Aloha dear Aficionado - welcome to DUSTY BALLROOM!
It was in late 2008 in the heart of Berlin when the three of us passionate record lovers and partners in crime decided to launch a new series of vinyl-only club shindigs. Our aim was to break with the usual one-style-all-night-long-fixation that was served at most other vintage dances around at the time. We had our ears spread and our minds wide-open for a vast variety of what we call the roots of our musical culture. Together we went on an ongoing trip - traveling back in time, digging deeper on the most dusty and faraway vinylistic shores, exploring heaps of lost treasures, black pearls and entertaining flotsam - always looking for the perfect beat to hop with. Ever since blending styles ranging from 1920s Charleston, 30s Swing & Jazz thru 40s Jump Blues, 50s Rockabilly, Mambo, Cha Cha, Cumbia or Calypso to 60s Surf, Big Beat, Ska, Rocksteady, Soul, Mod, Garage, Psychedelia, early 70s Funk, Afrobeat, Boogaloo, Bollywood and the whole world of mystic Exotica we were eager to please a growing crowd of crazy cats, joyful jivers and dirty dancers. Magic moves, consenting smiles and some strange liqueur was what we got in return - Thank you all, folks! Almost 10 years have passed now and we still can't stop celebrating that steamy vinyl bounce once a month at the hottest venues in town - often supported by the most far out vintage live bands of our time…
Enjoy this wild aural selection of many different styles that should work perfectly for both - your booty shaking needs as well as your listening pleasures!
Der Staubfinger, Elmo Lewis & Ilo Pan
Tracklisting:
Side 1.
1. Hey, Come Ring Diamond - Enid Mosier & her Trinidad Steel Band (1956)
2. Big Boy Pete - The Olympics (1960)
3. So What - Bill Black`s Combo (1962)
4. My Boy-Flat Top - Dorothy Collins (1955)
5. I Dig Chicks - Jonah Jones (1955)
6. Let´s Get Together - Gene & Eunice (1956)
7. Balin`Wire - Sil Austin (1958)
8. The Snake - The Isley Brothers (1962)
9. I Met Him On A Sunday - The Shirelles (1958)
Side 2.
10. Stick Shift - The Duals (1961)
11. Rock`n`Roll Drive-In - Fatso & Flaire (1956)
12. Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown (1957)
13. Twistin`Out In Space - Robert Parker (1962)
14. Hippy`s Cha Cha Hips - The Soupy Sales Show (1961)
15. Candombe - Irene Lopez with Rio Gregory & his Band (1955)
16. Last Train To St. Fernando - Jamaica Johnny and his Milagro Boys (1957)
17. I Know - Barbara George (1961)
