harlequin four's - set it off (mp3)

air power - welcome to the disco (mp3)

deadly avenger - lopez ost (mp3)

its time for another round of bargain bin finds, and what better way to start than with my new favourite haunt, the 'record shack'. this extremely small, dusty and down right shit tip of a place is ran by a lovely old guy. who, it would seem, knows nowt about records, but pretty much everything there is to know, about drinking brews and sporadic opening times...

being fairly new to the area, i only came across this place the other week. just a two minute stroll from my house - and with all his 12"s at just a quid a pop - what better way to spend my current 'man of leisure' status...

first up is 'set it off' by harlequin four's. appearing on numerous compilations over the years (trevor jacksons dj kicks springs to mind), this is a massive primitive house/electro crossover track from 1985. released on the jus born record label and mixed by new york disco legend walter gibbons - a must have record this certainly is...

second up is 'welcome to the disco' by air power. released way back in 1979 on rinder & lewis's avi label, this is a nice soulful disco affair that ebbs and flows for a cool 10 minutes plus. apparently a big play for joey negro, its somewhat of a lady killer...

third up is 'lopez ost' by damon baxter aka big beat maestro, the deadly avenger. released back in 1998 on the illicit ep, it features one of my favourite record related pictures. the track in question is a beautiful, string laden downbeat trip, that could quite easily induce a bout of melancholy...