Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1983 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.24

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Paris DJs Soundsystem presents 1983 - Standards, Versions and Revamps Vol.24 (MP3 Podcast on www.ParisDJs.com) 2017-01-30 Things have been jumpy lately. The hard drive where ParisDJs.com was hosted died, we had to move to a new server and re-install all the backup. The website has been unavailable for a couple of weeks but we're back up finally, and it was high time we put up this selection of covers from the year 1983, which has been finished for a couple of months already! As you can imagine, since we're approaching the middle of the 1980s, things ain't getting any easier. As a record store owner was telling us some while ago, in 1983 cheap synthesizers landed on the market, sounding as cheap as their price, eveybody started using them, so music stopped being that interesting globally. Which doesn't mean there ain't no gem to find digging the crates, only that the digging has to go deeper than before! And that's how this mix was prepared, through hours of checking releases from 1983, hoping to find interesting, rare grooves from that year, which were covers of other songs… Well we found a private pressing more than inspired by Stevie Wonder, soulful, funky or tropical covers of Weldon Irvine, Rick James, Captain Beefheart, Sly Stone, Al Green, Led Zeppelin or David Bowie, and an early Danny Elfman take on Cab Calloway which will inspire him to re-do it for the "Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack (as the "Oingo Bongo song"). Tracklisting : 01. Calvin B. Rhone - We've Come To Praise Him (from 'Intimate Friend' album, 1983 / C.B.R.) STEVIE WONDER cover, more info on wikipedia 02. Bernard Wright - Mr. Clean (from 'Funky Beat' album, 1983 / Arista) WELDON IRVINE cover, first released by RICHARD GROOVE HOLMES, more info on wikipedia 03. La Famille - All Night Long (from 'All Night Long' 12 inch, 1983 / Sanity) MARY JANE GIRLS cover, more info on wikipedia 04. Kid Creole presents Coati Mundi - Tropical Hot Dog Night feat. Rubén Blades (from 'Little Coati Mundi The Former 12 Year Old Genius' album, 1983 / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART cover, more info on wikipedia 05. Shango - Thank You (from 'Shango Funk Theology' album, 1983 / Celluloid) SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, more info on wikipedia 06. Beau Williams - Love And Happiness (from 'Stay With Me' album, 1983 / Capitol) AL GREEN cover, more info on wikipedia 07. Massimo Barsotti D.J.- Whole Lotta Love (from 'Whole Lotta Love' 12 inch, 1983 / Fuzz Dance) Led Zeppelin cover, more info on wikipedia 08. C.O.D.- In The Bottle (from 'Let's Break - Super Disco Break Dancing' compilation, 1983 / Bellaphon) GIL SCOTT-HERON cover, more info on wikipedia 09. Big Ben Tribe - Heroes (Extended Instrumental Edit) (from 'Heroes' 12 inch, 1983 / Starnight) DAVID BOWIE cover, more info on wikipedia 10. Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo - Squeezit the Moocher (Minnie the Moocher) (from 'Forbidden Zone' soundtrack, 1983 / Varèse Sarabande) CAB CALLOWAY cover, more info on wikipedia Total time : 51mn 27s All the original cover artworks from records played in this mix are available on parisdjs.com Credits : Selected by Djouls (parisdjs.com) Mixed and mastered by Grant Phabao (grantphabao.com) Artwork by Ben Hito (facebook.com/benhito) Links : Paris DJs : parisdjs.com | bandcamp | discogs | facebook | pinterest | soundcloud | twitter | youtube Ben Hito : official | discogs | facebook