Bin Raking Rules #2 The Runner

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I now own two copies of this Moroder produced gem: one red vinyl, one white. Neither cost me more than £1, thought the red one has a big warp in it. Not enough to make it unplayable but enough to make it a pain to DJ with.
I have heard tales of another less frantic, more soulful version which was never officially released but I haven't actually heard it yet.
I'm afraid I have little else to say as I am horrifically hungover after last night's party in Glasgow.

Bin Raking Rules #1: Summer of Dub

I have recently decided to set myself a wee challenge recently to try not to spend more then £4 on any record I buy for a whole year. I have to put my hands up here and say I only lasted about three weeks until yesterday I bought a copy of a rare boogie record I've had my eye on for a year.
That said though, every other record I've bought in the last two months has been less than £4 with most coming in at a quid or less. (So maybe I get away with the mean being <£4? Mmm...ok, no.)

I'm going to try to rip them all and get them up here as evidence that you don't need to spend loads of money to get old classics and that mp3's aren't any cheaper, though I do concede after moving my entire collection from Glasgow to London that they are easier to move about.

So first up is a sub £1 'take a chance' punt that I picked up a few weeks ago. Record hunting in second hand/charity shops can be a risky business as quite a few don't have listening stations so you often learn to buy by looking at a combination of label, producer, year and title to figure out whether or not something is worth a punt or not. It might be only a quid but there's nothing worse than gambling and going home to find the record you've taken a chance on is total guff.

I'm getting quite good at this after spending some time with the more encyclopaedically knowledgable David Barbarossa and together we've put together a few rules of thumb which I'll post up as and when I remember them.
(One that springs to mind is that any British record made between 1991-1993 that has the word 'hypno' in it is probably worth giving a shot.)

Today's rule is that the word 'dub' combined with a U.K. label circa early 90s is a good sign.

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I can't give you any history on this track, band or label other than Breakthrough only appear to have released four records between 1992-1993. If anyone knows more, I'd love to hear from you.

This record also has a pretty good acid track on the A side which I'd've posted up too, only my record players are in storage at the moment.

Wrong Island live from Nice&Sleazy August 2011

The latest installment of our podcast is up for grabs at Radiomagnetic and it's back to the original format of a recording made at the club in Glasgow.
Our fourth birthday is on Saturday and this gives a fair old idea of what you can expect from our little bassment party.

Tracklisting:

Donacha Costello - Cocoa II
Sons & Daughters - Orion (Wrong Island's Messages From The Cosmos)
Community - Red Hearts
Q - The Voice Of Q
Madonna - Get Into The Groove
Dionne - Come Get My Lovin'

Omar s – Here’s Your Trance, Now Dance!
Panda Bear – Surfers Hymn (Actress Primitive Patterns Mix)
Lone – Rissotowe 4
Bakazou – Risky Disko
Virgo Four – Do You Know Who You Are? 

KRL – Chase

Romanthony - Hold On
Levon Vincent - Man or Mistress
Dimitri From Stoke on Trent - I Wanna Be Your Lobster
Rick Wilhite - Drum Patterns and Memories (Moodymann Mix)
KT Tunstall - Uummannaq Song (Wrong Island's Cold Summer Version)
Silverspin Feat Zöe - Oh Superman!
The Knife - Silent Shout
Daphni - Ye Ye
Photek Feat. Linche - Sleepwalking (Faulty DL Remix)

Nostalgia part one: Various flyers from the last four years.

We'll add little comments about each night as and when we remember but right now the thing that strikes me is that our designer, Tam, is a fucking clever little sod. That and the vague memory that nearly every one of these has a typo or mistake in the copy. Sort of fits in with the 'wrong' part of the name. That's our excuse anyway. 'Honour thy mistake as a hidden intention.' as Brian Eno suggests.




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This one I did and it's not bad. In fact it's rather good.

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Probably my favourite poster and possibly my favourite party. Al Doyle's dancing that night was incredible.

Probably my favourite poster and possibly my favourite party. Al Doyle's dancing that night was incredible.

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Unprinted poster for Larry's 30th Birthday.

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Liz Torres feat. Edward Crosby - Can't Get Enough (Dub Version)

Just been reminded of this Stong Cold Classic and thought it was worth sharing. Dub, English and Español versions are all equally great. Heard this first on a Larry Levan mix and bought it staright away. Don't think it left my record bag all year which is EXACTLY where it's going. (Once I find it...)

Wrong Island 4th Birthday

Yup, so for four years now, myself and Larry have been quietly making lots of noise in the basement of Nice&Sleazy. Cannae believe it.
Things have gone pretty well for us so far, considering the choice you have in Glasgow and the added pressure of a) being a residents' night and b) being a pair of disorganised twats therefore finding it hard to get articles written about us.

Despite our best attempts at making our lives difficult, some people still seem have cottoned on. Resident Advisor just mentioned us in their piece on Glasgow clubbing which was a nice surprise considering a few of the bigger, bolder clubs aren't mentioned. OK, so we know Kit and he comes to the club a lot but still...it's nice.


Birthday mixes coming up soon on luckyme, Radiomagnetic and some other places...

Larry Levan & Sylvester at Paradise Garage 2nd Birthday

Thanks to the Niallist for this little gem. Not really much to say about this as it probably speaks for itself:
Paradise Garage 2nd Birthday

Talking of birthdays, Wrong Island's fourth birthday is in Glasgow next month. We'll be doing a host of mixes which we'll post up real soon.