The Calico Sessions – R&B 1833

October 18, 2008

As people who know me will recall, I used to “work” at a bar in Chesterfield called Calico (the one that used to be called Inspirations). This series of mixtapes – called The Calico Sessions – are self-contained, much shorter mixtapes designed to take up anywhere betwen the last 10 and 30 minutes of a night so that I could walk round, say hi to people, have a drink, help tidy up or whatever. Unfortunately, Calico closed its doors recently for the very last time.

Calico, Chesterfield: Quiescat in Pace

These mixes were not created using Ableton Live, which is what I used now, and I don’t think the actual quality of the reproduction is as good as Ableton Live can produce. However, the quality was certainly fine when played in the bar so you shouldn’t have any problems when you stick it on your iPod or whatever you wish to do with it.

So! The first of the Calico Sessions mixtapes is an R&B-based mix, lasting 18 minutes 33 seconds – hence the name (it helped me work out how long I had left before the music ran out!). The video I’ve picked to go with it today is “She Wants To Move” by Nerd. The video features Alesha Dixon, and her new solo single – “The Boy Does Nothing” – is out soon and you can see the video on this blog by clicking here.

The Calico Sessions R&B 1833:

Format: mp3

Size: 17.0Mb

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Tracklisting:

1. Sugababes – Round Round
2. Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha
3. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
4. Britney Spears – Slave 4U
5. Charlotte Church – Call My Name
6. Jamesy P – Nookie Tonight
7. Nerd – She Wants To Move
8. Kelis – Milkshake
9. Grandmaster Flash – White Lines
10. Amerie – Touch
11. James Brown – Living In America
12. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
13. Mariah Carey – Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
14. Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
15. Fatboy Slim – Praise You
16. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
17. Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin’
18. Faith Evans – Love Like This