Bootlegs â†’ The Essential Mix

This is the original broadcast of the Essential Mix restored to its full 2 hour glory unashamedly unedited to include the News. It was aired only once on the 12th December 1994.
The earlier Essential Mixes were split into 3 parts because of two news bulletins.

12.00am to 12.30am would be Part 1
12.32am to 01.30am would be Part 2
01.32am to 02.00am would be Part 3

Most of the available versions of this Essential mix floating around the Web seem to be edited in the wrong order or missing parts of the mix. This restoration is THE definite version. This is how the show run (as good as can be identified).

Tracklist:
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01. Massive Attack – Sly [Underdog Mix]
02. DJ Smash – Dubs on Wax
03. DJ Cam – Abstract Hip Hop Vol 1
04. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
05. DJ Cam – Abstract Hip Hop Vol 1
06. Urban Thermo Dynamics – My Kung Fu
07. TLC – Creep
08. Nine – Wutcha Want
09. Unknown – Unknown

NEWS BREAK

10. Ennio Morricone – The Ecstasy Of Gold
11. Fu Schnickens – Breakdown
12. Jeru da Damaja – Statik
13. Public Enemy – Louder Than A bomb
14. Unknown – Unknown
15. Unknown – Unknown
16. Unknown – Unknown
17. Unknown – Unknown
18. Gang Starr – The question remains
19. Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush The Show
20. A tribe called quest – God lives through
21. Black Moon – Reality (Killin’ Every Nigga) Acapella over Quincy Jones – Summer In The City
22. Whodini – One Love U22
23. Tribe Of Issachar feat. Super Cat & Method Man – Scalp Dem
24. Black Moon – Who Got Da Props
25. Big Daddy Kane – Word To The Mother
26. Unknown – Unknown

NEWS BREAK

27. Stetsasonic – Talkin’ All That Jazz
28. 90’s Lovers – You Know I Got Soul
29. The Boot Man – To The Hip
30. Unreleased Project – The Pushing Dope EP
31. G Simone – I Know You Know
32. Paris – Gorilla Funky EP
33. Jamiroquai – Journey To Arnhemland
34. Biz Markie – Nobody Beats the Biz
35. The Buddha Baboons – Say Uptown

A cuesheet is included to split the mix into the tracks above.

TONG WATCH:
Tong speaks at 1: 15.27
2: 30.00 where the first news kicks in.
3: 31.35 introducing part 2 of the mix
4: 01.09.15
5: 01.30.23 Where the 2nd news kicks in.
6: 01.31.54 introducing part 3 of mix
7: 01.49.33
8: 01.59.54 to close the mix

The News has also been left in but you can edit it (and Tong) out yourself if you so wish. A good free editor to do this is “Audacity”.

TECH Info:
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01. Original Capture to 3 Hour VHS Cassette 1994-12-11
02. Transfer to PC using Philips Nicam stereo VCR to M AUDIO 1010LT soundcard
03. Captured using Adobe Audition 2
04. Cue points set in Adobe Audition 2
05. Encoded to FLAC Level 8 using “Flacfrontend 1.7.1″

No audio processing has been done to the original recording this is how it was captured.

Original recording, transfer, capture, editing and encoding by plugg.

Number 3 in the “Plugg Restoration series”.

This restoration project was originally shared at TheMixingBowl.com back in 2005 by the user ‘Plugg’.
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