This Weeks Gold

We Moved!

2010-02-11T03:19:00.001-08:00

We have moved over to our own domain and joined wordpress. Sorry blogger, you were great n all, but its time we went our seperate ways!

Come join in the fun over at the new and improved This Weeks Gold .com

Astro Taxiing

2010-01-26T16:18:00.001-08:00

Brilliant mix from Tom right here, taking in some awesome psych, cosmic, rock & disco-ey records mixed to fucking great effect. A proper dj journey, the boys got skills.

Astro Taxiing by Thisweeksgold on Mixcloud

This Weeks Gold - Astro Taxiing (Mediafire 320kbs)
Mixed by Tom 'Harris Crumb'

January Mix

2010-01-20T16:47:00.000-08:00

Heres a new mix for ya's...taking in the housey, techy, dubby stuff im feeling at the moment. Some old, some new.

Let us know what you think and leave a comment.

Turn It Up!

This Weeks Gold - January 2010 Mix by Thisweeksgold on Mixcloud

This Weeks Gold - January 2010 Mix (320kbs Mediafire)
1 - Tiger & Woods - Come Down
2 - Groove Armada - I Won't Kneel (No Brainer & Mouj Remix)
3 - Jef K & Chris Carrier - Happiness
4 - Fabrizio Maurizi - I Don't Mind
5 - Kenton Slash Demon - Singla
6 - Victor Vera & Mijail - Jungler
7 - Chuckie - Let the Bass Kick - (Silvio Ecomo remix)
8 - Zed Bias - Neighbourhood 09 (Roska Remix)
9 - Four Tet - Love Cry (Roska Remix)
10 - Jamie Jones - Electric Jones
11 - Chris Issaac - Wicked Game - (Soul Clap Pop Edit)

Dates...

2010-01-20T05:03:00.001-08:00

Heres our latest slew of dj bookings...

If you want to book us for your party/clubnight/event just drop us a line at thisweeksgold @ yahoo DOT co DOT uk

Party on!

22nd Jan - Font Fallowfield

27th Jan - Electric Goggles party, Revolution, Oxford Rd.

28th Jan - Nouveaux Niveaux @Sound Control w/Will Tramp!

5th Feb - Sapna & Naho's 'Fu*k It' Party!

6th Feb - Room Manchester

12th Feb - Font Fallowfield

13th Feb - Simple Manchester

20th Feb - Patchwork, Sheffield

26th Feb - Font Fallowfield

Feel The Force

2010-01-13T11:49:00.000-08:00

Classic disco. Great find.

The picture above is just from Google, i cant be arsed photographing my vinyl. If you look close, i think it says 'can you feel the forcet' on the label. Sadly i didn't find that copy.

A bit crackly, pretty cheesy, but definately a winner.

Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force (Mediafire)

Robot Rock

2009-11-25T10:21:00.000-08:00

Can't remember seeing this version about anywhere so it might be rare, then again im pretty lazy so it might be common as muck. Quality remix, but then again you cant really beat the original can ya?

Now, rumours have been circulating recently about a Daft Punk 2010 tour and visit to Manchester, which has understandably been exciting the natives. Depending on what publications/forums/blogs you believe this gig could be at the City of Manchester stadium or MEN arena. In my opinion the arena would be an absolute travesty...its a shithole, but its probably just the NME's slack copy n pasting as the original rumored dates all said the stadium.

Anyway, judging by this recent Cool Cats blogpost from DP's managment, it ain't happening full stop. Official denial or just putting people off the scent? Only time will tell i guess.

Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Adjuster remake) by ThisWeeksGold

Daft Punk - Robot Rock (Adjuster remake) Mediafire

Viewing Pleasures

2009-11-24T16:02:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple interesting videos Tom sent over for the blog. Holy Ghost! in the studio is good for all the music geeks out there, but EVERYONE should watch 'The Archive', the story of a man and his record collection. This guy knows. Inspirational.

Electric Independence Part 1: In the Studio with Holy Ghost!

Electric Independence Part 2: In the Studio with Holy Ghost!

The Archive

The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

Baker Street

2009-11-05T00:56:00.000-08:00

This is simply a great song.
Perfect for mornings, but like good cereal its welcome anytime.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (Single re-mix) by ThisWeeksGold

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street - Single Remix (MediaFire)
Purchase - Gerry Rafferty - Greatest Hits (Amazon)

House Energy Revenge

2009-11-04T15:55:00.000-08:00

Delving deeper into the house vaults now...back to the grand musical heights of 1989 with Capella and some classic old-school dance. Horrible yet weirdly amusing cover, the 7" i got is thankfully much different and does not feature any fingerless mitts. Tis a tune tho.

Capella - House Energy Revenge by ThisWeeksGold

Capella - House Energy Revenge (Mediafire)
B-Side Bonus - Capella - Haylom Halib
Purchase Capella - Greatest Hits (Amazon)

Turned Away

2009-11-04T15:01:00.000-08:00

Ego War was a great album back in the day (umm, 2003), found the remix package of Turned Away for cheaps so snapped it up. Highlight for me is the Grant Nelson instrumental, i dismissed it as a bit commercial sounding at first but its growing on me. Good house music with a killer bassline.

Jobs a good un!

Audio Bullys - Turned Away - Grant Nelson Instrumental by ThisWeeksGold

Yes, we are now using Soundcloud. It seems like a great tool for sharing music, so get yourself on board and keep checking our tunebox - Soundcloud.com/thisweeksgold - Send us some tunes and mixes on there if you think we might like them!

We are still gonna be posting mediafire links for those that want the downloads tho...

Audio Bullys - Turned Away - Grant Nelson Instrumental (Mediafire)
Purchase - Audio Bullys - Ego War (Amazon)

Melody, Or Be Amused Pt1

2009-11-04T02:15:00.000-08:00

A new mixtape for all you disco Gold-diggers...

Im pretty pleased with this one...completely freestyled it, just jumped in the dj booth at work and got down to business. I'd say this is a fair representation of our live sets, couple of small errors but i couldn't be arsed with any edits...feels more organic for it too!

Hope you enjoy it, tracklist in the comments below.
Let us know what you think while you're there.

Love.

ThisWeeksGold - Melody, Or Be Amused pt1
Mixed by: Matt Gold - TWG Price Paid: late nights

Melody, Or Be Amused by ThisWeeksGold

This Momentary

2009-10-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, i had to share this.

Awesome remix of Delphics 'This Momentary' from the Shoplifters crew, which came 3rd in Delphics recent remix comp! - Nice one guys :)

Dark, fast and euphoric-but-not-in-a-shit-trancey-way tech-noir banger.

Delphic - This Momentary - Shoplifters 'Split Second' remix (link removed)

Royce

2009-10-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

5 complete punts turned out to be ace finds on today's mission, some of which will be up on here soon enough...but first up is Rose Royce. Now, I didn't know anything about Rose, but the 7" looked like it had disco gem written all over it and i wasn't wrong.

Turns out Rose is the singer behind disco classic Carwash, among other notable recordings, and this particular tune was something like a top 5 back in 77.

Just the right side of stinky Brie!

Rose Royce - Do Your Dance (Part 1)
TWG Price Paid: 99p

Purchase Rose Royce

and as an extra bonus, heres some classic afro action...

more to come

In The City & Oxjam!

2009-10-14T11:15:00.000-07:00

Word!

This Weeks Gold will proudly be dj'ing next weekend as part of the Oxjam festival around Manchester's Norther Quarter. Always ones to support the charity shops by relieving them of old disco, house and hip hop records, not to mention played-to-death 7" reggae classics, we are genuinely pleased to be part of this event and are very much looking forward to playing alongside some great dj's and bands.

The lineup is too big to repeat here in full, but for 7 English pounds you can get a wristband that magically grants access to 8 different venues in Manchester's Norther Quarter, so you can pick and choose the best of the lineups in each. Its next Sunday, 25th October, and there is stuff going on all day so don't lie-in! Oh, and you will be supporting the fight against climate change at the same time, so get on it!

Official Poster:

We will be playing a couple of sets in Odd on Oxford Road during the day, from 2 o'clock ish onwards, and then between bands at the Mint Lounge during the evening. Im also gonna be playing a set later on that night (8-10pm) with fellow dj Sapnarella as 'Shoplifters', alongside Rich Reason and many others in room 2 of Mint. Bring on the Bass!

Oxjam Website

As for this weekend, its TWG night at the Deaf Institute again on Friday, so get your disco on and come down to feast on our musical nuggets.
9-3am, Free Entry
@ The Deaf Institute on Grosvenor St.

Aaaand (stay with me people!) If that wasn't enough, don't forget 'In The City' kicks off this Sunday until Tuesday... loads of great undiscovered bands and music industry big-wigs will be mooching around town looking to get it on with each other, and we all get some great music and stimulating panel debates in return. Again, too much to list in full but go check the website here. Oh, and look our for The Drums, they come highly recommended.

Sorry to keep you, nice one if you made it all the way down here. Back with the old tunes real soon.

TWG
x.

New York Jump Your Body

2009-09-03T04:00:00.000-07:00

Eh Up! Apologies for the recent lack of posts, been busy with holidays and work, and trying to make the most of this lousy Manc summer! Rain is back with a vengence this week so its lured us back to the interweb.

Anyway, we return with a special treat for you all...the first TWG edit to grace these pages!Take one Disco Deviance track and add the obvious vocal and you get NY Jump Your Body. Its not rocket science production by any means, but it works a treat. Hope the Disco Deviance crew dont mind too much....you should check out their 12"s for some ace disco slicing and dicing.

NY Jump Your Body - TWG Bootleg Edit
Made By: Matt

If your in Manchester this evening TWG will be on the decks at The Deaf Institute for the SSR Wired night tonight. Bands include Moetucker, The 99's and Strays. Its £3 on the door and kicks off at half 7. If Friday night is more your thing then its Shoplifters tomorrow where im hosting the middle floor,

New posts, gig news and other exciting developments coming soon, watch this space as they say...

Supernature

2009-07-15T02:20:00.001-07:00

From Tom:

Absolute disco killer!

I've been after this on vinyl for a while now, i stumbled across it in the local charity shop for 99p! From the mighty Jean-Marc Cerrone this is a synth fueled dark disco classic!

Check out the bizarre video with some classic drum action from the man himself, pretty sure he misses a fill tho :)

Cerrone - Supernature (Mediafire)
TWG Price Paid: 99p Found By: Tom

Purchase Cerrone

Quid Control

2009-07-14T13:37:00.000-07:00

Dj Yoda is one of my main influences when it comes to djing, and while i might not have his technical ability and deck wizardry skills, i do try and infuse my live sets with a sense of humour, something that definately comes from listening to his 'Jewbonics' and 'Cut and Paste' mixtapes in me yoof. He also holds my personal award for 'dj-that-makes-me-do-the-stupidest-things' after pouring beer over my own head in a very hot Sankeys many moons ago during one of his sets. Sorry if you happened to be there, i blame the double vodka Leffes.

The picture above is from Yoda's performance with the Heritage Orchestra a few years ago, something i would loved to have seen and am gutted i didn't, especially after witnessing first hand Elbow's amazing orchestral collaboration last week for the Manchester International Festival.

This track is ace and a real pleasure of a find among the racks...perfect Hip Hop. Reminds me of old times being at Uni in Sheffield, good to see the steel city get a mention from People Under The Stairs too.

Dj Yoda - Quid Control feat. People Under The Stairs
TWG Price Paid: £2.99 Found By: Matt

Purchase Dj Yoda Cd's here

I Feel For You

2009-07-14T13:29:00.000-07:00

Great picture, great tune, great artist, great disco. 99p unscratched mint copy. Great!

C K - I Feel For You (Mediafire)
TWG Price Paid: 99p Found By: Matt

Purchase

The Lone Ranger

2009-07-14T08:25:00.001-07:00

From Tom:

I Came across this track when i was a youngen watching Nevermind the Buzzcocks, It was done in one of the intro rounds. Still as mad now as it was back then.

Crazy eletro/disco/comedy. Thank God for music like this!

Quantum Jump - The Lone Ranger (128mp3 Mediafire)
TWG Price Paid: 99p Found By: Tom

purchase Quantum Jump at Amazon

The Obligatory MJ Post

2009-07-06T15:35:00.001-07:00

Well, what can you say? I know we are late on this and that its not really TWG policy to post first hand records of ours, but, here's a bomb and a couple fun bootlegs you might not have heard to remember the legend by.

Go Home Productions - Jacko Under Pressure
MJ Vs Bowie from a GHP 12" picture disc of the same name by the genius of Mark Vidler

Go Home Productions - Day Trip To Never Never Land
Another cut from the Jacko under Pressure 12". MJ Vs The Beatles.

Little Carlos - Shake Your Body Down
Classic. If your not into this you need your head examined. The vinyl is a prized possession.

RIP Jacko. Nuff said.

Where is everything when i aint got you?

2009-07-06T14:52:00.000-07:00

Picked up the brilliant Upsetters singles collections vol 1-4 on Trojan recently from the same place i got that Loch Ness Monster 12", and again for a ridiculous bargain price. Each 3xLP set cost £3. Amazing. This is an absoulte bomb, re-discovered it playing it out at Deaf Institute recently, absolute tune and a great cover version. Enjoy.

Busty Brown - To Love Somebody
TWG Price Paid - £3 for each 3xLP!! Found By - Matt

Purchase - Upsetters Singles Collections Lp's - From £9.98 (Amazon)

You Can Do It

2009-07-06T14:38:00.000-07:00

Got a few posts coming up so keeping it short on this one. From an old school remixes 12", might post a couple of the others if anyone's into this? Great excuse to use that picture of Cube and B-Real too!! Anyway, less talk, more b-boy remix action.

Ice Cube - You Can Do It - Hitman Remix
TWG Price Paid - £1.99 Found by: Matt

Purchase - Ice Cube - Greatest Hits - £9.98 (Amazon)

Stupid Boy

2009-06-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry, couldnt resist posting this. Wait for the slo-mo. More tunes coming soon.

Loch Ness Monster

2009-06-11T09:19:00.000-07:00

There is a certain shop in town that you wouldn't class as a second hand or charity shop in the slightest, but they get the occasional delivery of old records at bargain prices and its really worth getting down once a week to check the new stashes.

This was no exception, a Trojan Records sampler titled Loch Ness Monster with some reet reggae nuggets contained within. The two tracks below could probably have an essay written about them in terms of sexuality and gender representations within the reggae genre, but i really cant be arsed with that so will just say this: One is a funny track about men with barbed wire in their underpants and one is about every hole being a goal for a long pole.

Saw it today in Chorlton for £25!!!

Nora Dean - Barb Wire
King Horror - The Hole
TWG Price Paid: £3.00 - Found By: Matt

Purchase - Trojan Records presents Loch Ness Monster (VINYL) from £6.99 - Amazon

Insane In The Brain

2009-06-11T04:54:00.000-07:00

Found a Ruffhouse Records sampler in a second hand shop...the Cypress Hill Vs Jason Nevins mix is pretty crazy...like B-Real and Muggs went to the circus or something!

It also had the original of Halftime by Nas on the flip, which you should really already have so im not sharing!

Roll up...

Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain (Cypress Hill Vs Jason Nevins remix)
TWG Price Paid: £4.00 - Found By: Matt

Purchase - Cypress Hill - Black Sunday - £3.98 (Amazon)

Queen OF Fools

2009-06-11T03:49:00.000-07:00

Now, after Toms amazing Dusty Springfield find (mine really but that's another story...all u need to know is i lost out big time) i've been searching for something to rival the bossmans digging. Jenny Darren is not a name ive heard before, but i came across this and was instantly hooked by the Debbie Harry-esque cover (not the one above).

The internet reveals next to nothing about Jenny, no Wiki entry, no website, no biography, just some discographys. Criminally underrated and slept on British artist of the late 70's is all ive got to go with.

Here's 2 tracks from the Queen Of Fools album...back to you Tom...

Jenny Darren - Im A Woman (Im A Backbone) (Mediafire)
Jenny Darren - Crying Shame (Mediafire)
TWG Price Paid: £2.99 Found By: Matt

Purchase - Janny Darren (maybe)

Bank Holiday Mixtape

2009-05-26T16:28:00.001-07:00

Shoplifters Disco Mix
http://www.zshare.net/audio/605947499ca8f9f2/

TWG Price Paid: N/A - Mixed By: Matt

Whipper Snapper

2009-05-18T14:54:00.000-07:00

Isley Brothers - That Lady (Parts 1 & 2)

I first came across this song when i was a young whipper snapper of a lad. I was trying to find out all the samples used in Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique album, in particular the 'B- Boys Bouillabaisse' montage at the end.

After trawling around the internet i finally discovered the answer to one of the most amazing guitar solo/sounds, and i recently came across this weeks gold in the local charity shop!

Unfortunately one side of 45 could not contain such a large amount of funk, so for safety reasons it had to be split in to two parts.

One of my all time favorite funky numbers!

Isley Brothers - That Lady (Part 1)
Isley Brothers - That Lady (Part 2)

TWG Price Paid £0.99p - Found By: Tom

Purchase - Greatest Hits: The Isley Brothers - £3.98 (Amazon)

Disco Workout Pt 2

2009-05-18T14:43:00.000-07:00

Dusty Springfield - It Begins Again

There is one true Gem to be found on this album!
Starting up like a futuristic take off on a disco spaceship into far away galaxies, followed shortly after by killer strings and a percussion break that rivals Apache, this is a MONSTER! no wonder Erol Alkan has kindly remixed it for the dance floor under his alter ego 'Disco 3000'.

This is an absolute classic Disco anthem, So pleased to get my hands on it for such a bargain price!

Dusty Springfield - That's The Kind Of Love I've Got For You
TWG Price Paid - £3.99- Found By: Tom

Purchase - Dusty Springfield - It Begins Again - £55 (Amazon)

Disco Workout Pt 1

2009-05-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Not a bad find this one, a mint condition copy of Bony M's Nightflight To Venus, a pretty legendary album that contains Rasputin, Brown Girl In The Ring, Nightflight To Venus and Rivers of Babylon. Its a great piece of late 70's disco and the opening two tracks are a proper dancefloor workout.

Nightflight To Venus kicks things off with its weird space countdown followed by some killer drum work, gradually breaking into a tune that is crying out for a Greg Wilson eque re-edit. It wasnt until i ripped the vinyl i realised it actually mixes/segues straight into the classic that is Rasputin...Bony M making like The Avalanches a good 20 years in advance. Mega.

Bony M - Nightflight To Venus / Rasputin (Album Version)
TWG Price Paid - £2.99 (Album) - Found By: Matt

Purchase - Bony M - Nightflight To Venus - £5.87 (Amazon)

Showdown!

2009-05-13T11:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, so i didn't find it this week, but this is one of the discoveries that inspired this blog and its a great song too so im posting it regardless!

Now i wasn't around in 1973, and im not the biggest Electric Light Orchestra info source, so my main reference point for this song is the film Kingpin as it was on the (brilliant) soundtrack. Kingpin is one of the funniest films going and features one of Bill Murrays greatest performances, in my humble opinion, and this song makes me wanna go bowling! (followed by Lazer Quest and a go on the arcades of course...im from the oldschool bro!)

Seven-Ten Splitting...

ELO - Showdown
TWG Price Paid - £0.99p (!) - Found By: Matt

Purchase ELO Greatest Hits - £3.98 (Amazon)

Steppin' Out

2009-05-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

Welcome to This Weeks Gold!

If anyone ever reads this it will be a miracle! Anyway, keeping it short (as i've no idea what to write!), this Kool & The Gang track is ace. I'd never heard of it before i saw it; as far as i'd ever really got with Kool & The Gang was the totally obvious (yet fookin mint) 'Jungle Boogie'.

How i learned!

Expect more of this sort of thing. Enjoy.

Kool & The Gang - Steppin' Out
TWG Price Paid - £1.99 - Found by: Matt

Purchase Kool & The Gang - Celebration: The Best Of... - £6.37 (Amazon)