When I was preparing the Transglobal Underground - Backpacking on the Graves of Our Ancestors, I seemed to recall that I had another version of "Temple Head" somewhere, but search as I might through all things TGU, I couldn't find it. Being obsessive, I searched out its source on Discogs. There was a version on a TGU Temple Head 45 but I couldn't find that anywhere in my music.
Then I saw that the track I was thinking of ("Temple Head (the Pacific Mix - Airwaves") was on a Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs (both of Saint Etienne) compilation Fell from the Sun (Downtempo & After Hours 1990-1991. I looked through my Various Artists folder & there she be...
This got me thinking about Various Artist releases. I have a slew of them, but I never really listen to them. I mostly just source them for individual tracks. I've mentioned before that I mostly listen to complete rekeases by single artists. I enjoy taking the trip as they intended (or someone intended). I don't have a gripe against comps or mixtapes. My problem is that as I'm listening to one, I hear a track I really like, & off I go to find the album it was released on, to listen to it in its entirety, if possible. Some tracks are only on certain compilations. Those are the ones I set aside for my own mixes. Otherwise I just find the original release, throw it on the player, & the Various Artists... is forgotten.
But as the search for the Transglobal tracks showed me, I don't even really know all the songs on all the Various Artist releases I've accumulated. They're not sorted or filed anywhere. That's not too good of a system. So this month I am going to be sharing only Varios Artist releases that I stumbled upon a I fell down this rabbit hole.
Might as well start with the one that started this all...
Ace CDCHD1596, 2022.
decryption code in comments
Higher than the Sun (Higher than the Orb extended mix) - Primal Scream
It Could Not Happen (Essential Trance Hall mix) - Critical Rhythm featuring Jango Thriller & Vandal
Cascades (Hypnotone remix) - Sheer Taft
Afrika (Love & Laughter remix) - History featuring Q-Tee
Floatation (original version) – The Grid
Speedwell (Bob Stanley/Pete Wiggs radio edit) - Saint Etienne
Fallen (Andrew Weatherall album version) - One Dove
Temple Head (Pacific Mix - Airwaves) - Transglobal Underground
Just a Little Bit More (Electro instrumental mix) - Massonix
U Make Me Feel (Running Water aka Workhouse mix) - Elsi Curry
I Don't Even Know if I Should Call You Baby (Marshall Jefferson Symphony mix) - Soul Family Sensation
Snappiness (7" edit) - BBG
Never Get Out the Boat (The Flying mix) - The Aloof
Spiritual High (The Moodfood megamix) - Moodswings
The spice of life,
NØ
