Driftin' - Porcaro Club Springtime Mix 2012

Many thanks to Helmut aka Mr Mellow from Légère Recordings / Lounge Records and the Porcaro Club (named after the legendary drummer of Toto) at the open air Parkcafe venue in Hamburg. Helmut's Porcaro Club DJ sets are "a  trip into the night-joys of L.A. / California circa. 1976-1978" and feature "soft rock disco, funky yacht rock and even more blue-eyed sunshine soul. Think Starsky & Hutch taking Brooke Shields on a ride through Laurel Canyon before getting into the groove of a Saturday Night Fever at Marina Del Ray."

1 Carpenters - K F R C Radio Jingle 

                                                   2 Alessi - Driftin' 

3 Bell & James - You Never Know What You've Got 

4 Crackin' . Don't Cha Love Me 

5 Orleans - Spring Fever 

6 Robert Byrne - I Did It All For Love 

7 Gordon Michaels - Bermuda 

8 Ian Matthews - Don't Hang Up Your Dancin' Shoes 

9 Terry Reid - Faith To Arise 

10 Marc Jordan - Marina Del Ray 

11 Shaun Cassidy - Lie To Me 

12 Kim Carnes - Let Love Come Easy 

13 Richard Stepp - Caught Up In A Whirlwind 

14 Alan Sorrenti - Per Sempre Tu 

15 Michael Omartian - Whachersign 

16 Elkie Brooks - Fool If You Think It's Over 

17 Dan Fogelberg - Comes And Goes 

18 Lani Hall - Sun Down

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ReEdit 4 Airplay by Flashlites Productions

Many thanks to C.J. from Flashlites Productions - the man behind the superb Ready 4 Airplay series - for his latest mix of Westcoast/AOR edits. "00:38 am, on the roofs of the city," says C.J. "It's summertime...and this is the soundtrack."

Intro (many thanks to La Homage for inspiration)  

001.Heat - Don't You Walk Away (Northern Rascal Simples Extension 2011) 

             002. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Dark Star (Mau’s Darkest Star Version) 

003. Get Down Edits - Who 
004. Hall & Oates – Kiss On My List (Northern Rascal Edit) 

005. Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right (Tom Of Finland Edit) 

006. Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes (Disco Syndicate's No Fool Boot) 

007. Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble (Prince Language On The Double Edit) 

008. Fleetwood Mac – Gipsy (Gui Pimentel Rework) 

009. Christopher Cross - Ride_Like_The_Wind_(Womack_ReWork) 

010. Ray Parker Jr & Raydio - All In The Way You Get Down (Northern Rascal's Groove Extension 2011) 

011. David Bendeth – Feel The Real (DJ Moar ReEdit) 

012. George Benson - Give Me The Night (Womack ReWork)

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Children of the Sun (Mau's All Hippies Must Die Version) - Hawkwind

Thanks to Magnus Östergren / Download / Buy 1971 original 

AOR DISCO PARTY FEATURING ANDY PYE AND MARK LIMB

On Saturday, May 26th AOR Disco hosts the second in a series of  parties at The London Fields with special guests Andy Pye of the Balearic Social radio show and Mark Limb of  Electric Disco. Andy has contributed various mixes to the site, including the recent and highly recommended  Sampedro mix and we're really pleased that Mark will be doing his first ever set for us (and this radio mix "sums up the kind of style I'll be playing at the party i.e. a bit of everything!"). Further details are available on the Facebook event page. 

Thanks again to Andrew Clarke, who was our special guest at the first party back in March. We've posted Part One of his excellent set that night and here at last is Part Two. 

Too Hot For The Ministry by DJ Same

Many thanks to Sam Edlin aka DJ Same  for this follow up to his recent AOR Disco Cosmic Mix, and the Deeper Mix which was one of our most popular sets of last year. Sam is also the DJ behind the classic ten volume series of AOR Disco mixes which ran from 2010-2011 (here's Volume 4).  

01. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (Virgin Magnetic Material Edit)

         02. Alan Parsons Project - Be Like You (Young Edits Dance Mix)

03. Rayko Em Vee - All Around The Watchtower

04. Joakim - Nothing Gold (Todd Terje Remix)

05. Psychemagik - Beauty and the Bass (Warm CD)

06. Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night (The Noodleman Edit)

07. Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere (Psychemagik Summer of Love Edit)

08. Chilly - For Your Love (Psychemagik Edit)

09. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music (Sleazy McQueen Edit)

10. Stevie's Black Van - Toast Soundsystem 

11. Soft Rocks - Pen 15 Club

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Almost Cut My Hair (A Laurel Canyon Mixtape) by Andrew Hill

Thanks to Andrew Hill for this selection inspired by the Laurel Canyon scene of the late 60s and early 70s. It follows his highly recommended mix The Golden Apples of the Sun. 

1) Intro - David Crosby Interview 1969 

2) Tamplais High (About 3) - David Crosby
3) Call Of The River - Linda Perhacs
4) Round & Round - Neil Young
5) Hickory Wind - The Byrds
6) Roll Um Easy - Little Feat
7) Carey - Joni Mitchell
8) Almost Cut My Hair (Acoustic Take) - David Crosby
9) Somebody To Love - Barbara & Ernie
10) Little Bird - The Beach Boys
11) Blackbird (Demo Take 2) - Crosby, Stills & Nash
12) Desperado - Eagles
13) You've Got A Friend (Live) - Donny Hathaway

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Tomorrow Never Knows (Leftside Wobble's Remastered WAV Edit) - The Beatles

"A couple of things this week made me revisit this edit," says Leftside Wobble. "Firstly Greg Wilson featured it in a Festival Anthems selection he recently uploaded to Mixcloud and secondly it was featured in the closing scene and credits to this weeks episode of Mad Men. The combined effect meant that a fair few people have been downloading the version I uploaded three years ago (which was also only available as a low quality MP3), so I thought it apt to give it a 'spit and polish' and make a remastered WAV version available for download. And even if you downloaded my original version you should grab this too as the remaster kicks like the proverbial mule!" 

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Heartbreaker (Pied Piper Remix) - Led Zeppelin

Thanks to Pied Piper (aka PP, DJPP, DJ Pied Piper, Mean Fiddler, Piper-Fiddler Org, Piper-Fiddler Joint) from Funkingham in Croatia. The founder member of the Disco Police, the creator of the Disco Jihad Music Profileration Movement and DJ on "the legendary Disco 935 New York Jammer (#1 Disco Station in the World)", Pied Piper describes his style as "a melting pot of dance music" which uses "60s and 70s organic and electronic" sounds and influences. He is not to be confused with DJ Pied Piper & The Masters Of Ceremonies.  

Download / Buy the 1969 original / Fissunix Remix 

Just What I Needed (Mojo Filter Overdrive Re-Edit) - The Cars

Apologies to our older balearic and yacht rock brothers if this electro remix is a bit too  uptempo but as Ben Zaven-Crane of Mojo Filter says, "it's always good to keep up with 'the kids'". 

Download this exclusive remix / Buy the 1978 original / Buy The Mojo Filter Vintage Edits CD