#Superlatin Lupersatin

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I know the B15 Project as a Birmingham based dance music crew from the late 90's so had hopes for a decent remix out of the three on here. But no, they were all shit. Like really, really shit. Couldn't even finish it. Next record please.

Pretty Woman by PB featuring MY

You could imagine your grandad sitting in chair with a pipe (or in my grandads case, a pack of Woodbines) conducting along to this collection of big band war movie themes. You'll recognise half of them from adverts and just general cultural association, even if you haven't seen the old movies they are all from. To be honest, apart from one, i skipped through them all just to see if they were any good and yeah, they're not really. Except of course, Where Eagles Dare. Now that's a fucking tune! It's almost like the music in the Conan movies; dark, moody, atmospheric, right fucking up there!

Big War Movie Themes by Geoff Love and his Orchestra

Do you remember PM Dawn? Had that one song in the earlyish 90s, Set Adrift on Memory Bliss, with the Spandau Ballet riff on it? Yeah, it was a tune in it's day but i don't ever remember fuck all else from them. Gave it a go as i quite like that chilled beat sound and figured the remixes might be alright and to be fair, it kinda was. Chilled, dubby, almost spiritual hip hop. One of the remixes is a 120bpm breakbeat roller dub and yeah, i was more than happy with this. Not overly memorable, but yeah, happy.

A Watchers Point of View by PM Dawn.

This was the first thing that caught my eye in the record bucket at the reclaimers yard and it is exactly the sort of thing i wanted; latin lounge jazz covers of late 60s pop hits like Way To Amarillo, Not Unusual, and a few others that you recognise but can't really place. The perfect soundtrack to play out in my tiki bar! And for a quid too - Bargain all round!!

Superlatin Lupersatin by Carlos Romanos

Now this is a proper diggers find, old BBC style instructional record with some old chap explaining high fidelity, how to balance your speakers, frequency tones, and covers of various styles of music from big band, to jazz, funk, soul and rock & roll, with instructional voice overs in between. Everytime he says "high fidelity" or "solid stereo" or something about "make sure your stylus is kept clean and placed at the opening groove of the record" in his plumby old british accent, i can place it in a bunch of old Ninja Tune and 90s sample heavy hip-hop and trip-hop breaks.

Oh yeah, the cover of Shaft is just a stone cold, rare groove classic!

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