Disco Scratch

A couple of years ago I was contacted by Greg Wilson.  For those that might not know this guy, he was a very influential DJ in the fledgling Electro Scene in the UK and responsible for breaking a lot of records in the early 80s.

I won’t go too deep into his history as you can get it all from his main website, Electro Funk Roots

Greg replied to a post that I had made in a forum about the Street Sounds Electro series and my complete love for those LPs.  He told me about his involvement in the early days and much to my surprise made the effort of sending me 4 CDs and some printed information about himself, his history and his career.  This was a fantastic piece of history to receive and I am very greatful to him for contacting me.

This post is the first in a series of Greg Wilson related posts, giving you audio from these CDs.  Anyone with an ounce of interest in the UK Electro scene from the early 80s should thoroughly enjoy these CDs.

This first slice of history is an alternative Mix that Greg did of the Electro UK Streetsounds compilation.  If you want to check that out, but do not already have it, you can cop that from the Electro Vault site, he sells the complete collection on a DVD, I got mine yo!

I strongly recommend you check his site out and really have a good poke around at the history, this guy has really pushed this music we love so give him his props!

Anyway, here’s the audio, please leave a comment, let me know if you like it!  It’s just over half an hour long and I ripped it at 320kbps/16 bit/44.1khz/stereo so it’s top notch quality.  I’ll be upping the other tracks from this CD and the others over the coming weeks.  Peace out!

Electro UK Greg Wilson Alternative Mix 1984 [ 34:04 | 77.98 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (79)

Tracklisting:
1     Zer-O     Real Time (Retrospective Dub)
Producer – Bellini
2     Syncbeat     Music
Producer – Pete Ramon
Remix – Greg Wilson
3     Broken Glass     Style Of The Street
Producer – Justin ’84
Remix – Greg Wilson
4     Forevereaction     U People
Producer – Eric Freeman
5     Zer-O     Real Time
Producer – Bellini
6     Rapologists     Hip Hop Beat (Street Mix)
Producer – Mastermind
Scratches – Whiz Kid
7     Forevereaction     B.E.D. ’34
Producer – Eric Freeman