three crowns part two

Here’s the second part of what I’ve found in forgotten corners of my iTunes while compiling a week’s worth of music for the Three Crowns pub, Stoke Newington. First up is Babybird’s “Goodnight”, one of the two or three truly great Britpop songs – he whacks his “slightly pissed but unexpectedly talented brother-in law hijacking the wedding band’s microphone” vibe up to eleven.

Babybird – Goodnight

Next is The Beta Band’s “To You Alone”, from their psychedelic-UKG phase. For rarity points here’s the B-side too, “Sequinsizer”, whose acapella breakdown is sickness itself.

The Beta Band – To You Alone

The Beta Band – Sequinsizer

David Holmes’s album Bow Down To The Exit Sign was a thick, fragrant salve for the cheap big beat bullshit of the late 90s - full of junk shop dust and grooves left to stew overnight.

David Holmes – Compared To What (feat. Carl Hancock Rux)

LCD Soundsystem’s 45.33 gets a bit too hectic for pub listening in its feel-the-burn middle section, so I’ve cut out 8 minutes or so from the opening, a piano-led groove with some disco supper club crooning on top.

LCD Soundsystem – 45.33 (Parts I and II)

Finally, I’m bringing an obscene amount of disco to the Crowns to sass the aubergine-muchers of Church Street into euphoric glittering abandon at the weekend. This one-two of Paul Raymond edits should push the phrases “fairly traded” and “parent-teacher association” out of everyone’s minds for at least fifteen minutes. (Sample fans – “Wear It Out” was used in Pete Heller’s 90s Ibizan classic “Big Love” while “Street Player” was on my primary school playground favourite “The Bomb” by the Bucketheads, which vied with the Outhere Brothers and Doop for mine and my classmates’ ultimate affection).

B. Stargard – Wear It Out (Paul Raymond edit)

Chicago – Street Player (Paul Raymond edit)