Breaks - The Schnizzle (Zulu DJ Mix) (Eclectic Breaks)
  • Diana Ross - Upside Down (Motown)
  • Prince - Erotic City (WEA International)
  • George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Fourth & Broadway)
  • Gap Band, The - Party Lights (Mercury)
  • Boca 45 - The Boca Breakdown (Grand Central)
  • Edwin Starr - Twenty-Five Miles (Instrumental) (20th Century) / DJ Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip - Rhythm Is The Master (Accapella) (Mercury)
  • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Tamla Motown)
  • Danny Hybrid - I Feel Alright (NuFunk)
  • Burning Desire - Why She Had To Go (Luv N' Haight)
  • The Soul Tornado's - Crazy Legs (Westwood)
• The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia (DJM)
• The Winstons - Amen, Brother (Negram)
• The Jumpleads - Rock Me Again (Heavy Handed) (Record Of The Week B-Side)
• Three Times Dope - Once More (You Hear The Dope Stuff) (Arista)
• Most Wanted - Calm Down (Fever)
• 360 Degrees - Pelon (Pelon)
• Masta Ace - Letter To The Better (Cold Chillin')
• United 8 - Getting Uptown (To Get Down) (Atlantic)
• Random Heroes - Theme From (Gold Block) (Jack To Phono)
• Memphis Black - Hang 'Em High (Chadeo Re-Edit) (Sonorama)
• The Jumpleads - Born To Live With Heartache (Heavy Handed) (Record Of The Week A-Side)
• Onyx - Break It Loose (Nia)

The Jumpleads - Born To Live With Heartache / Rock Me Again (Heavy Handed)

Nope, we've never heard of them either, but according to the promo information The Jumpleads were a supa-tight funk group that were active around the turn of the century (just before the nufunk explosion), played a few live shows and recorded a couple of tracks in the studio before vanishing off the face of the earth. Their recorded material included these two storming cover versions; the A-Side being a homage to Mary Love's 'Born To Live With Heartache' with some fantastic soulful vocals, but for us this 7" is all about the flip side - the cover of Lyn Collins' 'Rock Me Again' is really heavy and absolutely guaranteed to rock any dancefloor.

The original of this is rare as hens teeth (you'd be lucky to find one for less than 300 quid) but thanks to the Heavy Handed label here's a high quality repress (which itself is limited to only 500 copies and will no doubt become a collectors item in its own right). This is an essential purchase - do not sleep!

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