1980's Dj Mix Volume 1 - Mike Gleeson

[AshG]

Recently a friend of mine asked me to do a mix CD composed entirely of 80s tunes as a gift of sorts for an 80s music lover's birthday. And as i went through the process of compiling and mixing these songs together i found myself enjoying it so much that i thought maybe other people would enjoy the result.

Now if you're looking for subtlety, good taste, and sophistication, why the hell would you have even considered checking out this mix? And if you're looking for a mix full of shitty bootleg remixes of what were perfectly good original tunes on their own, well you're shit out of luck there too. No my friends, this mix is straight up 1980's pop music, albeit mixed dj stylee. That said, some of these tunes are actually really good, hell some are even "important" tunes in the history of music. But by and large, not really.

So anyway, grab this mix now and be the kid with the freshest, slamin'-est! beats on your block! (circa 25 years ago).


1980's DJ MIX VOLUME 1 - MIKE GLEESON

Tracklist:

JANET JACKSON - ALRIGHT(ACAPELLA) [1989]
HALL AND OATES - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT [1981]
MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLY JEAN [1982]
POINTER SISTERS – AUTOMATIC (SPECIAL REMIX) [1983]
SALT N PEPA - PUSH IT (ACCAPELLA) [1987]
PRINCE – 1999 (LONG VERSION) [1982]
INXS - NEW SENSATION [1987]
DAVID BOWIE - LET'S DANCE [1983]
RUN DMC & AEROSMITH - WALK THIS WAY [1986]
JANET JACKSON - ALRIGHT(ACAPELLA) [1989]
TONE LOC - WILD THING(ACAPELLA) [1988]
TONE LOC - WILD THING [1988]
SALT N PEPA - PUSH IT [1987]
EDDY GRANT - ELECTRIC AVENUE [1983]
KOOL AND THE GANG – CELEBRATION [1980]
RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP(ACAPELLA) [1987]
RICK ASTLEY - NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (ORIGINAL & CAKE MIXES) [1987]
NEW ORDER - BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE(12" MIX) [1986]
DEAD OR ALIVE – YOU SPIN ME ROUND (ACAPELLA) [1984]
YELLO - OH YEAH [1985]
MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLY JEAN (ACAPELLA) [1982]
TONE LOC - WILD THING (ACAPELLA) [1988]
EURYTHMICS - SWEET DREAMS [1983]
SALT N PEPA - PUSH IT (ACCAPELLA) [1987]
STEVE MILLER BAND – ABRACADABRA [1982]
MEN AT WORK – WHO CAN IT BE NOW? [1981]
WANG CHUNG - EVERYBODY HAVE FUN TONIGHT [1986]
OINGO BOINGO - WEIRD SCIENCE [1985]
SALT N PEPA - PUSH IT (ACCAPELLA) [1987]
DEAD OR ALIVE - YOU SPIN ME ROUND (MURDER MIX) [1984]
MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLY JEAN (ACAPELLA) [1982]
JANET JACKSON – ALRIGHT(ACAPELLA) [1989]

Run Time: 70:31

Oh, and i should mention - as this was originally done as an actual mixed CD, and in keeping with the 80's theme(the decade in which CDs first appeared!), if you'd like an actual mixed CD version of this, just gimme a hollah, i'd be happy to oblige!

you can email me at: mikegleeson909<nospam>@gmail.com

I doubt I'll put this mix up on my website, but if you're like to check out some house mixes i've done, and where i'm playing, blah blah blah, here's my website:

www.djmikegleeson.com

[Wiseman]

I would like this on a cassette tape please.

edit: oh and ps I just got back from a corporate xmas party gig aand played every one of these tunes except the oingo boingo, janet jackson - alright and the pointer sisters. hilarious!

[AshG]

ha ha! yeah man they're good tunes! so to speak. fun tunes anyway.

casette tape.... i *think* i can do! i can't recall if i ever got rid of my hype Sony dual casette deck or not. it even had/has a pitch control!

[Wiseman]

i'm just kiddin about the cassette. I wanna keep spinnin tonight holy crap!

[AshG]

oh i know! ha ha - its funny tho, just last week i had someone ask me about transferring something to casette. it keeps coming up!

i'm just gonna listen to tunes tonight i think. enough mixing for tonight!

[JAR]

this is officially demented! 80's tunes mixed like a house set! long live the professor!

[!djnk!djnk!]

Good job Mike.

I'd like to see you try mix this set with records....I'll let you use mine if you wanna try? This way I can bring your CD & I won't have to lug my milk crates of 80's records at my next wedding gig.
We needed someone brave enough to release a mix of this era's early dance / pop music. You missed to include: Madonna - Holiday, Lionel Richie -All Night Long....and I'm sure some more for your 80's mix Part 2!

DJ NK

[lockedgruv]

ok this was retardedly fun Mike..i can think of tonnes of peeps who would be all over this mix!

[djglobalkiller]

oingo boingo had a eicked tune in the movie "back to school" loved it!!!!!

[preacherman]

loaded onto my wifes IPOD this morning and she just called to say that the office crew is fully enjoying on their lunch hour.

Which leads me to one of the opening lines in RAW - where the uncle is the only one laughing at Eddie's joke - "THAT BOY's GOT Talent"

muchas gracias maestro

[oeretS]

Originally Posted by Spinsah

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[Spinsah]

holy crap.

you beat me to it.

mike: major points for the weird science.

[Wiseman]

Request for a photoshop of Gleeson with a Flock of Seaguls haircut!

[Wiseman]

Downloaded this to the blackberry at work just before I left. Now there are errors on my microsd card and I can't listen to any music on my commute.

Thanks gleeson :!

[AshG]

Originally Posted by !djnk!djnk!

Good job Mike.

I'd like to see you try mix this set with records....I'll let you use mine if you wanna try? This way I can bring your CD & I won't have to lug my milk crates of 80's records at my next wedding gig.
We needed someone brave enough to release a mix of this era's early dance / pop music. You missed to include: Madonna - Holiday, Lionel Richie -All Night Long....and I'm sure some more for your 80's mix Part 2!

DJ NK

well i have about 90% of those tunes on vinyl, most of that on 45s actually.
one of the funnest djing gigs i've had the past few years was this jam in this basement place where it was no holds barred - led zepellin, nine inch nails, frank sinatra.. mixing all the stuff together, i had a blast!
its how i grew up, djing-wise, and i'm glad i did - it made me a much better mixer for it all.

but.. this mix is impossible with just records. for one, i've edited some of the tunes quite heavily, and in other cases i've used effects, time stretching, not exactly legit acapellas, filters, i even used an lfo over one mixing segment, ha ha, and then whatever else struck my fancy at the time. i thought about doing the mix just with records, but i knew it'd sound better overall if i just ableton'd it, and really there's not much point in doing the mix not in ableton if i'm just gonna make edits of things and whatever anyway.

but you're right! man i have a folder of about 200 tunes i had originally set aside for possible inclusion, and the hardest part was paring it down so that it'd actually fit on a cd. of course that meant leaving a lot of good tunes on the cutting floor. but that's for volume 2!

[AshG]

Originally Posted by lockedgruv

ok this was retardedly fun Mike..i can think of tonnes of peeps who would be all over this mix!

well shiat! tell them to download it and enjoy! friends, enemies, acquaintances, arch nemesi... all are welcome to enjoy the 80s vibe!

Originally Posted by preacherman

loaded onto my wifes IPOD this morning and she just called to say that the office crew is fully enjoying on their lunch hour.

Which leads me to one of the opening lines in RAW - where the uncle is the only one laughing at Eddie's joke - "THAT BOY's GOT Talent"

muchas gracias maestro

Thanks Bill!
Ok that means that Eddie will feature in the next installment, guaranteed!

Originally Posted by Spinsah

holy crap.

you beat me to it.

mike: major points for the weird science.

Well, Thomas Dolby is def making it onto the next installment!

Originally Posted by Wiseman

Downloaded this to the blackberry at work just before I left. Now there are errors on my microsd card and I can't listen to any music on my commute.

Thanks gleeson :!

Dude its an 80s mix, you can't seriously think its forwards compatible with the technology of today?!

for real, i have no idea what happened there... try defrag? haven't heard any other issues with this yet..... but then again, the trojan worm i buried in with the Rick Roll part of the mix isn't supposed to activate until at least a week after dling. weird! science

[Don C]

[Wiseman]

hot

[Wiseman]

So I fixed my sd card. Somehow after downloading this mix it had gotten covered in way too much hairspray?!!!??

This mix is sooooooo good. I would suggest anyone listening to this not read the tracklisting at all. I had basically forgotten most of the tracks and the order completely by the time I lstened to this and the element of surprise makes this pure gold.

Good work mikey

[RedInMtl]

This mix is all kinds of fun man, has my girl dancing about the apartment as I type this...

Well done, thanks for putting it up!

[dabeats]

Originally Posted by Don C

i walked along the avenue...

[Libradragon]

good job! omg rick astley!

[Destro Sanchez]

Great mix.

Reminds me of those classic DJ Spinbad 'Rock da Casbah' mixtapes (turntables and a 4track..)

[*SiLver*RoBoT*]

Once again Mr Gleeson, a job well done! Brings back a lot of memories! I'll be spreading the love with this mix for my non-houser friends :P

*over*and*out*

*SiLver*RoBoT*

[Dr Funk MD]

This was excellent mix. there were some really clever transitions in there.

It got us through a really long drive across town in the snow storm today and kept us grooving instead of panicking.