Lost in 12 inches

Lost in 12 inches

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Lost in 12 inches episodes

  • Touched by the hand of Cicciolina

    It's bee a while and this week I am going back to when Italian politics and intergalactic punk rock hip hop collide in the name of football.
    And i recount something insidious found while working in a big hotel


    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    10 min
  • High on Hope

    An under appreciated track from back in the day. Stadium house vibes without being stadium house.
    And how i met my brother from another mother at Happy Valley

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    7 min
  • Charly

    An absolute classic debut from one of the great bands. Really the first of its kind.
     And Crown street my home in late 1991 and most of 1992
    i was really at the centre of things.


    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    7 min
  • Hyperactive

    A synthpop favorite of mine from an artist I still listen to today.
    And how Australia's National broadcaster helped shape my musical tastes and these of a generation of kids.

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    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    7 min
  • Peace

    A Minor hit in Australia that takes me back to one of the best night of my young life. Happy Valley
    how I could be a real arse at times

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    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    9 min
  • Istanbul (not Constantinople)

    A newly discover remix of one of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands They Might Be Giants
    This track has all the samples
    I talk about moving out of home and the place that I moved to.

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    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    7 min
  • Come Together

    The 10 minute long second single from one of the great albums of the 1990's and how I met my dearest friend.

    Wol

    If you would like to hear this with out me ruining it check out the YouTube link below

    https://youtu.be/rESWc50cAGQ

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    12 min
  • Slave to the Rhythm

    The signature tune for Grace Jones from 1985 and a tale of a young mans efforts to see her in 1989.
    A waitering job that led to disappointment.

    Check out the Video at https://youtu.be/YIZ388EhIgw

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    11 min
  • Street Tuff

    in this episode we are getting Strret Tuff, Abercrombie Street Tuff, the house spent most of 1990 and a track that was very  much in the background.

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    7 min
  • Passion

    Progressive hose in the most opulent of settings. An Anagram for a band name and you have a track that has stood the test of time
     its 1992, its Wednesday night and we are at Stun.

    Here is it without me talking over it https://youtu.be/hxVq3BWyoXg

    Greater Dub - Severed Heads
    1991
    Used with the permission of Tom Ellard

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    10 min

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