8 posts tagged “megamix”

For me, almost every bit of music contains a memory. Here is one:

A church youth group friend of mine, David, committed suicide when we were both teenagers. He was really into punk and new wave (he loved "Missing Persons") and was generally a great guy. To this day, I don't know why he did it. His parents were devastated and his friends were confused.

Clearly, I wasn't as good of a friend as I could have, or should have been. Not that I could have stopped him, but who knows, I guess I will always wonder if I could have done something.

The reason I associate David with this song? I had a reputation for collecting dance music (12" singles) and one time at a youth get-together he told me about this great medley he'd heard on the radio one night. It had been on some syndicated program, and it was a medley of Thompson Twins songs called "Out of the Gap." He thought I'd really like it and wanted to let me know.

I was never able to find it in a record store. Now, this is the 80s, and there was no such thing as MP3s on the internet. You had to go to Dallas to get the "good" records (imports, DJ only, etc). Once or twice a year I'd drive down to Oaklawn, VVV and RPM I'd look. But I never found it.

I began to wonder if it really existed. Flash forward 20+ years to now. And look what I have! True, it is a really bad quality. I really don't care, because finding this is better than the feeling of finding a $20 bill in an old pair of jeans.

But for now, I am just glad that I finally get to listen to it, after all these years. And yeah, I can't help but think of David and be a little bit sad. But happy too, because he thought of me when he heard it. So in a sense, we both thought of each other thanks to this tune, so to me, that's a connection.

Here's to you David, may the music never end, where ever you are!

Out Of The Gap Megamix

Thompson Twins

I found this quite by accident on YouTube, but I really liked it. It is Flash animation showing the album covers as they play in the megamix.

I don't know if DJ Porssinatto only made the video, or the mix as well. Either way, it is a fun 80's megamix.

If I had the music to upload I would but this is all I could find. Enjoy!!

I had a great post composed for this, but my browser  crashed (wanna guess which one? shame on me).

Anyway, for now I am just posting it. I have no info on who made this, nor what the actual title is. I love the transitions in this megamix, the way it goes from one tune to the next. That leads me to think this is a professional production.

I've had this for at least 7 years, so it isn't new, but it sure is good!

(Um, I had to compress this down to 64kbps due to the upload cap of 25MB on Vox, but it still sounds good)

Various - Yet Another 80s Megamix-64

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Let's face it, I love 80s megamixes (which are type of mash-up, if you use your imagination). And I have a lot of them. This is one of my favorites and it isn't really called the "Awesome 80s Megamix."

It was actually labeled "Rock And Roll Megamix Part 1 (of 4)" which I know is not accurate. I think it was re-named this by someone and got passed around. But when you listen to it, it isn't a Rock megamix, it is an 80s Pop megamix and it is Awesome. So, that's why I re-named it.

It sounds like it was a digitized from a vynil record, so the quality isn't the best. If you know the creator of this Megamix, please let me know.

While you listen, notice how long into the mix the drums from "Mickey" keep playing. And too, how far ahead the motorcylce/drums sound from Billy Idol play before the track comes up. Great stuff!

The Awesome 80s Megamix

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DJ Shooter posted a two-part 1987 Flashback Megamix, download-able in 2 parts. Since they were made to be one complete mix, I just edited them together.

I don't think I did that great of a job. I did a slight cross-fade since the beats really didn't match up. I am sure if I spent more than 15 minutes on it I could have done a better job. But for a blog post, that's as good as it gets from me.

Enjoy the flashback!

1987 flashback medley part 1+2

Various Artists

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Got 14 minutes to spare? Then check out this retro-tastic megamix - it should take you back a ways!

'83 To '99 Megamix

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This post was inspired by a post Julia's Club 80's blog. She passed 10K visits to her website, and to celebrate presented several 80s megamixes.

One of the mixes was titled "Relax - The Ultimate 80s Megamix." I thought I knew exactly what this mix would be, but when I looked at the tracks, something was wrong. None of the tracks matched the megamix that I had called "Relax - The 80s Megamix."

So I dug through my iPod and found it. Turns out the one I had was mis-titled and is really a "remix" of FGTH's "Relax" which features some other 80s songs, and was produced by remix powerhouse DMC. A great mix, enjoy!

Relax (DMC Megamix)

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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Back in the 90s, when music was free, there was an awesome SF DJ who went by the name of DJ Amanda. This person regularly uploaded amazing remixes and megamixes to the web, and was very prolific. Then one day, poof, gone.

The DJ Amanda website domain went up for grabs (and went to a junky ad site) and I have no idea what really happened. A shame too, because DJ Amanda was doing some might fine Mash-ups before that genre took off. I can only imagine what sort of mash-up we'd get today!

Now, there are a lot of DJ Amandas out there, but the DJ Amanda I am focusing on is this one, in my opinion, the "original." This cached page has a little bit more about DJ Amanda.

To show you a bit of the talent DJ Amanda has (had?), here is a great Disco Megamix. (I had to downsample it from 128k to 115 due to file size). This is a 30-minute mix of Disco classics, and there is not one dud in the bunch.

Enjoy!

Dj Amanda Disco Flashback Mix

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