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1. Intro Grandmix 89
2. Keep on Movin' - Soul II Soul
3. Keep on Movin' - Rap IV Rap
4. Don't make me over - Sybil
5. Straight up - Paula Abdul
6. Waltz with me - Malcom McLaren
7. Blame it on the Rain - Milli Vanilli
8. Friends - Jody Watley
9. All around the world - Lisa Stansfield
10. Back to life - Soul II Soul
11. New jack swing - Wrecks in Effect
12. Dance hall days - Wang Chung
13. On your own - Bobby Brown
14. Every little step - Bobby Brown
15. Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys
16. The message is love - Arthur Baker
17. Don't push it - Ruth Joy
18. You are my baby - Wendy & Lisa
19. Watcha gonna do - Inner City
20. Teddy's Jam - Guy
21. Test of time - Will Downing
22. Love on top of love - Grace Jones
23. Fight the power - Public Enemy
24. Working Overtime - Diana Ross
25. Nothin" - The Jacksons
26. I'm still missing you - S O S Band
27. I got it going on - Tone Loc
28. Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
29. Sleeptalk - Alyson Williams
30. My love is raw - Alyson Williams
31. Liliy was here - Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer
32. Sit and wait - Sydney Youngblood
33. Do the right thing - Redhead Kingpin
34. Real Love - Jody Watley
35. She drives me crazy - Fine young Cannibals
36. Joy and pain - Donna Allen
37. Eye know - De La Soul
38. Joy and pain - Rob base & DJ EZ Rock
39. Rhythm nation - Janet Jackson
40. My prerogative - Bobby Brown
41. 1 2 3 - The Chimes
42. Miami Bass - Stetsasonic
43. Say no go - De La Soul
44. The Chief - Tony Scott
45. Dance Hall - Sly & Robbie
46. Secret Rendez Vous - Karen White
47. Like a prayer - Madonna
48. Musical Freedom - Paul Simpson & Adeva
49. Running away - Scram
50. I'm every Woman - Chacka Kahn
51. Can we talk - Donna Allen
52. Spend the night - Guy
53. My fantasy - Teddy Riley & Guy
54. We got our own thang - Heavy D & the Boys
55. Rappers delight 89' - Sugarhill Gang
56. Me myself and I - De La Soul
57. Roxanne's on a roll - The Real Roxanne
58. Forget the girl - Tony Terry
59. Deep in Vogue - Malcom McLaren
60. The lover in me - Sheena Easton
61. Miss you much - Janet Jackson
62. On the strength - Flame & Tony Terry
63. Express yourself - Madonna
64. This time - Donna Summer
65. Got to get - Leila K
66. I can do this - Monie Love
67. It isn't - Aretha & whitney
68. It's real - James Ingram
69. Funky cold medina - Tone Loc
70. Party Men - Prince
71. Street tuff - Double trouble & the Rebel MC
72. Let it roll - Doug Lazy
73. Bust a move - Young MC
74. Sueno latino - Sueno Latino
75. Kisses in the wind - Neneh Cherry
76. For those who like to groove - Twin Hype
77. Respect - Adeva
78. Warning - Adeva
79. I thank you - Adeva
80. That's the way love is - Ten City
81. It's time to get funky - D Mob
82. Wait - Robert Howard & Kym Mazelle
83. Get on the floor - Rob base & DJ EZ Rock
84. Dig this - K.A.Posse
85. Turn it out - Home Boys
86. Going back to my roots - Paradise Gang
87. Come and get my love - D Mob
88. What you don't know - Expose
89. Blow the house down - Living in a box
90. Forever your girl - Paula Abdul
91. If I only could - Sydney youngblood
92. Ride on time - Blackbox
93. Work it out - Steve Silk Hurly
94. Just let go - Petra & Co
95. Eve of the war - Ben Liebrand
96. A bit of - Kiss AMC
97. People hold on - Coldcut
98. Yoyo get funky - DJ Fast Eddy
99. This is the right time - Lisa Stansfield
100. Let's play house - Kraze
101. Numero Uno - Starlight
102. French kiss - Lil Louis
103. Just keep rockin' - Double Trouble
104. Ska train - the Beatmasters
105. Who's in the house the Beatmasters & Merlin
106. Let's get busy - Mr Lee
107. Pump up the Jam - Technotronic
108. Grandpa's party - Monie Love
109. The real wild house - Raul Orellana
110. Something's jumping - Malcom McLaren
111. Outro Grandmix 89

Equipment
2 x SL1200mkII turntables with Stanton Triple E cartridges
1 x AKAI S-1000
1 x AKAI MPC 60
1 x AKAI DR-1200 Digital Multitrack recorder
1 x Soundcraft 6000 mixer 67 channels
1 x Master Recorder: Revox PR99 with Studer "Butterfly" recording heads.
Speed: 38 cm/s 2track
Tape: 1/4 inch BASF 911 at 510 nanoweber level

Background info
After gathering all the dance charts of the year, an initial list was made in the month
November. This list was sorted by tempo (BPM beats per minute) and on the 1st of
December, work was started on the mix. It took the full month of December to complete
and perfect the mix, usually working the last 72 hours in one stretch.

Digital Multitrack
This grandmix was made in a totally different way compared to previous mixes.
The Akai MPC-60 was used to program a basic rhythm. Each segment was then recorded
into the S-1000 (or was it S-1100) and was tuned and triggered by the sequencer in the
Akai MPC 60. Eachsegment was then recorded in sync onto the AKAI DR-1200 digital
12-track recorder. After all parts were synchronized and recorded this way, the parts
(recorded on seperate tracks of the multitrack) were mixed down together with a rhythm
coming from the AKAI MPC-60 drumcomputer section.
The total mix which spread over 4 different tapes (due to a maximum multitrack tape length
of 17 minutes) was then spliced together to formone continuous mix.
(See also Reel to Reel on the '84 page)

The Grandmix 89 Directors Cut
The Grandmix 89 as broadcasted 31st of July1999 was transferred from the DMC grandmix 89 CD
to the AKAI DD1000. The mix was then leveled to 0 dB and minor imperfections were corrected.
The intro starts of with "Timewarp complete - Ready for transmission" followed by the original
Intro featuring Ben Liebrand on Vocoder. The mix was then recorded on to DAT.

More Info and Music
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