No Cassingles Volume One
It’s back! For the very first time! Following the almost success of my series of blog posts about old vinyl dance music from when I was not an old git with free mp3 accompaniments I have now got round to doing the same for the CD Singles era. Never cassingles though, never ever. So here is the first instalment of the new thing:
01 Suede feat Neil Tennant: Saturday Night (Live) from Filmstar CD single (1996)
I never liked Suede when they first appeared as all that strutting, sibilance and silliness never appealed to me. By the time they got to the Comig Up album era I was a massive fan and ended up owning everything they ever did. This era of Suede reminds me of the gay friends who lived in a flat above a shop in Mile End (no I am not getting my Pulp songs muddled up).
02 Thieves (re-released as David McAlmont): Unworthy from Unworthy EP (1993)
This early David McAlmont song is bloody beautiful but by the time the album arrived the duo had split and it was released as a McAlmont project. The other one aka Saul Feeman went on to form Mandalay who will turn up at some point in this mix series. David McAlmont is still one of my favourite musical people.
03 Shara Nelson: Uptight (Ashley Beedle mix) from Uptight CD single (1993)
Shara Nelson released two solo albums after her dalliance with Massive Attack ended and this is a great example of one of the remixes from her peak. Ashley Beedle can do no wrong in my ears and so he crops up on the next track in this list…
04 Gabrielle: Baby I’ve Changed (Ashley Beedle mix) from If You Really Cared CD single (1996)
I have a soft spot for Gabrielle and her last album deserved a lot more attention that it got. This track from her second album has been mixed by that Beedle man and has a familiar sampled bassline and a slow funky sound that I never tire of.
05 Lenny Fontana and DJ Shorty: Chocolate Sensation (Original Force edit) from Chocolate Sensation CD single (1999)
Remember when eveyone was sampling Love Sensation? Well they all did it again about ten years later.
06 Cevin Fisher feat Loleatta Holloway: (You Got Me) Burning Up (radio edit) from (You Got Me) Burning Up CD single (1999)
At least Ms Holloway gets a credit on this one. I was never the clubbing sort but this was one of those late 90s dance tunes that I couldn’t resist.
Download No Cassingles Volume One here.
Obligatory embedded videos section!
Suede with Neil Tennant live on film, in surprisingly good quality:
Original Thieves video for Unworthy:
Lenny Fontana’s generic dance music video. Wot no Loleatta?:
Cevin Fisher’s generic dance music video. Still no Loleatta:


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