Raiding the 20th Century
Strictly Kev's Raiding the 21st Century: A History of the Cut Up, packages remix history into a dizzying hour-long montage.
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Raiding the 21st Century by Strictly Kev a.k.a. DJ Food (MP3) DJ Food web site
(Thanks Ian)
Missing link between Jake Holmes and Led Zeppelin
Interesting performance of "Dazed and Confused" by Jimmy Page and The Yardbirds. It's essentially the same as Zeppelin's later version, but features the exact same lyrics as Jake Holmes' original.
Jake Holmes Original Version, 1967 Buy this song at Amazon
Led Zeppelin version from Led Zeppelin I, 1969 Buy this song at Amazon
Jon Leidecker's Variations
If you're enjoying Everything is a Remix, you might also like Jon Leidecker's eight-part series Variations, a history of musical sampling. Jon is also known as composer/producer Wobbly.
Be warned, the first few episodes feature some very experimental examples that won't be to everyone's tastes. If you think that's you, start with Part 4, which is when he gets to the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Negativland, and Brian Eno and David Byrne.
VARIATIONS, Curated by Jon Leidecker
#1 Transition (MP3) Show notes (PDF)
Pictured above: Negativland
Before The Grey Album, there was Nilsson
Almost 40 years before The Grey Album, Harry Nilsson was mashing-up Beatles' lyrics and melodies on his debut album.
"You Can't Do That," Harry Nilsson (MP3) From Pandemonium Shadow Show (Buy it at Amazon)